Emerson Homa of the Gorham co-op team was honored Wednesday night as the seventh winner of the Becky Schaffer Award, given to the top senior girls hockey player in Maine.

Emerson Homa

Homa, a forward, led the state with 45 goals in 21 games this season while helping Gorham reach the South regional final.

The other finalists were goalie Ella Lemieux and defender Brynn McKenney of state champion Cheverus/Windham, forward Rosie Panenka of Yarmouth/Freeport, and defender Anna Molloy of the Penobscot Pioneers.

CHEVERUS/YARMOUTH 5, MT. ARARAT 0: Owen Walsh opened the scoring just 32 seconds into the game, Andrew Cheever and Brady Martin each added two goals, and the top-seeded Stags (15-2-2) advanced to the Class B South semifinals with a quarterfinal win over No. 8 Mt. Ararat/Lisbon/Morse/Hyde (1-17-1) at Troubh Ice Arena.

Cheever also assisted on the first goal, as Walsh put in the rebound of his own shot.

Cheever made it 2-0 midway through the second period while the teams were skating 4-on-4. His second goal, unassisted, came with 6:16 remaining in the game.

Martin then was credited with an unassisted short-handed goal after Mt. Ararat put the puck in its own net. Just 22 seconds later, Martin tacked on another goal.

The Stags advance to play fourth-seeded Greely on Saturday, again at Troubh.