RUMFORD — Mountain Valley ran a gauntlet of four physically and mentally taxing football games since the last time it faced Spruce Mountain.

The Falcons were flaunting the scars of that sequence Friday night, missing a big-play fullback and starting a pair of wounded two-way starters in the trenches. Keep in mind that those are only the dents Mountain Valley couldn’t hide.

Not that any of the aches and pains were perceptible in a 48-0 flattening of the Phoenix in a Western Class B quarterfinal at Chet Bulger Field.

Kyle Duguay carried 21 times for 246 yards and two touchdowns in little more than a half. Izaak Mills, an all-purpose back and receiver starting at fullback in relief of injured Matt Hosie, added 20 carries for an even 100 yards and two more scores.

Zach Radcliffe passed for a touchdown, rushed for another and tossed a pair of two-point conversions. And Devon Hamel pounced on a bad snap in the end zone for a touchdown to headline the special teams and defense, which served up its third shutout of the season and its second goose egg at Spruce Mountain’s expense.

“We just had to make some adjustments, have some guys step up and keep doing our job,” said Mountain Valley lineman and linebacker Ryan Glover.

No. 2 Mountain Valley (8-1) will host No. 3 Cape Elizabeth in the semifinals next Friday. The Falcons beat the Capers, 20-14, in an intense game on the road one week ago.

Spruce Mountain finished its first season as the consolidated school of Jay and Livermore Falls at 4-5.

Glover set the standard early with a big stick against Spruce Mountain quarterback Zach Bonnevie, despite nursing his own shoulder injury.

Another lineman, Ryan Stickney, was in and out of the rotation with a foot ailment.

“We were scared to death coming in without Hosie, who was banged up. We had a lot of kids who were banged up. We were scared,” Mountain Valley coach Jim Aylward said. “We respond to being scared.”

Mountain Valley wasn’t forced to punt all evening, but its first series ended on downs at the Spruce Mountain 19.

That stall was a primary reason for the Falcons’ modest 6-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. Hamel provided those points after Spruce Mountain snapped the ball over the head of punter Brandon Hodges and into the end zone.

The Falcons scored on their next five series.

“Obviously we wish it would have gone better, but it’s a good team. You hold them 6-0 at the end of the first quarter and then they score 29 points in the second quarter,” Spruce Mountain coach Mark Bonnevie said. “That’s what they do. That’s what they’ve done for a long time.”

Two Phoenix penalties helped extend an 11-play, 81-yard march, capped by a 1-yard Mills plunge with 9:29 left in the half.

“He ran hard,” Radcliffe said of Mills. “The line did absolutely great. They held their blocks all game.”

Duguay’s cutback and 48-yard ramble set up his own 3-yard TD. Isaac Roberts caught Radcliffe’s two-point pass for a 20-0 advantage.

Jacob Theriault’s interception and 38-yard return set up a 14-yard scoring connection from Radcliffe to Roberts.

Then, after another Phoenix three-and-out, lead blocks by Radcliffe, Roberts and Theriault sprang Duguay for a 65-yard scamper to the house in the final minute.

“They won the line of scrimmage, offensively and defensively,” Bonnevie said.

Mills and Radcliffe added touchdowns in the second half. Brandon Roberts recovered a fumble and Brooke Dolloff sacked backup quarterback Nate Hamblin to help protect the shutout.

Bill Calden went over the 1,000-yard mark for the season for Spruce Mountain, carrying 24 times for 139 yards. That was more than the Phoenix’s net 136 total yards.

“The guys up front on the defensive side, did a great job keeping their line off us, and it allows us to move side-to-side and make tackles,” Glover said. “We held them to some short yardage. I don’t know what it was exactly, but it was short yardage, and that’s what we need to do to win games.”

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