No. 3 SCARBOROUGH (8-2) at No. 1 BONNY EAGLE (9-0) Friday, 7 p.m. A Bonny Eagle-Thornton Academy rematch was all set up … until the Red Storm went and upset the Trojans. What we get now is a rematch of a week two game that the Scots won, 21-7. But that was on the road. […]
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H.S. Football: Pigskin prognostications
Maine Central Institute 35, Dexter 12 Bonny Eagle 41, Scarborough 21 Portland 28, Windham 16 Biddeford 20, Kennebunk 14 Brunswick 48, Brewer 14 Cape Elizabeth 28, Wells 20 Winslow 36, Mount Desert Island 26
H.S. Football: Weekly Top 10
1. Bonny Eagle (9-0) (1) A week off didn’t slow the Scots down, and now they get a seemingly easier Scarborough opponent in the regional final than the Thornton Academy team they thought they would be facing. But the Red Storm already pulled off one upset, and could have another up their sleeves. 2. Portland […]
H.S. Football playoffs: Cape Elizabeth puts a lid on Spruce Mountain
CAPE ELIZABETH — You have to read between the lines when you look at No. 1 Cape Elizabeth’s 43-7 victory over No. 4 Spruce Mountain in a Class C South football semifinal game at Hannaford Field on a cold Friday night. Sure, the Capers threw up 43 points on the scoreboard and led 29-7 at […]
H.S. Football: Pigskin prognostications
Cape Elizabeth 35, Spruce Mountain 20 Winthrop/Monmouth 21, Dirigo 14 Lisbon 26, Oak Hill 20 Windham 26, Cheverus 21 Bonny Eagle 35, Sanford 13 Thorton Academy 38, Scarborough 13 Brewer 42, Cony 28 Brunswick 48, Messalonskee 21 Marshwood 28, Kennebunk 20 Biddeford 28, Greely 22 MDI 35, Oceanside 12 Winslow 22, Madison/Carrabec 20 Wells 28, […]
H.S. Football: Weekly Top 10
The Scots got an extra week to prepare for Sanford, which they dismantled by 36 points three weeks ago. Bonny Eagle knows how to win this time of year, and something inexplicable would need to happen for an upset. 2. Thornton Academy (8-0) (2) The Trojans got an extra week to stew over a close […]
H.S. Football: Weekend blitz
No. 4 OXFORD HILLS/BUCKFIELD (5-4) at No. 1 PORTLAND (7-1) Friday, 7 p.m. Physically, the Vikings aren’t scared of anybody. And emotionally, they are coming off their first playoff win in 16 years. But they’re making their way to Fitzpatrick Stadium two weeks earlier than every team dreams of at the start of the regular […]
H.S. Football: Cape Elizabeth ousts Poland in Class C quarters
CAPE ELIZABETH — The Poland Knights were bounced from the postseason by way of a 40-6 loss to Cape Elizabeth in the Class C South football quarterfinals Friday. Jack Aceto opened the scoring with a 61-yard touchdown catch, and Peyton Weatherbie and Nat Jordan added touchdown runs to give the top-seeded Capers a 21-0 lead […]
H.S. Football: Weekly Top 10
1. Bonny Eagle (8-0) (2) The Scots had the confidence to go for the two-point conversion down by one at home to Thornton. It worked, and now the Scots get homefield advantage in the playoffs. 2. Thornton Academy (7-1) (1) A win over Bonny Eagle would have set up a possible playoff rematch at home […]
H.S. Football: Weekly Top 10
The Golden Trojans finished up their regular-season home slate with a blowout win over South Portland, scoring 60-plus points for the first time since week two. Now comes a road clash at Bonny Eagle. 2. Bonny Eagle (7-0) (2) The Scots put up 58 points on Sanford last week, and now enter a week-eight battle-of-the-unbeatens […]