Cheverus Coach John Wolfgram won his 300th game Saturday, a 48-41 victory over Thornton Academy in double overtime.

“I think it’s pretty good. I’m very proud of what we have accomplished,” Wolfgram said. “There have been a lot of good people – players and coaches – to have made it happen.”

Wolfgram’s teams have won 10 state championships but last week’s game at Thornton rates as one of his most satisfying.

“It’s what high school football is all about,” said Wolfgram, 66. “Both teams played well. We answered them and they answered back. It was a very exciting game.”

This is Wolfgram’s 39th year as a head coach, starting in 1971 at Madison High. His first game was against Mexico though he doesn’t recall if it was a win or a loss. The significant thing, he said, was his parents came up from Massachusetts to watch their son’s coaching debut.

Wolfgram spent four years with the Bulldogs, where he went 29-10 and won a Class C state title in 1974. Next it was on to Gardiner, where he spent 11 years, and had an overall record of 85-27-1 with Class B state titles in 1979, 1981 and 1985.

Wolfgram was hired at South Portland in 1986 and spent 15 seasons with the Red Riots, going 123-36 with Class A state titles in 1992, 1995, 1996 and 1999. In 2001 he joined the Bowdoin College staff as an assistant for five seasons.

He returned to high school coaching in 2006 at Cheverus. The Stags won Class A state titles in 2010 and 2011. Saturday’s win improved his record to 63-14 in nine seasons at Cheverus.

Wolfgram’s overall record is 300-87-1.

Cheverus (5-1) will be home against Bangor (5-1) at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

ZACH KLEIN, a Bonny Eagle freshman football player, wanted to do something special for his mother, Danielle Klein, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2013. He came up with the idea of making and selling T-shirts at games to raise awareness of the disease. Proceeds go to the Maine Cancer Foundation.

“I wanted to do something good and support breast cancer awareness,” said Klein. “It’s my way of giving back, and helping my mom and other women with breast cancer.”

Zach’s mother, the former Dani Waterman, was a standout softball pitcher at Bonny Eagle in the early 1990s.

“It was a nice surprise,” said Zach’s mother. “He presented it to the football boosters and they went with it.”

Danielle Klein said she’s doing great in her recovery. “I’m taking it one day at a time,” she said.

The shirts include the Bonny Eagle football insignia, and pink ribbons with the words hope, courage and strength. The first batch of shirts, about 250, sold out quickly. Another 250 have been ordered.

Zach Klein, an offensive guard, defensive end and defensive tackle, plays regularly on the freshman and junior varsity teams, and has seen some varsity action. His father is Eric Klein, a former head coach at Scarborough and an assistant at Bonny Eagle. Zach has a younger brother Nick, 11, who also supported the project.

IN LAST WEEK’S game against Cheverus, Thornton Academy lost running back Justin Boure to an ankle injury on his first carry. Demel Ruff, the team’s other top runner, didn’t play because of an injury.

Coach Kevin Kezal said he doubts either will be available for Friday night’s game at Bonny Eagle.

Kezal said Owen Elliott and Greg Ruff filled in nicely and “Michael Laverriere carried the ball more, too.”

Kezal called Bonny Eagle “a huge game. The winner has the inside track for first place in the (Western Class A) playoffs. The team that wins controls their destiny.”

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