YARMOUTH — Matthew Dostie and Luke Groothoff scored Tuesday night as second-seeded Yarmouth allowed no shots on goal and defeated seventh-ranked Gray-New Gloucester 2-0 in a Class B South boys’ soccer quarterfinal.

The Clippers (12-2-1) will be home Saturday against sixth-seeded Greely (9-7) in the semifinals.

Dostie made it 1-0 with a minute left in the half, rifling a straight-on shot from outside the 20. Groothoff duplicated that shot 27 minutes into the second half after receiving a pass from Eric Loomis.

John Henry Villanueva of Gray-New Gloucester (8-7-1) made eight saves behind a defense that blocked 10 other attempted shots.

GORHAM 5, WESTBROOK 1: Jackson Fotter scored three goals to lead the top-ranked Rams (14-0-1) over the ninth-seeded Blue Blazes (8-7-1) in a Class A South quarterfinal at Gorham.

Gorham will be home Saturday against fourth-seeded Scarborough (12-3) in the semifinals.

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Fotter scored two first-half goals, assisted by Ben Nelson and Tyler Richman. Kyle Patterson, Richman and Fotter each added second-half scores.

Alex York stopped five shots for the Rams.

MT. ARARAT 2, MESSALONSKEE 1: Nick Merrill and Max Spelke scored in the second half as third-seeded Mt. Ararat (13-2) erased a 1-0 deficit and defeated sixth-ranked Messalonskee (8-5-2) in a Class A North quarterfinal at Topsham.

The Eagles will meet Brunswick or Bangor, who play Wednesday, in the semifinals Saturday.

James Kouletsis scored for Messalonskee.

Chase Warren made 12 saves for Messalonskee. Gavin Patterson had five for Mt. Ararat.

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NORTH YARMOUTH ACADEMY 1, HALL-DALE 0: Andrew Keith’s goal 14 minutes into the second half was the difference as fifth-seeded North Yarmouth Academy (10-4-1) beat the fourth-ranked Bulldogs (9-3-3) in a Class C South quarterfinal at Farmingdale.

NYA will play Friday at top-ranked Monmouth Academy in the semifinals.

Carlos Pena set up the goal, getting to a free kick that was bouncing around the goal mouth and flicking a cross to Keith for the winning shot.

Connor Clock of NYA and Jonathan Whitcomb of Hall-Dale each had six saves.

MONMOUTH ACADEMY 1, SACOPEE VALLEY 0: Avery Pomerleau scored less than five minutes into the game and the top-ranked Mustangs (12-1-2) held off eighth-seeded Sacopee Valley (7-7-1) in a Class C South quarterfinal at Monmouth.

Monmouth will be home against fifth-ranked North Yarmouth Academy (10-4-1) in the semifinals Friday.

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CAMDEN HILLS 1, LEWISTON 0: Josiah Krul slipped home a shot 1:37 into the second half as fifth-seeded Camden Hills (10-4-1) beat the fourth-ranked and defending state champion Blue Devils (11-3-1) in a Class A North quarterfinal at Lewiston.

Krul carried the ball into the box and beat a defender.

Lucas Boetsch made 10 saves for the Windjammers, including one on a penalty kick, to record the first shutout against Lewiston this year. Alex Rivet had two saves.

Camden Hills will be at top-ranked Edward Little (12-2-1) in the semifinals Saturday.

WAYNFLETE 3, WISCASSET 2: Ilyas Abdi scored three goals, including the winner with 1:07 remaining to lift the seventh-seeded Flyers (8-5-2) over the second-ranked Wolverines (9-5-1) in a Class C South quarterfinal at Wiscasset.

Grant Helfer scored two minutes in to put the Wolverines ahead 1-0. The Flyers tied it in the fifth minute on Abdi’s first goal. The Wolverines regained the lead on a goal by Russell Marr just before halftime.

Abdi scored in the 45th minute to tie it from Ian McClure-Chute.


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