Football

South Portland 19, Portland 6

SOUTH PORTLAND – Junior tailback Joey DiBiase ran for 110 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead South Portland to a 19-6 victory over Portland in a regular season-ending SMAA football game Saturday afternoon at Martin Memorial Field.

Junior quarterback Duncan Preston ran for 85 yards and a touchdown, and he completed 4 of 10 passes for 76 yards, including a 49-yard pass to DiBiase as the Red Riots (2-6) edged the Bulldogs (5-3) in the annual Battle for the Bridge rivalry game for the third straight year.

Portland was led by junior tailback Justin Zukowski, who ran the ball 13 times for 46 yards. Sophomore quarterback Ryan Ruhlin completed 8 of 15 passes for 85 yards. Senior tailback Nick Volger scored for the Bulldogs on a 4-yard touchdown run.

Marshwood 40, Westbrook 20

SOUTH BERWICK — Marshwood High wrapped up the top spot in Western Class B with a 40-20 victory over Westbrook Saturday afternoon.

The Hawks scored the game’s final 20 points after Westbrook had tied the game at 20 with a touchdown on its first possession of the third quarter.

But Marshwood drove 96 yards on the ensuing possession, getting a 1-yard touchdown from quarterback  Cameron Roll and then stopped Westbrook’s next two drives.

The Hawks finished 7-1. Westbrook finished 6-2.

Marshwood had 344 rushing yards and 384 total yards, led by Dan Lizotte with 132 rushing yards and Brett Gerry with 118.

Boys’ Soccer

Noble 2, South Portland 0

CAPE ELIZABETH— Brandon Vigneault and Seth Shave scored second-half goals to lead No. 11 Noble to a 2-0 win against No. 6 South Portland in a Western Class A boys soccer prelim played at Hannaford Field Saturday afternoon.

Vigneault put in a rebound during the 49th minute, while Shave cemented the Knights’ first win in the regional soccer tournament by putting in a rebound with 2:41 left.

The Knights (9-6) advance to play No 3 Greely (10-4) in the quarterfinal round.

The Riots finished the season with an 8-4-3 record.

The two teams didn’t play each other during the regular season in the Southwestern Maine Activities Association.

Field Hockey

Scarborough 3, Westbrook 0

SCARBOROUGH – Even highly skilled teams like Scarborough High’s field hockey team can use some sell-out hustle.

That’s what the Red Storm got from Emily Bunting when the senior literally dove to get her stick on a rebound of an Abby Walker drive off Westbrook goalie Nicole Miranda’s pads. Bunting scored on the play, giving Scarborough the first goal and the undefeated and top-ranked Red Storm went on to a 3-0 Western A semifinal victory.

“We’ve been through so much, I just wanted us to keep going. We’re such a strong team, I had to dive for it. I mean, it was just there,” Bunting said. “I was like, ‘you know what, if I get hurt, I get hurt. It’s for the team.’”

No. 1 Scarborough (16-0), which has not allowed a goal this season, will play for its third Western Maine title in five years against either No. 2 Cheverus or No. 3 Marshwood in Tuesday’s regional final. Cheverus led Marshwood, 1-0, late in the second half of the other A semifinal.

The Class B and Class C regional finals are also at Scarborough. Game times will be 3:30, 5:30 and 7:30. The order will be set early in the week.

Scarborough Coach Kerry Mariello said Bunting’s effort was emblematic of Scarborough field hockey, ca. 2012.

“If anyone were in that spot, every single girl on this team would have done the same thing. That’s the kind of mentality this team has,” Mariello said. “If I could have this particular team minus the record and all the scoring and the win-loss type of thing, I’d have this team every year for the rest of my career because they’re that special.”
No. 4 Westbrook (11-3-2) came out with intensity and generated four first-half penalty corners. What it couldn’t do, until less than 4:30 remained in the game, was crack the Scarborough defense and put a shot on goal.

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