STANDISH — Biddeford quarterback Joey Curit ”“ making his first career start in place of injured senior Casey Twomey ”“ scored the opening touchdown on a 1-yard keeper, but defending state champion Bonny Eagle scored the next 32 points en route to a 32-12 victory in a Western Class A football season opener.
Scots quarterback Zach Dubiel ran for two touchdowns ”“ one an 86-yard scamper ”“ and threw for another. Matt Smith ran for a score and caught a 54-yard touchdown pass from Dubiel.
Capen Macomber added a 1-yard touchdown run on 4th-and-goal late in the fourth quarter for the Tigers.
WELLS 49, MOUNTAIN VALLEY 14
WELLS — Chris Carney ran the opening kickoff 82 yards for a touchdown and Wells never looked back, as the Warriors rolled past Mountain Valley 49-14 in a Western Class C football game at Warrior Memorial Field on Friday.
Carney ran for a pair of touchdowns in the first half and Reed Chase also had two rushing touchdowns for Wells, which scored the first 41 points of the game.
MASSABESIC 26, NOBLE 21
NORTH BERWICK — Weston Bergeron passed for two touchdowns ”“ including the game-winning score on fourth down with two minutes to play ”“ as visiting Massabesic beat Noble 26-21 in a Western Class A football game on Friday night.
Bergeron, making his first career start, opened the scoring with an early touchdown pass to Josh Daigle.
Two Jesse Hall rushing touchdowns sandwiched a Noble touchdown pass from Otto Keisker to give the Mustangs a 20-7 halftime lead.
Keisker passed for two more touchdowns to give the Knights a 21-20 lead in the fourth quarter, but Bergeron found Mike Risti in the end zone on 4th-and-goal for the winning touchdown pass.
Girls Soccer
PORTLAND 5, SANFORD 1
SANFORD — Portland scored three goals in the first 20 minutes and eased past host Sanford 5-1 in an SMAA girls soccer game at Cobb Stadium in Sanford on Friday.
Hayleigh Blanchard put the game away for the Bulldogs with a pair of goals in the second half.
Laura Kirkpatrick scored on a pass from Nicole Leblanc in the first half for the Spartans.
Kyla Bragg made 31 saves for Sanford, and Summer Camire stopped three more shots late in the game.
THORNTON 3, WESTBROOK 0
SACO — Katherine Gillespie scored a pair of goals as host Thornton Academy blanked Westbrook 3-0 in an SMAA girls soccer seaosn opener at Hill Stadium on Friday.
Gillespie opened the scoring late in the first half on a pass from Emily Harris, then Tori Daigle found her again early in the second half.
Haley DaGraca rounded out the scoring 10 minutes later on a pass from Gillespie.
Lexi Nason made two saves in net for the Trojans, while Westbrook goalie Brianna Barlow stopped 14 shots.
Field Hockey
SACOPEE VALLEY 6, OLD ORCHARD BEACH 0
OLD ORCHARD BEACH — Lynn Hebert and Haiden Sawyer both had two goals as visiting Sacopee Valley beat Old Orchard Beach 6-0 in a WMC field hockey game on Friday.
Abbie Ouellette and Abby Mosson also scored for the Hawks.
Golf
WELLS 7, OLD ORCHARD BEACH 0
CAPE NEDDICK — The Wells golf team was on par against Old Orchard Beach in a Western Maine Conference golf match on Friday, as the Warriors swept the Seagulls 7-0 at Cape Neddick Country Club.
Seamus McDonough had the low round of the day as he shot a 42 to lead three Wells golfers with sub-50 rounds. Shawn Ramsey shot a 46 and Mikey Stivaletta carded a 49.
Nate Doody shot a team-low score of 51 for the Seagulls, while Erik Boucher carded a 57.
Volleyball
THORNTON 3, SOUTH PORTLAND 0
SACO — Thornton Academy opened its second varsity season by defeating South Portland 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-17) on Friday in Saco.
In the third set, Kylee Austin tallied nine-consecutive service points with five aces to lead the Golden Trojans.
Austin finished with six aces, six digs and four kills, and Kaylee Burns had a team-high 16 digs.
Paige Carter led the Red Riots with four kills.
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