CUMBERLAND — In a rematch of last season’s Western Class B boys’ soccer final, Yarmouth controlled the vast majority of play and beat rival Greely 2-0 on Tuesday.

Senior striker Jonathan Groothoff scored the first goal with 8:07 left in the first half, depositing a cross from his brother, Luke Groothoff, a sophomore midfielder.

Jonathan Groothoff of Yarmouth prepares to kick the ball away Tuesday after heading it down during the 2-0 victory against Greely in a Western Maine Conference game.

Yarmouth High, the defending Class B state champion, did some more celebrating Tuesday with a 2-0 victory against Greely in a high school boys’ soccer game. Photos by Whitney Hayward/Staff Photographer

Luke Groothoff sealed the win with 2:16 to play, knocking in a curving free kick into the top left corner from about 25 yards.

The Groothoffs moved to Yarmouth from Santa Rosa, California, over the summer.

Yarmouth (2-0) held a 16-4 shot advantage. Prior to the second goal, Yarmouth also had three second-half shots hit the goal frame and stay out – two by Luke Groothoff.

“It’s just one of those things you’ve just got to keep plugging away at,” Jonathan Groothoff said. “We were breaking them down. We had a lot of chances in the second half.”

Despite the dominance, Yarmouth needed two key saves by Cal Owen in the second half while protecting its one-goal lead. His best came with 10 minutes to play when Owen charged off his line to snuff a breakaway bid by Hunter Graham that would have tied it for Greely (1-1).

WAYNFLETE 6, TRAIP ACADEMY 0: Ahmed Mohamed scored 1:30 into the game from 12 yards and added two goals as the Flyers (1-0) downed the Rangers (0-2) at Portland.

Ilyas Abdi added one goal and one assist, and Jack Weston also scored. Milo Belleau made three saves for the shutout.

Sam Emerson had 10 saves for Traip.

CHEVERUS 1, MARSHWOOD 1: Luc Dionne scored for the Stags (0-0-2) and Eyob Bosse answered for the Hawks (1-0-1) at Portland.

Dionne put in a cross from Luke Trickey after 12 minutes and Bosse scored unassisted following a turnover with six minutes left in the first half.

Jacob Tomkinson made four saves for Cheverus. Henry Herbold stopped 13 shots for the Hawks.

THORNTON ACADEMY 1, WESTBROOK 1: Hadi Ahmed tied it for the Blue Blazes (1-0-1) six minutes after the Trojans (1-0-1) scored at Saco.

Thornton took a 1-0 lead 5:35 into the second half on a goal by Simon Trcka.

D.J. Henrickson made six saves for Westbrook. Andrew Coleman stopped three shots for the Trojans.

GORHAM 8, BIDDEFORD 0: Jackson Fotter scored a pair of goals and also had an assist for the Rams (1-0), who had five second-half goals to pull away from the Tigers (0-2) at Gorham.

Jackson Taylor and Cody Elliott added one goal and one assist apiece, and Nathaniel Nadeau collected two assists.

Ethan Orach, Kevin Brewer, Kyle King and Nolan Brown also scored.

MEDOMAK VALLEY 4, MT. VIEW 1: Tucker Prescott scored two first-half goals as the Panthers (1-1) handled the Mustangs (0-2) at Waldoboro.

Prescott scored 1:31 apart to open the scoring for Medomak Valley – from Jackson Vail and Alvaro Valls.

Valls scored with 12 minutes remaining in the half from Vail to make it 3-0 before Mike Hustus answered with a direct kick for Mt. View just before halftime.

Ethan Swan scored for the Panthers to close the scoring.

Max Tomlin stopped seven shots for the Mustangs. Cameron Robinson had five saves for Medomak Valley.

PORTLAND 3, NOBLE 0: Sam Farr scored from the top of the box midway through the first half as Portland (1-0-1) beat the Knights (0-2) at North Berwick.

Erik Molina from Josh Irving and Joe Skerritt on the rebound of Manny Yugu’s shot added goals in the closing minutes.

Irving also assisted on Farr’s shot, bringing the ball into the box and dropping it back for a one-timer to the upper corner of the net.

Zach White had nine saves for Noble, which didn’t put a shot on goal.

WINDHAM 2, MASSABESIC 0: Austin Farwell and Gene Gumaer scored just over a minute apart in the first half as the Eagles (1-1) beat Massabesic (0-2) at Windham.

Jacob Frost set up the first goal, receiving a pass from deep in the offensive zone and slotting it through the middle for Farwell’s shot to the far post 11:37 into the game.

Gumaer followed 1:20 later, beating a defender into the box before firing to the far post from in close.

Ryan Plummer had two saves and Alex Wilkins five for Windham.

Joshua Castonguay stopped 16 shots for the Mustangs.

FALMOUTH 3, KENNEBUNK 1: Matt Polewaczyk reached a loose ball and knocked it into the corner of the net to break a 1-1 tie 10:40 into the second half as the Yachtsmen (2-0) beat Kennebunk (1-1) at Falmouth.

John Mullin gave Falmouth a 1-0 lead with an unassisted goal after 13:23.

Andrew Radomski tied it for the Rams five minutes later from James Rogers.

Ben Wuesthoff’s goal midway through the second half completed the scoring.

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