FALMOUTH — Nate Arrants scored on a pass from Tom Fitzgerald to give Falmouth a 1-0 victory against Cheverus in its first SMAA boys’ soccer game Tuesday night.

The Yachtsmen (1-0) were longtime members of the Western Maine Conference before switching to the Class A SMAA this season.

The game was shortened to one half because of lightning. As long as a complete half is played, no replay is needed in Maine high school soccer.

Fitzgerald brought the ball down the right side and crossed over the top of the defense to Arrants breaking in alone. Arrants bounced the ball off the post and into the right corner.

Alvaro Fuentes had three saves for Falmouth. Harrison Bell finished with five for the Stags (1-1).

MARSHWOOD 3, BIDDEFORD 0: Jason Janetos, Sam Fitzgerald and Liam Coomey scored to lead the Hawks (1-1) over the Tigers (1-1) at Biddeford.

Josh Nagle recorded six saves for Biddeford. Chase Gagnon stopped four shots for Marshwood.

SANFORD 2, NOBLE 0: Aaron Signore had the first goal, scoring off a corner kick with 15 minutes remaining as the Spartans (1-1) downed the Knights (0-2) at North Berwick.

Josh Sirois extended the lead five minutes later, unassisted. Garrett Gallant preserved the shutout with nine saves. Noah Safford had eight saves for Noble.

SOUTH PORTLAND 3, THORNTON ACADEMY 0: Kyle Patterson broke a scoreless tie early in the second half, converting a pass from Cooper Mehlhorn, and the Red Riots (1-0) pulled away from the Trojans (1-1) at Saco.

Mehlhorn extended the lead to 2-0 later in the half from Charlie Cronin. Cronin scored an unassisted goal minutes later to make it 3-0. Cam Lebreque made five saves for Thornton.

TRAIP ACADEMY 6, POLAND 0: Frankie Driscoll and Pablo Zapata each scored twice to lead the Rangers (2-0) over the Knights (0-2) at Kittery.

Devon LaRoche and David Jutras also scored, and Jayce Nielsen recorded two saves for Traip.

Matt Thebarge had 15 saves for Poland.

PORTLAND 2, KENNEBUNK 0: Sam Nkurunziza and Gracien Mukwa scored as Portland (2-0) beat the Rams (0-2) in a game shortened to 40 minutes because of lightning in Kennebunk.

Alex Millones set up the first goal, getting to a deflected ball in front of the box and dropping it into the center of the box. Nkurunziza finished for a 1-0 lead after 3:21.

Mukwa upped the lead to 2-0 midway through the half, dribbling into the box and past the goalie before tucking the ball into the corner.

Bulldogs goalie Rowan Daligan had one save. Will Kenneway stopped four shots for Kennebunk.

ERSKINE ACADEMY 3, MEDOMAK VALLEY 1: The Eagles (2-0) scored three times in the second half to erase a one-goal deficit and defeat Medomak Valley (1-1) at Waldoboro.

Austin Dunn, Seth Reed and Michael Sprague scored for Erskine. David McGraw made four saves for the Eagles.

Will Smith gave the Panthers an early lead midway through the first half.

MT. VIEW 3, WATERVILLE 1: The Mustangs (2-0) got a goal and an assist from Matt Overlock to defeat the Panthers (0-2) at Waterville.

Elijah Allen and Noah Jacobs also scored, and Max Tomlin recorded six saves or Mt. View.

Adam Livshits scored and Ethan Nurick made 14 saves for Waterville.

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