BIDDEFORD — The Westbrook Blue Blazes dominated Biddeford on both sides of the ball, winning by a score of 39- 13 and putting an end to the Tiger’s season in the Class B quarterfinals on Friday night. Biddeford struggled to contain Westbrook’s offense, especially the run game, as the Blue Blazes totaled over 200 yards on the ground – with 89 coming from junior running back Miece Loureiro, 56 from running back Zack Hutchins as well as 70 from quarterback Bailey Sawyer. Biddeford head coach Brian Curit was impressed by the talented Westbrook offense. “Their two backs are great players. I thought Loureiro had a great night running the ball. (Bailey Ryan) is also one of the best players in the conference,” said Curit. Biddeford’s biggest contributor was senior Lucas Rhoy, who had 194 yards in total offense, along with touchdowns on both the ground and in the air. Quarterback Joey Curit threw for 111 yards and a touchdown. The Blue Blazes started off hot, with the first play from scrimmage being a 28- yard quarterback sneak by Sawyer, followed up by another QB sneak that was good for 36 yards, putting Westbrook at the one. Two plays later, Hutchins ran the ball in for the score. With 3: 33 remaining in the quarter, Biddeford pieced together a lengthy drive, capped off with a one- yard touchdown run by Rhoy, making the score 7- 6 heading into the second.

It was all downhill from there for Biddeford as the Westbrook running attack began to click.

Just two minutes into the second, Loureiro marched 33 yards down the field, breaking three tackles to put the Blue Blazes up 14-6. Less than five minutes later, Loureiro took a reverse in for another score, this time for 30 yards.

Meanwhile, the Tigers failed to score and were held to just 58 yards in the quarter.

Westbrook’s run game cooled off a bit in the third, so Sawyer began to let it fly, hitting receiver Bailey Ryan for a 44-yard touchdown pass at the 7:53 mark.

The Tigers still showed signs of life, with Curit hitting Rhoy with a 63-yard tocuhdown pass just 26 seconds later, pulling them within two scores.

Westbrook’s defense dominated the game, totaling four sacks and two fumble recoveries, one coming late in the third that essentially ended any hope the Tigers had.

In the final minute of the third, Curit dropped back to pass and was hit hard from behind. As the ball hit the ground, Hutchins scooped it up and returned the fumble 85 yards for the score – putting Westbrook up 33-13 going into the fourth.

Coach Curit gave credit to Westbrook’s attack, and admitted his own team’s struggles.

“I’ll have to go back and watch the tape to see what went wrong specifically, but I know our offensive line really struggled against them all night,” said Curit.

Westbrook finished strong, adding another 44-yard touchdown pass to Ryan, and holding the Tiger’s offense to under 30 yards down the stretch.

Without much to add, Curit believed his team simply was not mentally prepared for the playoff clash.

“We lost a lot of tough games this year. I thought we had a good week of practice, but we did not have the intensity needed to win and (we) were beat by the better team,” said Curit.

— Sports Staff Writer Alex Sponseller can be reached at [email protected] or at 282- 1535 ext. 323.