Central Coast soccer teams reach postseason

Teddy Peters ran for three touchdowns as the Freeport football team finished its regular season with a 28-6 victory over Poland on Friday in Freeport.

Peters scored on a 5-yard run in the first quarter, a 9-yard run in the second and an 8-yard run in the third. Ben Bolduc added a 6-yard scoring run later in the third quarter for a 28-0 lead. Poland’s Shawn West caught a 37-yard touchdown pass from Damon Martin in the fourth quarter.

Freeport (5-3) earned the No. 4 seed and will face No. 5 Oak Hill in the first round of the Class D South playoffs. The two teams did not meet in the regular season.

MOUNTAIN. ARARAT 50, YARMOUTH 12: Dash Farrell scored four touchdowns (two rushing, two receiving) in the first half to help the Eagles (6-2) beat the Clippers (2-6) in Topsham on Friday.

Mt. Ararat led 30-6 at the end of the first quarter and 44-6 at halftime. Wyatt Gawtry caught two touchdown passes for Yarmouth.

With the win, Mt. Ararat clinched the No. 4 seed in the Big Schools eight-man playoffs and will host No. 5 Gray-New Gloucester at 6 p.m. on Friday.

LEWISTON 51, BRUNSWICK 0: Jeffrey Randall threw three touchdowns and added a safety on defense for the Blue Devils (4-3) in their big win over the Dragons (2-6) in Lewiston on Friday.

Lewiston posted a 30-point second quarter and led by 37 at the half. Lonnie Thomas finished with two touchdown receptions, while Damonte Spearman caught the other. Jayden Sands, Josue Luis, Joe Dube and Mekhi Young scored rushing touchdowns.

Brunswick will play at York on Friday, November 1 at 6 pm. The Class C South quarterfinals are a rematch of a game from Sept. 28, which the Dragons won 24-20.

GREELY 44, MORSE 14: Noah Allen and Andrew Padgett ran for two touchdowns to help lead the Rangers (7-1) to a season-ending victory over the Shipbuilders (1-7) in Bath on Friday.

Ben McCarron (85 yards) and Dominic Martone (42 yards) also added rushing touchdowns for Greely. Morse’s Dylan Root and Jackson Murray combined for seven completions, 107 yards and a touchdown. The Shipbuilders rushed for 125 yards and a touchdown.

As the second seed in the big-school eight-man playoffs, Greely has a first-round bye.

KIDS FOOTBALL

No. 7 GRAY-NEW GLOUCESTER 2, No. 10 FREEPORT 0: The Patriots (7-6-2) scored two second-half goals to eliminate the Falcons (3-11-1) on Saturday and advance to the Class B South quarterfinals.

Griffin Richmond and Boje Kautz scored for Gray-New Gloucester. Rylee Brooks and Carter Laliberty notched assists.

Tristan Cuttler saved eight shots for the Patriots, while Mason Vintinner saved one shot for the Falcons.

CROSS COUNTRY

Both the Freeport girls and boys teams placed first in the Southern Maine Class B regionals with 51 and 57 points, respectively, in Cumberland on Saturday. Lucy Huggett finished third overall (19:48.27) with teammates Lilah Hall (7th, 20:39.44) and Josie Spaulding (20:45.41) finishing in the top 10. Alex Gilbert (3rd, 16:41.29) and Conner Smith (4th, 16:51.50) were the top Falcons in the men’s race.

Both the Morse women’s and men’s teams placed fifth in Cumberland with 135 and 152 points, respectively. Levi Riggs (17:18.08) finished fifth individually in the men’s race. Frida Wright (21:42.71) finished 15th in the women’s race. All Freeport and Morse teams qualify for the state championships, which will be held this Saturday in Cumberland.

At the Northern Maine Class A regionals in Belfast, the Mt. Ararat girls team qualified for states with a fifth-place finish. Mia Pierce (19th, 22:22.77) was the top runner on a team that finished with 145 points. The state-qualifying Brunswick men’s and women’s teams sit with a sixth-place finish (156 and 144 points, respectively). Ellie Gilman (10th, 21:22.56) and Jonathan Koehler (20th, 17:28.52) were the Dragons’ top finishers.

The Mt. Ararat boys team placed ninth with 217 points, leaving it five points behind the state meet. Ian Britt (27th, 17:43.24) finished in the top 30, so he will race in Cumberland as an individual.

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