SOUTH PORTLAND — Dylan Bolduc rushed for 249 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns as Portland cruised to a 47-0 win over South Portland in a Class A football game Saturday.
The Bulldogs finished the regular season with a 7-1 record and will be the No. 1 seed in the Class A North playoffs. South Portland, now 2-6, will be the No. 6 seed in the South and will face Scarborough in next weekend’s quarterfinals.
Bolduc opened the scoring with a 47-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Issiah Bachelder added a 30-yard touchdown run later in the quarter, then threw a 37-yard TD pass to Griffin Foley in the second quarter. Jake Knop’s 60-yard run made it 27-0 at halftime.
Bolduc, Bachelder and Knop each added a touchdown run in the third quarter.
Knop finished with 170 yards rushing.
FALMOUTH 14, GREELY 0: Garrett Aube’s 8-yard touchdown run capped a drive that lasted nearly eight minutes after the second-half kickoff, and the Yachtsmen (6-2) beat the visiting Rangers (5-3) to earn home-field advantage in the first round of the Class B South playoffs.
Brandon Martin dove in from the 1 with about five minutes remaining to complete the scoring.
Falmouth will be the No. 3 seed in the playoffs and will host No. 6 Greely again in the quarterfinals next weekend.
BRUNSWICK 64, NOKOMIS 12: Hunter Garrett and Ben Palizay each scored two touchdown in the first half, and the Dragons (8-0) finished the regular season undefeated by rolling past the Warriors (0-8) in Newport.
Palizay opened the scoring with a 40-yard run, then caught a 4-yard TD pass from Sullivan Boyd.
Garrett added touchdown runs of 32 and 60 yards as Brunswick built a 50-6 halftime lead.
Donald Bromley added a pair of second-half touchdown runs.
Tyler Pelletier connected with Isaac Thibodeau for a pair of long touchdown passes for Nokomis, a 63-yard pass just before halftime and a 69-yarder in the third quarter.
MORSE 20, MT. ARARAT 18: Raz Balthazar had three rushing touchdowns for the Shipbulders (3-5) as they held off the Eagles (2-6) at Topsham.
Balthazar had a 35-yard touchdown run early in the first quarter to give Morse an 8-0 lead, which stood into halftime.
Balthazar and Mt. Ararat’s Robert Hetherman exchanged two touchdowns apiece in the second half as the Shipbuilders held a 20-12 lead late in the fourth quarter.
The Eagles had a chance to tie it when Jacob O’Neil hit Ryan Mello in the back of the end zone for a 5-yard touchdown pass with 2:14 left, but conversion rush failed.
FRYEBURG ACADEMY 42, LAKE REGION 6: Cody Gullikson had a pair of touchdown catches and added a 6-yard scoring run for the Raiders (6-2) as they built a 42-0 halftime lead against the Lakers (1-7) in Naples.
Josh Frye contributed a 46-yard fumble recovery return for a score, and Ryan Hewes ran 78 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter.
Derek Mondville had a 10-yard touchdown run for Lake Region in the fourth quarter.
OAK HILL 33, TRAIP ACADEMY 13: Cruz Poirier rushed for two touchdowns as the Raiders (5-2) beat the Rangers (2-5) in a preview of a first-round Class D South playoff matchup.
Austin Noble, Brian Thorpe and Matt Strout also had short touchdown runs for the three-time defending state champions, who will host Traip for a quarterfinal matchup next Saturday.
Evan Porter rushed for 110 yards and scored both touchdowns for Traip.
LISBON 36, MEDOMAK VALLEY 0: Tyler Halls threw a pair of touchdown passes to Kurtis Bolton as the Greyhounds (6-1) beat the Panthers (1-6) in Lisbon Falls.
Halls connected with Bolton for a 43-yard score in the first quarter to give Lisbon a 16-0 lead, then made it 24-0 with a 45-yard strike in the second quarter.
The Greyhounds also got touchdown runs from Jared Glover (49 yards), Noah Francis (1 yard) and Lucas Francis (2 yards).
GIRLS’ SOCCER
FREEPORT 2, MARANACOOK 0: Tia Peterson and Jesse Driscoll scored goals to lift the seventh-seeded Falcons (8-5-2) over the 10th-seeded Black Bears (6-7-2) in a Class B South prelim in Yarmouth.
Peterson opened the scoring off a give-and-go from Catriona Gould with 11:18 left in the first half.
Driscoll added an insurance goal with 27:10 remaining.
VOLLEYBALL
SCARBOROUGH 3, BONNY EAGLE 0: The second-seeded Red Storm (15-1) scored 12 of the final 13 points to complete a 25-17, 25-9, 25-14 win over the seventh-seeded Scots (11-5) in a Class A quarterfinal at Scarborough.
FIELD HOCKEY
MCI 6, BOOTHBAY 2: Vivian Ducombe scored a pair of goals in a span of 1:28 as the top-seeded Huskies (14-2) used a five-goal outburst in the second half to beat the fifth-seeded Seahawks (9-6-1) in a Class C North semifinal at Thomas College.
Addi Williams opened the scoring for MCI at 16:18 before Sydney Meader answered for Boothbay as the teams went into the break tied at 1-1.
Riley Sullivan gave Boothbay a 2-1 lead 1:41 into the second half, but Williams countered for the Huskies, putting in her own rebound, and Allison Hughes followed with the go-ahead goal for MCI.
Keely Manzo also scored for MCI, which will face third-seeded Winthrop in the regional final Wednesday at Hampden Academy.
BOYS’ SOCCER
MT. BLUE 3, HAMPDEN ACADEMY 0: William Salisbury had a goal and an assist to lead the ninth-seeded Cougars (3-9-3) over the eighth-seeded Witches (6-7-2) in a Class A North prelim at Hampden Academy.
Tristan McFarlane and Samuel Smith also scored for the Cougars (3-9-3), who will play at top-ranked Edward Little in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. Hunter Bolduc and Chris Marshall each had an assist and Tucker Carleton made three saves.
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