YARMOUTH — Steve Fulton scored all three goals as top-seeded Yarmouth beat No. 8 York 3-0 in a Class B South boys’ soccer quarterfinal Wednesday afternoon.
The Clippers (14-0-2) advanced to face Greely or Freeport in the semifinals.
Fulton’s first goal was assisted by his brother, Jonny. Isaac Grondin set up the second goal that made it 2-0 at halftime.
Fulton completed his hat trick in the second half, heading home a corner kick from Truman Peters.
York finished with a 7-7-2 record.
SOUTH PORTLAND 2, BONNY EAGLE 0: A pair of goals in the final 10 minutes gave the third-seeded Red Riots (11-2-3) a Class A South quarterfinal victory against the 11th-seeded Scots (5-9-2) in South Portland.
Divin Mpinga broke the tie in the 72nd minute and Nzuzi Mvula connected just two minutes later as South Portland advanced to face No. 7 Gorham. Thomas Caouette made three saves for the Red Riots.
Bonny Eagle keeper Maximus Koons stopped four shots.
WAYNFLETE 2, SACOPEE VALLEY 0: Henry Hart put the second-seeded Flyers (11-2-2) in front just four minutes into the match, and Nils Burton-Johanson added a second-half goal as Waynflete (11-2-2) advanced to the Class C South semifinals with a victory over the 10th-seeded Hawks (6-8-2) at Deering High School.
Roan Hopkins and Liam Anderson each got an assist.
The Flyers will face No. 3 Lisbon at 2:30 p.m. Friday, again at Deering High.
Sacopee keeper Wyatt Buker made 11 saves.
NORTH YARMOUTH ACADEMY 2, BUCKFIELD 1: Chas Rohde scored twice in the second half to send the No. 3 Panthers (9-4-2) past the No. 6 Bucks (7-6-2) in a Class D South quarterfinal in Yarmouth.
Rohde broke a scoreless tie in the 46th minute, then doubled NYA’s lead in the 62nd minute.
Michael Belleau made two saves for the Panthers.
Hunter Driscoll got Buckfield on the board with two minutes to play, after a shot by Terry Valles hit the post. Gavin Charest stopped 18 shots for the Bucks.
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