Sun Journal photo by Russ Dillingham Hampden Academy's Alex Cust (left) drags down Leavitt's Josh Strickland as teammate Jonathan Haws (right) pushes him back during first half action in Turner.

TURNER CENTER, Maine — Josh Strickland rushed for 265 yards and scored a touchdown as the top-seeded Leavitt Hornets defeated the No. 4 Hampden Academy Broncos 35-7 in an Eastern Maine Class B football semifinal Friday night.

Eric Theiss scored on 3- and 9-yard rushes in the first half for Leavitt. Jordan Hersom added two rushing touchdowns in the third quarter.

Strickland scored on an 84-yard run in the second quarter. He totaled 22 carries.

The Broncos tied it early on a 3-yard rush by fullback Michael Jenkins. He recorded 41 yards on eight carries.

Hampden (7-3) 7 0 0 0 — 7

Leavitt (10-0) 7 14 14 0 — 35

L — Theiss 3 run (Urquhart kick)

H — Jenkins 2 run (Cust kick)

L — Strickland 84 run (Urquhart kick)

L — Theiss 9 run (Urquhart kick)

L — Hersom 31 run (Urquhart kick)

L — Hersom 16 run (Urquhart kick)

Gardiner 20, Morse 13

At Bath, Forrest Chadwick scored three touchdowns as No. 3 Gardiner edged defending Eastern Maine champion Morse, the No. 2 seed.

Chadwick scored on a 4-yard run and a 45-yard interception return in the second quarter and a 28-yard third-quarter run.

Morse, which had defeated Gardiner 7-0 in Week 2 of the regular season, took a 6-0 lead in the first quarter of the rematch on a 51-yard pass from Mike Walton to Everett Moye.

The Shipbuilders scored their final touchdown on a 1-yard run by Walton in the third quarter.

Gardiner (8-2) 0 13 7 0 — 20

Morse (7-3) 6 0 7 0 — 13

M — Moye 51 pass from Walton (kick failed)

G — Chadwick 4 run (kick failed)

G — Chadwick 45 interception return (Meehan kick)

G — Chadwick 28 run (Meehan kick)

M — Walton 1 run (Wolfe kick)

Class A

Brunswick 27, Lawrence 14

At Fairfield, third-seeded Brunswick scored 20 unanswered points to knock No. 2 Lawrence out of the playoffs in the semifinal round for the second straight year.

Stefan Jensen scored on a 1-yard run in the second quarter, and after a Rashon Edgerton extra-point kick, Brunswick tied it at 14-14.

Jensen gave the Dragons the lead by completing a 23-yard pass to Edgerton in the third quarter. Edgerton added some insurance with a 43-yard scoring pass to Dylan Walton in the fourth.

Edgerton first put Brunswick on the board with a 13-yard run in the first period.

Lawrence’s Bobby Belanger completed a 5-yard pass to Mark Yandian for a second-quarter touchdown. Christian Powers added a 16-yard scoring run to give Lawrence a 14-7 lead.

Brunswick (9-1) 7 7 7 6 — 27

Lawrence (8-2) 0 14 0 0 — 14

B — Edgerton 13 run (Edgerton kick)

L — Yandian 5 pass from Belanger (Dearborn kick)

L — Powers 16 run (Dearborn kick)

B — Jensen 1 run (Edgerton kick)

B — Edgerton 23 pass from Jensen (Edgerton kick)

B — Walton 43 pass from Edgerton (kick failed)