WINSLOW, Maine — Bobby Chenard threw for three touchdowns on Saturday afternoon to spearhead Winslow High School to a 29-12 victory over archrival Waterville to win the Eastern Maine Class C football championship.
It was the third consecutive regional title for coach Mike Siviski’s Black Raiders (10-0), who take on defending state champion Leavitt of Turner Center (10-1) in Friday’s 7 p.m. final at the University of Maine’s Alfond Stadium in Orono.
Saturday’s win over the Purple Panthers (8-2) was the second of the season for Winslow, which ran the ball effectively but mixed in some well-timed pass plays to get the ball in the end zone.
The Black Raiders broke a scoreless deadlock with a long drive in the second quarter. It culminated in a 12-yard scoring toss from Chenard to Justin Martin and Dylan Hapworth’s PAT rush gave Winslow an 8-0 lead.
The hosts scored again early in the second half when Chenard found Jacob Trask for a 30-yard scoring pass, but Waterville answered late in the period on A.J. Godin’s 1-yard TD run.
However, the Black Raiders re-established a two-score cushion on Chenard’s 30-yard TD completion to Trask.
The Purple Panthers kept it close on Godin’s 18-yard touchdown throw to Cam Thomas, but a 14-yard scoring scamper by Kenny Rickard put the game away for Winslow.
Soccer
East girls 6, West 5
At Hampden on Sunday, Christine Levesque of Mount Ararat High in Topsham scored a late goal on Sunday as the East All-Star Team beat the West in the 20th Maine Soccer Coaches Senior Bowl.
Dianna Tyutyunnyk of Orono scored two goals for the East stars, while Alli Boulier of Bangor, Alex Speed of Piscataquis in Guilford and Mikayla Morin of Oxford Hills added one apiece. Lydia Roy of Waterville notched two assists and Mary Butler of Bangor added one.
Kathryn Clark of Cape Elizabeth paced the West squad with two goals and Miracle Trimble of Morse High in Bath tallied a goal and two assists.
Jenna Soucy of Windham and Haley DaGraca of Thornton Academy in Saco each had a goal and Cassie Symonds of Windham had an assist.
The East had Courtney Parent of Van Buren and Molly Murray of Edward Little of Auburn in the net, while the West ‘keepers were Olivia Maynard of Hall-Dale in Hallowell and Julianna Harwood of Waynflete in Portland.
West boys 5, East 2
At Hampden on Sunday, D.J. Nicholas of North Yarmouth Academy scored twice to carry the West senior stars past the East team in the Maine Soccer Coaches Senior Bowl.
Adam LaBrie of Yarmouth notched a goal and assist and Ben Ingraham of Greely High in Cumberland and Matt Sekerah of Winthrop each netted a goal.
Nat Crocker provided two assists and Sam Ware of Scarborough had one.
The East’s goal scorers were Dan Good of Hampden Academy and Ben Nickerson of Presque Isle. Assists were handed out by Josiah Simko of Camden Hills and Noah Parker of Hampden.
Matt Sekerak of Winthrop was the West goalie, while the East split time amongst Sam Smith of Sumner in East Sullivan, Alex Berard of Winslow, Joseph Higgins of Penobscot Valley in Howland and Llewellyn Jensen of Edward Little.