The Foxcroft Academy Ponies from Dover-Foxcroft will seek a second consecutive state Class C championship on Saturday as they square off against the Winthrop High School Ramblers at 3:05 p.m. at Edward Little High School in Auburn.
That will be the final state championship game of the day in Auburn.
Cheverus High of Portland will be looking to win its fourth state A title in a row when it kicks off the agenda with an 11:05 a.m. contest against Mt. Ararat of Topsham in a battle of 17-0 teams.
Nokomis of Newport, 16-1, will face 14-3 Freeport in the B final at 1:05 p.m.
Foxcroft Academy is 17-0 and earned its trip to the state final with a hard-fought 1-0 win over arch-rival and neighbor Dexter in the C North title game.
Lilah French’s goal with 10:35 remaining decided it.
The Ponies had previously beaten Orono, 9-0, in the quarterfinals and Stearns/Schenck, 6-0, in the semifinals.
Foxcroft Academy features Penobscot Valley Conference Class C Player of the Year Addie Rayfield along with fellow All-PVC first team selections Ava Dunton, Jenna Hartford and Lili Bisson.
Winthrop is 16-1 and punched its ticket to the Class C South with playoff wins over Oak Hill of Sabattus (3-0), Boothbay Region (4-1) and Spruce Mountain of Jay (3-1).
Winthrop captured four consecutive state titles from 2021-2014.
In Class B, Nokomis of Newport scored 15 goals in its three playoff wins capped by a 4-2 win in the North title game over Leavitt of Turner. Nokomis spotted Leavitt a 1-0 lead but received goals from MaKenzie Watson, Ava Roundy, Annie Nyce and Maeve Rush to win it.
Nokomis avenged its only regular season loss, 2-0, to Leavitt.
Nokomis had previously eliminated Erskine Academy from South China 6-0 and Old Town 5-1 and will be looking for its first state title since 2013..
Freeport, which lost to Belfast 1-0 in the state final last year, advanced to the state game with three one-goal victories: 1-0 over the Gray-New Gloucester/North Yarmouth Academy co-op team, 3-2 over Greely of Cumberland Center and 2-1 over Yarmouth.
The Falcons had split regular season games with Yarmouth.
Freeport won its last state title in 2023.
Mt. Ararat posted playoff victories over Brewer (8-0), Messaslonskee of Oakland (2-0) and Skowhegan (3-2) while Cheverus ousted Noble of North Berwick (6-0), Sanford/Kennebunk (3-2) and Thornton Academy of Saco (2-1).
Mt. Ararat rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat Skowhegan for its first ever regional championship.


