WELLS — It was a blunt statement by Tim Roche, but it may very well be true.

Roche, the head coach of the Wells football team, had just seen his leading rusher, Louis DiTomasso, gain 385 yards and score six touchdowns against the same team in two consecutive weeks.

“Louis gets no credit,” Roche said. “He started awesome. He had 246 yards rushing last week, and I don’t see him anywhere in (other) papers. He had 800 yards rushing in eight games and 15 TDs. He’s the best football player in the Campbell Conference, in my mind. I know I’m biased, but that’s the way it is.”

Bias aside, Roche isn’t far from the truth. DiTomasso has quietly put together a strong resume for the Fitzpatrick Trophy, given to the best senior football player in the state. In nine games, DiTomasso has rushed for 1,011 yards and scored 17 touchdowns. DiTomasso has been just as important on defense for the Warriors at middle linebacker, as he has collected almost 100 tackles this season.

DiTomasso also played a major role in the Warriors’ defeat of rival York in consecutive weeks. In the first match-up between the two schools, DiTomasso rushed for 246 yards and four touchdowns in a 26-21 win over the Wildcats on Oct. 21. In last week’s Western Maine Class B quarterfinal game, he rushed for 139 yards and scored two touchdowns.

But even with his laundry list of accomplishments, DiTomasso has remained humble, and has his eyes on one goal: Delivering Wells its second state championship ”“ the first since 1997.

“I’m just trying to work,” DiTomasso said. “I’m just trying to get to Portland” for the state championship game.

The Warriors are in the midst of the perfect season, holding down a 9-0 record. They have been as close to perfection as a team can play, averaging 33 points per game on offense, and boasting one of the best defenses in the state, allowing an average of seven points per game.

But even with a perfect record, Wells has remained hungry. The Warriors players said they were not happy allowing York to score 21 points in the regular season finale, a game Wells won 26-21.

“We came out a little flat, we weren’t playing our type of football,” DiTomasso said before the rematch. “They were playing their best football. They were throwing on us a little bit. In the second half, we came out and kind of fixed things. We got after it a little bit more. We’ll do some things this week that have helped us out in the past.”

The Warriors improved their play greatly in the playoff game a week later, holding the Wildcats to just 154 total yards of offense, en route to a 42-7 win.

The Warriors, the No. 1 seed in Western Class B, take on the Westbrook Blue Blazes (5-4), the No. 5 seed, in the semifinal round on Friday night at Warrior Memorial Field. The Blazes have won their last four games, but lost 27-14 to the Warriors in a regular season match-up on Sept. 9.

DiTomasso scored a touchdown in that game.

— Contact Staff Writer Dave Dyer at 282-1535, Ext. 318 or follow him on Twitter @Dave_Dyer.