STANDISH – Thornton Academy picked up an important win Friday night, on the road against Bonny Eagle, 37-20. The game generated a lot of excitement and passion but not big numbers. Total offense for the Scots totaled 58 yards rushing and 176 yards passing for a total of 234 yards. For the Golden Trojans, just about the reverse, with 176 yards on the ground and 85 in the air.

For the Scots, Tyson Goodale scored twice, on 1- and 17-yard keeper plays. Joe Bissonnette returned a kickoff for a score. For Thornton Academy, Andrew Libby scored three touchdowns and Nick Kenney scored one, with the TA defense scoring two points on a safety.

Dakota Tarbox (85) avoids a tackle by Riley Murphy and picks up about eight yards on a pass play.
Junior lineman Cody Meserve and the rest of the Trojans warm up before the game.
“Now that was a football game.” TA coach Kevin Kezal congratulates his players, including senior Josh Cyr, as they come off the field at the end of the 37-20 win.
Lynn MacDonald, mother of sophomore wide receiver Joe, hangs a sign honoring Bonny Eagle players before the game.
The Scots senior quarterback, Tyson Goodale, slices through a hole created by senior lineman Wade Mandeville (76) for a first down on the first drive of the game.
The Bonny Eagle cheerleaders rush to welcome the football team onto the field for the pre-game activities.
Trojan quarterback Eric Christensen can’t find an open receiver on a pass play, so he takes off and picks up seven yards near the end of the first quarter.
Joe Bissonnette (3) and Tom Eppich celebrate the first score of the game, a one-yard plunge by quarterback Tyson Goodale.
Deep in a fourth-down hole as the first half ends, TA’s Andrew Libby (16) fakes a punt and takes off, but is brought down quickly by Tyler Campobasso (57).
Make Way for the Next Generation I – Nolan Davis and other BE youth football players rush onto the field for their half-time scrimmages.
Make Way for the Next Generation II – Bonny Eagle Head Coach Kevin Cooper and his varsity squad move aside to let the youth players leave the field through the big Scots Helmet Tunnel.
Junior defensive back Cody Lynn (18) appears to stop a Bonny Eagle drive with a tip-drill interception, but a too-quick whistle by an official ruled the play dead, and the Scots retained the ball.
TA’s Andrew Libby (16) fights his way from the five-yard line down to the two for a first down, then took the ball into the end zone on the next play to give the Trojans a 23-20 lead.
Bonny Eagle senior tight end Shawn Duane never quit on a pass play, appearing to be down when he wasn’t, then getting up a running 34 yards up the middle.
The key play: after a great catch and long run by junior wide receiver Joe Bissonnette, the ball squirts loose hands as he falls into the end zone. The officials ruled it a fumble, recovered by Thornton Academy.
Thornton Academy defensive linemen Cody Meserve (67) and Quinlan O’Brien (64) battle Scots offensive linemen Andy Martel (55) and Brian Rollins (54), trying to get to the quarterback.
Senior running back Nick Kenney bulls up the middle for the final score of the game, a five-yard touchdown run.