TOPSHAM —The Mt. Ararat High School boys lacrosse team ran out to a 5-0 first-quarter lead en route to a 7-6 Eastern A win over Cony on Friday.
The Eagles improved to 4-2 and are scheduled to visit Messalonskee on Tuesday. Mt. Ararat led 5-0, 7-4 and 7-5 at the quarter breaks.
Nick Dow led the way with three goals and an assist, while Jeremy Williams had two goals and an assist, Seth Martin a goal, and Kyle Lussier, Jason Tome and Will Hirnak an assist each.
Connor Read made seven saves in the win, while Cony’s Isaac Gingras had 13 stops.
In the Cony effort, Bronson Kieltyka and John Bennet had two goals each, Brendan Surrette a goal and two assists, Nile Benner a goal and Austin Davis an assist.
MORSE 17
ST. DOM’S 9
Alexander Paulus led the way with five goals, three assists and five groundballs as Morse improved to 5-1 Friday at St. Dom’s.
The Shipbuilders are scheduled to host Oak Hill on Tuesday.
Perry Chase chipped in with two goals and three groundballs, Otto Werwaiss two goals and four groundballs, Matt Buczkowski three goals, an assist and four groundballs, Oliver Kruze three goals, two assists and seven groundballs, D’Vaughn Myers an assist, Miles Day two groundballs, Alec Beveridge a goal, two assists and four groundballs and Kevin Tolan a goal and six groundballs.
On the defense, PC Ostergaard had two groundballs, Kyle Perry a groundball and James Laser four groundballs and two clears. Goaltender Kevin Thibodeau had 11 saves.
“The score sometimes doesn’t reflect the actual play of the game,” said Morse coach Jay Paulus. “In my 20-some years of coaching men’s lacrosse, it’s how we play the game. Winning is important, but how you win is more important. As the head coach I expect the highest level of lacrosse that my kids can bring. The game needs to be played with finesse. I know they have more to bring and hopefully we approach the heart of our schedule playing terrific lacrosse.”
Grant Carrier led the Saints (0-4) with four goals, while Nick Hatfield added three and Dalton Lorenz chipped in with two more.
MORSE GIRLS 16
LINCOLN ACD. 4
In makeup action Friday in Newcastle, Morse improved to 2-2, while Lincoln Academy dipped to 0-5.
The Shipbuilders are scheduled to host Gardiner this afternoon.
Sophie Sreden paced the win with four goals and an assist, while Ruth Nadeau had two goals and two assists, Sadia Crosby three goals, Paige Martin and Zoe Simard two goals and an assist each, Grace Koslosky, Madison Savary and Maddy Olsen a goal each, and Bronwyn Morissette and Monica Frempong an assist each.
Goaltender Cat Sener gave up two goals with seven saves, while Sadie St. Pierre allowed two goals with no stops.
HYDE BOYS 13
KENTS HILL 8
In MAISAD action, Hyde fell behind 4-1, but recovered to beat host Kents Hill on Saturday.
Jimmy Talbot led the way with six goals, while Evan Robish and Wilson MacMillan had three goals each and Brian Edwards a goal.
Hyde is scheduled to visit Gould Academy next Saturday.
WAYNFLETE 19
FREEPORT 14
The Falcons fell to 0-5 with a Western Maine Conference home loss to 2-3 Waynflete on Saturday.
Sam Wogan had seven goals for Freeport, which hosts Yarmouth on Tuesday at 4 p.m.
Zander Majercik scored five goals and Henry Cleaves added four for Waynflete.
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