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Five players scored touchdowns, and third-seeded Falmouth used a swarming defense and a steady ground game to easily defeat sixth-seeded Gorham, 33-0, in a Class B South football quarterfinal Friday in Falmouth.

After a scoreless first quarter, the Navigators broke through with 4:56 left in the second after Tres Walker threw a long pass to Abram Wintersteen. Walker followed with a 1-yard keeper up the middle, and Peter Kearns kicked the extra point as Falmouth (6-3) went into halftime with a 7-0 lead.

In the third quarter, TJ Saulter’s 23-yard run set up a 1-yard touchdown by Brendon Welch. Saulter added a 12-yard touchdown run, and Kearns kicked his third extra point for a 21-0 lead.

Luke Roy caught a 2-yard scoring pass from Walker early in the fourth. On Gorham’s next possession, quarterback Garrett Poulin connected with Atticus Whitten to get the Rams (2-7) into Falmouth territory, but Saulter striped the ball from Whitten and Roy recovered the fumble.

Wesley Howard capped the scoring with a 31-yard run.

Falmouth’s victory sets up a semifinal against second-seeded Kennebunk, which lost to the Navigators in last year’s state final.

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FOXCROFT ACADEMY 14, YORK 0: Evan Seavey threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Lucas Sands in the second quarter, then added a 1-yard scoring run in the third as the seventh-seeded Ponies (6-3) beat the 10th-seeded Wildcats (1-8) in a Class C preliminary-round game in Dover-Foxcroft.

Foxcroft took the lead late in the first half when Sands outleaped two defenders to snare a pass from Seavey.

The Ponies then put together a long drive on their first possession of the second half, and Seavey took it in on a quarterback sneak.

Foxcroft next faces No. 2 Leavitt in the quarterfinals.

WINDHAM 6, DEERING 0: Jordan Pastore scored on a 4-yard run in overtime to give the Eagles (3-6) a win over the Rams (4-5) in a Class A North regular-season finale in Windham.

Deering threatened to break the scoreless deadlock in the final minute of regulation, but time ran out with the Rams inside the Windham 10.

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Windham free safety Mason Arbour then ended Deering’s overtime possession with an interception, and the Eagles needed just two plays to score on their own possession.

BONNY EAGLE 44, SCARBOROUGH 6: Colby McCormack scored three touchdowns, while Colin Moran threw for two TDs and ran for one, leading the Scots (8-1) past the Red Storm (3-6) in Scarborough.

Bonny Eagle is the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Class A South playoffs and will face No. 3 Noble in the semifinals.

McCormack and Moran hooked up for a 29-yard touchdown pass to give Bonny Eagle the lead.

Scarborough responded with a 15-yard TD run by Kingston Griffiths, but the Scots pulled away with four touchdowns in the second quarter. McCormack scored on a 3-yard run and Lucas Klehn had a 2-yard TD run before Mcran threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Caleb Racicot. Moran’s 7-yard scoring run made it 37-6 at halftime.

McCormack added a 56-yard TD run on the first play of the third quarter.

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