Football

The Bonny Eagle football team had one goal when the season started: win the state championship.

On Nov. 17, that mission was accomplished.

The Scots went into Portland’s Fitzpatrick Stadium that Saturday morning and took home their third state title in four years with a 34-14 win over eastern champion Lawrence.

The Scots rolled through their eight regular season games with an average margin of victory of 34.5 points. In four playoff wins, the Scots outscored their opponents 163-43.

Junior quarterback Nate Doehler, a quadruple threat who could run, pass, kick and play defense when needed, led the Scots. In 12 games for Bonny Eagle, Doehler threw for 21 touchdowns and ran for 19 more. He also kicked three field goals and returned one interception for a score. In addition, he converted 61 extra points.

It wasn’t all Doehler for the Scots though, as Ricky Hoyt, John Onesti and Josh Ruby also played a big part of the Scots’ dominance. Hoyt and Onesti were the top two receivers for Bonny Eagle while Ruby did most of the work at tailback. Travis Dunn also played a significant role.

Field Hockey

The Scots field hockey team finished their season with a 9-5 record to earn the fifth seed in the playoffs. Deering eliminated Bonny Eagle in the quarterfinals with a 4-3 loss.

The Scots made some noise during the regular season. After dropping three out of their first five games, they went 7-2 in their final nine, including a big win over defending regional champion Gorham.

Other big wins this year came against playoff teams like Biddeford, Westbrook and Noble.

Boys Soccer

The Bonny Eagle boys’ soccer team missed the tourney by just a few percentage points. They went 5-9 and finished 13th behind Windham. The Scots enjoyed some success under first year head coach Alan Curtis.

Despite the five wins, the highlight of the season may well have come in a loss. On Sept. 27, the Scots traveled to Gorham to take on a powerful Rams team. Gorham took a 1-0 lead into halftime before Jamie Ruginski tied it up on a header.

With the game still tied late in the second half, Gorham’s Joel Mundy scored the game winner with just one second left to give Gorham the win. The Rams went on to play in the regional final, but the Scots gave them one of their toughest tests of the season.

Girls Soccer

The girls’ soccer team found their way into the playoffs as the ninth seed thanks to their 8-5-1 regular season mark. But the Scots were bounced from the playoffs by Portland in the prelims.

Earlier in the season the Scots had defeated Portland, 2-1. It was one of many big wins over playoff contenders during the regular season. They also knocked off McAuley and Noble and played Deering to a scoreless tie.

Three of their six losses were by just a single goal. That includes the playoffs, when Portland scored the game-winner shortly before the end of regulation to break a scoreless tie.

Golf

The Bonny Eagle golf team won just one of 10 matches during the regular season, a 9-4 victory over Windham. Kevin and Brian Moskevich and Kayle Hamilton were the top golfers for the Scots this year. In the win over Windham, both Moskevich and Hamilton each won their match.

Cross Country

The Bonny Eagle boys cross country team was not a juggernaut this season, but they had some exceptional individual performances. Noah Schoneberg paced the Scots most of the season and qualified for the New England Regional.

Schoneberg was the runner-up in the Western Maine Regional at Twin Brook in Cumberland. One week later he was eighth in the state final before finishing 73rd in the New Englands.

On the girls side, the Scots had some bright spots as well. Sophomore Lauren Dudley had a fine season for the Scots. She placed third in her first race of the season and followed that up with a runner-up finish in her second race before recording her first win in just her third race.

Dudley’s fine season continued her fine season with a fourth place run at the state championship meet. She then went on to place 115th out of 265 runners in the New England Regional.