Boothbay/Wiscasset will challenge the Spruce Mountain Phoenix at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Boothbay/Wiscasset is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Maine's top teams: Traip, who was ranked 22nd in their home state at the time (Boothbay/Wiscasset was ranked 20th). Boothbay/Wiscasset put the hurt on Traip with a sharp 36-14 victory on Friday. Winning may never get old, but Boothbay/Wiscasset sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Meanwhile, Spruce Mountain humbled Telstar with a 54-6 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Phoenix.
Spruce Mountain's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Austin Armandi, who rushed for 148 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, and Dylan Jewett, who rushed for 105 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. Armandi really tore up the turf during one magnificent 80-yard run. Owen Kelvey was another key player, gaining 87 total yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Spruce Mountain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 323 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Spruce Mountain didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jewett and Jaziah Lavoie.
The win got Boothbay/Wiscasset back to even at 3-3. As for Spruce Mountain, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
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