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Wagner pulls away to beat UMaine men 87-73 BY PETE WARNER BDN STAFF
Till Gloger’s layup with 14:18 remaining gave the University of Maine men’s basketMEN’S ball team its first BASKETBALL lead of the game on Saturday afternoon. Rather than build the advantage, it was host Wagner that seized the momentum. The Seahawks outscored the Black Bears 21-3 during the next seven min-
utes, pulling away for an 87-73 victory at the Spiro Sports Center in Staten Island, New York. Coach Bob Walsh’s Black Bears fell to 0-3 on the young season, while Wagner earned its first win in three games. Corey Henson tossed in 24 points, including an 11for-11 effort from the foul line, to spark Wagner. He also provided seven assists. Dwaun Anderson finished with 15 points and seven rebounds, Michael Carey posted 11 points and
seven rebounds and Japhet Kadji added nine points for the Seahawks, who shot 46 percent from the field (28-for-61) and converted 23 of 32 free throws (72 percent). Freshman Issac Vann tossed in a career-best 28 points, going 8-for-12 from the floor and 9-for-12 from the foul line for UMaine. He also grabbed a gamehigh 11 rebounds. Classmate Lavar Harewood connected for 14 points with six rebounds and Devine Eke chipped in with nine points. The
Black Bears shot 43 percent (22-for-51) but missed 14 of 37 free throws (62 percent) and went only 6-for21 from the 3-point arc. Wagner scored 21 points off 17 UMaine turnovers, while the Bears had 16 points as the result of 18 Seahawk miscues. Henson wasted no time putting the hosts back in front with a layup and free throw at the 13:57 mark. The Seahawks continued the run with two Mike Aaman foul shots, a layup by Anderson and 3-pointers from Henson and Kadji
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Will Merchant’s pass set up Swavely’s breakaway goal 12 seconds later which snapped the Maine captain’s 20-game goal drought dating back to last season. Swavely pulled the puck over to his backhand side and tucked it between Santaguida’s pads as he was getting his stick whacked by a UVM backchecker. “All the credit in the world goes to Red [Maine coach Gendron] and his staff and student-athletes,” said UVM coach Kevin Sneddon. “They played a great weekend. They were desperate and hungry and certainly made our power play look inept. It was an absolute disaster and I’ll take the blame for that because I make the decisions on who’s out there on the special teams at we had the wrong players out there this weekend.” “They had a little energy from scoring the first goal and had a chance to go up 2-0 on the power play. Instead, when the power play was over, we’re up 2-1,” Gendron said. “That was a big point in the game. That helped our kids feel confident. We played a full 60 minutes tonight.” Vesey expanded the lead with a wrist shot from beyond the top of the right circle that squeezed between Santaguida’s pads for his first goal and point of the season. “Those shorthanded goals gave them momentum and then we gave up a soft goal on the power play. We have to make that save,” said Sneddon whose Catamounts have allowed at least one power-play goal in their last eight games. Shaw had opened the scoring with a nifty move across the middle of the slot. He
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quest for its third Class C title in six seasons. The Clippers were without Cody Cook, who suffered a knee injury in the South championship game against Wells. Thoma completed 18 of 29 for 202 yards, including a 50yard touchdown to Remi LeBlanc. Winslow cornered the Clippers to 57 rushing yards on 26 attempts. “We like to run first to set up the pass, but without Cody Cook who gives us that dual threat of run and pass, we tried to run but it just wasn’t there,” Yarmouth coach Jason Veilleuxsaid.“Weknewitwouldn’t be. We thought we’d have more success through the air, and we did to a degree.” Winslow traditionally gets it done on the ground, as was evidenced in a 62-14 thrashing of Leavitt a year ago, and the title defense started no differently. Trask faked left, kept the
Titles Continued from Page B4 wind was always blowing the last two weeks, so we finally got to air it up.” Greg Ruff rushed up the middle for a 6-yard score with 5:58 remaining in the quarter. Led by Rome Pura and Isaac Patry, Thornton’s defense earned a quick stop. Lambert fielded Nick Archambault’s punt, raced left to right and followed a wall of blockers down his own sideline for a 71-yard score. Thornton held Portland to 59 yards in the first half before the Bulldogs stymied
New Hampshire outgained UMaine only 379-334 but capitalized on two of the Black Bears’ four turnovers (2 fumbles, 2 interceptions). UMaine came up empty on three of its four possessions that got inside the UNH 30, two of which ended with interceptions. The Bears also converted only three of 15 third-down opportunities and were 0-for-2 on fourth down. The Wildcats were spearheaded by the play of quarterback Sean Goldrich, ASHLEY L. CONTI | BDN who completed 29 of 47 University of Maine’s Andrew Tegeler (right) battles for the passes for 286 yards with a puck against University of Vermont’s Craig Puffer during TD and an interception. their hockey game at Alfond Arena in Orono on Saturday. Jared Allison made 10 catches for 81 yards and fought off a check and shov- pecially if you don’t get much Dalton Crossan carried 16 eled a backhander past Mor- traffic in front of him,” said times for 85 yards and ris. Puskarich. caught five passes for 44 The Black Bears killed off “He was a big part of both yards and a score. four UVM power plays in the wins,” said Gendron. “He Quarterback Dan Collins scoreless second period to played very well all week- led UMaine, which managed protect the 3-1 lead. end.” only 69 rushing yards, by Morris made eight GradeThe Black Bears also going 18-for-34 with 242 A saves among his 14 overall played one of their most yards and a TD. He was instops in the middle period physical games of the year tercepted twice. Micah and finished with 18 Grade-A and Campbell led the charge Wright caught eight balls saves. with two bone-rattling for 83 yards. “The team played real well checks at center ice. UNH extended its 13-0 in front of me and that helped “We finished every check. halftime lead in the third me with my confidence,” Even if one of their guys got quarter after a punt hit said Morris. “I was able to rid of the puck, we made sure UMaine’s Wright and the feed off the defensemen and we finished him off so he hosts recovered at the UM forwards’ energy in front of wouldn’t keep going and 40. The key play during the me and I saw the puck pretty make a play,” said Brown. ensuing six-play drive was a well.” Maine’s seven goals in the 39-yard completion from Maine blocked 18 Cata- two games represents its best mount shots. two-game output this season. “You have to give credit to Merchant finished with Matty Morris. He had a great two assists and Renouf had weekend,” said Sneddon. “He one to give him four points played real well in the third on the weekend (2 goals, 2 asperiod on Friday night and sists). and played well for 60 minutes Maine will entertain tonight. We had some pretty ECAC member Princeton good looks at times but he University on Friday and made some great saves.” Saturday nights. The 2-6 TiMorris made 39 saves in gers beat Maine 3-1 in the Friday night’s win including consolation game at the Cap21 in the third period. ital City Classic in Trenton, “He’s a good goaltender es- New Jersey, on Oct. 31. ball to the right and saw a green mile open in front of him. “The line created a huge hole on that play,” Trask said. “I actually didn’t realize it was that big until I started running.” Yarmouth’s rocky start continued when Kenny Rickard forced a fumble into the hands of Luke Fredette on the Clippers’ initial series. Joey Fortin and Ricky Tillotson made stops to key a defensive stand, and Yarmouth’s offense settled in on its next sojourn. Thoma’s 23-yard strike to Snyder set up a 33yard field goal by Andrew Beatty. Winslow rushed for 210 of its 308 yards in the first half. Nate St. Amand carried 26 times for 157 yards to lead the Black Raiders. Trask added 10 carries for 95 yards, while Rickard added 12 for 68, including a touchdown that made it 14-3 with eight seconds left in the first quarter. LeBlanc’s juggling catch pulled Yarmouth closer with
8:17 to go in the half. Tillotson made a tackle for loss to stop a Winslow drive at the Clippers’ 18, but the Raiders returned the favor by smothering Lucas Uhl on fourth down. Trask hit Dylan Hutchinson for gains of 22 and 19, leading to Ryan Gagnon’s 37-yard field goal at the horn. Yarmouth had two promising second-half drives stuffed inside the 15, foregoing the Beatty field goal on both occasions. Hutchinson and St. Amand threw Snyder for a two-yard loss on fourth-and-2 at the 5 to end the Clippers’ opening possession of the half. Veilleux, who quarterbacked Winslow under Siviski as a senior in 1991, worked with his former mentor to help Cook get on the field. He called timeout as the Black Raiders prepared to kneel and run out the clock in the victory formation. “That’s just out of respect to him,” Veilleux said. “It meant a lot to him to say he played in the game.”
McCrum to resurrect their flickering title hopes. In the Class B final, Marshwood of South Berwick, the only school to win a title in all four classes, captured the Gold Ball for the 17th time. The Hawks (10-2) led by three touchdowns after an authoritative first half before the Dragons (9-2) rallied. Zach Doyon rushed for three consecutive first downs, allowing Marshwood to run out the final 4:25 after Brunswick closed the gap on a 15-yard touchdown pass from Thomas Hanson to Jackson Gordon. Cole McDaniel rushed for two first-half scores and made his only pass completion of the night count, con-
necting with Doyon for a 28yard TD. The junior took over under center in Week 5 when Jack Spear was injured. “It took a lot (to learn the position), but I think I settled down,” McDaniel said. “My team is the reason that we won this game.” Doyon finished with 25 carries for 149 yards in addition to his big catch. Jesse Devereaux countered with 19 runs to 129 yards and a TD for Brunswick, whose senior workhorse, Will Bessey, was limited to one carry for no gain by a hamstring injury. Devereaux’s 5-yard run capped a seven-minute drive to resuscitate the Dragons at the start of the second half.
that made it 67-56 with 11:11 left. Harewood ended a UMaine scoring drought of more than four minutes with a layup at the 10:22 mark, but the hosts sandwiched Kadji’s layup and two Henson free throws around a Garet Beal foul shot to push the lead to 12. The Black Bears went 2-for-6 from the field and committed four turnovers during that decisive stretch. Wagner led by as many as 12 points (23-11) in the Goldrich to Kyon Taylor. That set up an 11-yard TD scramble by Goldrich that made it 19-0 at 8:59 of the period. The Bears, who turned the ball over twice in the third quarter, finally scored 39 seconds into the fourth. UMaine went 51 yards on six plays, aided by a 15-yard penalty, capped by Collins’ 6-yard toss to John Hardy. However, the Wildcats responded with a 13-play march that consumed 4:44 and culminated in Morgan Ellman’s 25-yard field goal. Mike Kozlakowski and Patrick Ricard led UMaine with six tackles each. Cabrinni Goncalves made five and an interception. Akil Anderson’s 10 tackles paced UNH. The Wildcats capitalized on a UMaine turnover to take a 7-0 first-quarter lead. Cyrus Boone recovered after quarterback Drew Belcher fumbled at the UM 32. UNH needed only four plays to score as a 19-yard pass from Goldrich to Jared Allison set up a 2-yard scoring toss from Goodrich to Crossan. The hosts made it 13-0, taking advantage of good field position after a punt and an 11-yard return by Casey Andrade. UNH struck on its second play when Crossan raced 43 yards for a touchdown. Morgan Ellman’s PAT kick missed.
first half, but the Black Bears ended the half on an 18-10 run to battle back within 44-41 at intermission. Vann connected for 12 points and Harewood provided seven during the UMaine resurgence. The Black Bears make their regular-season home debut Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. against Longwood at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. It is part of a doubleheader with the women’s team, which faces Central Connecticut at noon.
Alvarez stops Cotto for WBC title REUTERS
Mexico’s Saul “Canelo” Alvarez beat Miguel Cotto on a unanimous points decision to win the WBC BOXING world middleweight title in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Alvarez, the pre-fight favourite, lived up to his billing with a powerful display at the Mandalay Bay Events Center as the 25-year-old improved his career record to 46-1-1 (32 KOs). His only loss was to Floyd Mayweather in 2013. All three judges agreed Alvarez had won the contest comfortably, awarding him between nine and 11 of the 12 rounds. “We knew going into this fight that it would be a difficult journey, but I feel that I was the faster and stronger fighter tonight,” Alvarez said. “I wasn’t hurt by his punches. I was fully prepared for what Cotto was going to do in the ring, whether that was take a defense stance or be the aggressor.” No sooner was the fight over than talk turned to a possible clash with Kazak world champion Gennady Golovkin, the unbeaten WBA, IBF and interim WBC champion, nicknamed GGG.