Ellsworth 42 Mt. Ararat 22 [STATS]

The Ellsworth Eagles rolled to a 42-22 win over the Mt. Ararat Eagles on Friday, October 2nd at Homecoming at Ellsworth High School.

Photo Chris Popper

Wyl Renwick rushed for a touchdown and passed for 2 touchdowns and Malik Hasham caught a touchdown and returned an interception for a touchdown for Ellsworth.

Photo Chris Popper

Ellsworth led 14-8  at the end of the 1st Quarter. Asa Jordan ran in for a 5-yard touchdown and with the 2-point conversion Ellsworth led 8-0. David Vinson ran in a 9-yard touchdown for Mt. Ararat. Teh 2-point conversion was good and the scored was tied at 8-8. Riley Duhaime ran in a 8-yard touchdown for Ellsworth. The 2-point conversion was no good.

Photo Chris Popper

Ellsworth led 22-16 at the end of the 2nd Quarter. Mt. Ararat's David Vinson scored his 2nd touchdown on a 12-yard run. The 2-point conversion was good and Mt. Ararat led 16-14. Ellworth took the lead on a 58-yard pass from Wyl Renwick to Malik Hasham. The 2-point conversion was good, and Ellsworth led 22-16 at the Half

Mt. Ararat tied the score at 22-22 when David Vinson completed a 22-yard pass to Levi Wannemacher. The 2-pont conversion failed.

Ellsworth scored 3 touchdowns in the 4th Quarter to put the game away. Cameron Adams caught a 60-yard pass from Renwick. The 2-point conversion was good and Ellsworth led 30-22. Renwick rumbled in from 5 yards out for a touchdown. The 2-point conversion failed. Ellsworth's final score came on a 56-yard pick-6 interception by Hasham. The 2-point conversion failed.

Ellsworth outgained Mt. Ararat in offense 355-283 yards.

Ellsworth's Stats 

Passing

• Wyl Renwick 6-14 172 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Rushing

• Asa Jordans 1-56 1 touchdown
• Wyl Renwick 3-40 1 touchdown
• Riley Duhaime 6-40 1 touchdown
• Boris Felix 6-28
• Malik Hasham 1-8
• Koldin Beers 1-7
• Cameron Adams 1-4

Receiving

• Malik Hasham 3-75 1 touchdown
• Cameron Adams 1-60 1 touchdown
• Riley Duhaime 1-21
• Nick Philip 1-16

Tackles

• Cameron Adams 8 tackles, 11 assists
• Malik Hasham 4 tackles, 5 assists
• Jai Williams 3 tackles, 5 assists
• Riley Duhaime 2 tackles, 4 assists
• Dawson Hunt 1 tackle, 5 assists
• Michael Welch 1 tackle 2 assists
• MJ Chapman 3 assists
• Asa Grinnell 1 assist
• Nick Philip 2 assists
• Daniel Benninati 1 assist.

The Ellsworth Eagles are now 4-1 while Mt Ararat is 0-5.

Ellsworth will host MDI on Friday, October 9th.The game kicks off at 7 p.m. If you can't make it to Tug White Stadium you can listen to WDEA AM 1370 with the pregame starting at 6:40. The game will also be broadcast on WDEA Internet Radio, on our FREE downloadable APP and on any Alexa enabled devices.

You can nominate a High School Athlete of the Week

In Downeast Maine, there is the Hammond Lumber-WDEA Downeast High School Athlete of the Week, for schools in Hancock and Washington County. You can nominate someone for games/matches played during the week September 28th - October 3rd. Please send your nominee to Chris Popper including the student's name, high school, sport and why they should be nominated by Sunday, October 4th Voting will take place Monday October 5th thru Thursday October 8tht at 11:59 p.m. and the winner will be announced on Friday, October 9th.