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Andover's Tucker Mullin continued his early sucess with a pair of assists to lead Phillips to a 5-2 win over Holderness. Chris Kreider, Andrew Cox, Bennett Carroccio, Garnett Hathaway and Steve Bury each scored a goal and Bobby Farnham had an assist for the Big Blue (2-1).

Eliza Marshall recorded a hat trick to lead Brooks to a 6-2 victory over Holderness. Amelia Hammerl, Nikki Kisner and Hannah Kolodner each added a goal. Hammerl also had two assists.

Though his team trailed 44-10 entering the fourth quarter, Pingree quarterback Carlos O'Donnell didn't hang his head. Instead, he unleashed three TD passes as the Highlanders scored 28 unanswered points but fell just short, 44-38, against Holderness.

HAMILTON | When your football program is practically in its infancy, you have to swallow hard sometimes and accept the Ouch Factor.

The Ouch Factor? It's what happens when a team is forced to finish a game, even though it's so far behind there's little hope of any way to mount a comeback. It happens to every young program that has to play a long-established team. The outcome is predictable and occasionally painful, but you can't let it get you down.