BOYS SOCCER

PONIES GALLOP ON TO THE NEXT ROUND

Photo courtesy of Mark Haskell of Courier Publications

     Oceanside’s Caleb Robinson (5) and Foxcroft Academy’s Nick Boyd (19) and Dylan Harmon-Weeks (2) vie for the ball during an Oct. 26 high school boys soccer Eastern Class B prelim playoff game in Thomaston. The visiting Ponies beat the Mariners 2-1.

UPSETTING OCEANSIDE

Photo courtesy of Mark Haskell of Courier Publications

Foxcroft Academy’s Antonio Ayala heads a ball in front of teammate Abraham Simpson during an Eastern Class B preliminary playoff game with Oceanside of Rockland/Thomaston. The 11-seeded Ponies stunned the No. 6 Mariners 2-1 to advance to the quarterfinals, where Foxcroft is scheduled to play at No. 3 Winslow on Oct. 30.