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SACO — Behind the big-play ability of Logan LeBlanc, quarterback Noah Fullerton and an increasingly stingy defense, Thornton Academy rolled to a 49-14 win against rival Bonny Eagle in a Class A South football showdown Saturday.

Both teams entered with 7-0 records. Thornton is the unanimous No. 1 team in the Varsity Maine poll, and Bonny Eagle was the consensus No. 2 team.

It was Thornton’s seventh straight win against Bonny Eagle in the annual mark-your-calendar game. Bonny Eagle struck first and led 14-6 in the first quarter, but it was all Thornton from there, with LeBlanc catching three touchdown passes after getting the Golden Trojans on the board with a 90-yard kickoff return.

“That first touchdown definitely got my excitement way up, and from there I knew what I could do and kept my foot on the gas pedal and kept going,” LeBlanc said.

LeBlanc added TD catches of 26 and 44 yards as Thornton built a 28-14 halftime lead, then scored on a 28-yarder in the third quarter. That play initially looks like a designed quarterback run by Fullerton, who pulled up and lofted a pass to his open target.

“He’s a really good athlete and I like to go get it,” Fullerton said of LeBlanc.

Fullerton had touchdown runs of 1 and 5 yards and a tough 2-point conversion run that tied the game 14-14.

Thornton led 21-14 when Bonny Eagle faced a fourth-and-3 on its own 42. Punter Ben Havu tucked the ball and ran but was tackled a yard short. Havu scored on a similar play against Oxford Hills this season. On the next play, LeBlanc popped wide open on a post pattern against 1-on-1 coverage with no safety help. Fullerton’s play-action pass hit the speedster in stride for a 28-14 lead.

Of the fake punt, Bonny Eagle coach Kevin Cooper said, “we let our kids make plays like that. We had three blockers for two TA defenders and we didn’t get them blocked.”

The fake punt was derailed by senior Brody Hadiaris, who accelerated toward Havu and stopped him a yard short.

The Scots’ first two drives went 60 and 76 yards, with Ben Noe finding creases up the middle for 31 yards on the first drive and 40 yards on the second. Both were capped by sweeps to the left, with quarterback Lucas Klehn scoring from the 12 and receiver Drew Gervais finding paydirt from the 22 on a jet sweep.

While Thornton’s overall yardage advantage was small — 288 to 258 — it was 288-122 after Bonny Eagle’s first two drives and the score difference was 43-0. What changed? “We’re not necessarily doing anything bettter,” said Thornton outside linebacker Chase Paquette, who had a sack and then an interception to set up the next-to-last TD. “We know we have more depth than any other team, and we’ll wear them down over time, and that’s all we had to do.”

Klehn, who had averaged well over 100 yards rushing per game, was held to 36 yards on 10 carries. Noe was a bright spot with 112 yards on 14 carries. A potential 48-yard score that would have cut the lead to 35-21 was wiped out by a holding penalty. Paquette intercepted Klehn three plays later.

Bonny Eagle: Lucas Klehn (10 carries, 36 yards, 1 TD; 3 of 8 passing, 28 yards, 1 INT), Ben Noe (13 carries, 112 yards), Drew Gervais (3 carries, 48 yards, 1 TD)

Thornton: Noah Fullerton (12 carries, 47 yards, 2 TDs; 7 of 8 passing, 134 yards, 3 TDs), Logan LeBlanc (6 catches, 129 yards, 3 TDs; kickoff return TD, Brennan Tabor (16 carries, 78 yards)

“Once we can’t get stops, that puts pressure on our offense, and they can’t quite perform as well as they did on the first two drives. They didn’t punt it. You’re not going to win any games if you don’t make the other team punt.” — Bonny Eagle coach Kevin Cooper

“I give our coaches credit. They had a great plan and (Fullerton) executed it. He’s playing great football for us. He really hasn’t gotten the press some others have, but we think he’s dynamite.” — Thornton coach Kevin Kezal