Top-ranked Thornton Academy caps perfect season with Maine Class A championship

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For the fifth time since 2012, Thornton Academy is a Maine high school football champ. Saturday, the Trojans beat Oxford Hills 42-27 for the state’s Class A championship. Heading into the game at Fitzpatrick Stadium, Thornton was ranked No. 1 in the High School Football America Maine Top 5, powered by NFL Play Football, while Oxford Hills was No. 2.

This one was never in doubt with TA building a 21-0 lead early in the second quarter.

Thornton finishes 11-0 in 2021, while Oxford Hills wraps-up an 8-2 season with both losses coming against the Trojans.

Overall, Thornton Academy has now won ten Maine high school football titles.

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Jeff Fisher
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.