Many athletes had to withstand a debilitating heat on Saturday, but Skowhegan football player Zack Whiting had one M.O. in order to play through the oppressive conditions.

"Water, water, water," said Whiting, who scored four touchdowns and ran for 349 yards in a 34-15 win at Mt. Ararat.

And in Topsham, fluids were aplenty. So was a portable fan, perched near the Mt. Ararat bench and surrounded by several football players in the minutes before the opening kickoff.

Seen in the stripes ...

Falmouth Police Chief Ed Tolan enforces the laws by day, but he enforces the rules on the football field on Fridays and Saturdays. Tolan - whose son, James, was an All-State ice hockey player at Falmouth - was part of the officiating crew at the Marshwood-Massabesic game Friday in Waterboro.

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