CUMBERLAND — The Greely football team doesn’t rely on one quarterback. Instead, the Rangers have two guys capable of handling the job.

Andrew Padgett and Luke Piper alternated series throughout Friday’s game against Mt. Desert Island. While Padgett and Piper pitched a pack of passes, the Rangers moved the ball effectively, and the result was a 28-0 win.

“If you have two quarterbacks, you might as well use them, right? We like that set. It gives us the opportunity to get the ball in the hands of our playmakers. Both Luke and Andrew do a fantastic job. If you’ve got ’em, use ’em,” Greely Coach Caleb King said.

Coincidentally, that final score was the same as the eight-man Large School state championship game between these teams last season, which MDI won.

Greely improved to 4-1, while MDI is 3-2.

“When you beat somebody in the state championship, they want to beat you pretty badly. They showed up tonight and they played with a lot of heart. Their intensity level, I thought, was higher than ours most of the night,” MDI Coach Mark Shields said.

Greely took control in the first half, scoring on three of its six drives (the final drive was one play before the end of the half). The Rangers mixed it up on the ground and through the air.

The Rangers took an 8-0 lead with 4:40 left in the first quarter when Benjamin Kyles caught a 17-yard pass from Piper. Padgett ran in the 2-point conversion.

Padgett scored on a 5-yard run with 9:52 left in the second quarter for a 14-0 lead, and Piper’s 10-yard run with 2:06 left in the first half pushed the lead to 22-0.

MDI had a pair of drives inside the Greely 30 in the first half, but each stalled and the Trojans gave the ball back on downs.

Piper added a 19-yard TD in the fourth quarter,

“I think it’s great. The team gets a break when we get two quarterbacks. They’re two really efficient quarterbacks,” said Greely senior Wes Piper, Luke’s older brother.

Piper caught four passes for 102 yards, including a 49-yard catch from his brother on the first play of the game when the Rangers executed a trick play. Luke Piper started the play at wideout and took the ball on a reverse before throwing a deep pass down the right side.

While that drive ended without points, it set the tone for Greely.

“They’re both really good runners, and they both can throw the ball really well, too. Scheme-wise, I didn’t really scheme up for each separate quarterback, per se,” Shields said about preparing to face Greely’s quarterback tandem.

Padgett ran for 78 yards, while Luke Piper ran for 69. The pair combined to throw for 177 yards. Kyles had four catches for 75 yards.

Defensively, the game plan was simple, King said.

“Tackle and be relentless. We pride ourselves on being really tough,” King said. “We have to be relentless the entire time, and we did that tonight. It was just fundamental tackling. We had to play downhill.”