Brunswick boys lacrosse races past Mt. Ararat, 14-4 on the road

Brunswick seized control almost immediately Monday night and never let go, turning the Battle of the New Bridge into a 14-4 road win over Mt. Ararat that showed how dangerous the Dragons can be when they start fast and stay organized. The first four goals belonged to Brunswick, and by the time the running clock kicked in, the rivalry game in Topsham had already tilted decisively toward the Dragons.

That opening burst mattered because Brunswick had not always come out that sharply this spring. Instead of chasing the game, the Dragons dictated it from the start, leading 7-1 at halftime and winning the possession battle, 15-3 in shots and 7-3 on face-offs. Finn White scored twice and added an assist, and six Brunswick players scored two goals apiece as James Salko, Robert Bowen and Noah Koelker each finished with three points. White described the tone simply: “Play hard, we wanted to come out and punch them first.”

The details of the first half told the story. White intercepted a pass on a man-down sequence and fed Bowen for a diving goal, then Noah Similien pushed the lead to 4-0 with a right-wing shot. Mt. Ararat got only one first-half goal before Brunswick answered and kept rolling, a gap that grew large enough to trigger the running clock. Junior attack Jack Martin scored twice for Mt. Ararat, but the Eagles never found a stretch that threatened Brunswick’s control.

The win lifted Brunswick to 6-7 and dropped Mt. Ararat to 7-6, making the result more than a rivalry bragging right. It gave the Dragons a late-season marker that their front-line players can set the pace against a familiar opponent from just across the river. Robert Bowen remained central to that push after a season in which he scored 50 goals, entered 2026 as a first-team all-KVAC selection and academic All-American, and reached 100 career goals in Brunswick’s May 5 win over Messalonskee. Brunswick has used fast starts before in this series, including an 8-6 win in 2012 after a blistering early shooting stretch, and this one fit the same pattern: early control, steady execution and no opening for Mt. Ararat to climb back in.