COLLEGES

Abby Kraemer converted a penalty kick midway through the first half, and Maine clinched the No. 1 seed in the America East women’s soccer tournament by defeating New Hampshire, 1-0, in a regular-season finale Thursday night in Durham, New Hampshire.

The Black Bears (11-1-3, 7-0-1 America East) extended their unbeaten streak to 10 games. They’ll have home-field advantage through the America East tournament, which starts Sunday. Maine has a bye into the semifinals next Thursday.

New Hampshire fell to 11-4-1 overall, 6-2 in America East.

FOOTBALL: Quarterback Matthew Sluka, who left UNLV three games into the season over a name, image and likeness dispute, has entered the transfer portal, agent Marcus Cromartie said.

Cromartie and Bob Sluka, the quarterback’s father, have said Sluka was promised $100,000 in NIL money to transfer from Holy Cross, but no payments were ever made.

HIGH SCHOOLS

FOOTBALL: Thornton Academy scored on its first eight possessions – including all seven in the first half – as it ended its regular season with a 69-0 rout of Scarborough in Saco.

Wyatt Benoit passed for touchdowns to three different receivers and added two touchdown runs. The highlight was a 96-yard burst after the Golden Trojans (7-2) were backed up by a good Scarborough punt.

Benoit’s TD passes were 52 yards to Nathan Neely, 17 yards to Evan Hill and 55 yards to Jackson Paradis.

Mauricio Sunderland added two short touchdown runs. Alex Roenisch broke free for a 67-yard touchdown early in the third quarter, then scored on a 26-yard run in the fourth.

Bryce Ray got the final TD on a 37-yard run.

FIELD HOCKEY: Emily Andrews scored three goals and assisted on two others as third-seeded St. Dominic Academy earned a 9-0 win over sixth-seeded Waynflete in a Class C South quarterfinal in Auburn.

Three St. Dom’s players added two goals apiece: Ava Martin, Chloe Beauchesne and Abigail Labonte. Madeline Andrews had two assists, and Martin set up one goal.

The Saints (9-5-1) advance to face No. 2 Hall-Dale/Monmouth (12-3) in the semifinals on Saturday.

Waynflete ended its season with a 7-5-1 record.

GIRLS’ SOCCER: Brittany Carrier scored three goals as top-seeded Buckfield advanced to the Class D South final with a 5-1 win over fifth-seeded Old Orchard Beach.

Cora Brewster and Chloe Bennett also scored for Buckfield (14-1).

Old Orchard Beach (6-10) got a first-half goal from Lea Alivizatos.

TENNIS

PARIS MASTERS: Frenchman Ugo Humbert harnessed the energy of the home crowd and produced one of his best career performances in beating Carlos Alcaraz 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters.

A flurry of forehand and backhand winners had Alcaraz 5-0 down in a first set so one-sided that Alcaraz – a four-time Grand Slam champion – ironically waved his racket and grinned to the crowd after holding in the sixth game.

Earlier, Alexander Zverev won the serving battle and silenced the raucous home crowd, beating French prospect Arthur Fils, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

AUTO RACING

FORMULA 1: Three-time defending Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen said he doesn’t care about criticism of his racing tactics at the Mexico City Grand Prix last weekend.

The Red Bull driver, speaking ahead of this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix, saw his championship lead over McLaren’s Lando Norris decrease to 47 points after a race in which he received two 10-second time penalties – one for forcing Norris off the track, and a short time later for gaining position when he left the track.

After Sunday’s race, won by Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, the FIA also handed Verstappen two penalty points, bringing his total to six for a 12-month period.

Verstappen has 362 points in the drivers’ championship with four races and two sprint races to go, while Norris has 315.