Jackson Holmes opened the scoring with a 39-yard run, then delivered a crushing blow with a 100-yard interception return in the second half as Cheverus earned a 37-25 win over Falmouth in a Class B South football game Saturday in Portland.

Kevin True also returned an interception for a touchdown, racing 66 yards to give the Stags (1-1) a 21-0 lead in the first quarter. That came after Holmes’ first TD and the first of two long scoring passes from Colton Jewett to AJ Lauture, who outleaped a defender for a 46-yard touchdown.

Falmouth quarterback Micah Derrig scored on a 14-yard keeper on the final play of the first quarter.

Jewett and Lauture connected again in the second quarter for a 45-yard touchdown. The Navigators (0-2) cut their deficit to 28-13 when Derrig found Blake Kingsley for a 22-yard scoring pass with 3 seconds left in the first half.

Holmes extended the Stags’ lead in the second half, making a 36-yard field goal with lots of room to spare. Then, he picked off a Derrig pass at the goal line and took it the distance to make it 37-13.