Greg Castoras rushed for four touchdowns and three 2-point conversion, and Marshwood’s offense was in midseason form Thursday night as the Hawks opened their football season with a 50-27 victory at Sanford.

Both teams scored three touchdowns in a wild first quarter that ended with Marshwood ahead 22-21. Castoras kicked things off with an 89-yard run after the teams exchanged early turnovers.

Sanford then grabbed a 7-6 lead when Adam Cote Jr. found Tyson Kimball wide open behind Marshwood’s defense for a 68-yard touchdown. Castoras answered with a 2-yard TD run, but Cote went deep again, connecting with Michael Kiley for a 58-yard score.

After Ryder Webber’s 8-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter put Marshwood ahead 22-14, Kiley broke free for a 74-yard scoring run on the final play of the quarter.

A 1-yard plunge by Castoras was the only TD in the second quarter. Logan Sevigny’s 5-yard run in the third quarter cut Marshwood’s lead to 28-27, but Sanford missed the extra point.

Marshwood quarterback Michael Sbrizza made it 34-27 with a 5-yard run, and the Hawks tacked on two more TDs in the fourth quarter — a 2-yard run by Noah Goodwin and a 43-yard run by Castoras.