Season for girls ends soon
By Joseph Cyr
It’s down to crunch time for girls soccer squads as the regular season comes to an end next week. For some, the soccer season will continue to the playoffs, while others will have to wait until next year.
The final countable day for regular season games is Tuesday, Oct. 19, with preliminary playoffs beginning Oct. 22-23 in Class B. Because of the number of teams that qualify for the postseason in Class D, there are no preliminary seeds.
As of Monday morning, Caribou (10-1-1, 100.5740 Heal Points) was the No. 1 seed in Eastern Class B thanks to Saturday’s win over Mount Desert Island. Close on the Vikings’ heels is second-ranked Camden Hills (9-2, 91.0714), while Presque Isle (8-2-1, 85.2041) is third.
The Wildcats has three pointworthy games left. They hosted Fort Kent Tuesday and finishes its season hosting Mattanawcook Academy Thursday and at Caribou Monday, Oct. 18.
In Eastern Class D, games have been few and far between over the past week, due to the harvest recess. Ashland (8-2, 79.2560) remains the top seed, comfortably ahead of No. 2 Southern Aroostook (11-2, 63.8335). Washburn (7-3-2, 52.9677) is third in the region, while Fort Fairfield (6-5-1, 23.8776) is seventh, Central Aroostook (4-6-1, 19.9745) is eighth; and Easton (6-5, 17.0478) is 10th.
The top eight teams make the playoffs in Class D, with no team receiving a bye.
The following is a recap of games played through Monday, Oct. 11.
Presque Isle 4, John Bapst 0 — At Bangor Saturday, the Wildcats received goals from four different players en route to the shutout over John Bapst. Chandler Guerrette, Kayla Richards, Shae Adler and Chelsea Nickerson each had one goal, while Megan Ireland, Nickerson and Richards also tallied one assist each.
Abby Pyne had five saves on nine shots for John Bapst, while Meredith Stewart made four saves on nine shots for Presque Isle.
Madawaska 1, Fort Fairfield 0 — At Fort Fairfield Thursday, Madawaska’s Shannon Blanchette scored a first-half goal that stood as the Owls blanked Fort Fairfield. Madawaska goalie Amanda Nadeau had five saves on seven shots, while Katy Donovan had six saves on nine shots for the Tigers.
Ashland 4, Van Buren 3 — At Presque Isle Friday, Ashland needed three unanswered goals in the final 22 minutes to rally past Van Buren. Brooke Labelle scored the winner off an Anna Paradis assist with 6:02 left in the game. Kayla Cote, Whitney Donovan and Ally Beaulier also scored.
Parise Rossignol scored two goals and assisted Haley Lizotte’s goal for the Crusaders.
Macie Bellanceau stopped eight of 13 shots for Ashland, while Ashlie Wilson made 13 saves off 18 shots.
Fort Fairfield 4, Limestone-MSSM 2 — At Limestone Oct. 5, Kylie Plourde scored two first-half goals to lift the Tigers past Limestone-MSSM. Alyssa Murchison and Logan Bubar added second-half goals for Fort Fairfield. Cassidy Godin added an assist.
Amanda Allen and Daniele Pelkey scored for the Eagles, while Stephanie Leighton and Mariah Williams provided assists.
Katie Donovan stopped 10 of 16 shots for the Tigers , while Autumn Beauchamp saved eight of 15 shots for the Eagles.
