It has been a memorable season for boys soccer squads thus far as teams hit the midway point to the season.
The Hodgdon boys soccer team improved to 6-0 on the season Monday following a win over Southern Aroostook.
The Hawks are currently the fifth seed in the Class D North region, behind Fort Fairfield (8-0), Ashland (3-2-2), Central Aroostook (7-2) and Easton (7-3-1). Those teams have all played more games than Hodgdon because they start earlier in the season, due to harvest recess.
Southern Aroostook (3-3) is ninth in Class D North, while East Grand (3-2) is 10th and Katahdin (0-6) is 20th.
Houlton (4-1) fell for the first time Saturday with a tough loss to top-ranked Orono. The Shires are currently third in the Class C North region behind Orono (5-0) and No. 2 Fort Kent (4-2). Houlton and Fort Kent meet for the first time this Thursday.
The following is a recap of games played through Monday.
Hodgdon 1, Southern Aroostook 0 — At Dyer Brook Monday, the Hawks remained perfect on the season with a narrow win over Southern Aroostook.
Jordyn Merritt scored the game-winning goal with 20:27 remaining in the second half. Josh Foster made 13 saves on 15 shots for the Hawks, while Nolan Altvater made 12 saves on 21 shots.
Shead 1, East Grand 2 — At Danforth Saturday, senior Philip Farley tallied one goal in each half to help the Vikings edge the Tigers of Shead. Ethan Lank scored Shead’s lone goal early in the second half.
For East Grand, goalie Thomas Gilman had 11 saves on 14 shots. CJ Francis had 22 saves on 25 for the 2-3 Tigers.
Orono 2, Houlton 1 — At home Saturday, Houlton fell to visiting Orono. Red Riot Joseph Austumian scored with 30:32 remaining in the first half on a pass from Jacob Fandel. Nick Perfitt tied the game at 1-1 with 10:38 remaining in the game on a pass from Keegan Gentle.
Jacob Fandel scored the game winner with 5:38 remaining in the game on a pass from Austumian.
Both teams had 18 shots. AJ Henderson had eight saves for the Shires and Nathan Reid had 13 saves for the Red Riots.
Katahdin 0, Schenck 4 — At Stacyville Thursday, the Cougars were shutout by Schenck. Tanner Lane made 13 saves on 29 shots in goal for Katahdin.
Schenck received two goals from Mitchell McDunnah and one each from Justin Thompson and Colby Hannin.
East Grand 1, Hodgdon 3 — At Hodgdon Sept. 14, Wyatt Foster scored two of his three goals in the second half to lift the Hawks over the Vikings. Daden Palmer assisted on two goals and Dylan Jurson had the other assist for Hodgdon.
Josh Foster made 13 saves on 14 shots.
East Grand of Danforth had tied the game on a goal by Peter Apgar. Thomas Gilman racked up 22 saves on 43 shots.
Washburn 1, Southern Aroostook 4 — At Dyer Brook Sept. 14, SACS’ Jackson Mathers and Tyler Batchelder each had two goals to lead the Warriors past Washburn. Mathers, Batchelder and Jonathan Hardy had assists for SACS.
Quintin Thompson scored the lone goal for the Beavers.
SA goalie Nolan Altvater made four saves on eight shots, while Washburn’s Caleb Thompson and McCall Turner combined for 14 saves on 20 shots.
Houlton 2, Schenck 1 — At East Millinocket Tuesday, Sept. 13, Houlton held off a late surge by Schenck for the 2-1 victory. It marks the first game that Houlton has allowed a goal this year.
Houlton’s Zach Fitzpatrick assisted Jake Worthley on of a direct kick to give the Shires a 1-0 lead. Nolan Porter added an unassisted goal shortly thereafter. Schenck’s Justin Thompson scored with three minutes in the half to cut the lead to 2-1, but neither team was able to dent the net in the second half.
Houlton keeper AJ Henderson had five saves against six shots and Schenck keeper Travis Thompson had 12 saves on 17 shots.
