The Presque Isle soccer teams came away with victories in their opening matches against John Bapst played at the University of Maine at Orono Saturday.
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- Griffin Guerrette of the Presque Isle Wildcats gets off a shot while Ben Cotton of John Bapst defends during Saturday’s soccer match played at the University of Maine at Orono. (Staff photo/Kevin Sjoberg)
Madison Michaud scored goals in each half of her team’s 2-0 win over the Crusaders, while Randon Mortland had a pair of goals and Colby Carlisle netted the other in the boys’ 3-1 triumph.
Michaud, a junior, scored in the opening minutes and added an insurance tally in the second half as the Wildcats beat what coach Ralph Michaud called “a very talented” John Bapst team.
“It was a great team win,” said the coach. “The defense and [goalkeeper] Savannah Rodriguez held their ground for the shutout and Madison was cool, calm and collected in scoring her two goals.”
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- Madison Michaud of the Wildcats, right, attempts to settle a bouncing ball while being shadowed by John Bapst defender Grace Phillipon during the Saturday, Sept. 2, match played at the University of Maine at Orono. Michaud scored both goals in the 2-0 victory. It was the regular-season opener for both squads. (Staff photo/Kevin Sjoberg)
McKenzie Turner and Libby Moreau posted assists for PI.
In the boys’ contest, Mortland scored a first-half goal and then broke a 1-1 tie by connecting on a penalty kick with 24:19 left the second half to help lead PI past the Crusaders. Carlisle, a freshman, provided his team with a two-goal lead by scoring with 19:21 remaining off a Jack Bonville assist.
“Taking everything into consideration, being only a couple weeks into the season, playing an opener on the road and having to replace three out of four starting defensive backs from last year, I was happy to come out with the win,” said PI coach Joe Greaves.
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- Presque Isle’s Zechariah Morse gets ready to connect on a direct kick as John Bapst’s Brady Chadwick defends during Saturday’s 3-1 victory by the Wildcats over the Crusaders. (Staff photo/Kevin Sjoberg)
“Having said that, there was lots of room for improvement. We have to limit bad turnovers and fouls on dangerous parts of the field, plus our touch needs to improve and our conditioning needs to get better,” he added.
Summaries of other soccer matches played last week follow:
Ashland boys 1, Easton 1 — Dylan Haley scored on a breakaway with 43 seconds to play in regulation, allowing his Hornets to tie their match against the Bears in Easton Friday. Camden Michaud scored off an Isaac Currier assist 10 minutes into the second half to give the hosts the lead. Ashland is now 1-3-1 and Easton holds a 3-2-1 mark.
Ashland girls 10, Easton 0 — The Hornets scored six times in the first 22 minutes and rolled to a 10-0 victory Friday at Easton. Morgan Doughty scored four times and Amber Chasse three for 5-0 Ashland. Jamie Poulin, Danni Carter and Shelby Stolze all scored for the Hornets and Megan Cote saved all four shots she faced for the shutout in goal. Delaney Leach saved 20 of 46 shots in goal for Easton, which fell to 1-4-1.
Fort Fairfield boys 6, Wisdom 1 — The Tigers (4-2) scored six unanswered goals after falling behind 1-0 and beat the Pioneers (3-3) in St. Agatha Friday. Dylan Weyeneth put the Pioneers on the board late in the first half before Isaac Cyr tied it on a Lorenzo Viano assist and Chris Gill made it 2-1 before intermission. Alex Sprague provided two second-half goals and Dawson Watson and Chase Griffeth scored one each to account for the final score.
The Tigers have now won three in a row after a 1-2 start.
“Now that everyone is available to play, we are starting to figure out individual roles and develop depth in many positions,” said Fort Fairfield coach John Ala. “ I’m pleased with the versatility of many of our players which allows us the adjust our lineup game to game”
Wisdom girls 2, Fort Fairfield 0 — The Pioneers moved to 4-2 and the Tigers are still winless at 0-6 following Friday’s match in St. Agatha.
Easton boys 6, Washburn 0 — Freshman Paul Bonner scored two goals and teammates Ryan West, Camden Michaud, Collin Sotomayor and Seth Faloon had one apiece as the host Bears improved to 3-2 with the home win over the winless Beavers Thursday.
Easton’s Kody Carter, making his first start in goal, saved four shots for the shutout. Josh Jackson collected nine saves for the 0-7 Beavers, who were blanked for the fourth time this season.
Easton girls 3, Washburn 3 — The Beavers’ Kassie Farley scored with 6:45 to play in regulation to tie the match and the teams battled through two scoreless overtime periods in the draw at Easton.
Emma Lamoreau of the Bears opened the scoring with 21:19 left in the first half before Farley’s penalty kick nine minutes later tied it. Lydia Ferris gave Easton the lead heading into halftime as she scored at the 7:29 mark.
In the second half, Madison Miller made it 2-2 with a goal for Washburn that came with 27:26 remaining. Izzy Morin scored off a Summer Guess assist with 8:25 left to put Easton back on top before Farley’s second goal knotted it and closed out the scoring.
“We have a lot of first-year players and three eighth-graders, so we’ve had to take a step back on tactical play and really focus on the basics of the game, but the girls are starting to understand our concepts as a team and our style of play,” said Easton coach Audra Fitzherbert, whose team is now 2-3. “I only think we’re going to improve from here.”
“Our defense really stepped up by being aware of Easton’s quickness and marking up and not giving them any easy shots,” said Marcie Barbarula, Washburn’s coach. “Both team’s keepers had great games and made some key saves.”
Carly Bragg saved 17 shots in goal for Washburn and Delaney Leach had 14 saves for Easton.
Central Aroostook boys 7, Hodgdon 0 — Hunter Wardwell, Hayden Kingsbury and Caleb Harris scored two goals each as the Panthers improved to 5-0 last Wednesday after blanking the Hawks in Mars Hill. Ben Thomas chipped in with a single goal and Brayden Bradbury notched the shutout in goal. Hodgdon is now 1-1.
Central Aroostook boys 7, Hodgdon — The Panthers girls ended their two-match losing streak in convincing fashion last Wednesday against the visiting Hawks. Katie Levesque scored four goals and Breann Bradbury notched a hat trick and contributed an assist to lead CA (3-2). Kassie Levesque and Kristen Main both added two goals and Libby Grass had the other. Caitlyn Harris and Macey Coffin combined for the goalkeeping shutout. Hodgdon fell to 0-2.
Central Aroostook boys 13, Southern Aroostook 1 — At Dyer Brook last Tuesday, the Panthers rolled to the lopsided victory. Leading goal scorers for CAHS were Kingsbury and Wardwell, both with three goals, and Josh Thomas with two.
Gavin Vining scored the lone goal for the Warriors (0-1).
In net, Panther Bradbury had three saves on five shots, while SACS used Brett Williams, Xavier Morales and Parker Skinner in goal. The trio combined for 27 saves on 47 shots.
Ashland boys 4, Wisdom 0 — The Hornets shutout Wisdom at St. Agatha last Tuesday for their first win of the year. Ashland is now 1-3 on the season, while Wisdom falls to 3-2.
Fort Fairfield boys 5, Easton 0 — The Tigers improved to 3-2 with their shutout over Easton last Tuesday. The Bears evened their mark at 2-2.
Southern Aroostook girls 3, Central Aroostook 1 — At Dyer Brook last Tuesday, Kacy Daggett’s two goals led the Warriors past Central Aroostook (2-2). Makaelyn Porter added a goal and Paige Vose and Kylie Vining assists for Southern Aroostook in its opener.
Katie Levesque scored for Central Aroostook, with Janelle Tweedie providing the assist.
SACS’ Sydney Brewer saved eight of nine shots in goal. For the Panthers, Harris stopped three of seven shots.
Ashland girls 2, Wisdom 0 — At St. Agatha, the visiting Hornets improved to 4-0 on the year with the two-goal shutout over Wisdom (3-2) last Tuesday.
Easton girls 3, Fort Fairfield 1 — At Fort Fairfield last Tuesday, the Bears notched their first win of the year as Easton improved its record to 1-3. Fort Fairfield dropped to 0-5 on the season.
