Two of the best girls’ soccer teams in Class B North square off Tuesday when Presque Isle takes the short trip north on U.S. Route 1 to meet up against Caribou at 7 p.m. at CHS.
Presque Isle enters with a 3-0 record, including shutout wins over John Bapst and MCI, while the Vikings have outscored opponents by a 34-3 margin en route to their 4-0 mark.
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- Presque Isle’s Madison Michaud taps in a rebound for the first goal of the match played on Wednesday, Sept. 6, at home. Fort Kent goalkeeper Lyndsay Ouellette and defender Alisha Guimond are also in on the play. The Wildcats won, 3-1. (Contributed photo/Dave Allen Graphics)
Both teams boast high scoring forwards. Maddie Michaud, a junior for the Wildcats, has eight of her team’s nine goals this season and 60 for her career. Searra Herbert, a senior, leads the Vikings with nine goals after scoring 23 a season ago.
The Wildcats won all three of last year’s matchups. Both regular season matchups were by 2-1 scores, while PI also won the playoff quarterfinal, 4-1.
PI coach Ralph Michaud knows his team will be challenged by the high-scoring Caribou squad.
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- Summer Guess of the Easton Bears gets her head on the ball as Alexis Carney of the Washburn Beavers defends the play during the Monday, Sept. 11 soccer match in Washburn. (Staff photo/Kevin Sjoberg)
“They are a very, very talented team,” Michaud said. “They attack well from all positions, are very skilled and keep constant pressure on a team’s defense.”
Viking coach Todd Albert said his team will need to play as a team, work hard and simply play “good soccer” to have a chance against the Wildcats.
In other matches Tuesday, the Ashland girls take a 6-0 record into their game at Fort Fairfield. The game is at 4 p.m. and the boys’ teams from the two schools will play at the same time. Van Buren boys and girls play at Southern Aroostook at 3:30 p.m. and the Houlton boys host Orono at 4 p.m.
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- Collin Sotomayor of the Easton Bears dribbles in on Washburn defender Daniel Arce during the match in Washburn Monday, Sept. 11. (Staff photo/Kevin Sjoberg)
Several games were played Monday in the region and summaries are as follows:
Easton girls 3, Washburn 3 — Delia Bonner scored twice for the Bears and Madison Miller netted a pair of goals for the Beavers as the teams settled for a draw in a game played in Washburn.
Miller’s second goal of the game with 10:59 left in the second half capped the scoring and allowed the Beavers (4-2-2) to knot the score. Kassie Farley had Washburn’s other goal, while Isabelle Morin notched a goal for Easton (1-6-2).
Easton boys 2, Washburn 1 — The Bears moved to 5-3-1 and the Beavers’ record fell to 0-8 following the match in Washburn. Jovanni Taveras had the Beavers’ goal three minutes into the game, while Collin Sotomayor and Isaac Currier scored Easton’s goals in the second half.
Kody Carter was the winning goalie and Josh Jackson handled the duties for the Beavers.
East Grand boys 2, MSSM 1 — Matt Shay scored twice as the host Vikings spoiled the Penguins regular-season debut. Noah Sixberry had an assist for 2-1 East Grand. Ryan Fitzmaurice helped MSSM avoid the shutout with a goal with 8:41 left in the match.
MSSM 7, East Grand 4 — The Penguin girls won their first game as an independent varsity soccer team in Danforth. The Vikings fell to 0-3. Individual scoring was not reported.
Fort Fairfield girls 2, Van Buren 2 — Two winless teams remain that way after the Tigers and Crusaders played to a draw. Fort Fairfield is now 0-6-1 and Van Buren stands at 0-4-1. Individual scoring was not reported.
Fort Fairfield boys 8, Van Buren 1 — Scoring balance was the key in the Tigers’ home win over the Crusaders. Seven different players had goals, with Chris Gill notching two and Isaac Cyr, Jared Harvey, Jonah Daigle, Lorenzo Viano, Alex Sprague and Kobe West all tallying single goals. Fort Fairfield’s record climbed to 5-2.
Matt Burgess netted a first-half goal for the 2-4 Crusaders.
Hodgdon girls 2, Katahdin 2 — At Hodgdon Tuesday, Sabra Scott scored both goals for the Hawks — one in each half of regulation. Mikyla Howland had an assist.
For Katahdin first half goal Emma McNally and Erin Lake both scored solo goals, with Lake also adding an assist.
Hodgdon boys 3, Katahdin 2 — At Hodgdon, Dylan Oliver scored his second goal late in the game to lift the Hawks to victory. Josh Palmer tallied the other goal for Hodgdon with Josh Foster providing an assist. Michael Sanders made six saves on 10 shots.
Bradley Hotham and Rigoberto Otero scored a goal each for Katahdin of Stacyville. Tanner Lane made 10 saves on 19 shots.
Golf
In golf, Hodgdon hosted Ashland at the Houlton Community Golf Course Monday in a makeup match. The Hawks were victorious 220-237 in medal play and 8-1 in match play. Results for Hodgdon were Andrew Tuttle, 49; Bryon Barton, 54; Justin Wilson, 56; and Nathan Tuttle, 61.
For Ashland, Graham Barry shot a 52 followed by Jack Routhier, 62; Sean Montpetit, 60; Tristan Pelletier, 63; and Kolson Condon, 64.
The Houlton golf squad fell for the first time on the season, losing to Mattanawcook Academy. The MA Lynx shot a team score of 170, while Houlton was eight strokes behind at 178. Penobscot Valley finished with a 240. The Shires are now 8-1 on the season.
Individual results for Houlton were: Drew Marino, 38; Nick Brewer, 41; Wyatt Harvey,44; Devin Ivey, 55; Isaac Vega, 58; Sydney Lorom, 59; and Carson Grant, 61.
MA results were: Logan Thompson, 36; Max Woodman, 36; Brandon Savage, 48; Duncan McIntyre, 50; and Tyler Arnold, 52. Penobscot Valley results were: Mckenzie Plourde, 48; Grant Kiden, 54; Kyle Grant, 68; and Nick Rhodes 70.
