The Presque Isle Wildcat boys’ soccer team has a chance to sew up first place Monday in Class B North heading into the playoffs.
PI travels to Brewer Monday for a 3:30 p.m. match against the Witches. The Wildcats are currently on top of the division and hold a 10-2-1 record. Brewer is currently in fifth place at 9-3-1.
The regular season ends Tuesday and the postseason begins Friday.
Dylan Haley moves in to receive a pass for Ashland during his team’s match at Fort Kent Friday. The Hornets played the Warriors to a 1-1 draw. (Don Eno)
In other Monday soccer games, Madawaska is in Easton, with a start time of 3:30 p.m. for both the girls and boys; Katahdin travels to Southern Aroostook, for boys and girls games, both at 3:30 p.m.; Central Aroostook travels to Ashland for a make-up game which begins at 4 p.m.; East Grand boys travel to High View Christian for a 4:30 p.m. tilt; and the Fort Kent boys team tries to avenge its only loss of the season when they play the Vikings in Caribou at 7 p.m.
Several games were played over the weekend and the most surprising outcome came out of Fort Kent Friday as the Ashland boys, which entered the game ranked 15th in Class D, played to a 1-1 draw with Fort Kent, the top team in Class C.
Drew Condon connected on a direct kick in the first half for the Hornets’ goal and Ashland held that one-goal lead until inside of 10 minutes to play when the Warriors’ Noah Martin converted a penalty kick to tie it.
The teams played through 10 minutes of overtime without another goal being scored, as Steven Bellanceau of the Hornets made a fingertip save in the second OT to preserve the deadlock.
“It took a strong start from us to really set the tone,” said Ashland coach Trevor Hews. “We sometimes tend to come out slow, but in this game we took control early and our early goal was huge for our players’ confidence.
“If anything, it showed our team what we are capable of when we are ready to compete and hopefully we can carry the momentum into our last couple of games and the playoffs,” Hews added.
Ashland (5-5-2) moved up to 14th place. In addition to the game Monday against CA, the Hornets will take on Wisdom Tuesday to close out the season.
The Warriors are still in first place entering Monday’s game in Caribou with their 10-1-2 record.
Summaries of other Friday and Saturday soccer games are as follows:
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- Alex Ezzy (10) scored on this play in the first half during Caribou’s 2-1 victory over Old Town at CHS. (Courtesy/Sha-Lam Photography)
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- Caribou’s Hayden Hunter, right, eyes a bouncing ball along with Old Town’s Gabe Talon during Saturday’s match at CHS. (Contributed photo/Sha-Lam Photograph)
Ashland girls 2, Fort Kent 1 — The Hornet girls moved to 12-1 by winning on the Warriors’ home field Friday night.
Amber Chasse scored the game-winning goal for Ashland, while Willow Hall had the team’s other goal. Desirae Hafford scored for Fort Kent (7-6).
Central Aroostook boys 6, Hodgdon 3 — The Panthers doubled the Hawks’ scoring in Hodgdon Friday to improve to 12-1 on the campaign. The Hawks fell to 8-4-2 with the loss.
Among the goal scorers for CA were Bryan Anthony, Hayden Kingsbury, Hunter Wardwell, Ben Thomas and Cody McCrum. The sixth was not reported.
Josh Foster scored a pair of goals for the Hawks, while freshman Jeremiah Goff recorded his first varsity goal. Dylan Oliver, Wyatt Foster and Josh Palmer each had an assist.
Central Aroostook girls 3, Hodgdon 1 — Kate Levesque scored goals 1:44 apart late in the first half to help spearhead the Panthers’ win at Hodgdon Friday.
Sabra Scott scored for the Hawks and Kayla Martin posted the other goal for CA, which finished the regular season at 9-5. Caitlyn Harris saved six shots for the Panthers and Autumn Ganzel collected 26 for the Hawks (7-6-1).
Madawaska boys 3, Katahdin 0 — At Stacyville Friday, Tristan Cyr scored two goals to lead the 7-6 Madawaska Owls to the win. Robbie Lausier scored the other goal while Max Gendreau, Ben Hebert, and Lance Lavoie all added assists.
Andrew Nadeau collected five saves on six shots for the Owls. Tanner Lane made 16 saves on 22 shots for the 2-9-2 Cougars.
Madawaska girls 6, Katahdin 0 — At Stacyville, Hannah Nadeau scored three goals and Jenna Dugal collected two goals and an assist as Madawaska upped its record to 10-3. Emily Boucher had the other goal.
Katahdin fell to 5-7-1.
Shead boys 5, Southern Aroostook 0 — At Dyer Brook Friday, Ethan Lank scored three times, including once from the penalty spot, and Jacob Cook chipped in with a goal and an assist as Shead of Eastport improved to 7-5-1.
Steven Rackliff made 10 saves for 1-11-1 Southern Aroostook.
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- The Vikings’ Hope Shea drilled this shot past Old Town defender Kaitlyn Dunham and into the goal during her team’s 3-1 home victory Saturday. (Contributed photo/Sha-Lam Photography)
Southern Aroostook girls 3, Shead 0 — At Dyer Brook Friday, Kylie Vining, Jordyn Legassey and Skyla Nelson each scored a goal to lead Southern Aroostook past Shead.
Hannah Landry and Vining each contributed assists. Syd Brewer made 5 saves on 7 shots for the 11-2 Warriors.
Madison Greenlaw made 10 saves on 22 shots for Shead of Eastport (5-7-1).
East Grand girls 2, Woodland 2 — At Woodland, Willow Newman and Abby Walker scored a goal each to help the Dragons earn a tie against the Vikings. Anna Johnson posted an assist and Sadie Smith made 17 saves on 28 shots.
Malary Gilman and Haleigh Shay scored the goals for East Grand of Danforth. Jordan Cowger made 19 saves on 33 shots.
Presque Isle boys 1, John Bapst 0 — A first-half goal by Colby Carlisle held up as the Wildcats won their ninth consecutive match Saturday in Presque Isle.
Adam Paterson had the assist on the play, which started on a corner kick. Jason Dumais earned his sixth shutout in goal for PI.
John Bapst girls 4, Presque Isle 2 — Tia Zephir scored all four goals as Bapst improved to 11-2 with Saturday’s victory at Presque Isle.
Her first goal came 32 seconds into the match and she added a second goal nine minutes later. Zephir added a pair of second-half goals. Gina Cambria picked up two assists and goalkeeper Kayla Massey saved seven of nine shots.
Emily Wheaton and Paige McHatten each scored for Presque Isle, now 10-3. Savannah Rodriguez had four saves on eight shots for the Wildcats.
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- Caribou’s Ashley Matlock attempts to dribble past Morgan Paradis (3) and another Old Town defender, as teammate Edie Shea watches, during Saturday’s match at CHS. (Courtesy/~Sha Lam Photography)
Caribou boys 2, Old Town 1 — Alex Ezzy tallied off a Bailey Griffeth assist in the first half and then converted a second-half penalty kick as the Vikings topped the Coyotes in Caribou Saturday.
Jacob Harrison scored for Old Town with 3:20 to play to break up the shutout. Noah Hixon made 10 saves on 15 shots for the 6-7 Vikes, while Tyler McCannel saved 14 of 20 for the Coyotes (4-8-1).
Caribou girls 3, Old Town 1 — The Vikes rallied back from a 1-0 deficit thanks to goals by Alexis Rodriguez, Searra Herbert and Hope Shea.
Caribou, the No. 1 team in Class B North with a 12-1 record, got two assists from Ashley Matlock and another from Gabrielle Marquis. Jaelynn Doody and Sage Dubay combined to save three of four shots.
Olivia Damboise scored off a Claudia Damboise assist for the Coyotes, who fell to 3-10. Mikayla Kenny turned away 15 of 20 shots in goal.
MSSM boys 6, East Grand 0 — Tobyn Blatt continued his outstanding offensive season with another hat trick Saturday, leading the Penguins to their sixth win of the season in Limestone.
Harrison Walters, Ryan Fitzmaurice and Toben Streevy also scored for playoff-bound MSSM (6-2). Blatt and Walters both had two assists and goalkeeper Myles Benica (11 saves) had one.
Brady McEwen had 10 saves on 24 shots for 6-8 East Grand.
MSSM girls 2, East Grand 1 — The Penguin girls finished the regular season at 4-4 after topping the Vikings at home Saturday.
Samantha Zwecker and Madelyn Battcock-Emerson each notched goals for MSSM, while Mallory Gilman scored for the Vikings.
Houlton girls 8, Calais 0 — At Houlton on senior day, Kolleen Bouchard scored three goals and had an assist to lead the top-seeded Shires to the victory over Calais. Sierra Hoops contributed two goals and an assist, while Carolyn Mooers scored two goals for the Shiretowners. Mia Hanning had a goal and an assist.
Houlton’s Tessa Solomon and Kennedy Buzzeo combined to make one save on three shots, while Calais’ Lauren Cook made six saves on 19 shots.
Houlton finishes the regular season with a 13-1 record. Calais moves to 7-5-1.
Houlton boys 7, Calais 0 — At Houlton Saturday, the Shires ended their season at home on a high note, defeating the Calais Blue Devils 7-0. Abe Lorom scored three goals, while Pat Howe, Keegan Gentle, Cody Shaw, and Dawson McLaughlin scored solo goals.
Notching assists were Howe, Nick Perfitt, Zach Fitzpatrick and Shaw.
AJ Henderson and Drew Foley combined for two saves against two shots for the Shiretowners. Calais goalkeepers combined for 26 saves on 40 shots.
Houlton finishes its regular season with a record of 7-6-1.
