The Easton boys bounced back from a home loss Friday with a 6-0 shutout victory over Ashland Monday in a match also played on their home field.
Bears’ coach Ryan Shaw was pleased with his team’s response to the 4-0 loss to Madawaska three days earlier.
“We worked on some adjustments [in practice] Saturday,” Shaw said. “We still made a few mistakes, but it was a big improvement and we looked good when we kept everything short and with pace, and sloppy when longer balls were played.”
In the victory, Seth Faloon scored two first-half goals, Isaac Currier knocked in a pair in the second half and Kooper Kinney provided a goal in each half.
Garrett Tilley saved 10 of 21 shots for 0-1 Ashland and Kody Carter turned away five of seven shots for the winners.
On Friday, Tristan Cyr netted all four goals in Madawaska’s win.
“Possession wise, I thought we played a decent game, but we failed to make some adjustments on the defensive end that ended up leading to breakaways that led to all of their goals,” Shaw said.
The Ashland girls showed off a potent offense in their regular season debut, routing the host Easton Bears, 12-1.
Shelby Stolze scored four times and Willow Hall registered a hat trick to lead the way. Kassandra Nelson and Olivia Tardie notched two goals each and Gabby Ayotte chipped in with one for the Hornets. Eva Callioras had the goal for Easton.
The Bears (0-2) had fallen to Madawaska Friday 5-0, as Jenna Dugal put in four goals for the visiting Owls.
Also on Friday, the Central Aroostook boys and girls swept Fort Fairfield. The boys won 7-0 and the girls came out on top 5-0.
Ben Thomas opened the scoring for the Panther boys by ripping a shot into the upper right corner from 25 yards away. Hayden Kingsbury had two goals, while Hunter Wardwell, Jacob Carvell, Bryan Anthony and Malachi Fitzherbert finished with one apiece in the win. Anthony and Warewell each posted an assist.
Brayden Bradbury collected his second shutout in goal to begin the season. Kobe
West saved 11 of 24 shots for the Tigers (1-1).
The CA girls prevailed and moved to 2-0 by beating Fort Fairfield, 5-0. Kate Levesque put in two goals and Liberty Fulton, Mackenzie Blackstone and Kayla Martin all had one. Olivia Blackstone registered the three-save shutout and Meghan Schupbach faced 23 shots in goal for the 1-1 Tigers.
“Fort Fairfield was much improved from last year and made us work hard to secure the win,” said Panther coach Joe Levesque.
The Washburn boys fell to 0-3 with the 5-0 loss to Wisdom Friday. The Beaver girls are also winless in their first three contests following the 4-2 defeat to the Pioneers. The games were played in Washburn.
