Houlton’s soccer teams make their regular season debut with home games against Madawaska Thursday.
The Houlton girls host the Owls in a 4 p.m. match, with the boys’ game to follow at 6 p.m. The Madawaska squads both enter with 3-0 records.
Houlton’s Tyra Gentle is one of several key returning soccer players for Houlton this season. The Shires open the 2017 campaign on Aug. 31, hosting Madawaska. (Joseph Cyr)
The Washburn boys (0-6) will be gunning for their first victory of the season this afternoon when they travel to Easton to take on the 2-2 Bears. The Easton girls won for the first time Tuesday, beating Fort Fairfield 3-1, and look to make it two in a row when they entertain the 4-2 Beavers. Both matches begin at 4 p.m.
Fort Kent makes the long trip south to play Katahdin at 5 p.m. in the only other match involving local teams.
In golf, Carlisle (the newly-formed co-op team of Caribou and Presque Isle) and Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln are involved in a three-team match with the host Shires at Houlton Community Golf Course beginning at 3:30 p.m.
The following is a recap of soccer and golf matches played Wednesday.
Central Aroostook boys 7, Hodgdon 0 — Hunter Wardwell, Hayden Kingsbury and Caleb Harris scored two goals each as the Panthers improved to 5-0 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 girls 12, Hodgdon 0 — The Panthers girls ended their two-match losing streak in convincing fashion 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.
Carlisle golf 183, PVHS 229, Calais 248 — The Carlisle golf team hosted Penobscot Valley of Howland and Calais in Caribou and were able to pick up a pair of wins.
Seth Roy and Isaac Madore, both of Carlisle, shared medalist honors with PVHS’s Mackenzie Plourde as all three golfers carded 45s.
Other Carlisle scores were: Libby Boone, 46; Noah Rosado, 47; Gabe Rand, 49; Andrew Evans, 53; and Ian MacKinnon, 55.
Kate Levesque of Central Aroostook, left, and Washburn’s Alexis Carney battle for possession during an early-season match. Levesque scored four goals in a 12-0 win over Hodgdon Wednesday, Aug. 30. (Kevin Sjoberg)
Central Aroostook 7.5, Hodgdon 3.5 (match play) — Central Aroostook remains undefeated after outscoring Hodgdon in a match played at Houlton. Shane Stackpole was the medalist with a 46 and teammate Tyson Cyr followed with a 50.
For the Hawks, Andrew Tuttle led the way with a 51 and Bryan Barton posted a 54.
Southern Aroostook 6, Ashland 5 (match play) — The Warriors nipped the Hornets at Va Jo Wa in Island Falls. Hunter Walker of the Warriors and Graham Berry of the Hornets were the co-medalists, both shooting 55 on the afternoon.
Shane Stackpole of the Central Aroostook Panthers was the medalist in his team’s match against Hodgdon Wednesday, Aug. 30. (Courtesy/Dave Allen Graphics)
