It will be another busy Friday and Saturday for high school soccer, cross country, golf and football squads as the fall sports season rolls on.
On the gridiron, the Houlton football team is looking to get back on the winning track after suffering its first loss of the season last week. Houlton (2-1) travels to Ellsworth (0-3) for a 7 p.m. contest. The Shires fell 40-20 to Mattanawcook Academy last week after shutting out Stearns/Schenck (30-0) and Orono (20-0) earlier in the season.
The Eagles are coming off a disappointing 41-0 shutout by Hermon last week and have also lost to Mt. View (43-35) and Dexter/Piscataquis (28-13).
Friday’s soccer action sees the Hodgdon boys and girls clubs travel to Danforth to take on East Grand (boys at 3 p.m./girls at 5 p.m.), while MSSM makes the trip to Van Buren (boys at 5 p.m./girls at 7 p.m.).
On the golf course, Hermon comes up north to square off against Carlisle at Caribou Country Club, with the match beginning at 3:30 p.m.
Saturday’s soccer contests feature Madawaska boys and girls at Katahdin, 11 a.m.; Houlton heads south to take on George Stevens Academy (girls 1 p.m., boys 2:30 p.m.); John Bapst is at Caribou (girls 1 p.m., boys 3 p.m.), Mount Desert Island at Presque Isle (girls 1 p.m., boys 3 p.m.) and Southern Aroostook travels to Mars Hill for a pair of games with Central Aroostook (girls 5 p.m., boys 7 p.m.).
In cross country Saturday, runners from Caribou, Presque Isle, Houlton, Hodgdon, Katahdin and Greater Houlton Christian Academy are competing in the 68th annual Sectional Invitational in Old Town. This event, which begins at 1 p.m., is one of the oldest cross-country meets in the state, according to Houlton coach Chris Rines.
The following is a recap of games played Thursday.
Ashland girls 11, Katahdin 0 — In Ashland, Amber Chasse and Morgan Doughty each scored three goals and posted two assists to lead the Hornets (8-0) to victory over the Cougars (2-3-1).
Willow Hall and Jamie Poulin contributed two goals each and Shelby Stolze added one for Ashland. Meagan Cote and Ava Cameron combined to make two saves on two shots.
Nikita Keim made 10 saves on 31 shots for 2-3-1 Katahdin of Stacyville.
Ashland boys 6, Katahdin 0 — The Ashland boys rolled to the shutout victory over Katahdin to 3-4-1 on the year. The Hornets scored five times in the second half, with Alex Kaiser, Mason Moro, Mason Deabay, Brady Holmes and Weston Robinson all breaking through for goals. Dylan Haley scored in the first half off a Kaiser assist. Drew Doughty also had an assist for Ashland. Goalkeeper Steven Bellanceau saved one of three shots.
Katahdin’s Tanner Lane and Bradley Hotham combined to save 12 of 25 shots in goal. The Cougars’ record dropped to 2-4 on the season.
Central Aroostook girls 6, Washburn 1 — Sisters Kassie and Kate Levesque scored two goals each as the Panthers bested the Beavers in Mars Hill. Brea Bradbury and Kayla Martin were CA’s other goal scorers and Caitlyn Harris and Macey Coffin handled the goalkeeping chores and combined to save six of nine shots. Central Aroostook’s record improved to 5-3 with the victory.
Madison Miller netted the lone Washburn goal and Carly Bragg saved 10 of 22 shots. The Beavers are now 4-5-2.
Central Aroostook boys 8, Washburn 1 — Hunter Wardwell scored three goals to help Central Aroostook post the victory in Mars Hill.
Caleb Harris, Jacob Carvell, Hayden Kingsbury, Sam Brewer and Ethan Cushman scored a goal apiece for the Panthers, who are now a perfect 8-0. Goalkeeper Brayden Bradbury made six saves on 10 shots.
Konner Jordan scored for Washburn (0-11) and Josh Jackson made five saves on 28 shots.
Fort Fairfield girls 2, Van Buren 1 — The visiting Tigers won for the first time this season behind goals by Sadie Edgecomb and Kourtney West, who scored the game winner. Leah Gendreau netted the lone Van Buren goal. The Tigers now have a 1-8-1 record and the Crusaders are 1-7-1.
Fort Fairfield boys 4, Van Buren 0 — Dawson Watson scored twice and Grayden Griffeth and Lorenzo Viano contributed a goal each as the Tigers made it seven consecutive wins by shutting out the Crusaders in Van Buren. Fort Fairfield is now 8-2 and Van Buren 4-5.
