Caribou and Presque Isle lead Class B girls soccer
By Kevin Sjoberg
Sports Reporter
The undefeated season continued for the Caribou girls varsity soccer team Saturday as the team got past Old Town, 2-1.
The Vikings are now 7-0-1 on the season and in first place in Eastern Maine Class B.
Presque Isle is in sixth place with its 4-1-1 record.
In Class D, Washburn continued to lead the way with its 10-0 record. Fort Fairfield is second at 6-3-1, with Easton in fourth at 6-4-1 and Central Aroostook fifth at 4-4-3. The top 11 teams qualify for the playoffs in this division. Ashland (12th, 1-8-1) and Limestone-MSSM (16th, 2-6-1) need to finish strong to get into the playoff picture.
Summaries of matches played through Sept. 26 are as follows:
Staff photo/Jon Gulliver
JUNIOR MEGAN IRELAND of Presque Isle makes a move against an MDI defender in a match last Saturday at the Gehrig T. Johnson Athletic Complex in Presque Isle. The Wildcats would post a 4-0 win over the Trojans.
Presque Isle 4, MDI 0 — The Wildcats won Saturday’s home match behind Kayla Richards (two goals), Chelsea Nickerson and Megan Ireland (one each).
Krystal Kingsbury, Nickerson and Chandler Guerrette each notched assists as PI dominated the game. The Wildcats held a 28-1 advantage in shots on goal, with Meredith Stewart credited with the shutout in goal.
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OLIVIA GARRISON (5) of CAHS and Fort Fairfield’s Logan Bubar (24) go shoulder-to-shoulder in a recent match in Mars Hill. The game ended in a 1-1 tie.
Central Aroostook 1, Fort Fairfield 1 — The Panthers and Tigers played to a tie Thursday in Mars Hill, with Rachael Grew scoring on corner kick 10 minutes into the second half for CA’s goal after the Tigers had held the lead on a Janae Libby tally which came just a few minutes earlier.
Fort Fairfield led in the shots on goal department, 18-9, with the duo of Vicki McIntyre and Michaela King combining for 13 saves for CA and Fort’s Katy Donovan turning away five shots.
Southern Aroostook 3, Ashland 1 — The Warriors won last Wednesday’s match held in Dyer Brook behind Jillian Diaferio’s two goals.
Kayla Cote scored the Hornets’ lone goal off a pass from Rachel Gillis. Macie Bellanceau saved 10 saves in goal for Ashland.
The two teams had played to a 2-2 tie a week earlier in Presque Isle.
Washburn 3, Limestone-MSSM 0 — At Limestone last Tuesday, the Beavers remained perfect on the season behind goals from Carsyn Koch, Kristi Sperrey and Maegan Fitzpatrick and a shutout by goalkeeper Rayah Saucier, who saved 13 shots in the contest.
Jordyn Hopkins came up with 26 saves on 32 shots for the Eagles.
“We played with them for three quarters of the game but lost steam at the end,” said Eagles coach Mike Dugal. “[Washburn] is well conditioned, has strong team unity and is well coached.
“We were told after that this was their toughest challenge so far, so I think we are progressing nicely. We hope to surprise someone and hopefully squeak into the playoffs,” he added.
