The Caribou varsity soccer teams opened their season with road games against Presque Isle last week, and both came up on the short end.
On Thursday, the Viking girls were beaten by the Wildcats, 6-2. Bria Judd put Caribou on top early in the game off an assist by Sara Boyer, but Presque Isle answered when Jordi Legassie scored off a header following a cross by Taylor Williams. The hosts went on to score four unanswered goals before Viking sophomore Maddie Doucette tallied a late goal.
The following evening, PI outshot Caribou by a 13-4 margin en route to the 4-0 victory. Ben Nickerson scored twice to lead the Wildcat attack. Ethan Plourde made eight saves in goal for the Vikes.
Caribou was back to work Tuesday with games at Fort Kent. The Vikes will be home Saturday as John Bapst of Bangor comes to town for contests at 1 (girls) and 3 p.m. (boys).
Summaries of other games in the region last week are as follows:
Washburn girls 3, Fort Fairfield 1 — At Washburn Thursday, Joan Overman tallied a pair of goals and Mikayla Churchill recorded two assists as the Beavers stayed unbeaten. Emmy Churchill had Washburn’s other goal and Grace Braley saved eight of 10 shots in goal.
Chelsey Pelkey converted a penalty kick for the Tigers’ only goal. Sara Watt had a busy afternoon in goal, facing 33 shots and saving 18.
Fort Fairfield boys 3, Washburn 1 — The Tigers used two second-half goals from Johnny Theriault to stop the host Beavers Thursday. Isaac Cyr scored Fort’s other goal, which came in the first half, and Cameron Bragg had the lone Beaver goal.
Washburn girls 3, Central Aroostook 1 — Last Tuesday, the Beaver girls overcame a 1-0 halftime deficit to prevail in Mars Hill. Karli Levesque gave CA the early lead, but Overman scored twice in the second half and Mackenzie Worcester had the other goal to key Washburn.
Braley made 10 saves for the Beavers and April Santiago 11 for the Panthers.
Washburn boys 3, Central Aroostook 2 — Washburn scored three times in the final 14 minutes to come from behind and defeat the Panthers.
Bragg, Noah Farley and Noah Caron were the goal scorers for the Beavers. Alex Boulier had both tallies for the Panthers.
Fort Fairfield boys 4, Van Buren 3 — The Tigers won at home last Tuesday, but needed Brandon York’s overtime goal to pull if off over the Crusaders.
Theriault had a hat trick by scoring twice in the first half and adding a third in the
second.
