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Grades 3 and 4 girls soccer
    The Galaxy got two first half goals from Mia Piro en route to the 3-1 victory over the Hurricane. Emma Beaulieu cut the lead to 2-1 when she notched an unassisted goal just two minutes into the second half. Skyler McAtee added an insurance goal for the Galaxy with a minute left to play.  Ariana Peterson kept the Hurricane in the game with multiple diving saves.
    McKenzie Turner put the Hurricane on the board first, scoring off an Emma Beaulieu assist in the first minute of the game against the Blizzard. Beaulieu made the advantage 2-0 minutes into the second half. Amy Seeley got the Blizzard on the board when she corralled a rebound off a shot and blasted it into the back of the net. Seeley assisted on a Heather Kirk goal to tie it up minutes later. Seeley scored the game winner with three minutes left on a breakaway. Abigail L. Shaw of the Hurricane and Brittany Warner of the Blizzard played well defensively for their teams.
    Grace Player scored off a rebound to put the Tornado up early in their match up with the Galaxy. Mia Piro knotted the score, using her breakaway speed to get behind the Tornado defense and ripping the back of the net with a shot. Madison Bearden put the Tornado back on top with a minute left to play in the half, scoring off an Elise Guerrette assist.
    The Galaxy almost tied it up before the half, as Kailey McKenney’s shot was inches wide as time expired. McKenney got her revenge to start the second half as she converted a pass from Piro into her first goal of the season. Emily Sjoberg put the Tornado up for good moments later on a breakaway goal. Natalie Bates added an insurance goal off a Sjoberg assist to give the Tornado the exciting 4-2 win.
    The Tornado received goals from four different players on their way to the 4-1 win over the Galaxy. Grace Player tallied the first goal when she scored off a breakaway. Madison Bearden made the lead 2-0 just before the half when she connected off an Emily Sjoberg pass. Natalie Bates took an Elise Guerrette throw and went the distance to put the Tornado up 3-0. Skyler McAtee got the Galaxy on the board when she put away a rebound after the Tornado made the initial save. Amanda Wells rounded out the scoring with the assist going to Natalie Bates.
    Brittany Warner netted three goals to help the Blizzard to the 5-0 decision over the Hurricane. Amy Seeley added the other two goals. Yessenia Vilar contributed some fine defensive play for the Blizzard, while the Hurricane got some fine play from Ariana Peterson, Abigail L Shaw, and Breanna Byrd.
Grades 3 and 4 boys soccer
    Josiah Morse’s blazing speed helped the Crunch take the early advantage versus the Sounders in their showdown. Morse blew past the defense to score an unassisted goal. Colin Daigle tied it up less than a minute later when the ball popped out of a crowd in front of the goal right to his feet. Daigle neatly tucked the ball into the back corner of the net. Micah Taubin scored the game winner with five minutes left to play, scoring off a long pass from Morse.
    The first half of the Blast/Drillers contest looked like a giant pinball game with the ball flying back and forth between the two sides. Neither could mount any offensive momentum and the two sides went into the half deadlocked at 0. The Drillers were finally able to break through two minutes after the half. RJ Gross took the ball down the right sideline to the corner and sent a cross to the middle of the field. Teammate Griffin Guerrette settled the ball and blistered the back of the net with the shot.
    The Gross-to-Guerrette combo hooked up again at the mid point of the second half when Gross intercepted a goal kick and once again found Guerrette in the middle of the field. The Drillers’ defense withstood a late flurry from the Blast to take the 2-0 decision. Gage Young and Grant Stewart played well defensively for the Drillers, and Tyler Levesque and Denny Young were the defensive stoppers for the Blast.
    Patrick Cash and Colin Daigle combined for the shutout in goal to lead the Sounders past the Missiles in an exciting 1-0 game. Bradley Kinney scored the game winner when he and Issac Devine combined to score off a free kick with just seconds left in the first half. Carter Bruce did an excellent job in goal for the Missiles, and he got defensive help from Marcus Ouellette and Josh Baldwin. The Cash-Daigle duo was helped out on the back line by the duo of Andrew Kirk and Jack Bonville.
    The Sounders tallied two goals late in the second half for the comeback win over the Blast, 2-1. Wyatt Kennedy gave the Blast the lead in the last minute of the first half. Jake Kinney passed Kennedy the ball as there was a mad scramble in front of the net. Bradley Kinney knotted the score at 1-1 as he and Colin Daigle hooked up off a free kick. Issac Devine scored the eventual game winner with five minutes remaining as the loose ball rolled out to him and he drilled it into the net.
Grades 5 and 6 girls soccer
    Angela Hallowell put the Rapids up early as they clashed with the Crew. Hallowell used her speed and skill to tally the goal unassisted. The Crew came storming back, as Cameo Madore scored off an Alyssa Sweeney assist. Madore was on the other end of the scoring moments later, setting up teammate Renee Browning for the goal to give the Crew the 2-1 lead. Browning added an insurance goal later, blasting in a rebound from a Madore shot, to help the Crew to the 3-1 comeback win.
    The Mutiny and Rapids collided in a game which featured a lot of outstanding defensive play. Cheyenne Judkins, Olivia Hudson, and Erin Ackerson anchored a solid back line for the Mutiny, while Jessica Cameron, Olivia Goulet, and Regan Nelson solidified the Rapids’ defense. Kerrigan LeBlanc was finally able to break through for the Mutiny. She dribbled up the left side before cutting to the middle, beating the keeper with a well struck ball. The Mutiny’s defense held up, giving them the 1-0 win.
    The Mutiny jumped out to the early lead in their match up with the Clash. Ashley Trask gave her team the advantage in the opening minutes when she picked up a loose ball in front of the net and slipped it past the keeper. Trask made it 2-0 later in the game when she took the ball from the midfield to the goal, using some quick moves and cuts along the way.
    The Clash finally got on the board midway through the second half. Morgan Wilcox received the ball in the midfield and used an explosive first step to get behind the Mutiny defense. Her shot sailed into the net, making the game 2-1. Wilcox added a second goal five minutes later, this one coming courtesy of a Jessica Baldwin assist. The Clash got good defense from Hilary Boucher and Blake Staples in front of keeper Miranda Jandreau, and the Mutiny’s back line of Mandy Graham, Shaye McHatten, and Kerrigan LeBlanc aided goalie Michelle Cawley’s defensive efforts.
    The Crew used goals from three different sources and a strong defensive effort to down the Clash, 3-0. Miranda Flannery got the ball rolling when she blasted in a loose ball from the six yard box. Petunia Smith put the Crew up 2-0 with a laser of a shot early in the second half. Tori Harvath put the icing on the cake when she converted on a penalty kick. Alisa Brewer and Shantel Seeley were strong defensively for the Clash, and the Crew got a strong defensive effort from Cameo Madore and Kassidy Voisine in goal.
Grades 5 and 6 boys soccer
    Neither team could find the back of the net in the Sting/Kicks game as both defenses played outstanding. The Sting got great play and hustle from Eddie Kilcollins, Zach Rice, and Devin Grant, while the Kicks were led by Austin Thibeau, Cole Staples, and Sam Gray.
    As with the early game, neither the Strikers nor the Express could crack into the scoring column in their contest. The duo of Brenden Goulet and Joseph Boone did a great job on ‘D’ for the Strikers, and Bryce Smith helped out by controlling the midfield. Dylan Ouellette was fantastic as the sweeper for the Express, and Parker Lambert and Brian Fournier chipped in for their team’s defensive effort.
    Caleb Nadeau snapped the league wide scoring drought when he put the Kicks up 1-0 against the Strikers. Sam Gray picked up the assist. Nadeau once again lit up the scoreboard less than two minutes after his first goal. Cooper Madore sent a long through ball up the middle, and Nadeau’s hustle paid off when he reached the ball just before the defenders and tickled the nylon with a great shot. Madore added a goal of his own early in the second half. He intercepted a goal kick and lit the lamp with a laser of a shot.
    Goal tending was the name of the game as the Sting and Express collided in a low scoring affair. Parker Lambert gave the Express the lead when he scored off a free kick with seven minutes to go in the first half. The game stayed 1-0 in the Express’s advantage until the last two minutes of the game. Kyle Rider was able to tie it up for the Sting, also scoring off a set piece. John Freeman of the Express and Byron Winslow of the Sting played incredible between the pipes for their teams.
    As has been the theme over the last week, goals were not on the menu in the Sting/Strikers match up. The defenders reigned supreme once again for both sides, frustrating the front lines to no ends. The game ended in a 0-0 tie thanks to the play of Joseph Boone, Noah Rossignol, and David Cyr for the Strikers and Zach Rice, Eddie Kilcollins, and Kyle Rider for the Sting.
    Cody Kennedy unleashed the fury, sending a frozen rope into the goal from 20 yards out to put the Kicks up 1-0 over the Express. Austin Thibeau picked up the assist as his clearing ball found Kennedy wide open on the right side. Cooper Madore doubled the lead later in the first half as he was on the business end of a Devin Cray pass. Liam Daniels of the Express cut the deficit in half minutes before the halftime horn when he hammered home a penalty kick. Cole Staples put the Kicks back up by two when he converted on a penalty kick within the opening minutes of the second half. Sam Gray brought the final score to 4-1 in the Kicks’ favor when he poked in a loose ball right in front of the goal.
    The Sting and Express each got goals in the first half en route to the 1-1 tie. Zach Rice picked up a goal early in the game as he plastered the net off a penalty kick. The Express worked the ball up the left side, as Parker Lambert used some crafty moves to maneuver through the defense. Lambert slipped a shot past a diving Byron Winslow into the net. Winslow and John Freeman both did an outstanding job in goal for the Sting and Express respectively.