Soccer playoffs to begin this weekend
Aroostook County will be well represented in the Class D boys’ soccer playoff picture. This last week of the season saw some teams make a push to get into the post season and other teams solidify their rank near the top of the Heal Point standings.
Here’s a recap of some of the games played through Monday, Oct. 17:
Washburn 4, Fort Fairfield 1 — At Fort Fairfield Monday, Jordan McLaughlin scored all three of his goals in the first half, staking the Beavers to a 3-0 halftime lead en route to the win over the Tigers.
Nick Bragg scored in the second half for 11-2-1 Washburn and assisted on one of McLaughlin’s goals. Zach Davis made eight saves on 14 shots.
Tyler Churchill posted the goal for 2-10-2 Fort Fairfield, with an assist from Dereck Dufour. Chris Weeks made eight saves on 19 shots.
Presque Isle 4, Hermon 0 — The Presque Isle Wildcats upped their record to 11-1-1 on Saturday with a 4-0 road win at Hermon.
Issac LaJoie had two goals and Jonah Stevenson and Jake Player chipped in a goal apiece. Stevenson also had two assists.
Andrew Kofstad got the shutout in goal making five saves on eight shots.
Caribou 2, John Bapst 0 — The Caribou Vikings traveled to Bangor to take on John Bapst Saturday looking to inch closer to evening their record.
The Vikings shut out the Crusaders 2-0.
Matt Milliard and Nolan McDuffie each scored an unassisted goal in the first half for Caribou. Milliard was credited with a goal for the 5-8 Vikings after a John Bapst own goal 22 minutes into the game. McDuffie added a goal on a penalty kick with eight minutes left.
Matt Manter made 11 saves on 16 shots.
Washburn 2, LCS/MSSM 0 — At Washburn Saturday, Mitchell Worcester scored a goal and assisted on another in the first half to spark Washburn by Limestone Community School/Maine School of Science and Mathematics.
The game was called with 32:52 left in the second half due to rain.
Jordan McLaughlin added a goal in the first half for the 10-2-1 Beavers. Zach Davis had four saves on four shots.
Bret Butler made 12 saves on 24 shots for the 2-9-2 Eagles.
Ashland 3, Woodland 1 — The Ashland Hornets picked up their fourth win of year Friday night by topping Woodland 3-0 in Presque Isle.
Royce MacDonald scored a goal and notched an assist in the win. Tyler Levesque and Brett Stratton also netted a goal for Ashland.
J.J. Dozier made eight saves on eight shots for 4-9-0 Ashland.
Staff photo/Jon Gulliver
SHOT ON GOAL — Central Aroostook’s Joe Stiles prepares to take a shot on goal against Easton last week. The game was played in Mars Hill during a driving rain. Easton’s Hunter Turner follows the play. This shot went wide of the net, but the Panters would post a 5-2 win over the Bears.
Central Aroostook 5, Easton 2 — Rain fell steadily in Mars Hill Thursday evening, but the conditions didn’t stop the Panthers from ending Easton’s 11 game winning streak.
Easton scored first, but Central Aroostook scored the next five goals to avenge a loss to the Bears in September.
Spencer Stetson had three goals and Dan Brewer added a goal and three assists for the 8-4-2 Panthers. Brandon Anthony also had a goal and an assist. Ross Grass made eight saves on 13 shots.
Ian Sotomayor and Reed Clark scored for the 11-2 Bears, and Carl Mullen had an assist. Cody Tompkins made nine saves on 22 shots.
Washburn 5, Van Buren 0 — At Van Buren Thursday, Mitch Worcester and Michael Ericson each had two goals and an assist to lead the Beavers to their ninth win.
Jordan McLaughlin added a goal and an assist for 9-2-1 Washburn.
Zach Davis made seven saves on 15 shots for Washburn, while Marc Lajoie made 17 saves on 25 shots for 6-7 Van Buren.
Caribou 4, Fort Kent 1 — The Caribou Vikings traveled to the St. John Valley on Wednesday to face the Fort Kent Warriors.
The Vikings received three assists from Dean Walker and goals from Chad Caverhill, Nick Whithead, Sean Barbosa and Cody Herbert to avenge a 3-2 home loss to the Warriors.
Matt Manter made three saves on 14 shots for 4-8 Caribou.
Central Aroostook 3, Fort Fairfield 1 — The Central Aroostook Panthers continued their march to the playoffs by dropping Fort Fairfield 3-1 on Oct. 11 in Fort Fairfield.
The Panthers scored three first-half goals en route to improving to 9-4-1.
Brandon Anthony recorded a goal and assist for the winners and Spencer Stetson and Dylan Murray each chipped in with an assist. Brandon Anthony added an assist and Ross Grass made eight saves on 13 shots.
Johnny Theriault scored off a penalty kick for 2-9-1 Fort Fairfield and Chris Weeks made 15 saves on 24 shots.
LCS/MSSM 3, Wisdom 0 — At Limestone Oct. 11, Tristan Kirk scored three goals, one in the first half and two in the second, to lead Limestone Community School/Maine School of Science and Mathematics to a 3-0 win over the Wisdom Pioneers.
Brandon Nadeau notched an assist for the 2-8-2 Eagles and Bret Butler made eight saves on 10 shots.
For 2-9-1 Wisdom, Nathan Oaks made 10 saves on 16 shots.
Ashland 2, Katahdin 0 — The Ashland Hornets picked up their third win of the season on Oct. 11 by dropping Katahdin 2-0 in Presque Isle.
Michael Cook and Cody Blair scored for Ashland. J.J. Dozier made 8 saves on 9 shots for 3-9 Ashland.
Jesse McNally made 10 saves on 15 shots for 1-11-0 Katahdin.
