The Caribou boys’ varsity soccer team picked up its second consecutive win Saturday after beginning the campaign with back-to-back losses.
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Tiger defenders Ryan Pelkey and Connor Shaw defend Limestone-MSSM forward Branden Nadeau in the first half of Monday’s game played in Fort Fairfield. The Tigers won, 7-1.
The Vikes jumped out to a 3-0 lead and held on to defeat host Hermon, 5-2. Cody Herbert had two goals and two assists, Matt Milliard a goal and two assists. Kameron Manter and Colby Holdsworth picked up the other Caribou goals.
Adam Collins and Michael Hunter notched assists and goalkeepers Matt Manter and Ethan Plourde combined for seven saves on nine shots.
The Caribou girls experienced defeat for the first time this season, losing to the Hawks, 5-0. Kaitlyn Saulter had three goals and two assists to lead the defending Eastern Maine champions to the easy win. The Vikings fell to 1-2.
The Caribou squads were back at it Tuesday when they traveled to Madawaska to take on the Owls. They also travel Saturday for matches against Mount Desert Island.
The Washburn boys were beaten by Easton Monday, 4-0, and are now 5-3-2 overall. Jarrett Olson saved 15 shots in the loss. On Friday, the Beavers won by the same score against Hodgdon-GHCA.
The Washburn girls are preparing for their second match of the season against Ashland Thursday at 7 p.m. on the Hornets’ home field. When the two teams, both undefeated at the time, met for the first time on Sept. 9 in Washburn, Ashland came away with the 4-0 victory.
The Beavers have won both of their games since and did so in convincing fashion. Washburn is now 9-1 after crushing Hodgdon-GHCA Friday, 11-0, before stopping Easton Monday, 6-1.
Mackenzie Worcester increased her school-record career goal mark to 89 by scoring four times in each match. Joan Overman also had four in the win over Hodgdon-GHCA. The Fort Fairfield girls had not played a game in six days heading into Monday’s home contest against Limestone-MSSM, but the offense didn’t show any rust. The Tigers continued its high-scoring ways with a 5-4 win, which was accomplished when Logan Bubar scored 2:47 into overtime.
Janae Libby scored twice and Megan Jellison and Kailanny Hernandez had single goals for the 6-2 Fort squad. Mariah Williams notched a hat trick for the 1-4 Eagles. Ellyzabeth Bencivenga scored off a Williams assist and Chelsey Pelkey had a pair of assists for Limestone-MSSM.
Fort had beaten Wisdom last Tuesday, 5-1, while the Eagles lost to Van Buren that same evening, 8-5.
The Fort Fairfield boys finally got into the win column after beating Limestone-MSSM, 7-1. Johnny Theriault netted two goals in the first half and two more in the second as his team rolled. Chris Giberson, Greg Jellison and Ryan Player were the Tigers’ other goal scorers, while Chris Bernier netted the goal off a Travis Hatfield assist for 0-5 Limestone-MSSM.
The Tigers dropped a 1-0 decision to Wisdom last Tuesday, while the Eagles were 1-0 losers to Van Buren.
