Hornet girls blank Washburn
By Kevin Sjoberg
The Ashland girls picked up some valuable points Monday after downing Washburn, 2-0, in the two teams’ second meeting of the season. The Beavers had won the first match played in Presque Isle Aug. 28.
Staff photo/Kevin Sjoberg
BROOKE LABELLE of the Ashland Hornets shields the ball while looking to get past Washburn’s Kelsey Churchill during Monday’s match. LaBelle scored both goals in Ashland’s 2-0 victory.
Ashland moved up to fourth place in the Eastern Maine Class D rankings and is now 4-2 on the campaign with a 22.7083 tournament index. Washburn (7-3-1, 39.4309) is still atop the standings. Central Aroostook (3-4-1, 16.0852) is fifth, Fort Fairfield (5-4, 13.4184) is sixth and Easton (6-5, 11.0322) seventh.
In Class B, Presque Isle won its first two matches of the season last week, downing Fort Kent 2-0 Thursday and John Bapst 1-0 Saturday. The Wildcats are now 2-1-1 on the season and in third place in the rankings with a 10.2679 tournament index.
On the boys’ side, the Wildcats kept their excellent start intact with shutout victories over Fort Kent (4-0) Thursday and John Bapst (8-0) Saturday. PI leads the EM Class B division with a 4-0-1 mark and a 16.3265 tournament index.
The Class D standings show Central Aroostook (5-4, 28.1378) in second, Washburn (7-3-1, 5.4209) fourth, Fort Fairfield (3-5-1, 9.4005) fifth, Easton (3-8, 2.1429) ninth and Ashland (0-5-1, 1.5944) 14th.
Summaries of games played through Monday follow:
Ashland girls 2, Washburn 0 – Brooke LaBelle scored twice, both in the first half, as Ashland came up with a big road win Monday afternoon.
Kayla Cote had the assist on both LaBelle goals. Goalie Macie Bellanceau had six saves on eight shots for the Hornets.
The Beavers’ goalkeeper, Rayah Saucier, turned away six of 11 shots in the contest.
Southern Aroostook girls 1, Easton 0 – The Bears gave the Warriors a tough battle Monday, but the host Warriors came out on top thanks to Janel Rockwell’s first-half goal.
Mallary Lawlor posted the shutout in goal with seven saves for SA, while her opposite, Easton’s Marissa Parlin, saved six of seven shots.
Fort Fairfield girls 4, Wisdom 1 – Janae Libby scored two goals Monday as the Tigers swept their season series against the Pioneers. Logan Bubar scored a goal and recorded an assist and Kylie Plourde also notched a goal for the victors, who recorded 33 shots in the match.
FF goalkeeper Katie Donovan saved 17 of 21 shots. Wisdom’s lone goal came on a penalty kick by Suzie Collins in the first half.
Easton girls 6, East Grand 1 – Meghan Frank scored twice and four teammates also broke into the scoring column as the Bears outshot the Vikings Saturday 34-6 en route to their sixth win of the season.
Presque Isle girls 1, John Bapst 0 – Kayla Richards converted a Megan Ireland assist with 26:47 to play for the game’s only goal in the Wildcats’ home win over the Crusaders Saturday afternoon. Meredith Stewart saved seven of eight shots in garnering the shutout in goal.
Southern Aroostook girls 1, Washburn 0 – Rockwell’s second-half goal proved to be the difference as the Warriors beat the Beavers Friday in a battle between two of the top teams in EM Class D. Washburn held a 20-14 advantage in shots on goal, but could not get a shot past SA goalie Mallary Lawlor.
Central Aroostook girls 2, Limestone-MSSM 0 – Kristen Long posted a first-half goal and assisted on Vicki McIntyre’s second-half goal as the Panthers blanked the visiting Eagles Thursday. Rachael Grew recorded the assist on Long’s goal and Paige Garrison saved seven of eight shots for the shutout.
Washburn girls 4, Easton 0 – The Beavers got two goals off the foot of Rebecca Campbell, both off assists by Carmen Bragg, as they downed the home team Bears in convincing fashion last Wednesday. Meagan Saucier and Taylor Thompson also scored for Washburn. Rayah Saucier was busy in goal, making 17 saves on 36 shots for the shutout.
Parlin and Haley Ambrose split the goalie chores for Easton and combined for 19 saves on 41 shots.
Van Buren girls 3, Ashland 2 – Parise Rossignol set up Haley Lizotte for the game-winning goal as the Crusaders won at home last Tuesday.
For Ashland, LaBelle scored both goals and Bellanceau saved nine of 12 shots in goal.
Fort Fairfield girls 9, Limestone-MSSM 1 – A four-goal performance by freshman Logan Bubar lifted the Tigers to the blowout win last Tuesday in Fort Fairfield.
Kacie York, Libby, Plourde, Abby Player and Kelsey Turner also had goals for Fort. Donovan faced just eight shots in the game and saved four of them.
Amanda Allen scored the lone Eagle goal and Beauchamp turned away seven of 22 shots.
Wisdom boys 8, Fort Fairfield 4 – Curtis Picard had four goals in Wisdom’s win at home over Fort Fairfield Monday.
Travis Noyes scored three times for the Tigers, while Andrew Tuck had the team’s other goal.
Washburn boys 7, Ashland 1 – Jordan McLaughlin continued his torrid scoring pace by tallying three goals in the Beavers’ victory at home over the Bears Monday. Mitchell Worcester had two goals and three assists, while Connor Fitzpatrick and Justin Farley also found the back of the net for Washburn.
Royce MacDonald scored in the second half for Ashland’s lone breakthrough of the game.
Southern Aroostook boys 5, Easton 0 – Patrick Goodall scored twice as SA stayed undefeated with the home win Monday.
Cody Tompkins had 12 saves on 17 shots in goal for the Bears.
Presque Isle boys 8, John Bapst 0 – The Wildcats blitzed the visiting Crusaders Saturday behind three goals each by Wilder York and Josh Allen.
PI coach Scott Young said his team’s ability to counter John Bapst’s offsides trap was key in the victory.
“We did break through in both halves to score nice goals, but in the second half our forwards did a much better job of being targets and allowing for midfielders and backs to overlap to counter the trap, which in turn created many scoring opportunities,” he said.
Isaac LaJoie had the other two goals and Andrew Legassie led the way in assists with two for the ’Cats, who have not allowed a goal since their 2-2 season-opening tie at Fort Kent. Andrew Kofstad made a brilliant save in the first half to help preserve the shutout.
Easton boys 7, East Grand 0 – Reid Clark led the Bears Saturday with two goals and two assists in the rout.
Holden Turner scored twice and Ian Sotomayor, Zach Clark and Jonah Bacon netted a goal apiece for the Bears. Tompkins saved four of six shots for the shutout in goal.
Southern Aroostook boys 6, Washburn 0 – Two goals by Patrick Goodall keyed SA to the win Friday at Washburn. Zach Davis saved 10 of 18 shots in goal for the Beavers.
Madawaska boys 2, Fort Fairfield 0 – Jon Lee and Dylan Wetmore were the goal scorers as the Owls blanked the Tigers Thursday. Chris Weeks recorded 20 saves on 23 shots for the Tigers.
Central Aroostook boys 5, Limestone-MSSM 2 – The Panthers, playing at home Thursday, outshot the Eagles 31-13 and kept Limestone-MSSM winless on the year
Dan Brewer and Brandon Anthony had two goals each and Derek Rusby scored a goal and assisted on three others to lead CA’s attack.
Presque Isle boys 4, Fort Kent 0 – LaJoie, Jake Williams, Jake Player and Allen were the goal scorers as the Wildcats were dominant in Thursday’s home game against the Warriors.
“We were pleased with how our back line and keeper kept a very potent offensive-minded Fort Kent team rather quiet,” Young said.
Kofstad faced just seven shots in the match and recorded three saves.
Washburn boys 6, Easton 3 – McLaughlin’s hat trick, in addition to two goals by Worcester and another by Kyle Huston, lifted the Beavers past the Bears last Wednesday.
Clark scored two goals and Jared Hafford one for the Bears.
Fort Fairfield boys 6, Limestone-MSSM 1 – Last Tuesday, Tuck had two goals and Jahleel Wiliams added a goal and two assists to power the Tigers to the win.
LaGeorge Williams, Noyes and Austin Bernier rounded out the FF offense with goals. Forsman scored the only Eagle goal.
Ashland boys 1, Van Buren 1 – The Hornets managed the tie last Tuesday as Tyler Levesque of Ashland scored a first-half goal to counter Ryan Guerrette’s second-half goal for VB.
“This was a much-improved outing for us,” said Ashland coach Kevin Paradis. “We brought Levesque to the midfield and he is quickly learning his responsibilities and will be a force in the future.”
The Hornet coach said leading scorer Kenny Tarr has also been moved to midfield from his usual forward spot, giving him “much more breathing room to create for himself and others.”
Paradis added that senior Keith Holmes continues to lead the defense as the most consistent Hornet on the back line.
Katahdin boys 6, Easton 4 – In a high-scoring match played last Tuesday, Clark and Turner scored two goals each but it wasn’t enough as the Cougars came out on top in Easton.
