Van Buren upsets Washburn girls
in Class D soccer playoffs
Sometimes it’s not the number of shots on goal, but the quality of shots that matters. That was the case as the No. 5-seeded Van Buren Crusaders upset the top-seed Washburn Beavers.
The Crusaders only mustered two shots on goal Friday against Washburn, but both found the back of the net giving Van Buren the 2-1 win.
An obstruction call gave Van Buren an indirect kick from about 20 yards out with less than five minutes to go in the game. Haley Lizotte coverted a short pass from Brittany Duprey for the win.
The Crusaders’ Felisha Bouchard scored off a pass from Parise Rossignol in the first half.
Mackenzie Worcester tied the game at 1-1 for Washburn with nine minutes left in the game. She picked up a deflected shot, split two defenders and blasted a shot into the left side of the goal.
Ashley Wilson made 14 saves on 20 shots for 11-5 Van Buren. Rayah Saucier faced two shots and didn’t have any saves for the 14-1-1 Beavers.
Van Buren plays the No. 2-seed Penobscot Valley High School this afternoon in Howland.
Here’s a recap of the other local Class D girls’ playoff games:
Washburn 8, Bangor Christian 0 — In Washburn Tuesday, Oct. 25, the Beavers opened up the playoffs with a convincing 8-0 win over Bangor Christian.
Worcester scored two goals and notched three assists to help Washburn roll past the No. 8 Patriots.
Carmen Bragg and Carsyn Koch each added a goal and an assist for the 14-0-1 winners while Mykayla Churchill, Maegan Fitzpatrick, Kristi Sperrey and Kennedy Churchill each added a goal.
Washburn coach Marcie Barbarula said despite the offensive explosion it was the defense that stepped up.
Rayah Saucier made five saves on six shots.
Penobscot Valley 1, Fort Fairfield 0 — At Howland Friday, Bethany Heald drilled a low-liner from 15 yards out to score the game’s only goal with 8:23 remaining in the game, lifting the No. 2 Howlers over the third-seeded Tigers.
Fort Fairfield (9-5-2) was thwarted on its best scoring opportunity earlier in the second half. The Tigers pounded an indirect kick from the 6-yard line into the goal area, but Penobscot Valley senior striker Meghan King got to it first and headed it clear.
The Tigers’ Katy Donovan finished with eight saves on 11 shots.
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DANIELLE TRACY of Fort Fairfield and Easton’s Nichole Dudley both have their eyes on the ball in a quaterfinal match Tuesday, Oct. 25. The Tigers prevailed 3-2.
Fort Fairfield 3, Easton 2 — At Fort Fairfield Tuesday, Oct. 25, Easton traveled to Fort Fairfield for a quarterfinal matchup which wasn’t decided until 11:47 into overtime.
Easton got on the scoreboard first when Cassandra Buck scored 16 minutes into the game on an assist from Carla Halvorson.
Easton would enter the half with a 1-0 lead. Fort Fairfield coach Kerrie Alley said the half was very evenly matched.
“The first half saw only four shots on goal by Fort Fairfield and five shots by Easton,” Alley said. “Both teams played well.”
Scoring picked up in the second half with Logan Bubar evening the score at 4:17 in the second half. Kylie Plourde would add another for the Tigers about eight minutes later.
Mariah Cyr added the Bears’ second goal to force the overtime.
On Fort Fairfield’s fifth shot of overtime Bubar added her second goal of the game to give the Tigers the 3-2 victory.
