NORTH ANSON — It was quick and it was clinical, even if it wasn’t effortless. Effort, at least early on, was part of the problem. Monmouth Academy boys soccer coach Joe Fletcher was so dispirited by his team’s lack of effort that he plucked all four members of his starting midfield off the pitch at […]
Boys Soccer
Boys' soccer: Lewiston gets upper hand on Edward Little, 1-0
Lewiston’s Moubarek Abdourahman heads a ball away from Edward Little’s Christian Beliveau during a boys’ soccer game on Monday in Auburn. (Adam Robinson/Sun Journal) AUBURN — Enock Citenga made the biggest save of the game, then was banished to the bench. His Lewiston teammates made sure the save was worth it, and it was in […]
Boys' soccer: Mountain Valley slips away from Spruce Mountain
JAY — Their first victory of the year was staring the Spruce Mountain Phoenix right in the face, but back-to-back goals from senior center midfielder Garrett Garbarini gave the Mountain Valley Falcons a wake-up call in the second half. But the game moved into double-overtime, anyway. Senior midfielder Cameron Gallant drilled the ball past Spruce […]
Boys' soccer: Mt. Ararat hustles past Edward Little
Mt. Ararat’s Travis Nadeau (10) carries the ball down the field as Edward Little’s Jake Jackson (22) and Mnawer Dubai (11) pursue. (Eric Maxim/The Times Record) TOPSHAM — Going into Friday’s boys’ soccer game between Mt. Ararat and Edward Little, Eagles coach Jack Rioux understood what the Red Eddies were capable of offensively. The Eddies […]
Boys' soccer: Sam Smith leads Mt. Blue past Messalonskee
Messalonskee High School’s Benoit Levesque (11) wins the headers over Mt. Blue High School’s Samuel Smith (10) in Oakland on Thursday. (Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel) OAKLAND — After scoring 21 goals a year ago, Mt. Blue senior Sam Smith expected to be a marked man this season. “I knew coming into this season I was […]
Boys' soccer: Hall-Dale handles Monmouth with well-rounded effort
Hall-Dale High School’s Ian Stebbins leaps over Monmouth Academy goalie Connor Davies during a soccer game Wednesday in Farmingdale. (Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal) FARMINGDALE — Just a couple of match days into the new season, a pair of Mountain Valley Conference boys’ soccer heavyweights sit at opposite ends of the spectrum. Hall-Dale’s 3-0 victory over Monmouth […]
Boys' soccer: Edward Little's set pieces solid in win over Brunswick
AUBURN — The momentum had turned to the visiting Brunswick Dragons after Noah Greene buried a shot into the lower left-hand corner of the Edward Little net to tie the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference boys’ soccer game at 1-1 on Tuesday. As the time ticked away in the first half, the teams appeared headed to […]
Boys' soccer: Mt. Blue keeps its cool, shakes Oxford Hills
Oxford Hills goalkeeper Sam Morton comes out of the net to deny Mt. Blue’s Sam Smith in first-half action at Gouin Athletic Complex in Paris on Tuesday. (Brewster Burns photo) Mt. Blue goalie Xander Gurney, left, Oxford Hills’ Will Dieterich (13) and the Cougars’ Eli Yeaton (19) and Dominic Giampietro (16) leap for the ball […]
Boys' soccer: Monmouth storms past Spruce Mountain
JAY — Monmouth Academy’s defense was as threatening as the thunderstorms that rolled over Spruce Mountain High School on Monday afternoon. Dark clouds closed in on the field as the volume of thunder increased, forcing the Mountain Valley Conference boys’ soccer game come to a close with 30:39 left in the second half. But the […]
Boys' soccer: Vachon scores four, Richmond routs Rangeley
Richmond High School’s Nick Adams (7) gets knocked to the ground by Rangeley High School’s Mathieu Lessard (21) with the help from teammate Nolan Boone (9) in Rangeley on Saturday. (Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel) RANGELEY — Nobody was more surprised than Richmond sophomore Andrew Vachon. Vachon scored four goals Saturday afternoon, completing his hat trick […]