Alyssa Bassett netted two goals and Gwen Webber also scored as the Wolverines shut out Dirigo 3-0 Friday, Sept. 21 at Dixfield. It was the first Mountain Valley Conference soccer win for Wiscasset Middle High School this season. The Cougars, too, entered the game winless.

Both of Bassett’s goals came in the first half, the first about eight minutes into the game on a cross pass from Eliza Paradis. At around the mid-point on the half, Bassett scored again with Latisha Wright assisting.

Webber’s goal came on a direct kick 20 minutes into the second half. Her shot, taken from about 30 yards away, hit the crossbar and bounced into the back of the net.

It was WMHS’s best offensive showing on the season. “We had 17 shots on goal; they had 10,” Wolverine Coach Duane Goud said afterwards. The Wolverines were minus Ellie Pratt for the game. Pratt, a starting defensive back, was ill  and didn’t make the trip, the coach added.

“I had Gwen (Webber) play sweeper for us and moved Sydnie Thayer back to play stopper. Both of them played really well for us.”

Wolverine goalie Lily Souza recorded six saves while the Cougars’ keeper Katherine Morse saved seven.

Getting their first win got the Wolverines out of the class D cellar. They’re now ranked 11th in the SPA South heal standings released Monday. They’ll need to improve to ninth place to qualify for the postseason playoffs in mid-October. “I keep telling them they can do it, be the Cinderella team – but to make the playoffs we need at least one, possibly two more wins,” Goud continued.

WMHS plays predominately class C high schools. It will host the class D Hyde School of Bath this coming Saturday, Sept. 29, under the lights in the annual homecoming game. Hyde, with a 2-5 record, is currently ranked ninth.