A night for Wolverine soccer alumni to shine

Sat, 09/28/2019 - 6:00pm

Wiscasset Middle High School kicked off its homecoming weekend celebration by hosting its annual Red versus White alumni soccer game under the lights Friday night. White won 4-1. The game included about 30 returning Wolverines.

The co-ed teams were made up of odd-year alumni versus even-year ones. Two recent WMHS soccer standouts Matt Chapman, class of 2019,  and Grace Webber, Class of 2018, found themselves on opposite sides. Chapman anchored White’s defense, Webber played on the front line for the Red.

Also pressed into action were Wolverine soccer coaches Chris Cossette, Duane Goud and Todd Souza. Goud, who served as goalie for the White, made some nice stops in the net including one taken by Souza in the first half.

Other returnees included recent graduates Sarah Foley and Vanessa Dunn. Both played on the front line for the Red.

This year’s ballgame featured three sets of brothers, including Matt Whitaker of Westport Island and Tom Whitaker of Freeport, playing for the White. Both Whitakers played soccer for Wiscasset in the 1980s. John and Nick McLeod, representing the classes of 2011 and 2009, respectively, along with Devin Grover, ’12 and his younger brother Bryson, ’16.

Brother and sister Brandon and Brianna Goud played on opposite sides. Brandon, Class of  2017, played for the Red and Bri from 2014 for the White. Their father is Coach Goud.

Alumni from the 1990s included former Wiscasset High School standout T.J. Merry. He played a solid game in the Red backfield.

Some of the other participants were Sam Storer, Matt Hinkley, Mike Greenleaf, Jason Weatherbee, Cory Hodgdon, Zack Hartman and James Andretta going for the Red; and Matt Smith, Tylan Oronato, Russell Marr, Seth Hartman, Josh Gabriele, Brian Campbell and Ashton Benn for the White. Scorers included John McLeod with two, and Nick McLeod and Storer with one each.

Danny Averill of Wiscasset served as timekeeper.