At the midway point of the Mountain Valley Conference soccer season, the combined Wiscasset/Boothbay boys’ team is in the hunt for a class C south playoff berth. A 6-1 loss to Oak Hill High School Sept.18 left the team ranked number 10 in the latest SPA standings. The top nine teams advance to post-season play in October.

Coach Chris Cossette saw his Wolverines take the early lead at Wales when Jordon Espeut netted the game’s first goal eight minutes after the opening kickoff. Matt Chapman picked up an assist on the score.

The Raiders then went on a roll scoring six unanswered goals. Caleb Vallieve assisted by Levi Sturtevant tied the game at 29:44. Vallieve’s unassisted goal two minutes later gave the hosts the lead for good.

Two more unassisted goals followed before the half ended. Seth Dyer booted in a direct kick at 23:09 followed by Riley Worth, who scored off a deflection with 14:02 left until the intermission.

Gabe Sampson’s unassisted goal on a direct kick five minutes into the second 40-minute half put the Raiders up 5-1. With 15 minutes left in the game, Brady Bangs fired from 25 yards away. The ball carried over the goalkeeper’s head and into the net. Cossette said Caleb Gaberiel recorded seven saves on 15 shots. Oak Hill’s keeper Cole Whitten had seven saves on 11 Wolverine shots.

Wiscasset had six corner kick opportunities while Oak Hill had just three. "Our backline of Matthew Smith, Josh Gabriele and Bayly Gaughan-Carrasco played strong,” Cossette told the Wiscasset Newspaper after the game. “John Hodson had a great effort in the midfield and James Hodson and Rowan Kristan also put in a good effort up front to create scoring opportunities.”

Looking ahead, at 4 p.m. Monday, Sept 24, the Wolverine boys will host the Lisbon Greyhounds, who are currently ranked ninth in the C south. The following night, the Wolverines host Mt. Abram, currently undefeated, at 5-0.