Wiscasset Fall Sports

Mon, 10/20/2014 - 4:15pm

BEN BULKELEY, Staff Reporter

WISCASSET HIGH SCHOOL seniors were honored Friday, Oct. 17 before the team’s game with Hall-Dale. The seniors are, from left: Hannah Welborn, Rachel Berry, Alecia Faulkingham, Kayla Gordon, Hanna Foye, Maeve Carlson, Miranda McIntire, Tylan Onorato and Katie-Lynn Mills. BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper

TYLER FLAVIN was one of two boys seniors honored Friday night during the Wiscasset High School senior appreciation night (the other, Andrew Corson, was not in attendance). BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper

KEEPER CONLON Ranta, left, keeps his eye on the ball Friday, Oct. 17. Ranta played well again but Hall-Dale was able to escape Wiscasset with a 2-0 win. BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper

WISCASSET’S SAM STORER fights with a Hall-Dale attacker for possession of the ball Friday, Oct. 17. BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper

MIRANDA McINTIRE dribbles up the field during the Wiscasset High School girls varsity soccer game Friday, Oct. 17. BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper

KEEPER CONLON Ranta, left, keeps his eye on the ball Friday, Oct. 17. Ranta played well again but Hall-Dale was able to escape Wiscasset with a 2-0 win. BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper

WISCASSET’S SAM STORER fights with a Hall-Dale attacker for possession of the ball Friday, Oct. 17. BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper

MIRANDA McINTIRE dribbles up the field during the Wiscasset High School girls varsity soccer game Friday, Oct. 17. BEN BULKELEY/Wiscasset Newspaper

On a night that saw Wiscasset High School’s seniors honored for their athletic prowess, there were plenty of thrills, great plays and scares.

Playing at home Friday, Oct. 17, both the boys and girls varsity soccer teams suited up against Hall-Dale.

The boys team (2-11) took on the unenviable task of facing a Hall-Dale team (12-1) that has its sights set on a top spot in Western Class C. Hall-Dale currently sits in fourth place, behind the undefeated Maranacook and Mountain Valley programs and Waynflete (10-1-2).

But Wiscasset didn’t just keep pace with Hall-Dale; they matched the Bulldogs evenly for the first half in a succession of body blows and athletic plays.

In the second half the Bulldogs were able to pull ahead of a tiring Wiscasset squad and ended up with the 2-0 win. Wiscasset keeper Conlon Ranta put in a special performance as he was able to limit the potent Hall-Dale attack.

Between the boys game and the girls game, Wiscasset’s seniors were honored. The boys soccer team featured two — Tyler Flavin and Andrew Corson, while the girls team honored Miranda McIntire, Maeve Carlson, Hanna Foye, Alecia Faulkingham, Kayla Gordon, Katie-Lynn Mills, Rachel Berry, Tylan Onorato and manager Hannah Welborn.

Also receiving mention was cross country runner Ridge Barnes and football players Matt Craig, Josh Hodgdon and Craig James, who all suited up for the Lincoln Academy Eagles.

Wiscasset girls soccer (5-8-1) matched up against a tough Hall-Dale team (9-5) that was coming off a 2-1 loss at the hands of Dirigo, which is one place ahead of Wiscasset in the Western Class C standings.

As has been the case for most of the season, Wiscasset was buoyed by an elite defense — the Bulldogs duo of sisters Dani and Thea Sweet were neutralized by the Wolverines defenders.

Goalkeeper Gordon again maintained a shutout until eight minutes into the second half, when Hall-Dale’s Signey Lynch bounced in a goal. The score would remain 1-0 until the end, despite Wiscasset’s late push.

During the second half of the girls game there was a scare when a Wiscasset player went down with a medical issue. The game was interrupted and the player was removed from the field via stretcher by the Wiscasset Ambulance. The game was resumed with 13 minutes remaining.