Two first half goals helps Lee Academy down PCHS girls
GUILFORD — With the regular season winding down for soccer teams across the state, Piscataquis Community High School hosted Lee Academy in an 8-player Small School North matchup under the lights on Saturday evening, Oct. 14. The visiting Pandas scored twice in the first half, and held onto the 2-1 lead across the second half to earn the victory in both team’s next to last match before the postseason.
PCHS fell to 7-5-1, as the two teams ended up splitting the pair of 2023 contests. The Pirates had a 2-1 win on the road in northern Penobscot County back on Oct. 4.
INCOMING — Jazmin Channon gets ready to poke the ball away during PCHS’ game vs. Lee Academy on the evening of Oct. 14. The visiting Pandas won 2-1 as Channon scored the Pirate goal in the final minute of the opening half.
Lee (the team improved to 8-5) got on the scoreboard nearly six minutes into play. Elena Linscott received a pass from Aubrey Gifford and Linscot broke away and got off a shot that found the left of the Pirate goal at the 24;13-mark.
Late in the opening half Linscott again broke away, this time taking a pass from teammate Avery Oliver, and she found the left of the PCHS goal for a 2-0 lead with 2:42 remaining before the half.
Before the Pirates and Pandas could take a rest, PCHS cut its deficit in half. Brookelynn Hunt brought the ball down the right side of the Lee end of the field and she had a crossing path to Jazmin Channon. Channon controlled Hunt’s pass and she directed the ball in to put the Pirates on the scoreboard with 58.3 seconds on the clock.
WHO GETS THERE FIRST? — Brookelynn Hunt runs to the ball in the right corner of the Lee Academy end of the field during a game in Guilford on Oct. 14. Hunt would assist on the PCHS goal in the 2-1 defeat.
In the second half Lee keeper Harmony Vermazoni and the defense in front of her kept PCHS from tying the game. Vermazoni finished with four saves on seven shots, splitting her four with two in each half.
Pirate keeper Braylin Beckwith made a game-high eight saves on 14 shots. PCHS also kept Lee scoreless after the Pandas had three corner kicks in the second 30-minute session — Lee had a 4-3 overall corner advantage.
GIRLS SOCCER
Lee 2, PCHS 1
LEE 2 0 – 2
PCH 1 0 – 1
First: L – Linscott (Gifford); L – Linscott (Oliver); P – Channon (B. Hunt)
Saves: L – Vermazoni 4, P – Beckwith 8
Corner kicks: L – 4, P – 3
Records: L 8-5, P – 7-5-1
HOPING FOR A GOAL — The Pirates’ Hope Hunt brings the ball into Lee Academy territory on Oct. 14.