Penquis and Greenville split a Homecoming doubleheader
MILO — The Penquis Valley High School soccer teams played back-to-back vs. Greenville High School during the school’s 2016 Homecoming on Oct. 15. The Patriots girls won the first contest 2-1, and the visiting Laker boys left town with a 4-0 victory in the Class C North/Class D South interclass meetings.
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GOAL SCORERS — Greenville freshman Bianca Breton and Penquis sophomore Chloe Wyman race up the field with Penquis junior Kelsey Robinson trailing during Saturday’s Patriot Homecoming contest in Milo. Robinson and Breton both had goals and Penquis freshman Rachel McMannus recorded the game-winner.
On Sept. 28 the two girls squads met on the pitch in Greenville with Penquis taking the game near the shore of Moosehead Lake 2-1. Since late September the teams trended in opposite directions with Penquis dropping three games in a row and Greenville going on a five-game winning streak.
The Patriots scored first just over eight minutes into play. After the ball went out of bounds off a Laker defender, sophomore Cymeria Robshaw put it back in play on a throw flip from the left side of the field. Junior Kelsey Robinson won control of Robshaw’s pass and she put the ball in the goal for the 1-0 advantage.
Early in the second half Penquis was whistled for an obstruction in the box and Greenville was awarded an indirect kick. Freshman Jessica Pomerleau touched the ball to start play as classmate Bianca Breton took a few steps back and then ran up and unleashed her shot. Breton’s shot went into the left of the Patriot goal for the equalizer at the 34:45-mark.
About seven and a half minutes later Robshaw ran down the right side of the field on a breakaway. Robshaw then sent a crossing pass toward the left side of the goal to freshman Rachel McMannus. McMannus received the pass and directed it in the goal in for what would turn out to the be the winning goal with 26:41 left on the clock.
Penquis senior keeper Jordan Durant, who finished with a game-high 14 saves, and the defense in front of her kept Greenville from tying the game to improve to 8-4-1, snapping the respective winning and losing streaks for the two teams. The Lakers fell to 7-6 as both teams stood in fourth place in the respective Heal Point standings with one regular season game to go for each program.
The Penquis and Greenville boys played for the second time in 48 hours as two days prior the Lakers defeated the Patriots, 6-0, at home.
Greenville led 1-0 after the first 40 minutes, freshman Christopher Caiazzo was the last Laker to touch the ball during a scramble to the right of the Penquis goal before it took a bounce and rolled in, and the score remained the same for the first half of the second session.
Caiazzo would pass the ball to junior Connor DiAngelo positioned in front of the Patriot goal with about 18 and a half minutes to play. DiAngelo’s shot soared into the left side of the goal for the 2-0 lead.
Greenville scored two more times in the last four minutes. A Caiazzo shot would end up bouncing off a Patriot defender and in for goal No. 3 and junior Noah Pratt had the fourth goal – on a DiAngelo assist – with less than 60 seconds on the clock.
Laker junior Evan Bjork stopped five shots on nine such scoring attempts to earn the shutout, the second consecutive perfect effort by the Greenville defense which won for the third time in a row and fourth in the last five contests to improve to 8-4-1.
Penquis freshman Camron Bailey and senior Justin Valvo – a switch was made at the 19:26 mark of the second half – combined to make 23 saves on 38 shots. The Patriots fell to 3-9-1.
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HEADS UP — Junior Connor DiAngelo of Greenville heads the ball forward during the Oct. 15 game as Penquis senior Peter Bishop and Laker sophomore Ben Baldwin rush in. Greenville added three goals in the second half to its 1-0 lead to win 4-0.
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SEEING AND READY — Penquis junior Selena Sibert and Greenville junior Makenzie Redimarker play the ball in the corner during the opening half of the Patriot Homecoming game on Saturday.
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FIELD FOCUSED — Patriot senior Clayton Preble and Greenville junior Noah Pratt both hustle toward a loose ball rolling toward the sideline.
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FLIPPING OUT — Sophomore Cymeria Robshaw handled most of the throw in duties for Penquis, using a flip throw to send the ball in play. One such flip throw lead directly to a Penquis goal.
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WALL OF DEFENSE — A contingent of Patriots gets ready prior to a direct free kick for Greenville during the second half of the Oct. 15 game. In goal is senior Justin Valvo and in front of him is, from left, seniors Dereck Thomas, Charles Artus, Clayton Preble, sophomore Jeremy Martin and freshman Camron Bailey.
GIRLS SOCCER
Penquis 2,
Greenville 1
GVL 0 1 | 1
PEN 1 1 | 2
First: PEN — Robinson
(Robshaw).
Second: GVL — Breton
(Pomerleau);
PEN — McMannus
(Robshaw).
Saves: GVL —
Pelletier 11;
PEN — Durant 14.
Corner kicks: GVL — 3;
PEN — 3.
Records: GVL 7-6;
PEN 8-4-1.
BOYS SOCCER
Greenville 4,
Penquis 0
GVL 1 3 | 4
PEN 0 0 | 0
First: GVL — Caiazzo.
Second: GVL —
DiAngelo (Caiazzo);
GVL — Caiazzo;
GVL — Pratt
(Caiazzo).
Saves: GVL — Bjork 5;
PEN— Bailey 21,
Valvo 2.
Corner kicks: GVL — 7;
Penquis — 3.
Records: GVL 8-4-1;
PEN — 3-9-1.