Wiscasset and Lisbon locked up in a real gem of a soccer game under the lights Thursday, Sept. 14, on a warm Indian summer night. The contest was an exciting one from the opening kickoff  but when the final horn sounded, the visiting Greyhounds were the victors, 3-1.

Too bad this was the only meeting this season between these two longtime Mountain Valley Conference rivals. Should the Wolverines qualify for the post-season next month, they’ll compete against Class D high schools. Lisbon is a C team.

Wiscasset got off to a fast start dominating play the first 10 minutes. Grace Webber found Sarah Foley open inside the 18 at 31:01. Foley’s shot sent Savannah Fisher scrambling to her left to record the first of a dozen saves.

At 28:22, Wiscasset was whistled for charging in the backfield, setting up a direct kick for the Greyhounds’ Kiley Merrit who would later have an assist. Merrit fired low to the far post but Wiscasset keeper Lindsey Gordon was there for the stop. She finished the night with 14 saves, some of which in the second half were pretty awesome.

Lisbon kept the pressure on, rattling off three hard shots at Gordon over the next six minutes. When Wiscasset finally regained possession, Vanessa Dunn made a nice run shaking off three Greyhound defenders and firing at Fisher who bobbled the ball but somehow hung on for the save.

With 20 minutes left until halftime, the Greyhounds drove deep into Wiscasset territory again. Lisbon’s Destiney Deschaines finally broke free, firing and scoring at 17:05.

The Wolverines then rallied defensively. Paige Davenport ran down Deschaines, stealing the ball away and passing off to Arie Mills who cleared the ball away. Soon after, Cara Viele took on Giana Russo gaining procession of the ball near midfield and passing to Lily Souza. Souza found Webber open but Webber’s shot was just wide of the net.

The Wolverines got one more opportunity to score when Dunn broke free again with 4:39 left, only to have her shot deflected by a Lisbon defender behind the goal, setting up a Wiscasset corner kick. Gwen Webber took the corner chipping the ball to the goal mouth but the Greyhounds were able to clear the ball down field.

The score remained 1-0 until 22:14 of the second half when Emma Houle scored to put Lisbon on top 2-nil. Wiscasset had a pair of nice shots from the Webber sisters in the opening minutes of the second half. Grace’s breakaway shot ran high and over the net and Gwen’s direct kick from outside the 18 was slapped down and somehow held onto by the goalie.

With the clock winding down to 17:22, Dunn scored and it was a 2-1 ballgame. Her shot from the 18 bounced over the head of the leaping Fisher and into the net. With 4:39 left to play, Kateleen Trask broke free and passed to Dunn but her shot was deflected wide behind the net by a Lisbon defender. Gwenn Webber centered the corner kick that followed but the Greyhounds were there first, clearing the ball away.

With 55 ticks left on the clock, Russo scored with Millet assisting to salt this one away for the Greyhounds, the final horn sounding at 7:35 p.m. The loss drops Wiscasset to 4-1, currently the best record in the Class D South standings.

Wolverines shut out Dirigo

Dunn scored two goals as the host Wolverines shut out visiting Dirigo 4-0 Sept. 12. Grace Webber scored off Trask’s corner kick putting WMHS up 1-0 at 11:04 of the first half. The other three goals were in the second half.

Trask’s throw-in to Gwen Webber who scored put the Wolverines up 2-0. Dunn scored, Grace Webber assisting at 9:59 and Dunn scored again with 4 :57 left, Brooke Thayer picking up the assist. Gordon finished with five saves.

Telstar topped

Grace Webber scored a goal in each half and Trask scored in the second half as Wiscasset blanked host Telstar 3-1 on Sept. 8. Gwenn Webber and Souza each picked up assists and Gordon recorded four saves. WMHS outshot Telstar 19-5.