Eliza Paradis scored three goals to lead the Wolverines to a 5-1 win over visiting Telstar on Senior Night at Wiscasset Middle High School Thursday, Oct. 10. Kateleen Trask and Kylie Peoples also scored for Wiscasset.

The win makes the Wolverines 3-9 and still in the hunt for a playoff spot setting up a must win in the Mountain Valley Conference season finale against Carrabec Friday afternoon, Oct. 18 in North Anson. At last check, the Cobras were 5-6 and ranked 13^th in the class C South. The top 14 teams qualify for the postseason tournament.

Telstar, 3-5-3, entered the Wiscasset game ranked 11th. Due to injuries, the Rebels were only able to put eight players on the field. They got off to a fast start getting the game’s first shot on goal four minutes after the opening kickoff. Calla Orino fired from outside the arc, but missed wide.

Five minutes later, shots from Paradis and Peoples were batted wide and caught by Talia Paaso, Telstar’s goalkeeper. Midway in the first half, Orino broke free with the ball, carried it down to the corner and crossed to Macie Hallett. Hallett aimed for the far corner, but Wolverine keeper Lily Souza dove to her right and pushed the ball wide of the net. Two minutes later, the Rebels’ Emma Kruse shot and rang the ball off the near post. Kruse was there for the rebound and fired again, but Souza caught the ball and punted it away.

With 12:35 left until halftime, Trask gained possession of the ball off a throw-in, carried it between Abby Landry and Dylan Duclos, fired from inside the 18 and scored. Ninety seconds later, Paradis made it 2-0. Natalie Potter picked up an assist.

Ten seconds before halftime, a final shot by Orino sent Souza diving to the turf for a save. Wiscasset held an 8-6 shot edge through the first 40 minutes of play. Paradis’s second goal (assisted by Kaitlyn Main) came three minutes into the second half. Her running shot from inside the penalty area went over Paaso’s head and into the net.

The Rebels’ goal came at 27:18 on a penalty kick converted by Emma Kruse. The Wolverines were whistled for tripping. Peoples got the goal back at 20:44, after a corner kick taken by Gwen Webber. Late in the game, play was stopped after a Telstar player went down with an injury. The Rebels then played with just seven players until she was able to return. Paradis’s hat trick (unassisted) came with 2:57 left to play. Telstar played hard, hustling after the ball right up to the final minutes of the game. Wolverine starting striker Cara Viele was unable to play due to an injury in the Oak Hill game.

At halftime Oct. 10, Wolverine Coach Duane Goud recognized seniors Potter, Souza, Trask, Viele, Ellie Pratt, Kaitlyn Main and Jade Rego.