“We’re young but we’re going to be all right,” Wolverines Coach Duane Goud said after Tuesday evening’s final scrimmage game. The regular Mountain Valley Conference girls soccer season starts this Friday.

Wiscasset Middle High School hosted and lost 2-0 to Richmond High School before a large crowd. The game started at 6 p.m. and ended under the lights. Richmond won the toss and chose to defend the eastern goal.

The 2016 Wolverine girls soccer team has 10 freshmen but is anchored by a veteran backfield including seniors Stephanie Jones, Keara Hunter, Brooke Carleton and Jenna Bickford. Senior Gabby Chapman is playing on the front line and midfield.

Lindsey Gordon, the team’s goalkeeper, is one of six juniors. The others are Arie Mills, Maeve Blodgett, Sarah Foley, Grace Webber and Vanessa Dunn. Natalie Corson is the only sophomore.

Eleven minutes into the game, Bobcat Meranda Martin took a shot from just outside the 18-yard line and scored. Gordon leaped but the ball went off her fingertips and into the net. Martin scored a second unassisted goal at 38:23 of the second half.

The Wolverines ended the game on a positive note by playing their best soccer in the final 15 minutes.

Webber on the far wing made a nice run but her shot was wide right. Later, Foley found Gabby Chapman open inside the 18, Chapman fired but the Bobcat goalie made a nice save.

With two minutes left to play, Carleton fired but missed. Her shot was high and over the crossbar.

Neither team kept a score book but the Bobcats clearly outshot the Wolverines. Gordon had a solid game in the net, finishing with a dozen saves. The Richmond goalie stopped eight, all but two of those coming in the second half.

Corson, Foley, Jones and Hunter were standouts at midfield and defensively.

The game offered plenty of teaching moments for Coach Goud. His Wolverines open the season on the road against Boothbay 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2. They’ll return home to play Carrabec on Sept. 6.