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BRUNSWICK’S MADDIE WAYNE (15) slips a ball past Mt. Ararat’s Holly Temple (1) during a KVAC field hockey game on Tuesday at Topsham. See game details and more photos on B1 and B4.
BRUNSWICK’S MADDIE WAYNE (15) slips a ball past Mt. Ararat’s Holly Temple (1) during a KVAC field hockey game on Tuesday at Topsham. See game details and more photos on B1 and B4.
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The Morse High School girls soccer team earned a hard-fought 3-2 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference victory over Lincoln Academy Tuesday night at McMann Field.

Ella Martin fed Emily Martin with a pass along the right side of the field. Emily Martin gained a step on her defender and fired a hard shot into the back of the cage with 34 seconds remaining in the first overtime.

The 2-0 Shipbuilders, who visit Erskine Academy on Thursday at 3:30 p.m., jumped out to a 1-0 lead 27 minutes into the game. Rose Atienza headed a pass to freshman Julia Goddard, who pushed a shot past the Eagles keeper for her first high school tally.

Morse made it 2-0 just over 10 minutes later as Emily Martin settled a throw-in from Dory Kulis before scoring.

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It didn’t take long for the Eagles to begin their comeback in the second half. Tatum Hancock used her speed to gain an advantage and she fired a low shot past Morse goalkeeper Marissa Parks (six saves) to get the visitors on the board just four minutes into the second frame.

With 15 minutes remaining, Lincoln scored again, this time off a corner kick scrum for a 2-2 tie.

Parks kept her team in it with a point-blank save with two minutes left in regulation.

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Maeve Arthur scored a pair of goals to power the host Dragons (2-0) to a KVAC win over the Red Eddies.

Sara Scrapchansky chipped in a goal for Brunswick, with Lea Scrapchansky dishing out a pair of assists. Anna Kousky also had an assist.

Brunswick outshot EL (1- 1), 21-6, with Dragons netminder Beth Labbe turning away five shots. EL goaltender Taylor Dent had 15 saves.

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“A great game from both teams in very muggy conditions,” said Brunswick coach Martyn Davison, whose Dragons take on Lewiston at Bates College on Friday at 3:30 p.m. “Edward Little is a solid team and very dangerous on the counter attack. I thought we passed very well again and created many opportunities to score, with some great inter-changing play in midfield. Emily Larochelle and Marley Grout were excellent at the back, Isabella Banks, Lea Scrapchansky, Sara Scrapchansky, Bailey Hartill and Emma Banks were excellent in midfield, and superb performances from Anna Kousky and Maeve Arthur too.”

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The visiting Phoenix scored on a penalty kick late in the opening half for a Mountain Valley Conference win over the Greyhounds.

Lisbon fell to 0-2 and hosts Mt. Abram on Thursday at 4 p.m.

Emma Houle scored off a Sydney Douglass flip throw for a 1-0 Lisbon lead early in the opening half.

“We dominated 99 percent of the game, we just couldn’t get anything to drop,” said Lisbon coach Jenniffer Perron.

Anna Willey had five saves in the Lisbon cage.

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The visiting Wolverines

improved to 2-0 with an MVC win over Boothbay.

Lily Souza, Grace Webber and Natalie Potter scored a goal each in the game’s first 18 minutes to stake Wiscasset to a 3-0 lead.

Leading 3-1 at halftime, Souza’s second goal made it a 4-1 contest, and Vanessa Dunn scored the final goal for Wiscasset with 26:53 remaining to complete the scoring.

Gwen Webber had two assists in the win, while Sarah Foley, Dunn and Souza dished out one helper apiece.

Olivia Paolillo and Reagan Cola scored for the 0-2 Seahawks.

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In the cage, Lindsey Gordon had 11 saves for the Wolverines, including a penalty kick stop. Jackie McLown had five saves for Boothbay.

Wiscasset visits Telstar on Friday at 3 p.m.

Boys soccer

AUBURN — Edward Little jumped out to a 3-0 lead six minutes into the contest and held off a Brunswick rally for a 6-4 KVAC win in a game stopped in the second half due to heavy rain and thunder.

“ We were able to make some adjustments and rally after the slow start,” said Brunswick coach Mark Roma, whose Dragons fell to 0-2 and host Lewiston on Thursday at 3:30 p.m.

Emmet Taub had two goals for Brunswick, with Everett Horch and Nolan Lyne adding a goal each.

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Six players scored for the Red Eddies (2-0).

Jared Hummer had 15 saves in the Brunswick net.

Girls volleyball

YARMOUTH — Brunswick opened its season with a 3-0 loss to Yarmouth.

The Dragons (0-1) dropped set scores of 25-9, 25-14 and 25- 17.

Brunswick sophomore Sophie Katz led the Dragons with four service aces, five digs and four kills. Senior Abigail Gauthier had two digs, classmate Mackenzie Burrows three kills and sophomore Kathleen Trapp three digs. Every player on the varsity team contributed to the best outing the program has seen yet in its two-year run.

The Dragons play their home opener on Thursday against Cape Elizabeth at 6 p.m., the program’s first contest inside the Brunswick High School gymnasium.


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