HAMPDEN — Konnor Scarponi’s unassisted goal 10 minutes into the second half allowed the Brunswick High School boys soccer team to end in a 1-1 Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference tie with Hampden Academy on Friday.
The Dragons, the No. 2 team in the Eastern Maine Class A Heal Points Standings with a 6-2-2 record, are slated to visit Oxford Hills on Tuesday.
Hampden Academy is ranked No. 3 in Eastern A and stands at 5-0-4 after backto back ties with Lewiston (No. 1 East A) and Brunswick.
“There is no one out there that scares me right now, with four or five teams capable of winning it all,” said Brunswick coach Mark Roma. “It will take a little bit of luck for a team to come of Eastern A with the title. A bad break here or a bad break there could be all that it takes.”
The Broncos jumped out to a 1-0 lead early in the first half on a Tristan Gardner goal.
But, Scarponi evened things, and the teams played through two scoreless overtime periods.
Brunswick goaltender Greg Walton had six saves, while Hampden’s Zachary Gilpin turned aside seven shots.
DIRIGO 0
LISBON 2
Brady Fenderson’s unassisted goal with 31 minutes remaining in the second half broke a scoreless tie to help lift Lisbon to a 2-0 blanking of Dirigo in Mountain Valley Conference soccer on Friday.
Despite being outshot by the Cougars (6-4) 12-8, Lisbon was able to push across a pair of second-half goals.
Mitch Austin scored the second Greyhound (3-6-1 and scheduled to host Oak Hill on Tuesday) goal with 15 minutes reamining when he converted a Tyler Bard feed for an insurance goal
Lisbon goaltender Nate Bergeron stopped 10 shots, while Mike Chow had four saves in the loss.
GOULD 0
HYDE 6
The host Phoenix received four goals from Ethan Morrow in a MAISAD victory on Saturday in Bath.
Jamal Frazer-Borden chipped in two goals, while netminder Billy Martinez earned the shutout with several saves. The defensive line of Nabil Eshraghian, Wilson MacMillan, Wondo Shaw, Andrew Davis and Sam Mann played well.
Hyde is slated to host Berwick Academy on Wednesday at 4 p.m.
RICHMOND 2
GREENVILLE 1
In Greenville on Saturday, the Lakers and Richmond battled to double overtime with Richmond breaking the tie with 40 seconds remaining.
“Both teams had their opportunities to score, but we were able to capitalize,” said Richmond coach Joe Scribellito.
With 40 seconds to go Xavier Trask bent a long corner to the far post where Greenville goalie Corey Henderson nearly stopped it.
Richmond scored at 9:41 of the first half on a penalty kick by Randy Moody.
Tristan Richards tied it up with 19:39 minutes remaining in the second period on a long pass from Trevor Richards.
Both teams had 16 shots in the wet weather with Richmond goaltender Dylan Sullivan making 15 saves and Nate Tribbett, Mike Stewart and Marcus Blake playing well defensively.
Henderson made 12 saves for 2-7 Greenville.
Richmond improved to 10-0 and is scheduled to host Rangeley on Tuesday.
MT. ARARAT 2
MESSALONSKEE 1
In KVAC action on Friday, the visiting Eagles got an overtime goal from Robbie Small to improve to 7-1-1. Mt. Ararat is scheduled to host dangerous Lewiston (7-0-1, top seed in Eastern Maine Class A), on Tuesday night.
“It was a tough game, what with the weather,” said Mt. Ararat coach Rick Renaud. “It was also very physical … we were lucky to survive.”
Will Hirnak got Mt. Ararat going when he converted a Nate Santeramo corner kick with just 3:28 gone in the first half.
Messalonskee answered with 37:26 remaining in the second half on an unassisted goal by Nick Camra.
Small beat a defender and scored with 3:40 left in the first overtime.
Mt. Ararat led in shots 11-5 with goaltender Gabe Pelletier making three saves and Dylan Michaud and Hirnak playing standout games.
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