Four second-half goals help PCHS defeat Hermon
GUILFORD — Piscataquis Community High School broke a 1-0 game open with four goals in the second half to defeat Hermon High School 5-1 on Oct. 9. Junior Kiara Moore scored three of the four goals for a hat trick in less than 28 minutes of game time.
The five goals are the second-most of 2026 for Pirates, trailing only the seven picked up in a 7-0 game one win at Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln. Class C North PCHS improved to 4-6 with the team’s second straight victory and earned a season sweep of the Class B North Hawks (now 3-7 with three consecutive losses). The Pirates won on the turf in Hermon 3-1 on Sept. 17. Both teams ended the day ranked seventh in the respective Heal Point standings, which would be good for quarterfinal berths less than two weeks before the end of the regular season.
Senior Olivia Goodwin got PCHS on the scoreboard during the second quarter with her shot from the right and junior Alivia Koscielny assisting.
SEASON SWEEP — PCHS sophomore Anna Folsom dribbles past Hermon’s Addie Hutchinson (9) and Brooklyn Whitney (15) during a 5-1 victory on Oct. 9. The Pirates earned a season sweep of the visiting Hawks, having won 3-1 in Hermon on Sept. 17.
Junior Kiara Moore had what turned out to be the game-winning goal nearly 90 seconds into the second half. After receiving the ball from Koscielny, Moore fired a shot near the edge of the circle that found the mark for the 2-0 lead.
Goodwin lined up to take a penalty shot late in the third quarter. She got the ball into the lower left corner of the Hermon goal to put PCHS ahead 3-0.
Moore sandwiched her second and third goals of the day after the one for the Hawks. Koscielny assisted on goal No. 5 to give her three in the game.
THREE-ASSIST PERFORMANCE — Junior Alivia Koscielny, getting the ball away from Hermon’s Brooklyn Whitney, assisted on three of five PCHS goals in the 5-1 Oct. 9 victory.
PCHS had a 12-2 advantage in penalty corners, with seven of these coming in the second quarter.
Senior Karrigan Wilson was in goal for the Pirates with the defense holding the opposition to just one shot on goal.
HAT TRICK IN THE SECOND HALF — Pirate junior Kiara Moore contends with Elana Walker of Hermon for possession with MK Tracy in the background. Moore scored three times in the second half as PCHS broke open a 1-0 game.
FIELD HOCKEY
PCHS 5, Hermon 1
HERM 0 0 0 1 – 1
PCHS 0 1 2 2 – 5
Second: P – Goodwin (Koscielny)
Third: P – Moore (Koscielny); P – Goodwin
Fourth: P – Moore; H – Tracy (E. Walker); P – Moore (Koscielny)
Penalty corners: H – 2, P – 12
Saves: H — Boyd 5, P – Wilson 0
Records: H — 3-7, P — 4-6
KEEPING IT IN PLAY — PCHS freshman Peyton Bagley navigates the sideline ahead of Hermon’s Leah Walker with her teammates Olivia Goodwin (11) and junior Alivia Koscielny and Hermon’s Haley Kranich (4) trailing.
OPEN SPACE — Pirate sophomore Jaylin Ouellette has ample room to get control of the ball during the Oct. 9 contest vs. Hermon.