PCHS squads both shut out Greenville during Homecoming

GUILFORD — The Piscataquis Community High School 8-player girls and boys soccer teams both shut out Greenville High School for back to back victories in Homecoming games on Saturday, Sept. 13. The girls won the opener 8-0 and the Pirate boys followed with a 5-0 victory under the lights.

The move this season to the 8-player game has worked out well so far for the Pirate girls, who improved to 2-1 after going 0-13 in Class D North in 2024. The Lakers dropped to 1-3.

Sophomore Breelyn Gaw got the scoring going at the 17:56-mark with her shot from the right side of the field. Greenville senior keeper Justyce Hart got a hand on Gaw’s shot but the ball went up and in to put PCHS on the scoreboard. 

Ella Zeller scored goal No. 2 with a long distance shot from the right. Senior Brookelynn Hunt later broke through the Laker defense and got off a shot that found the mark for a 3-0 advantage.

Hunt would score twice more in the second half to finish with a hat trick, her third goal put PCHS up 8-0 to end the game via the mercy rule with 6:08 on the clock. 

Gaw and Zeller each scored again in the second half, Zeller assisted on Gaw’s second goal and sophomore Macie Littlefield also had a goal.

Freshman keeper Reagan Rollins stopped all three shots she faced. Hart made a game-high 13 saves on 25 shots.

At the end of 2024 the PCHS and Greenville boys met in the state championship after winning the respective North and South titles. The final ended up being a 3-0 Laker victory at Hermon High School, after the two squads met twice in the regular season with Greenville winning both games. 

In the first of two scheduled contests this year PCHS came out on top with three goals in the first half and two more in the second to win 5-0 and improve to 2-0 (Greenville fell to 0-4). 

The team upped its record to 3-0 with a 8-0 victory over Penquis Valley High School on Monday evening.

In the game’s opening minutes on Sept. 13 junior Jacob Knowles put the ball in play on a corner kick from the right, the first of a dozen corner kicks for the Pirates who also prevented the Lakers from having any.

Junior Chase Lander headed Knowles’ corner kick into the net for what would turn out to be the game-winning goal at the 26:39-mark.

Just over two minutes later Lander got the assist as he passed to sophomore Oliva Luckovskis on his goal. Lander broke through the defense and his low shot to the left landed inside the post for a 3-0 lead on his second goal of the opening half.

In the second half Lander picked up assist No. 2 on a goal by senior Brady Gaw and Luckovskis found the goal for a second time for the fifth and final Pirate goal. Freshman Kolbin Thurlow got the assist.

PCHS held Greenville to just four shots on goal with senior Noah Kain earning the shutout in goal. Junior Landon Theriault made 15 saves for Greenville on 29 shots. 

The four teams are set to play again less than a week later, with the Lakers hosting PCHS on Friday, Sept. 19. The girls play at 3:30 p.m. with the boys match to follow.

GIRLS SOCCER

PCHS 8, Greenville 0

GRVL 0 0 – 0

PCHS 3 5 – 8

First: P – Gaw; P – Zeller; P – B. Hunt

Second: P – Gaw (Zeller); P – Zeller (Knight); P – Littlefield (Ha. Hunt); P – B. Hunt; P – B Hunt

Saves: G – Hart 13, P – Rollins 3

Corner kicks: G – 2, P – 5

Records: G 1-2, P 2-1

BOYS SOCCER

PCHS 5, Greenville 0

GRVL 0 0 – 0

PCHS 3 2 – 0

First: P – Lander (J. Knowles); P – Luckovskis (Lander); P – Lander

Second: P –Gaw (Lander); P – Luckovskis (Thurlow)

Saves: G – L. Theriault 15, P – Kain 0

Corner kicks: G – 0, P – 12

Records: G 1-3, P 2-0