PCHS girls edge Penquis 2-1 for Homecoming win
GUILFORD — After falling in each of the team’s first five games of the season, the Piscataquis Community High School 8-person girls soccer team has won two of four to get into position for a spot in the North postseason.
The latest win is a 2-1 victory against Penquis Valley High School under the lights on Oct. 3 for the Pirates’ 2026 Homecoming game. PCHS earned a season split with the Patriots (3-6) as Penquis won the first meeting, 1-0 in Milo on Sept. 7.
Junior Macie Littlefield got the Pirates on the scoreboard in the opening few minutes. She dribbled down the left side of the field and fired a long distance shot that went for the 1-0 advantage.
Freshman Allison Reed had what would turn out to be the game-winner four-plus minutes into the second half. Reed knocked in a loose ball after a blocked shot by Penquis sophomore keeper Grace Heal, who finished with a game-high seven saves. Pirate sophomore Mya Knight was close behind with six stopped shots.
FIGHTING FOR GROUND — Penquis junior Makayla Rozelle and PCHS junior Macie Littlefield battle for space during an Oct. 3 game in Guilford. The Pirates won the team’s Homecoming contest 2-1, with Littlefield having the first goal of the night.
Littlefield credited her team’s improved play to a better morale.
“Confidence is a big part of our team and trying to get back in that mindset,” she said. “Lately we have been doing a good job just keeping with it and trying to push through.”
Penquis junior Adali Perkins got her team on the scoreboard as she found the PCHS net on a direct kick at the 21:30-mark.
The Patriots threatened late with two consecutive corner kicks, but the Pirate defense held the visitors without a shot during this stretch to preserve the 2-1 lead.
UNDER THE LIGHTS — Junior Ella Zeller is pursued by Penquis sophomore Addison Jenkis with PCHS freshman Allison Reed trailing during the Oct. 3 primetime game.
While a potential playoff spot could be in the future, Littlefield is not yet thinking about the postseason.
“I am just looking forward to being with my teammates, really just showing that we can be confident and trying to be better than we have been,” she said. “Sticking to that confidence is what I am looking forward to.”
“We’re working together a lot more, we’re communicating a lot better,” PCHS head coach Meranda Hunt said. “We have really gelled together after a couple of tough losses, we really figured out how to work together and how to work through a lot of stuff.”
The team’s upperclassmen have been very helpful and encouraging with their younger teammates off and on the field.
PCHS VS. PENQUIS — Pirate junior Lilly Boutilier gets a ball under control before Penquis freshman Rylee McMahon can get to her. PCHS won the Oct. 3 game 2-1 as the two teams split the regular season matchups.
“I have noticed that even in practice when I am working with someone else they are coming over and helping the freshman or the sophomores and guiding them through things,” Hunt said. “They are just stepping up to pass along their wisdom.”
“We have had a lot of practices after a loss where it’s a pretty down day,” she said, the idea of canceling even being mentioned by some players. “Going to practice after a loss is tough but going after a win, we’re all just having a good time.”
Hunt hopes the team keeps heads up and keeps working together.
“At the end of the day it is high school sports and I would rather see them have fun and make memories than to have a winning season or get the wins,” she said. “It’s about being a kid and playing the game that we all love.”
Like the PCHS field hockey and boys soccer teams for games earlier in the day, the Pirate girls wore pink T-shirts and socks for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
GIRLS SOCCER
PCHS 2, Penquis 1
PEN 0 1 – 1
PCHS 1 1 –2
First: PCHS – Littlefield
Second: PCHS – Reed; Penquis – Perkins
Saves: Penquis – Heal 7; PCHS – Knight 6
Corner kicks: Penquis – 4, Penquis – 4
Records: Penquis 3-6, PCHS 2-7