Boothbay beats Telstar to finish 7-7
The Seahawks field hockey team held on for a 3-2 win at home over Telstar on Wednesday, Oct. 14 to finish the regular season at 7-7. Boothbay finished in seventh place in the Class C North Heal point standings and will face Maine Central Institute (10-4) in Pittsfield in the quarterfinal round of the state tournament on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 3 p.m.
Boothbay led at halftime, 2-1, with goals from sophomore Page Brown at 13:10 and sophomore Sydney Meader at 4:58. Assists were credited to sophomore Jo Shaw on Brown's goal and sophomore Sydney Mercier on Meader's goal. Becca Howard scored Telstar's first half goal at 11:53 on an assist from Hailey Peterson.
Junior Nicole Clarke got Boothbay's third goal at the 24:55 mark of the second half, putting the ball in the net after a shot and a save by Telstar goalie Blair Stevens.
Telstar's Natasha Hart scored with 1:16 to play on an assist from Octavia Morin, but the Rebels were not able to get another shot on goal to try and tie the game.
Boothbay goalie, junior Erica Eames, made eight saves and Stevens made nine saves for Telstar.
Wednesday's game was the final home game for BRHS seniors Skyler Davis, Nicole Rice, Samantha Carter and Meghan Oakes. They and their parents were introduced before the game.
The Seahawk junior varsity also won, 4-0, with two goals by Riley Sullivan and goals by Elisabeth Wright and Kylie Michael.
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