The Boothbay Region Special Olympic soccer team traveled to Bangor to compete in the Central Maine soccer tournament at Husson University on October 2.

“It was perfect weather and a day of continued successes,” said Boothbay Coach Toby LeConte. “I couldn't have been prouder.”

The Boothbay skill runners and two teams kept winning and winning.

In game one, the adults, Ronda LeConte, Donny Dunning, Matt Farnham, Brenda LeConte and Joey Ranco, along with three high school swing players, Adam Jackimovicz, Thomas Wilcox and Danny Miller, won their first game, 9-1.

Dunning won the first ball tackle of the game. Brenda LeConte was the high scorer with five goals, Wilcox scored three and Ranco had one.

In game two, the students played a strong game against Oceanside and won, 5-0. Chloe Desjardin played sweeper. Matthew Hyson, in the sweep position, delivered a pass to Jackimovicz, who scored the first goal for the students. Wilcox scored four goals to lead Boothbay.

Game three was the adults playing again and they won, 4-0. Ronda LeConte played well at the sweeper position. Ranco scored two goals and Jackimovicz and Wilcox scored the other goals.

In game four, Kasey Grover and Amber Hyson were helpful in moving the ball into scoring position while Valerie Giles played a tight sweeping position. Jackimovicz scored two goals and Wilcox added one goal in Boothbay's 3-2 win. Danny Miller was the goalie and Deshawn Averill played the toughest two games of career. “He's a bulldozer,” Coach LeConte said.

The fifth game was a loss for Boothbay, 3-0 to Penobscot. Chris Oster of Penobscot proved his dominance once again. Dunning and Matt Farnham worked hard in the second half to clear the ball and protect the goal but three shots got by Miller.

In game 6, Boothbay won, 3-1, with goals by Brenda LeConte, Ranco and Wilcox.

Because of its loss to Penobscot, Boothbay had to play out of the losers' bracket. In game seven, Boothbay played Penobscot again. Ronda LeConte played sweeper and Farnham moved to the front line to help Jackimovicz and Ranco. Despite the adjustments, Penobscot won, 4-0, and eliminated Boothbay.

Boothbay students returned home with individual gold medals and the adult/swing player team won the silver medal.

John Rankin brought home a fourth place award for his skill work. Grace Giles brought home a bronze medal for her precise skill work. Bobby Edwards won a gold medal for skills and Samuel Macy, on loan from Mrs. Mellor's class, brought home a bronze medal.