Seahawks Girls Soccer

Tue, 10/14/2014 - 10:34

BILL PEARSON, Staff Reporter

SEAHAWK DEFENDER CHYANNE ROGERS makes a throw-in on Oct. 11 during her team’s Homecoming game against Oak Hill. Boothbay Region lost 1-0 at a game played at Sherman Field. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register

SEAHAWK MIDFIELDER SUMMER CHAMBERLAIN battles for the ball against her Oak Hill opponent on Oct. 11. Boothbay Region lost their Homecoming and last regular season game, 1-0, to Oak Hill. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Register

SEAHAWK CAPTAIN Courtney Brewer receives a hug from Boothbay Region Boosters president Heather O’Brien prior to the team’s last home game of the season. O’Brien presented the four senior team captains with water bottles, car decals and bags prior to the Oct. 11 game. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Region

BOOTHBAY REGION BOOSTERS president Heather O’Brien hugs Seahawk soccer captain Sinead Miller prior to the team’s final home game of the season. The Seahawks played Oak Hill as part of the Homecoming celebration. BILL PEARSON/Boothbay Region

Columbus Day Weekend was emotion-filled for the Boothbay Region High School varsity girls soccer team. It was a sad day on Oct. 11 as four seniors played and lost their last varsity home game. Oak Hill posted a 1-0 win at Sherman Field during the annual Homecoming game.

But on Columbus Day, the Seahawks’ spirits brightened as they earned the team’s second win of the season. Boothbay defeated Telstar in Bethel, 3-0.

Summer Chamberlain, Courtney Brewer and Cagney O’Brien all scored in the Seahawks’ victory.

This weekend’s results brings the girls’ soccer team’s record to 2-11. Boothbay Region is in 17th place in Western Maine Class C standings. The Seahawks play this weekend was among their best defensive efforts of the season.

Goal keeper Jamie Wheeler posted her first shutout of the season against Telstar, and she made 14 saves on 26 shots against Class B Oak Hill.

Boothbay Region forward Courtney Brewer attributed the team’s strong play this weekend “to being more aggressive on both ends of the field.”

The Seahawks had 24 shots against Oak Hill and the team’s three-goal output against Bethel was the second most of the season.

“It was two of our best games this season. We played aggressively and charged to the ball throughout both games. I’m really happy we played so well this weekend,” Brewer said.

Prior to the Homecoming game, Brewer was joined by her fellow senior captains Sinead Miller, Brenna Alley and Lindsey Buckingham who received special recognition for their efforts on the soccer field. Boothbay Region Boosters Club president Heather O’Brien presented the seniors with water bottles, car decals and bags emblazoned with Seahawk logos.

Boothbay Region played the final home game at Sherman Field instead of Clifford Field as part of the Homecoming Weekend celebration. Brewer said her team had difficulty adjusting to the newly placed orange lines on the football field. However, Brewer said she enjoyed playing on campus.

“I liked playing at the school. It was a special feeling like it was our home turf,” she said.

On Oct. 16, Boothbay Region will end their season with a rematch against Oak Hill in Wales.