The fall season hit another gear Friday, with soccer fields and cross country trails both filling up The County Scoreboard.

Central Aroostook picked up a pair of shutout wins over MSSM, Fort Kent and Houlton played a high-scoring girls soccer matchup, Katahdin added another girls soccer victory and the first major cross country meet of the school year brought runners to Houlton for the Border Bash.

Central Aroostook Girls Roll Past MSSM

Central Aroostook’s girls soccer team put together one of the strongest scorelines of the day, beating MSSM 12-0 in Mars Hill.

The Lady Panthers controlled the matchup from start to finish, adding another early-season win while keeping MSSM off the scoreboard.

Fort Kent Outlasts Houlton In 13-Goal Game

Fort Kent and Houlton turned in the wildest score of the day on the girls side.

The Lady Warriors beat the Lady Shires 8-5, with Reese Doucette leading Fort Kent with a five-goal performance.

Lilly Bouchard, Laney Caron and Tilly Daigle each added goals for Fort Kent in the win.

Houlton was led by Ava Ezell, who scored a hat trick for the Lady Shires in the loss.

Katahdin Girls Beat Calais

Katahdin also picked up a girls soccer win, beating Calais 6-2.

Clara Powers scored her first high school goal for the Lady Cougars, giving Katahdin one of the highlight moments of the day.

Larrea Norris scored her first high-school goal for the Lady Blue Devils.

Central Aroostook Boys Blank MSSM

On the boys side, Central Aroostook completed the soccer sweep over MSSM with a 5-0 win.

The Panthers controlled the matchup and finished the day with a clean sheet, giving Central Aroostook two shutout wins between the boys and girls programs.

Schenck Tops East Grand

Schenck also earned a boys soccer win Friday, beating East Grand 2-0.

The Vikings were held off the scoreboard in the early-season matchup.

Border Bash Cross Country Results

The first major cross country meet of the school year took place in Houlton with the Border Bash.

Houlton/GHCA won the boys team title, while Presque Isle won the girls team title.

Caribou’s Pierce Gorneault won the boys varsity race in 16:42.04, and Caribou’s Emma Graves won the girls varsity race in 19:39.39.

Micah Menifield of Caribou won the boys JV race, and Meredith House won the girls JV race.

Boys Varsity Team Scores

Rank	Team	Points	Total Time	Average
1	Houlton/GHCA	24	1:28:42.36	17:44.48
2	Caribou	36	1:31:41.78	18:20.36
3	Presque Isle	71	1:48:20.11	21:40.03
4	Calais	104	2:02:19.55	24:27.90

Boys Varsity Top 10

Place	Runner	School	Time
1	Pierce Gorneault	Caribou	16:42.04
2	Nathan Brady	Houlton/GHCA	17:22.40
3	Tewolde Stewart	Caribou	17:28.09
4	Malachi Witmer	Houlton/GHCA	17:35.05
5	Logan Witmer	Houlton/GHCA	17:48.76
6	Wyatt Quint	Houlton/GHCA	17:55.85
7	Brayden Drake	Houlton/GHCA	18:00.30
8	Paxton Darrell	Presque Isle	18:14.78
9	Peyton Gorneault	Caribou	18:40.46
10	Jeremy Charette	Presque Isle	19:19.43

Highest Boys Finishers By School

School	Highest Finisher	Place	Time
Caribou	Pierce Gorneault	1	16:42.04
Houlton/GHCA	Nathan Brady	2	17:22.40
Presque Isle	Paxton Darrell	8	18:14.78
Calais	Brock Collins	18	21:52.34
Fort Kent	Jaxson Saucier	20	22:40.98
MSSM	Michael Dooley	21	23:16.77

Girls Varsity Team Scores

Rank	Team	Points	Total Time	Average
1	Presque Isle	24	1:50:10.65	22:02.13
2	Caribou	35	1:54:28.61	22:53.73
3	Calais	74	2:20:38.08	28:07.62
4	Houlton/GHCA	97	2:32:25.41	30:29.09

Girls Varsity Top 10

Place	Runner	School	Time
1	Emma Graves	Caribou	19:39.39
2	Lilian Johnson	Presque Isle	20:59.12
3	Aleah Rideout	Presque Isle	21:35.72
4	Abra Connell	Presque Isle	21:44.93
5	Jenna Strid	Caribou	21:54.90
6	Taylor York	Presque Isle	22:05.85
7	Isabella Albert	Caribou	23:01.81
8	Hailey Richard	Calais	23:32.58
9	Marie Johnston	Presque Isle	23:45.03
10	Gloria Dionne	Caribou	24:39.39

Highest Girls Finishers By School

School	Highest Finisher	Place	Time
Caribou	Emma Graves	1	19:39.39
Presque Isle	Lilian Johnson	2	20:59.12
Calais	Hailey Richard	8	23:32.58
Houlton/GHCA	Charlotte Estabrook	16	26:59.16
MSSM	Sadie Wigmore	20	28:38.92