NORTHPORT — The Busline League middle school soccer championships took place Saturday, Oct. 21 at Northport’s Point Lookout. 

Below are the results of those games as reported to our sports department. 

To submit scores and stats, send an email to sports@penbaypilot.com. 

Boys: Medomak 4, Oceanside 0

No stats have been reported to our sports department. 

Girls: Camden-Rockport 2, Medomak 1
(By Andrea Williamson) 

The MMS girls soccer team took their only defeat of the season in the championship game.

Camden-Rockport was able to score two minutes into the game giving them a 1-0 lead right away when Ali Tassoni scored off a Hannah Christie assist. 

MMS battled back and controlled the first half. Grace White found the back of the net 15 minutes into the first half, tying the game 1-1 on a beautiful shot outside the 18. The ball went high and to the opposite corner, a long hard shot that was wonderful to watch.

Three minutes later Tassoni scored again giving CRMS the lead again 2-1.

MMS did not back down, they controlled the second half as well. The ball was in Camden's defensive end 85% of the game but MMS was not able to find the back of the net.

Great soccer was played by all the MMS team member, even the girls on the bench. All had their faces painted blue and gold and all member of the girls team gave 110% at their championship game.

Co-Ed: Lincolnville 3, Bristol 1
(By Ben Edes) 

Lincolnville players must like the artificial turf, or perhaps the sheer size of the field — which facilitates their ball movement style of play — but for whatever reason, the LCS eleven have yet to lose a championship game when they have played at the gorgeous facility at the Point Lookout Resort and Conference Center.

Having lost their first three efforts to win a championship on grass fields, Lincolnville has won three and tied two the last five times they have appeared in the co-ed Busline League championship game, always at Point Lookout.

They did it again Saturday, Oct. 21 by a score of 3-1, thus completing their first perfect season since 2011, against a strong Bristol team on an absolutely beautiful fall day. It was also the third season in a row that Lincolnville has brought home a championship plaque.

And they did it in style, playing their best game of the season.

The Lynx’s passing was spot on all day, they moved the ball well up both sides, and their defense skillfully deflected almost all of Bristol’s multiple efforts at goal, massively assisted by three time championship starting goalie Matt Kremin who had an absolutely stellar day in the nets. While Lincolnville had an edge in the play, it was by no means an overwhelming one, and either side could easily have won the day.

The day actually started badly for the Lynx when it developed that their fine starting sweeper, Emmit Dayhoof was a questionable starter because of a Lyme disease diagnosis the afternoon before. A quick adjustment shifted Lincoln Outerbridge over from wing defense to sweeper, and the team started the half well despite the loss of Dayhoof.

It took the powerful LCS offense almost eight minutes before they tallied their first, scored — as so often the first goal has been this season — by winger Jackson Bernier. The ball had been fed in from the right side, and when the defense failed to effectively clear it, Bernier, in the middle of the box, deftly one touched the loose ball through a crowd and underneath the diving keeper to the delight of the Lincolnville fans.

A mere 4:17 later saw Bernier, once again in the middle of the box, receive an excellent pass in from winger Jaden Johnson after a free kick from midfielder Jack Fishman. Bernier quickly powered the ball into the nets. On the other end of the field, Kremin helped make up for Dayhoof’s absence by roaming freely around in and out of the box playing a sort of combination sweeper/keeper and breaking up many Bristol tries before they became dangerous.

At 17:55, however, a long clear from the Bristol defense caught the LCS defensive line by surprise, and a Bristol forward broke through for a solo drive against Kremin. Controlling the ball extremely well and giving Kremin no chance to safely charge him, the Bristol player closed in and slammed the ball cleanly into the net. The half then ended with only a shaky one-goal lead.

Bristol made some adjustments during halftime and came out very strongly, playing more of a long pass offense, but Dayhoof, feeling more energetic than he had for over 24 hours and distinctly antsy to play, came off the bench to anchor the LCS defense at sweeper. His fine play allowed Kremin to take a more conservative role in the nets because Dayhoof was able to break up the plays that Kremin had been handling in the first half.

The LCS offense continued to move the ball with consummate skill, and that resulted in nailing the insurance goal at the 41:06 mark, allowing the Lincolnville fans to breath a little bit easier. It came when Bernier sent midfielder Kara Andrews down the left wing. Andrews drove well, turned the ball, beat a defender, and fired an accurate pass into loosely covered striker Griffin Dubrow in the middle of the box. Taking advantage of the room allowed him, Dubrow sent the ball to the far post for the final score of the game.

That did not end the excitement, however, because Bristol then dangerously charged up the field on three separate occasions in the last eight minutes.

The first two resulted in a point blank shot that Kremin managed to block with his hands followed by snagging the bouncing ball, and a low cross into the middle that Kremin half deflected, half trapped with his right foot and again got with his hands before the other team could take advantage of it.

Bristol’s final try with 1:50 left saw Kremin stifle the effort with a sliding tackle at the top of the box that was then cleared away by the LCS defense.

It then became a simple matter of running the final minute out and starting the post game celebration.

There are no words sufficient to praise the Lincolnville effort. The front line of Bernier, Dubrow, and Johnson, hustled for the ball at every opportunity, moved it well, and played an excellent passing game throughout.

Eighth grader Bernier, LCS’s leading scorer this year with 20 goals and six assists and a team captain, roamed the offensive zone freely and used his formidable dribbling and passing skills to great effect.

The midfield line of Andrews, Fishman, and Mason Clark largely dominated the mid zone, tirelessly assisting both offense and defense. Fishman, also an eighth grader and this season’s second leading scorer with eight goals and 10 assists, was all over the field using his playmaking skills to consistently start the offense.

On defense, Outerbridge did a superb job filling in for Dayhoof during the first half before returning to his wing defense position, as did Andrews, who filled in for Outerbridge on the outside.

Supporting them was eight grader, team captain, and wing defense Lili Clement, who consistently played a tough containment game, and 8th grader John Pessara at stopper playing his usual aggressive game and forcing many mistakes on the part of the Bristol players.

As far as eighth grader Dayhoof’s appearance in the second half, it is impossible to describe the morale boost it provided for the entire team. His defensive play, as usual, was excellent. In addition, midfielders Aiden Aselton and Bailey Curtis filled provided valuable support off the bench, both showing the same kind of aggressive hustling style as the rest of the team.

Finally, it is impossible to praise team captain Kremin’s net keeping too highly. For three years he has minded the nets for LCS with great skill, racking up an incredibly stingy three-year goals against average of 0.58. In his three championship games, Kremin was only scored on once, this year, a testament to Bristol’s strong play that they could beat this superlative keeper.

All things considered, the game was an example of excellent soccer that both teams have reason to be extremely proud of.

This story was originally published Saturday, Oct. 21 at 3:30 p.m.