APPLETON —  It was an exciting afternoon on the small Appleton pitch as two skilled teams battled their way to a scoreless tie on Wednesday, Sept. 19. 

The Lynx, although somewhat hampered by the size of the field, still played a fine game, with the defense doing an excellent job of containing the Wildcats’ long ball offense while the Lynx’s ball movement offense generated a number of dangerous tries.

While the Appleton booters held a small possession advantage in the first half, the Lynx rebounded well, and the second half played just about even.

The combination of Griffin Dubrow, Jordan Peasley, and Jaden Johnson put in an extraordinarily strong effort in the front line, supported by the assertive midfield play of Kara Andrews, Bailey Curtis, and Mikayla Talbot with Bryce Curtis, Liliana Palise, and Canyon Palise providing critical minutes off the bench.

On defense, Lincoln Outerbridge backstopped everything in his sweeper role, supported by Roo Boetsch and Nathan Oxley in the wing defensive slots, and a hustling Avery Luft aggressively patrolling in front in the stopper position.

After a string of less stressful games, Aiden Aselton, in goal for LCS, really had his hands full confronting the swarming Appleton forwards, and he rose brilliantly to the occasion literally keeping the Lynx in the game. In fact, it was the team consensus that Aselton was the outstanding player of the game, certainly a well-deserved accolade as his quickness in the net and patrolling his box cut off many Wildcat drives before they could fully develop.

Lincolnville will be meeting the only remaining undefeated, untied team in the league this Friday, Sept. 21 at 3:45 pm. on the road against Camden-Rockport. 

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