Caribou never led during the game, but twice battled back to tie the score and pull out a 3-3 double overtime tie against the Hermon Hawks on Pottle Field at Hermon High School Monday afternoon.
The Vikings fell behind 2-0 inside the first eight minutes of the game, but held the Hawks in check the rest of the half while scoring two goals of their own. Hermon regained the lead in the second half, but a penalty kick score allowed Caribou to tie the game before both teams came up empty in the two overtime periods.
Caribou's Ben Blackstone (right) curls the ball past a Hermon wall of Darius Ntacyo, Josh Allen, and Taylor Gross as Keeper Brady Knowles watches the play during the first half of Monday's game in Hermon. The two teams played to a 3-3 tie in double overtime. Photo by Skip Hawkes
Kevin Frederick put the Hawks on the board first scoring with 36:30 still to play in the first half. Frederick notched his second goal with 31:59 on the clock to put the Hawks up 2-0.
Hermon's Kevin Frederick (22) gets congratulated by Darius Ntacyo after scoring one of his first half goals. Photo by Skip Hawkes
Matt Till finally got the Vikings on the board scoring with 11:50 left in the first half to cut the Hermon lead to 2-1. With 4:23 on the clock, Ben Blackstone wrapped a direct kick around the Hermon 3-man wall and past keeper Brady Knowles for the tying goal for the Vikings.
Hermon regained the lead in the second half when Josh Allen scored on a direct kick with 26:50 left in regulation to give the Hawks a 3-2 edge. The lead was short lived for the Hawks, as Frederick, who took over as the keeper in the second half, was called for tripping in front of the net resulting in a penalty kick for Caribou. Chad Caverhill drilled the ball to Frederick’s right side into the back corner of the net to tie the game at 3-3 with 19:02 left to play.
Caribou's Roland Thibodeau takes control of the ball away from Hermon's Taylor Gross. Photo by Skip Hawkes
Neither team was able to find the inside of the net the rest of the way, despite a number of scoring opportunities over the two overtime periods for both teams. Frederick help prevent a Hawks loss when he fisted a shot up over the crossbar with 1:26 left in the second overtime, and then made another great save off a corner kick with 20 seconds left in the game.
Hermon's Justin McHugh plays the ball during the final overtime period. Photo by Skip Hawkes
Garrett Jordan had seven saves for Caribou on 20 Hermon shots in the game. Knowles and Frederick combined to make seven stops on 17 Vikings shots for Hermon.
Caribou (1-1-2) 2-1-0-0 – - 3
Hermon (0-0-1) 2-1-0-0 – - 3
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