Wells brings the pain

WELLS — It was a sports tale that followed when the Cape Elizabeth High School field hockey team lost a 3-0 game to the Wells Warriors Thursday night.

However, it’s an entirely unusual tale to lose the game as painfully as the Capers did.

For you see, not only did Cape Elizabeth lose the game, but one of their own players lost a tooth in the process.

Within the first five minutes of play in the game, refs halted it for an injury time out, as the injured Cape Elizabeth player came off the field after an errant shot hit her in the mouth.

In a true sign of sportsmanship, both teams took part in searching for a missing tooth for about five minutes, before a Cape Elizabeth player found it.

The experience was a first for Wells coach Kristin Williams.

“I have never seen anything like that in my life,” Williams said. “I have never searched for a tooth on the field.”

The search for the missing tooth may have been the most exciting action in the first half of play, as both teams went back and forth moving the ball to both sides of the field. However, neither team could seem to make a dent in the goal, or come within 5 feet of it, as both teams’ defenses showed their skill by moving the ball back to the other side of the field.

The Warriors’ offense however, came out with guns blazing in the second half of play. Within five minutes, Wells senior midfielder Hilary Bouchard wound up her stick and smacked a shot past Capers goalie Julianne Ayers for the 1-0 lead.

“Well I take most of the corners,” Bouchard said. “I just stop it, drive it and hope it goes in.”

Wells (8-2) continued to keep the pressure on Cape Elizabeth (3-6-1) throughout the rest of the half, making it almost impossible for the Capers to make any serious attempts at scoring goals.

The Warriors added two goals late in the game to seal the victory, one from senior forward Haleigh Hudson, and another by junior midfielder Kaylar Masellas.

The win continues a remarkable turnaround for Wells, a team that finished last season with a 2-4-4 record. The Warriors have four games remaining for the season, all against teams they have beaten by at least two goals or more.

Williams said an improved offense has helped Wells be successful.

“Last season we struggled so much with scoring,” Williams said. “We were always in every game, but we couldn’t put the ball in the net. The great thing about this year is, it’s not just one girl scoring, it’s a bunch of different girls.”

Bouchard said the team is still trying to make improvements in different areas of their game as the regular season nears the end.

“Definitely quick passing and hustling and keeping our drives down,” Bouchard said. “Communicating, just talking to each other.”

Wells is seemingly destined to face York High School in the playoffs, the only team that has beaten the Warriors this season.

“I think we’re just as good as them, I really do,” Williams said. “I think we match up well, we just have to put the ball in the net.”

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