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On Saturday morning, Bangor High School sophomore forward Olivia Scott became the first varsity football player to score on the surface of the new artificial turf at Bangor Cameron Stadium. As the Rams beat their main rival Brewer 7-0 to celebrate their new field, she will add another.

Senior forward Devin St. Louis and rookie midfielder Tegan Arthurley also scored two goals each. Second-year forward Lily Chandler scored another goal and Bangor performed well. Its record is now 8-0.

Brewer fell behind Bangor 5-3, losing two games.

The fast Rams attempted 37 shots, while the young Witches took 7 shots.

Scott scored at 10 minutes and 18 seconds of the game, and St. Louis led 2-0 after 32 seconds, allowing the Rams to move on.

Chandler and Arthurley scored again late in the first half, and Scott, St. Louis and Arthurley scored their second goal in the second half. 

Scott said that being the first shooter on the new court is "really exciting."

"We are all very happy to be on the court," Scott said. "Many of us are more accustomed to playing spring football. 

"I think in our first game here, we all showed up and played very well as a team," she added.

"We absolutely dominated today," St. Louis said, playing on faster turf is an advantage for the Rams.

"Of course, it's much easier to run, pass and shoot," St. Louis said. His goal on Wednesday allowed Bangor to beat Camden 1-0 in an away game and defeated the defending four-time A-level state champion in the 71-game. Undefeated (70-0-1).

"It's not our best effort, but Bangor played well," Brewer coach David Hamel said. "Thank them. They transferred the ball. They allowed us to regain our footing in the first 10 minutes. It is difficult to recover after that."

St. Louis assisted in the opening goal as she tracked a loose ball in the left corner of Brewer goalkeeper Beratanis. She passed the ball perfectly to the top of the penalty area, and Scott curled up neatly in the far upper corner with the inside of his right foot.

After receiving a pass from Anna Connors, St. Louis broke through from the left and shot a low shot from the near post from 12 yards away, thus extending the lead.

"There is so much space open. Why not shoot it low, because [turf] is obviously faster?" St. Louis said. "I have been trying to target the lower corners."

Seven minutes later, Chandler rewritten the score to 3-0, when she cut to the left of the penalty area and shot a rising shot from 10 yards into the near corner.

Arthurley ended the first half of the scoring with the first of two long-range shots. She got enough power to shoot from the top of the penalty area and saw it bounce into the net from the diving Tanis.

Scott scored a beautiful goal and opened the second half of the scoring as she took a pass from Rachel Mathieu in the penalty area and turned around to make a perfect shot. Enter the post on the left of Tanis.

St. Louis scored her second point by rushing to the net and rebounding from Amy Creek's shot. Atherley rewritten the score to 7-0 with a score of 7-0, and took another shot from the top of the penalty area and glanced at the crossbar.

Bangor junior Emma McNeill made five shots and made two saves, and rookie Eva Combs made two saves.

Tanis suffered a knee injury in the 3-0 loss to Bangor eight days ago and completed 11 stops in 37 shots.

Tanis called the new lawn "very beautiful." She said that despite the heavy losses, she would still enjoy the memory of baptizing this field.

"Later I told the children that I had to participate in the first football match at Cameron Stadium, which was a very cool thing," Tanis said.

Junior Streams has done a great job controlling the midfield for the Rams, and Hamel thinks he has had outstanding performances from center back Caroline Clark and forward Jordan Doak, both of whom are juniors.