FAIR HAVEN, Vt. - White River Valley girls soccer’s season ended Wednesday evening with a 0-2 loss at fourth-seeded Fair Haven in the first round of the playoffs.
Mabel Noonan and Audrey Perry scored for Fair Haven, and Ari Pelerin added an assist. The 13th-seeded Wildcats kept it closer than the teams’ first meeting, a 0-4 home loss to Fair Haven on Oct. 9.
WRV finishes 5-9-1. The Wildcats’ best stretch came in September, with wins over Leland & Gray, Windsor and Green Mountain and a 5-1 home win over Rivendell on Sept. 26.
It was a rebuilding fall by design. Before the season, coach Kim Prestridge said, “White River Valley graduated 12 seniors and miraculously has replaced them with a collection of 17 new freshmen and upperclassmen.”
Fair Haven improves to 8-5-2 and hosts Paine Mountain in the quarterfinals on Saturday.
Other relevant play on Wednesday, October 21:
Thetford (4-10) 1 at Paine Mountain (8-4-3) 3 Paine Mountain, which beat WRV 3-1 on Sept. 2, moves on to face Fair Haven.
Windsor (7-8) 0 at Randolph (8-6) 1 Randolph, which edged WRV 3-2 on Sept. 23, advanced at home.
That wraps up the day for White River Valley High School sports. We’ll see you next time!