High School Soccer Season Kicked Off Friday With Two Victories for East Lyme

East Lyme and Lyme-Old Lyme High Schools rekindled a longstanding rivalry last night when they met on the soccer fields in East Lyme for the kick off of the fall soccer season. 

The girls played first. After a scoreless first half, East Lyme High School's Megan Holt scored a goal in the 16th minute of the second half. That was the only goal of the game, which left East Lyme with a 1-0 victory over Lyme-Old Lyme High School. 

The boys took the field next and played hard and fast. East Lyme High School's Jeff Lemmon scored a goal within the first minute of the game and Alex Acquino followed up with a second goal to give East Lyme a 2-0 lead.

Lyme-Old Lyme High School players set themselves up for plenty of chances but failed to close the deal until Rowan Hallahan scored a goal. That brought the score to 2-1 but that was where it stayed, giving East Lyme High School its second victory of the night.

"It was a very well played game," said East Lyme High School boys' soccer coach Paul Christensen. "To open up and win against a team like Old Lyme, which is very, very good, is a tremendous effort." 

"Apart from the score line, we were pretty pleased with how we played tonight," said Lyme-Old Lyme boys soccer coach Marc Vendetti, who told his team, "There's no need to hang any heads here." 

(Check out Pics and Clips to find more photos of yesterday's game from Lou deLaforcade.)