Lancaster, Mass. — The Lightning Soccer Club’s U10 Comets hit the road to Progin Park and came home with a pair of victories in an 8-1 thrashing of FC Stars Central United Lancaster and a 3-0 shutout of Seacoast United Kings.

Thatcher Bacon, Zach Garfield and Uly Junker Boyce powered the attack in the opening win. Junker Boyce also shared time in goal with Nate Solberg as LSC won going away.

Seacoast provided a tighter contest, but defenders Roan Palm Sam Ames and Andrew Rudd marshalled an airtight response on defense for the Comets. Thomas Bugg scored twice on passes from Solberg, who also contributed the final goal of the victory.

Tornadoes Win, Lose

Norwich — Strong defense and opportunistic scoring propelled the LSC U9 Tornadoes to a 5-1 win over GPS-Maine Phoenix Blue on Sunday. Sam Bagatell, Finn McColgan and Peter Arvold staked the Tornadoes to a solid lead, to which Cooper Sobel added a pair of late strikes for the victory. Arvold teamed with Zach McCarthy and Ethan Frechette to key the defense.

LSC’s second game resulted in a 5-0 loss to Seacoast United Express, which jumped to a three-goal lead by halftime.

U13 Fire Wins Again

Meriden — The LSC U13 Fire made it seven victories on the trot on Sunday in a 4-1 win over FC Boston Bolts Revere at Kimball Union Academy’s Pope Field on Sunday.

Richie Aman scored twice for the Fire, once on a free-kick pass from Jack Ross. Jack Gardner fed a Murphy Hunt goal and Hugh Clark converted from the penalty spot for a 4-0 halftime lead that was more than enough for the home team.

Ty Nolon and Jack Maynes shared goalkeeping duties for the Fire, with the back line of Jack McGrath, Spencer Lawe and Palmer Okai providing ample cover.

Flames Fall Short

Meriden — Two goals in the final five minutes got the LSC U10 Flames close but not quite enough to overturn NEFC Boys 2007 United in a 5-4 loss at KUA’s Carver Field.

NEFC jumped to a 2-0 lead, but the Flames’ Beckett Sobel and Nolan Morlock countered quickly to tie. NEFC broke the deadlock moments after a big Norwood Davis save, but the visitors scored three times after halftime for a 5-2 advantage.

Sobel drew the Flames back with five minutes left and Kai Kurokawa converted a Morlock feed with 90 seconds to play for LSC.

Blast Scores a Bunch

Amesbury, Mass. — The LSC Blast boys rang up a pair of 6-0 wins on the weekend, beating the Seacoast United Admirals and GPS North Shore.

The Blast spread the scoring around against Seacoast, with Tyler St. Martin, Camden Dwyer, Will Ermarth, Jared Pugh, Henry Aspinwall and Owen Stannard denting the net. A second trip south returned a similar result, with Aspinwall scoring three times to go with goals from Dwyer, St. Martin and Ermarth.

The Blast hosts Seacoast United Manchester at Pope Field on Sunday.

Bugs, Sparks Unbeaten

Norwich — The LSC 2006 Bugs and 2005 Sparks remain unbeaten in their respective girls soccer seasons.

The Bugs grabbed an 8-0 league win over Seacoast United Girls Bue over the weekend. The first victory added to four draws the Bugs have accumulated to date.

The Sparks nipped GPS NH Selects, 1-0, in their weekend match to stay undefeated on the campaign. Keeper Mo McBride recorded her fifth straight shutout for the Sparks.