North Carolina High School Soccer - Ragsdale nudges Atkins
August 16, 2018: Winston-Salem, NC 27101 The Atkins Camels soccer team (Winston-Salem, NC), was nipped 6-5 in Thursday's non-league outing with the visiting Ragsdale Tigers (Jamestown, NC)
With the win, Ragsdale advances its record to 1-1 on the campaign. The Tigers travel to East Forsyth (Kernersville, NC) to play the Eagles in a non-league outing on Tuesday, August 21. The Eagles go into the outing with a record of 0-0.
In their next game, the Camels play the Davie War Eagles (Mocksville, NC) in a non-league outing, on Thursday, August 23. Atkins will attempt to advance on its 0-2 season record. The War Eagles go into the outing with a 1-1 record after their 4-1 non-league win over Central Davidson (Lexington, NC).
Game Summary
Ragsdale started the game hot and scored 5 unanswered goals in the opening 25 minutes behind a Hat-Trick from Junior, Amine Yahi and goals from Freshmen, Juan Medina and Gabriel Wagner. Atkins tallied two before the break to take the momentum into the half. After the half, Ragsdale struggled to command the game as it had in the opening half and Atkins rallied with two more unanswered goals to close the gap to 5-4. A late free-kick from 40 yards out from Medina sealed the deal for the Tigers. Atkins scored a late consolation goal off of a corner to bring the count to 6-5 but it was too little too late and Ragsdale moved to 1-1 and escaped Forsyth County with the win.
