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The Hickory Ridge (Harrisburg, NC) varsity soccer team won Tuesday's home non-conference match against Independence (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 1-0.

	1	2	Final
Independence	0	0	0
Hickory Ridge	0	1	1

Final score provided by J. Blake.

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Matchup Info

Match Stats

Hickory Ridge (24-25)

Independence

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Min	Goals	Asst	Pts	Stls	CK
	Team Totals	90
24	Lyric Kopera (Sr)	90

Hickory Ridge

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Goals	Asst	Pts
	Team Totals	1	1	3
15	Kaleb Brown (Jr)		1	1
20	Jack Birckhead (Sr)	1		2

Independence

#	Athlete Name	Shots	SOG	SOG %
	Team Totals	10	1	.1
4	Parker High (Sr)	3		.0
6	David Gonzales (So)	1		.0
11	Khai Thang (Sr)	2		.0
12	Chase Kim (So)	2		.0
15	Carlos Gonzalez (Sr)	2	1	.5

Hickory Ridge

#	Athlete Name	G	Shots	SOG	SOG %	PKG	PKA	GWG	YC	RC
	Team Totals	1
20	Jack Birckhead (Sr)	1

Independence

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals	90			1	15		0.889
24	Lyric Kopera (Sr)	90			1	15		0.889

Goaltending

Hickory Ridge has not entered any goaltending stats.

Independence

#	Athlete Name	PK Saves	PKA	SO	Win	Loss	Tie
	Team Totals					1
24	Lyric Kopera (Sr)					1

Hickory Ridge has not entered any goaltending stats.

Match Story

North Carolina High School Soccer - Hickory Ridge nudges Independence

September 3, 2024: Harrisburg, NC 28075

In Tuesday's non-league outing, the host Hickory Ridge Ragin' Bulls soccer squad scored a tight 1-0 victory over the Independence Patriots.

The Ragin' Bulls (6-0) will now prepare for their outing against A.L. Brown (Kannapolis, NC). The Wonders go into the Greater Metro 4A outing with a 2-4 record. In their last outing, A.L. Brown got by North Mecklenburg (Huntersville, NC), 1-0, in a non-league outing.

Next up, the Patriots confront the Porter Ridge Pirates (Indian Trail, NC) in a non-league outing, on Monday, September 9. Independence will attempt to improve on its 1-3 season record. The Pirates go into the outing with a 7-2 record after their 7-1 non-league win over Parkwood (Monroe, NC).

Players of the Match

Independence (24-25)

Independence has not selected any Players of the Match.

Hickory Ridge (24-25)

Congratulations to #20 Jack Birckhead for being selected the Hickory Ridge Soccer Player of the Match.

Independence @ Hickory Ridge Soccer Match Info

Tue., Sep. 3, 2024 @ 7p

The Hickory Ridge (Harrisburg, NC) varsity soccer team won Tuesday's home non-conference match against Independence (Charlotte, NC) by a score of 1-0.

Rankings & Records

Independence (24-25)

National	NC	Class
2,313	183	33

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
6-12-2	3-8-1	2-4-1	4-8-1	.350	.292	40	39

Hickory Ridge (24-25)

National	NC	Class
506	52	14

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
14-6-2	7-4-1	11-2-1	3-4-1	.682	.625	58	25

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	OT1	Final
Independence	.4	.9	.3	2.0
Hickory Ridge	1.0	1.1	0	2.6

Team Stat Comparison

Independence		Hickory Ridge
24	Goals	58
17	Assists	55
145	Shots	-
3.599	Goals Against Average	-

Team Leaders

Independence		Hickory Ridge	National Avg.
#8 Giancarlo Alvarez7	Goals	#10 George Berube14	4
#6 David Gonzales5	Assists	#8 Quinn Holland12	3
#15 Carlos Gonzalez20	Shots	-	12
#24 Lyric Kopera3.529	Goals Against Average	-	2.281

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Independence	0-5-2		Hickory Ridge	5-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/16/24	Weddington	Independence	(L) 2-1	11/8/24	Weddington	Hickory Ridge	(W) 3-0
8/27/24	Independence	West Cabarrus	(T) 2-2	10/1/24	West Cabarrus	Hickory Ridge	(W) 5-1
				10/24/24	Hickory Ridge	West Cabarrus	(W) 3-1
9/9/24	Independence	Porter Ridge	(L) 3-1	8/14/24	Porter Ridge	Hickory Ridge	(W) 4-2
9/19/24	Providence	Independence	(L) 5-2	10/28/24	Hickory Ridge	Providence	(L) 3-2
10/14/24	Independence	Providence	(L) 1-0
9/23/24	East Mecklenburg	Independence	(T) 1-1	8/21/24	East Mecklenburg	Hickory Ridge	(W) 2-1
10/16/24	Independence	East Mecklenburg	(L) 3-1

Record Breakdown

Independence (24-25)		Hickory Ridge (24-25)
6-12-2	Overall	14-6-2
3-8-1	League	7-4-1
3-4-1	Non-League	6-1-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-5-2	Common Opponent	5-1
2-4-1	Home	11-2-1
4-8-1	Away	3-4-1
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	1-1
6-12-2	In-State	14-6-2
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0