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The Wayne County (Jesup, GA) varsity soccer team won Tuesday's home non-conference match against Effingham County (Springfield, GA) by a score of 2-1.

	1	2	Final
Effingham County	1	0	1
Wayne County	1	1	2

Final score provided by C. Weitman.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Box Score Stats

Effingham County (25-26)		Wayne County (25-26)
7	Corners	5
2	Offsides	1
15	Fouls	13

Match Stats

Wayne County (25-26)

Effingham County

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Min	Goals	Asst	Pts
	Team Totals	80	1	1	3
0	Eric Hoffman (Sr)	80
10	J. Wilhoite (Sr)		1		2
18	Diego Escobar (Sr)			1	1

Wayne County

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Goals	Asst	Pts
	Team Totals	2	1	5
3	Tony Dantori (Jr)		1	1
7	Emanuel Herrera (Sr)	1		2
10	Ivan Mendez (Sr)	1		2

Effingham County

#	Athlete Name	G	Shots	SOG	SOG %	YC
	Team Totals	1	12	8	.7	1
5	Luke Newkirk (So)		1	1	1.0
7	Kenneth Harn (Sr)		2	1	.5
10	J. Wilhoite (Sr)	1	6	4	.7	1
11	Ben Thomas (Sr)		1	1	1.0
18	Diego Escobar (Sr)		2	1	.5

Wayne County

#	Athlete Name	G
	Team Totals	2
7	Emanuel Herrera (Sr)	1
10	Ivan Mendez (Sr)	1

Effingham County

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals	80		6	2	4	.7	2.000
0	Eric Hoffman (Sr)	80		6	2	4	.7	2.000

Wayne County

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals				1
1	Gavin Hilton (Sr)				1

Effingham County has not entered any goaltending stats.

Wayne County

#	Athlete Name	PK Saves	PKA	SO	Win	Loss	Tie
	Team Totals				1
1	Gavin Hilton (Sr)				1

Match Story

Georgia High School Soccer - Effingham County held off by Wayne County

February 17, 2026: Jesup, GA 31545

In Tuesday's non-league contest, the Wayne County Yellow Jackets (Jesup, GA) soccer team edged the visiting Effingham County Rebels (Springfield, GA), by a count of 2-1.

Next, the Yellow Jackets face the Perry Panthers (Perry, GA) in a 4A Area 1 contest, on Thursday, February 19. Wayne County will attempt to upgrade on its 1-2 season record. The Panthers enter the contest with a 1-4 record after their 5-2 non-league win over Academy for Classical Education (Macon, GA).

The Rebels (1-1) will now prepare for their contest against Evans (Evans, GA). The Knights go into the 6A Area 2 challenge with a 4-0 record. In their last challenge, Evans nudged Roswell (Roswell, GA), 4-2, in a non-league challenge.

Players of the Match

Effingham County (25-26)

Effingham County has not selected any Players of the Match.

Wayne County (25-26)

Congratulations to #10 Ivan Mendez for being selected the Wayne County Soccer Player of the Match.

ECHS @ Wayne County Soccer Match Info

Tue., Feb. 17, 2026 @ 7p

The Wayne County (Jesup, GA) varsity soccer team won Tuesday's home non-conference match against Effingham County (Springfield, GA) by a score of 2-1.

Rankings & Records

Effingham County (25-26)

National	GA	Class
1,089	208	40

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	GF	GA
6-8	2-6	4-4	2-4	.429	.250	27	33

Wayne County (25-26)

National	GA	Class
926	183	33

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	GF	GA
10-9	7-3	7-2	3-7	.526	.700	45	40

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	Final	SO
Effingham County	.8	1.1	1.9	3.3
Wayne County	.6	.9	2.4	2.7

Team Stat Comparison

Effingham County		Wayne County
27	Goals	45
21	Assists	25
106	Shots	-
2.538	Goals Against Average	8.571

Team Leaders

Effingham County		Wayne County	National Avg.
#10 Jackson Wilhoite8	Goals	#7 Emanuel Herrera20	4
#11 Ben Thomas5	Assists	#10 Ivan Mendez10	3
#10 Jackson Wilhoite33	Shots	-	11
#0 Eric Hoffman2.538	Goals Against Average	Dylan Mendez2.000	3.226

Record Breakdown

Effingham County (25-26)		Wayne County (25-26)
6-8	Overall	10-9
2-6	League	7-3
4-2	Non-League	3-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
4-4	Home	7-2
2-4	Away	3-7
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	0-1
6-8	In-State	10-9
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0