The Ariton Purple Cats soccer team (Ariton, AL), was overwhelmed 5-0 in Friday's non-league outing with the visiting Long Rebels (Skipperville, AL)

With the win, Long advances its record to 8-9 on the campaign. The Rebels host New Brockton (New Brockton, AL) to play the Gamecocks in a 1A-3A Region 2 outing on Tuesday, April 11. The Gamecocks go into the outing with a record of 0-5. New Brockton lost 3-2 in their recent league outing against Long (Skipperville, AL)

In their next game, the Purple Cats play the Houston Academy Raiders (Dothan, AL) in a non-league outing, on Tuesday, April 18. Ariton will attempt to advance on its 0-5 season record.