Soccer Game Preview: Richlands vs. Franklin Academy

Wildcats

Goals

03/07/25 vs East Duplin	4
03/04/25 @ Ashley	1
03/01/25 vs East Carteret	10
02/28/25 vs Havelock	6

The Richlands Wildcats are taking a road trip to square off against the Franklin Academy Patriots at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Richlands is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.2 goals per game this season.

Richlands took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 4-1 margin over East Duplin. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Wildcats considering their one-goal performance the contest before.

They hit East Duplin with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Kamrey Watkins (2), Laila Chamberlain, and Audri Hadley.

Meanwhile, Franklin Academy waltzed into their game on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They never let the Eagles get on the board and left with a 2-0 win. Two seems to be a good number for the Patriots as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.

Franklin Academy's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Richlands, they now have a winning record of 3-2.