Soccer Preview: Pine Lake Prep vs. Seaforth
Pine Lake Prep has enjoyed the comforts of home their last five games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the Seaforth Hawks at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.
Pine Lake Prep is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They won by a goal and slipped past Wheatmore 3-2. Given Pine Lake Prep's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked fifth, while Wheatmore is ranked 49th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pine Lake Prep hit Wheatmore with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Maddyson Kerley,
Morgan Reisig, and
Avery Garrett.
Meanwhile, Seaforth came tearing into Tuesday's contest with 16 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.8 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They never let the Dark Horses onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. Give Seaforth's defense some credit: that's the team's 17th straight shutout.
Pine Lake Prep's victory was their 12th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-1-1. As for Seaforth, their win bumped their record up to 24-1-1.
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