Soccer Preview: North Brunswick vs. Topsail
North Brunswick is 1-9 against Topsail since October of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The North Brunswick Scorpions will be staying on the road to face off against the Topsail Pirates at 6:00 p.m.
North Brunswick's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Laney on Tuesday. They came up short against the Buccaneers, falling 8-0. While losing is never fun, the Scorpions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 232nd, while the Buccaneers are ranked 30th).
Meanwhile, for the first time this season, Topsail was forced to settle for a draw. Neither they nor Ashley could gain the upper hand on Tuesday so the two teams had to settle for a 2-2 draw. The game got a bit rough at times, as the refs handed out a total of six yellow cards before it was all over.
Maddox Kelly and
Fisher Batts scored both of Topsail's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 19 goals.
North Brunswick's defeat dropped their record down to 6-5-1. Topsail's draw gives them a new season record of 8-5-1.
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