After flying high against West Brunswick last Tuesday, Ashley came back down to earth. The Ashley Screaming Eagle fell just short of the Topsail Pirates by a score of 3-2 on Thursday. Both teams had to tread carefully at times as the refs weren't afraid to hand out yellow cards: Kingston Hroncich was handed one for the Screaming Eagle, while the Pirates got theirs courtesy of Maddox Kelly.
Clark Marriott wasn't going to let Topsail walk away unscathed as he scored both of Ashley's goals, bringing his season total up to ten goals.
Ashley's loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-4-1. As for Topsail, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6-1 record this season.
Ashley didn't take long to hit the pitch again: they've already played their next contest, a 1-0 defeat against New Hanover on the 28th. As for Topsail, they also wasted no time getting back out on the pitch and have already played their next match, a 4-0 win against North Brunswick on the 28th.
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