The First Flight Nighthawks will square off against the Croatan Cougars at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
First Flight is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They never let Martin County get on the board and left with an 8-0 win on Monday. Given First Flight's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 66th, while Martin County are ranked 512th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Croatan entered their tilt with Havelock on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They blew past the Rams 5-1. That looming 5-1 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for Croatan yet this season.
They hit Havelock with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Tyler Thorpe (2), Bennet Beaupre (2), and Spencer Lorencz.
First Flight's victory bumped their record up to 5-2-1. As for Croatan, their win bumped their record up to 3-9-2.
First Flight came out on top in a nail-biter against Croatan when the teams last played back in September of 2024, sneaking past 2-1. Do the Nighthawks have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Cougars turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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