The Richlands Wildcats will look to defend their home pitch on Friday against the Goldsboro Cougars at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully Richlands is not getting complacent considering they own a much higher rank in North Carolina (they are ranked 47th, while Goldsboro is ranked 201st).
Richlands can now show off four landslide victories after their most recent game on Wednesday. They never let East Duplin onto the board and left with a 4-0 victory. The victory was just what Richlands needed coming off of a 6-0 defeat in their prior match.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Kamrey Watkins and
Cadence Brown, who scored all four of Richlands' goals. The pair have combined for a total of 18 so far this season.
Meanwhile, for the first time this season, Goldsboro was forced to settle for a draw. They and North Lenoir finished up on equal footing with a 1-1 draw.
Richlands has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2-1 record this season. With that draw, Goldsboro's record moves to 2-2-1.
Everything went Richlands' way against Goldsboro in their previous meeting back in March of 2023 as Richlands made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Richlands repeat their success, or does Goldsboro have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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