After two games on the road, Richlands is heading back home. They will take on the White Oak Vikings at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Richlands' offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for four straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
On Tuesday, Richlands didn't have quite enough to beat Croatan and fell 2-1. That's two games in a row now that Richlands has lost by just one goal.
Their goal came courtesy of
Kamrey Watkins, who's now up to 16 this season.
Meanwhile, White Oak was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell victim to a tough 9-0 defeat at the hands of West Carteret. While losing is never fun, White Oak can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 346th, while West Carteret is ranked 93rd).
Richlands' loss dropped their record down to 6-6-1. As for White Oak, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-6-3.
Everything went Richlands' way against White Oak in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 as Richlands made off with a 5-2 victory. In that matchup, Richlands amassed a halftime lead of 4-1, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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