Richlands and White Oak are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2017, but likely not for long. The Richlands Wildcats will face off against the White Oak Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Richlands will be strutting in after a victory while White Oak will be coming in after a defeat.
Richlands will bounce into Tuesday's matchup after beating Swansboro, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Richlands had just enough and edged Swansboro out 2-1 on Thursday. Logan Collura-Repp had the honor of scoring the game-winner for the Wildcats.
Meanwhile, White Oak fought the good fight in their overtime game against Croatan on Thursday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Cougars by a score of 4-3. One reason for the loss might be the Vikings' aggressive play style: three White Oak players were handed yellow cards.
The win made it two in a row for Richlands and bumps their season record up to 10-3. As for White Oak, their loss dropped their record down to 4-7-3.
Richlands might still be hurting after the 6-0 defeat they got from White Oak in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Richlands avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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