North Myrtle Beach is 1-9 against St. James since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Chiefs will welcome the Sharks at 7:30 p.m. North Myrtle Beach will be strutting in after a victory while St. James will be coming in after a defeat.
North Myrtle Beach's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over Carolina Forest. Given North Myrtle Beach's advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 28th, while Carolina Forest are ranked 96th) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
John Rodriguez and Aiden Trevino scored both of North Myrtle Beach's goals, bringing their combined season tally to three goals.
Meanwhile, St. James' game on Wednesday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell just short of Waccamaw by a score of 2-1. Having soared to a lofty four goals in the game before, St. James couldn't push the score so high this time.
St. James' loss dropped their record down to 6-4. As for North Myrtle Beach, their victory bumped their record up to 8-0.
North Myrtle Beach might still be hurting after the 8-2 defeat they got from St. James in their previous matchup back in April of 2025. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Chiefs were down 6-0.
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