East Duplin waltzed into their match on Wednesday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They had just enough and edged the South Lenoir Blue Devils out 2-1. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 126th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 273rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Yoskar Canales was the driving force of East Duplin's attack as he scored both of East Duplin's goals, bringing his season total up to 18 goals.
East Duplin has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5-1 record this season. As for South Lenoir, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-10-1.
East Duplin is taking a road trip to take on Wallace-Rose Hill at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Wallace-Rose Hill is coming into the matchup with four straight victories at home, so East Duplin will have to stop a team with plenty of momentum. As for South Lenoir, they will host North Lenoir at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. South Lenoir is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.2 goals per game this season.
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