After flying high against Jones on Monday, East Carteret came back down to earth. The Mariners fell 2-0 to the Croatan Cougars on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, East Carteret can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 398th, while Croatan are ranked 135th).
East Carteret's loss dropped their record down to 5-10. As for Croatan, their record now sits at 7-5-6.
Coming up, East Carteret will be playing in front of their home fans against Southside at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. As for Croatan, they will square off against Dixon at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Dixon will roll in looking for their 14th straight win, something Croatan surely won't give up without a fight.
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