The Croatan Cougars will face off against the Swansboro Pirates at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Croatan sitting on four straight victories and Swansboro on three.
Croatan's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over West Carteret. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 69th, while the Patriots are ranked 309th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jaden Hilliard and
Kannon McBride scored both of Croatan's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 34 goals.
Meanwhile, it may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but Swansboro ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They won by a goal and slipped past White Oak 3-2. That's two games straight that the Pirates have won by just one goal.
Croatan pushed their record up to 10-7-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Swansboro, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5-2 record this season.
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