The Swansboro Pirates are taking a road trip to take on the Clayton Comets at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Swansboro took a loss when they played away from home last Wednesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Northside - Jacksonville a 3-0 shutout. Even though the Pirates got in a bit of trouble with the refs ( Cameron Callahan was handed a red card), the team managed to overcome the adversity.
Swansboro hit Northside - Jacksonville with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Mason Roush,
Chase Grogg, and Callahan.
While Clayton didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-14-3), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Everything went their way against Smithfield-Selma on Wednesday as Clayton made off with a 4-0 victory. Given the Comets' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 42nd, while the Spartans are ranked 273rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The win got Swansboro back to even at 4-4-1. As for Clayton, their victory bumped their record up to 5-1.
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