Warriors
| 03/20/25 vs Bessemer City | 9 |
| 03/18/25 @ Highland Tech | 1 |
| 03/11/25 @ East Lincoln | 1 |
| 03/06/25 vs Stuart W. Cramer | 6 |
| + 2 more games |
The East Gaston Warriors will venture away from home to take on the Shelby Golden Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. East Gaston is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season.
East Gaston took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Bessemer City a 9-0 shutout. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for East Gaston considering their one-goal performance the matchup before.
Their offense was hitting Bessemer City from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Kayla Maiers led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Shelby put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They came out on top against East Rutherford by a score of 2-0. Given Shelby's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 74th, while East Rutherford are ranked 285th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Shelby pushed their record up to 10-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 40 goals over those seven games. As for East Gaston, the victory got them back to even at 3-3-1.
East Gaston beat Shelby by a goal in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, winning 2-1. Does East Gaston have another victory up their sleeve, or will Shelby turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
