Soccer roundup Oct. 7

 BEULAVILLE - East Central 2-A Conference foes East Duplin and Richlands went back and forth, but both teams couldn't pull away as their soccer game ended in a 2-2 tie on Monday.

"It was a good soccer game," said Panthers head coach Joey Jones. "Each team had some opportunities and both goalkeepers made some good saves."

East Duplin got on the board in the first half with a goal by Javier Murillo, but Richlands' Pat Bell tied it up in the second half.

The Wildcats earned their first lead when Edgar Garcia found the net in the first 10-minute overtime session. However, the Panthers wouldn't give up as Tyson Lane found the net in the second overtime.

"The guys didn't give up," Jones said. "The guys played hard until the last whistle."

Blake Lanier had two assist for the Panthers.

 Richlands              0     1     1     0 -  2

East Duplin            1     0     0     1 -  2

GOALS - ED: Murillo, Lane. RHS: Bell, Garcia. ASSISTS - ED: Lanier 2. IN GOAL - ED: Aaron Smith (0 saves). RHS: Cole Farris (14 saves). SHOTS ON GOAL - ED 16, RHS 11. CORNER KICKS - ED 6, RHS 4. RECORDS - ED: 6-7-2, 4-2-2, at Croatan Wednesday.

Swansboro 9, South Lenoir 0: At Swansboro, Carlos Tyson scored three goals as Swansboro shutout East Central 2-A Conference foe South Lenoir.

"He seems to have a thing with South Lenoir," said Pirates head coach Doug Kidd of Tyson. "He had a hat trick against South Lenoir the last time."

Taylor Miller, Storm Tootle, Seth Furtado, Taz Davis, Jason Morton and Tim Riggs each added goals for the Pirates.

"We did a great job with possessing the ball," Kidd said. "We created a lot of opportunities. We didn't finish some early, but we kept doing good things and found the back of the net."

Andrew Miller and Zach Cowan each had a save for Swansboro.

 South Lenoir           0     0    -     0

Swansboro             4     5    -     9

GOALS - S: T. Miller, Tootle, Furtado, Davis, Morton, Riggs, Tyson 3. ASSISTS - S: Todd Brandenburg, Morton, Tootle 2, Justin Harantkewicz, Furtado, Zack Horton. IN GOAL - S: A. Miller (1 save) and Cowan (1 save). SHOTS ON GOAL - SL 2, S 24. CORNER KICKS - SL 0, S 5. RECORDS - S: 13-3, 9-0, at Clinton Wednesday.

Croatan 3, Southwest 2: Croatan goalkeeper Mike Young made nine saves to help the visiting Cougars to an East Central 2-A Conference win over Southwest.

"I thought defensively Croatan did a good job at getting to the ball and pressuring us," said Southwest head coach John Sweeney. "We weren't getting enough great scoring opportunities. It felt like when we got down to their end they would deflect (our shots) or hook it out of bounds."

Croatan kept Southwest from gaining any momentum. Once Jordan Cordero scored with five minutes remaining, Gabe Moore scored one of his two goals to end Southwest's chances of a comeback.

Allan Heverly scored a goal for Croatan. Cody Syfrett added a goal for Southwest.

 Croatan                1     2    -     3

Southwest             0     2    -     2

GOALS - Cro.: Moore 2, Heverly. SWO: Syfrett, Cordero. ASSISTS - Cro.: Will Page. IN GOAL - Cro.: Young (9 saves). SWO: Mike Allen (7 saves). SHOTS ON GOAL - Cro. 9, SWO 11. CORNER KICKS - Cro. 3, SWO 6. RECORDS - Cro.: 6-10, 4-5, at East Duplin Wednesday. SWO: 7-6-2, 6-3, at Richlands Wednesday.

Clinton 3, Northside 0: At Clinton, Field Palmer scored three goals as Clinton defeated Northside in an East Central 2-A Conference play.

Jonathan Jacobs had an assist for the winning team.

"I thought we passed the ball well," said Darkhorses head coach Brad Spell. "We got to finish strong because we still got a chance to make the playoffs."

Miguel Garcia had three saves for Clinton.

 Northside              0     0    -     0

Clinton                 0     3    -     3

GOALS - Clinton: Palmer 3. ASSISTS - Clinton: Jacobs. IN GOAL - Clinton: Garcia (3 saves). SHOTS ON GOAL - Clinton 25, NS 5. CORNER KICKS - Clinton 7, NS 0. RECORDS - Clinton: 9-6-2, 3-4-1, hosts Clinton Wednesday.

JCA 3, Ruth Chapel 2: Andrew Jackson scored three goals as host JCA held on to a win over Ruth's Chapel Christian.

Down 2-1, Jackson led the comeback with two late scores.

"We were really frustrated, we had some scoring plays but their goalie made some stops," said JCA head coach Chris Collins. "It was an impressive comeback."

Jacob Haggard had 14 saves and Michael Hoffman, Nat Parker and Matthew Morton each had an assist for JCA.

 Ruth Chapel           0     2    -     2

JCA                     0     3    -     3

GOALS - JCA: Jackson 3. ASSISTS - JCA: Hoffman, Parker, Morton. IN GOAL - JCA: Haggard (14 saves). SHOTS ON GOAL - RC 7, JCA 20. CORNER KICKS - RC 5 JCA 7. RECORDS - JCA: 11-1-2, 10-1-2, hosts Temple Christian today.