High school soccer: Mustangs knock off Concord
Published 3:00 pm Tuesday, October 17, 2023
From staff reports
GRANITE QUARRY — Corbin Martin scored the goal, as East Rowan won 1-0 against Concord in South Piedmont Conference soccer.
Noah Dillion had the assist.
Marcus Hoyt had 10 saves for the Mustangs,
Concord (12-4-4, 10-2-1) came into the game in first place, while East was in eighth place, but it’s been a balanced league all season, with lots of close games.
East (6-11-1, 3-11) won its second straight match.
Concord won 5-2 against East in late September.
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LANDIS — Grayson Steedley’s Senior Night goal lifted South Rowan to a 1-0 SPC win against Carson in another unexpected result.
Alan Ballines-Gutierrez had the shutout in goal.
South (5-14, 2-11) came into the game in ninth place in a nine-team league, but stopped the Cougars (7-7-3, 6-4-3).
Carson dropped to 29th in the 3A West RPI rankings.
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CONCORD — West Rowan had an important victory on Monday as far as making the 3A playoffs.
West won 3-1 at Northwest Cabarrus.
The Falcons (9-8, 6-7) got goals from Vamala Jabateh, Jonathan Medina and Andrew Mead.
West is 26th in the 3A West RPI rankings.
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Salisbury is at home against Lexington on Tuesday, while North Rowan is at West Davidson.