As the boys soccer regular season winds down, Andrews and Tri-County Early College continued with their Smoky Mountain Conference matchups.
Andrews had a one-game week where they faced Swain County at home. Tri-County had a two-game week and faced both Highlands and Summit Charter at home.
Andrews
The Wildcats (4-7-1) played their lone game of the week when they hosted Swain County (2-11-2) on Oct. 13.
In their first meeting on Sept. 10, Andrews won 3-1. That was also their first win of the season.
When they met again on Oct. 13, the Wildcats defeated the Maroon Devils again 1-0.
The only goal in the match came when Gabe Clark found the back of the net in the first half. The remainder of the game went scoreless, and Clark’s goal was the game-winner en route to their third win of the season.
Andrews has two wins over Swain and one over in-county rivals Tri-County. The Wildcats will return to action on the road at 4:30 p.m. today, when they travel to Cashiers to take on Summit Charter.
On Wednesday, Oct. 29, the Wildcats will wrap up their season at home at 6 p.m. against Blue Ridge Early College.
Tri-County Early College
The Jaguars (0-10-1) kicked off their two-game slate for the week when they hosted Highlands (8-2-1). The Jaguars and Highlanders met for the first time this season on Oct. 13 and Highlands got the 4-0 win.
Highlands scored three goals in the first half, then one more in the second half to secure the 4-0 win.
On Oct. 15, the Jaguars played their final home game of the regular season when they hosted Summit Charter (7-4). The first 33 minutes of the match were scoreless before Summit Charter scored on the penalty kick with 7:15 remaining in the first half to take a 1-0 lead.
With 48 seconds left in the first half Summit made it 2-0 with another goal.
Summit Charter scored their third goal with 2:20 left in the match to win 3-0.
Tri-County will be back in action at 4 p.m. today at Blue Ridge. They face Highlands on the road at 6 p.m. Friday.
The Jaguars then face Hayesville at 4 p.m. Monday on the road.
They will wrap up their regular season at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 29, at Swain County.