Monday prep roundup: Mavs top Cougars 2-1
Marvin Ridge handed Charlotte Catholic its first boys’ soccer loss of the season Monday night, beating the visiting Cougars 2-1 in a battle of nationally-ranked teams.
Charlotte Catholic (20-1, 10-1) entered the game ranked No. 5 in the country by Maxpreps. The Cougars’ goal was scored Monday night by Emmett Drensek.
Marvin Ridge (16-2, 10-1) was ranked 11th nationally by Maxpreps. The Mavericks lost earlier this season at Charlotte Catholic.
Colin McKee scored his 13th goal of the season for Marvin Ridge, and Luq Crockett got his fifth of the campaign.
Each of the teams will be favored Wednesday night in their regular-season finales – Charlotte Catholic against Cuthbertson, and Marvin Ridge against Sun Valley.
In other regular-season results Monday:
Boys’ soccer
Greater Charlotte 7A/8A
Hough 3, Hopewell 0: Timi Soremekum, D.J. Kuharcik and Eric Brennan scored goals, as the Huskies finished 6-3-1 in the conference for third place. The match was scoreless at the half.
South Mecklenburg 2, Myers Park 1: The Sabres broke on top just five minutes into the game, scoring on a penalty kick. Then they intercepted a Myers Park pass and scored again with 1:52 left in the half. A Colin Jennings goal allowed Myers Park to close to 2-1 in the second half. The Sabres (17-2-1, 10-0) finished a perfect season in conference play.
Southern Carolina 6A/7A
Marvin Ridge 2, Charlotte Catholic 1
Piedmont 2, Sun Valley 1
Porter Ridge 2, Weddington 1: The Pirates finished conference play 7-4-1, good for third place.
Big South 5A/6A
Hunter Huss 8, Ashbrook 2
Kings Mountain 1, Crest 0
South Point 4, North Gaston 1: South Point won the conference championship with an 11-1 record.
Rocky River 4A/5A
Mount Pleasant 2, Forest Hills 2
Catawba Shores 2A/3A/4A
Bradford Prep 2, Corvian Community 0: Khafani Frank broke a scoreless tie with a second-half goal, and Brayden Grasso added the insurance tally.
Christ the King 7, Langtree Charter 3: Jonan Wargin scored three goals, and Luke Harris added two more for the Crusaders.
Lincoln Charter 5, Lake Norman Charter 0: The Eagles improved to 11-1-1 and remained in first place, a half-game ahead of Pine Lake Prep. Those two teams meet at Lincoln Charter on Wednesday in the regular-season finale.
Pine Lake Prep 2, Community School of Davidson 0: Jay Schaeper and Tucker Sheets each scored, as the Pride (14-4-1, 11-2) took over second place and bumped the Spartans (13-4-3, 10-3) to third.
Catawba River 1A/2A/3A
Jackson Day 1, Mountain Island Charter 0: Jackson Day (16-3-1, 12-3-1) finished second in the conference and handed the Raptors (15-3-2, 14-1-1) their only loss of the conference season.
Piedmont Community Charter 12, Carolina International 0
Queen’s Grant Charter 3, N.C. School of Science & Math/Morganton 2: Cesar Gomez, Ian Viana and Juan Acosta scored for the Stallions.
Thomas Jefferson Academy def. Bonnie Cone Academy, forfeit
Nonconference
Cuthbertson 5, Union Academy 0
Gray Stone Day 2, Concord 0: Jackson Cotoni scored both goals, as Gray Stone Day (18-3-3) blanked the Spiders (16-5-2).
West Charlotte 2, Berry Academy 1: Andrew Hudson scored both West Charlotte goals.
Girls’ flag football
Butler 23, Chambers 6: The Bulldogs improved to 14-1 on the season.
Concord 24, Northwest Cabarrus 6
Concord 30, South Rowan 6
Cox Mill 40, A.L. Brown 0: The Chargers (18-0) got three touchdown passes from Allie Berry and blanked the Wonders (0-13).
East Rowan 25, Salisbury 20
East Rowan 21, West Rowan 6
Hickory Ridge 39, A.L. Brown 0: Freshman Ella Phinney completed 15-of-19 passes for 204 yards, and Ashlyn Green had 117 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
Hopewell 40, South Mecklenburg 6
Mallard Creek 58, North Mecklenburg 0: Makenzie Jennings caught three touchdown passes for the Mavericks. Marhianna Garcia completed 14-of-22 passes for five touchdowns.
Mount Pleasant 40, Central Academy 6
Mount Pleasant 34, Monroe 7
Myers Park 14, Garinger 0
Union Academy 31, Parkwood 0
Weddington 21, Parkwood 0
West Cabarrus 27, Harding 20
West Cabarrus 7, Olympic 6
West Charlotte 19, Independence 7
