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At halftime the Western Varsity soccer team was tied 1 1 with the visiting Eagles from Eastern Alamance. Even though the score was tied, the Warriors had controlled most of the play and had a significant shooting advantage over Eastern. Adam Lilly scored the lone first half goal for Western off of a corner kick taken by James Ross just 1:40 into the game. James’ cross sneaked through a couple of Western players and the Eastern defense, Adam made a run from his defensive position for the corner kick and stuffed the ball into the back of the net. Eastern struck back 12 minutes later on a penalty kick. Will Carmon made a diving save on the PK but Eastern scored on the rebound. The Warriors continued to control play into the second half but couldn’t find the net until another James Ross corner kick that hit off of an Eastern defender and into the goal. The score remained 2 1 for Western until late in the game when Eli Thompson scored off of a free kick outside of the penalty box at the 74:27 mark. Eli’s shot curved beautifully into the upper right hand corner of the net. Just 3 minutes later Eli scored again from almost the same position on a pass from Paschal Geoffrey. Eli’s shot looked like it was going high over the goal but dipped down into the left hand side to finish the scoring for the Warriors. Once again the Western defense was strong only allowing 6 shots for the Eagles. Western had 21 shots for the game.