By Bob Sutton
Special to The Alamance News
Three boys’ soccer teams from Alamance County will play in third-round games of the state playoffs Monday night.
Western Alamance will be at home, while Southeast Alamance and Williams will have road games.
Here’s a look at matchups and results from the second round:
Class 6-A
Fifth-seeded Williams (18-4-3) will go to fourth-seeded Jacksonville (12-5-5) for the third-round game.
The Bulldogs posted a 5-2 second-round victory against No. 12 seed West Brunswick (10-11-1) on Thursday at Burlington Memorial Stadium. Williams received two goals apiece from Aurelio Figueroa and Will Vandre plus one goal from Sebastian Vargas Aleem. Figueroa also had two assists.
Class 5-A
Top-seeded Western (21-1-1), the defending state champion, will have a third-round home game vs. No. 9 seed Croatan (13-11) in the East Region.
Edwin Anguiano and Elio Anguiano each had two goals as Western’s 6-1 victory eliminated No. 16 seed Oak Grove on Thursday night. Edwin Anguiano had three assists and his brother had two assists. Jessy Perez and Abraham Cano also scored for the Warriors.
- Noah Teabout scored both goals as Southeast Alamance’s 2-1 victory against No. 23 seed Northside-Jacksonville (7-14-1) kept the Stallions’ season alive Thursday. They go to second-seeded Dixon (21-3) for the third round.
Goalkeeper Logan Bigelow was credited with 10 saves for Southeast (17-6-2).
- Dixon bounced No. 15 seed Eastern Alamance by 5-0 on Thursday. The Eagles (12-13) trailed 3-0 at halftime.
Class 4-A
No. 9 seed Graham lost 2-1 at eighth-seeded Ledford in the second round of the East Region on Thursday.
The Red Devils (14-8-1) completed their third consecutive winning season.
Class 1-A
Season ended for The Hawbridge School and River Mill in the East Region, both falling to fellow members of the Central Tar Heel 1-A Conference in the second round.
Seventh-seeded Southern Wake defeated No. 10 seed The Hawbridge School 6-2 in Thursday’s second round. That left the Herons with a 6-11-3 record.
No. 15 seed River Mill lost 3-1 at second-seeded Woods Charter. The Jaguars finished with a 2-16-2 record.
In the West Region, fifth-seeded Thomas Jefferson Classical beat No. 12 seed Clover Garden 10-1 in a game moved up to Wednesday. The Grizzlies ended with a 6-14 record.
