On a chilly Wednesday afternoon at Currituck County High School, the Currituck County girls varsity soccer team scored early and scored often to defeat a visiting Manteo team 9-0. With five first half goals followed by four more in the second half, Currituck County evened its record at 2-2 with the non-conference home game win at Barco.

Earlier this season, Currituck opened with a 9-0 win over Northeastern High School on February 28 only to come up short in the next two non-conference matches. After suffering a 6-2 loss to White Oak on March 8 the Knights fell to Wilmington’s Ashley H.S. 6-1 the next day.

Currituck is now 1-0 in 2-A Northeastern Coastal Conference play.

Manteo midfielder Libby Roberston prepares the ball for a corner kick against Currituck County Wednesday in a non-conference varsity soccer game at Barco. Currituck overpowered the visiting Redskin 9-0. Philip S. Ruckle Jr. photo

Wednesday’s loss was the first of the season for Manteo, now 2-1 overall and 2-0 in 1-A Albemarle Athletic Conference action.

Manteo opened its 2019 season on March 6 with a win at Hertford defeating Perquimans County High School 9-0. In the next game against Camden County on March 11, the score was tied at 1-1 with about three minutes left to when a goal play put the Redskins up 2-1 over the visiting Bears.

Manteo varsity soccer forward Mazzy Morrison throws the ball in-bounds Wednesday during a 9-0 non-conference loss to Currituck County at Barco. Philip S. Ruckle Jr. photo

Currituck  vs. Manteo Girls Varsity Soccer
Played on 3/13/2019 6:00 PM
3/13 @ 6p    1    2    Final
Manteo    0    0    0
Currituck Co.    5    4    9

Northeastern Coastal 2A Girls Soccer Standings
School Name    Conf.    Overall
First Flight    1-0    4-0
Currituck Co.    1-0    2-2
Northeastern    0-2    1-3-1
Pasquotank Co.    0-0    1-2-1
Bertie    0-0    0-0
Hertford Co.    0-0    0-0

Albemarle 1A Girls Soccer Standings
School Name    Conf.    Overall
Manteo    2-0    2-1-0
John A. Holmes    1-0    2-1-0
Camden County    0-2    1-3-2
Perquimans    0-1    0-4-0
Gates County    0-0    0-0-0
Washington Co.    0-0    0-0-0

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