CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – There’s an age-old cliché on this planet of sports activities.
“It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.”
The South Meck boys soccer crew has been the right embodiment of that motto within the NCHSAA 4A state playoffs.
After an up-and-down common season, the Sabres needed to accept a 24-seed within the western area.
“We emphasized at the end of the season, when we got the 24-seed that everybody was 0-0,” head coach Eric White stated. “It’s a brand new season, we just had to win six matches. So far we’ve won five, trying to win six.”
Being such a low seed signifies that all 5 of these wins have come the exhausting manner — on the street in opposition to a number of the high groups within the state.
South Meck has overwhelmed No. 9 Watauga, No. 8 Hopewell, No. 16 Porter Ridge, No. 5 Ardrey Kell, and No. 3 Hickory Ridge all on their very own home fields to achieve this state championship sport.
“We’re road dogs, we’ve been road dogs this whole season,” senior Patrik Burling stated. “We love playing away, it gives us that energy to get that win.”
South Meck hasn’t been to the state championship since successful all of it in 2015. Coach White says there have been some shut calls with semifinal appearances, however this yr’s crew has achieved what wanted to be achieved to get again to this sport.
“I mean they’re a resilient group,” White stated. “There was points that I was worried that we were going to break, and they never broke. They stayed with it, now here we stand.”
The Sabres play Apex Friendship at 7 p.m. Friday at MacPherson Stadium in Greensboro for the NCHSAA 4A state championship.
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