03/29/2024
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FUQUAY-VARINA – Diego Sandoval lit up the scoreboard with a ‘Hat Trick’ of 3 goals Friday night to lead Bladen County to a 6-4 victory over the RMPR Hot Shots in the State-Wide Activities Committee (SWAC) 10-and-Under Boys Soccer state tournament.

Sandoval fired in a pair of 1st half goals, and teammate Tyler Thurman knocked in another goal as Bladen County built leads of 2-0 and 3-1. The Hot Shots scored before halftime to trim the Bladen lead to 3-2.

Andrew Martinez found the back of the net with a goal off of an assist from Chatham Rigsbee that padded the Bladen lead to 4-2. However RMPR rallied to within 4-3, before Sandoval struck again with the goal that completed his ‘Hat Trick’ and widened the Bladen lead to 5-3.

An inadvertent (own) goal by Bladen pulled RMPR to within 5-4, but Bladen banged in a final goal that the RMPR keeper dropped in off of a ricochet.

Bladen County will play Fuquay-Varina at 9 a.m. Saturday.

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