LONDON — For 60 minutes, North a Laurel and a Madison Southern both struggled to find the back of the net.
But the final 20 minutes saw three goals scored with the Jaguars (8-3-2) tallying two of those to pull out a 2-1 win over the Eagles on Tuesday.
“Tonight was a hard fought game with a lot of familiarity between the teams,” North Laurel coach David Broyles said. “Both teams have players that play club together so they know each other’s tendencies. Southern came in with a good game plan and we didn’t play as well as we have been. I felt that our possession game was lacking tonight and we didn’t win a lot of the fifty fifty balls. We did come out the second half and put together just enough to win the game.”
North Laurel’s Grant Abner got the scoring going, giving his team a 1-0 lead at the 60 minute mark.
Madison Southern’s Avery Davidson tied the match at one apiece with a goal of his own during the 69th minute.
Jaxon Jacob connected with a penalty kick during the 77th minute to pull off the win for the Jaguars.
North Laurel will be back in action Thursday in a key 49th District match with Corbin. The Jaguars will travel to play the Redhounds at 6 p.m.
