MORGANTON – Cassie Sain scored both goals for East Burke High’s girls as they tripped archrival Freedom 2-0 on Friday night in a non-conference soccer match at the Catawba River Soccer Complex.
Brooke Arney had an assist on each of Sain’s goals.
Ariana Hawkins made 10 saves to record a shutout in goal for the Cavs.
Freedom outshot East Burke 19-9 and had a 10-1 edge in corner kicks.
East Burke improved to 7-11-4, and the Cavs finished 5-8-3 and shared fifth place with Shelby in the South Mountain Athletic 2A-3A.
Freedom finished 5-14-1 overall and its 1-12-1 record in the Northwestern 3A-4A left it in seventh place.
— Reported by Tina Lowman, East Burke head coach and David Fletcher, Freedom head coach