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MORGANTON – Makenzie Stafford made four saves on Wednesday night as St. Stephens High nipped host Freedom 2-0 in Northwestern 3A-4A girls’ soccer at the Catawba River Soccer Complex.
Emily Janicki and Caroline Beane each scored a goal in the second half for St. Stephens, 5-6-0 in the conference.
St. Stephens led the match in shots (17-6) and in corner kicks (7-6) en route to dropping the Patriots to 5-11-0 overall and 1-10-0 in the conference.
St. Stephens, in sixth place, is scheduled to play at second-place Fred T. Foard on Thursday at 6 p.m.
Freedom will travel Patton for a league match on Friday at 6 p.m.
–Reported by David Fletcher, Freedom head coach