Northampton ended Galax's soccer run 3-1 to set up a rematch with Riverheads (like 21-0) today at 2 pm. Please post results. Congrats to Northampton for making it to the State Championship.
As mentioned before, Northampton has been a Group A soccer powerhouse for over a decade. However, they have been prevented from winning a state title several times by the likes of superpower George Mason, plus teams like 2A Nandua and Manassas Park and Radford and Galax. It took Essex Soccer over a decade of battles to finally get past Northampton or Nandua when Essex knocked off Northampton two years ago in the Region Semis for Essex to finally make states. That was the first year Group A had been split up and smaller rural schools without close access to club soccer etc. and colleges did not have to compete with those that did.
Now Northampton has that elusive title in their sights once again....And Riverheads, another more recent powerhouse, drops down to 1A with two superstar players (Riverheads has the 1st D1 ACC player at this level since Mason's star a few years back). That's awesome. Best wishes to him! Riverheads is the definite favorite.
Can the underdog Northampton finally get that title? They will need a perfect game to do it.
As mentioned before, Northampton has been a Group A soccer powerhouse for over a decade. However, they have been prevented from winning a state title several times by the likes of superpower George Mason, plus teams like 2A Nandua and Manassas Park and Radford and Galax. It took Essex Soccer over a decade of battles to finally get past Northampton or Nandua when Essex knocked off Northampton two years ago in the Region Semis for Essex to finally make states. That was the first year Group A had been split up and smaller rural schools without close access to club soccer etc. and colleges did not have to compete with those that did.
Now Northampton has that elusive title in their sights once again....And Riverheads, another more recent powerhouse, drops down to 1A with two superstar players (Riverheads has the 1st D1 ACC player at this level since Mason's star a few years back). That's awesome. Best wishes to him! Riverheads is the definite favorite.
Can the underdog Northampton finally get that title? They will need a perfect game to do it.
