ROSE HILL –The Eagles broke open a tight match Monday with three second-half goals and captured a 4-1 road win over Union.
East Bladen improves to 10-5-1 overall and 6-4 in the Four County Conference.
The Eagles got on the board early when Greyson Heustess gathered in a corner kick by Grey Cabellero and sent a pass to Brooks McGill, who did the rest with a shot to the back of the net from in close for a 1-0 edge.
The Spartans responded 20 minutes later with a goal that knotted things up at 1-1, and that’s the way the half ended.
Early in the second half, McGill notched his second goal of the match to put the Eagles up 2-1 and, just a few moments later, Huestess sent a pass to Cabellero, who fired a shot into the Union net for a 3-1 lead. Before the Spartans could take a breath, East Bladen attacked again, this time Caleb Hatchell won a tie-up and booted a pass to Heustess, who rocketed a shot into the net for the final goal of the match.
The Eagles will host West Bladen on Wednesday.
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Volleyball
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In Teachey on Monday, the Lady Knights fell to Wallace-Rose Hill in three sets by the scores of 25-11, 25-22 and 25-17.
West Bladen falls to 10-8 overall, 6-6 in the Four County Conference.
Patience Parker had three kills and two aces for the Lady Knights, and Raegan Davis contributed two aces, two solo blocks and three block-assists.
Kaylee Stevens had two kills, Jenna Dove had two aces, Logan Autry had two kills, Morgan Schumacher had two kills, Kassidy Anderson had two kills and Kathryn Schultz had two aces for West Bladen.