Patton soccer tops East Rutherford, loses to Hibriten

Patton's David Bernabe makes a pass against NCSSM-Morganton during a boys soccer match that was played on Aug. 24. The Panthers (15-6, 11-2 Western Piedmont 3A/4A Conference) lost to Hibriten by a 3-2 score on Wednesday in Morganton, which secured a conference title for the visitors as they improved to 18-4 overall and 13-0 in league contests. Nonetheless, Patton previously earned an 8-0 road win over East Rutherford on Monday behind two goals and one assist from Samuel Quinonez, one goal and one assist from both Aldair Pinto and Noah Krogel, and one goal apiece from Bernabe, Jacoby Bonkowske, Jimmy Monzon, and Trevin Lavoie. Also recently: NCSSM-Morganton (4-9, 4-8 Catawba River 1A/2A/3A Conference) won 9-0 versus Sugar Creek Charter on Oct. 16 and lost 1-0 versus Mountain Island Charter on Monday, Freedom (6-13-1, 2-6-1 Northwestern 6A/7A Conference) won 1-0 at South Caldwell on Monday before falling 4-0 versus Alexander Central on Wednesday, Draughn (3-14-2, 2-10 WPC) won 5-4 at West Caldwell on Monday and lost 4-3 at Chase on Wednesday, and East Burke (0-19-1, 0-12 WPC) lost 5-1 versus Chase on Monday and 4-1 at East Rutherford on Wednesday. Patton will wrap up the regular season with a home match against Chase on Oct. 26, which is also when Freedom hosts McDowell and Draughn hosts East Burke, while NCSSM-Morganton hosted Carolina International School on Thursday and Bonnie Cone Leadership Academy on Friday before traveling to Queen's Grant on Oct. 26.

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