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The Southside Seahawks knocked off Coastal Plains Conference foe Lejeune, 2-1, Thursday night to advance to the third round of the 1A state soccer tournament.

The 11^th seeded Seahawks (18-6) travel to Robbins, NC to meet number three North Moore (13-4-2) Monday night.

Southside split the regular season series with Lejeune and avenged the loss on the Devil Pups turf with Kenny Avila’s first half goal and the eventual game-winner from Jonatan Perez on a pass from Pedro Chavez-Pullman with eight minutes left to move on to the third round for the second time in program history.

“It was a really tight match and back and forth throughout,” coach Jay Petty said. “We had tremendous support from our fans for a road game and they really helped us. Our guys played great and we are excited to keep playing.”

Avila’s goal was his 101^st, leaving him two goals away from breaking Jairo Juarez’ program record set in 2019.

Meanwhile, 16^th seeded Washington gave top-seeded Clinton all they wanted in the 2A second round before falling 2-1 on the road. Edgar Quevedo gave the Pack (15-6) an early lead before the Dark Horses (21-2-1) tied it later in the first period. Senior captain Ivan Machado found the net on a free kick that would have tied the match in the second half, but the goal was disallowed because of offside.

“That was a very tough call and changed momentum tremendously,” coach Jim Kozuch said. “We controlled the match for the first 20 minutes, then had a couple of starters go out with injuries. We couldn’t hang on after that, but competed hard until the end. Clinton is a very good team and they have a great home environment. Our guys held the composure and the dominos just didn’t fall our way.”