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Halftime -- North 2-0 South

Shots - N 8, S 2
Corner Kicks - N 1, S 1
Saves - N 2, S 2
Fouls - N 4, S 5

FIRST HALF
5:18 - Jamal Geathers (Jack Johnston), 1-0 N
14:40 - Geathers (Schuyler Rearden), 2-0 N

The North begins the second half in gear as Geathers simply flicks the ball to Ruck who volleys just over the crossbar and the South's new goalkeeper Taylor Hopkins of Wando.

Two minutes later the South team works the ball down the field and Evans is double-teamed and knocked down near the endline, but earns a corner kick in which Dreher's Carl Anderson fires high with his shot on goal.

At the 51:45 mark Hilton Head's Christian Gandini serves in a ball from 40 yards out and Evans' challenge on Osborne results in another corner kick for the South team. The cross is handled well by Osborne and the threat is thwarted.

Prince gets loose along the top of the box and fires dead middle of the goal where Osborne catches it cleanly. The South team is probing the box right now, but just can't push through.

Geathers gets his head on another cross and Hopkins collects his first save. The ball meanders its way down to the other side where Prince works hard against a pair of defenders, spins to the near post and then rips a shot across the front of the goal that earns the South a corner kick. The ensuing play has James Island's JT Walters get off a shot that is blocked by Osborne and then cleared away. The feeling is that it's a matter of time before the South cashes in, but the North defense continues to withstand the pressure.

The South team's relentless pressure makes the deficit just one goal at the 67:30 mark as Prince plays a ball through the North defense and Ridge View's Kyle Hughes collects it nicely and picks his spot to put the South squad on the board.

2-1 with the fourth stanza coming up -- should be an exciting end here in Greenville!

Just after the restart, Rearden gets a free kick from about 40 yards out and the ball is played softly to him as his attack towards the South goal makes Hopkins dive to his left to stop the shot. All throughout the North's teams practices the past two days, Rearden has excelled in those types of restarts and he doesn't disappoint on his 20-yard shot.

At the other end, Prince once again proves to be a thorn in the North's side as his header requires Osborne's full attention.

It's tied at 2-2! At the 70:49 mark, Hughes rockets in a shot just inside the penalty area markings on a rebounded pass from Walters. Again, Prince was hard at work creating the opportunity and the South squad has leveled this match with 20 minutes to play.

I told you this was shaping up to be a fun ending!

At the 73:41 mark, Dorman's Vincent Thao gets on the end of a neat pass and slaps a shot just wide of the far post of Hopkins. Lots of acton at both ends right now.

An apparent goal by the North team has been wiped away due to offsides deep into the box. Not a good vantage point from here in the Press Box, so the South's comeback attempt is still in tact.