Since Spring of 2021 Crossroads Christian School has won five state championships. The school added their fifth last Saturday as the boy’s soccer team defeated conference rivals Bradford Academy 5-1. “It’s boy’s soccer’s first championship,” said Crossroads AD Scottie Richardson on Wednesday’s SportsTalk. “Holden Coghill won two games his first season and now a state championship,” added Richardson. Coghill is the head coach at Crossroads.
Crossroads also had to face another conference rival, Cape Fear, to get to the championship game. “Familiarity with those two schools makes playing them more difficult because it’s harder to keep the kids focused,” Richardson added. Last year Crossroads lost to Cape Fear in the semi-finals and this year Richardson was determined that would not happen this season. To keep them focused the team spent the night in Rocky Mount where the tournament was played. The ate meals together and Richardson said he felt that helped the team stay focused.
Crossroads will lose three seniors off of a team that lost its first game of the season and then peeled off 19 straight wins. Congratulations to the Crossroads Christian Boy’s Soccer team for winning that state championship.