A beautiful night for soccer at one of Alabama's finest pitches in Fairhope.

Pirates avoid sting

Tie McGill 2-2

Fairhope, AL - In what may have been a playoff preview the Fairhope and McGill-Toolen boys soccer teams fought to a 2-2 tie in a classic battle on beautiful spring Tuesday evening at W.C. Majors field in Fairhope. 

The Fairhope Pirates got on the boards first in the 24th minute on a goal by junior Ricky Harris assisted by Brian Keyser.

McGill's Shawn Hester evened it up in the 32nd minute on long shot from outside the eighteen yard box. Three minutes later McGill scored again as William Cunningham lofted another long shot over the keeper for the score. The half ended with McGill up 2-1.

The Pirates dominated possession in the second half taking shot after shot. The McGill keeper turned away shot after shot until the 36th minute when Fairhope's Frank Sutley drilled a 25-yarded over the keeper for the tying score. Credit Keyser with another assist.

Playing with a controlled intensity Fairhope continued to rain down shots on goal, but were unlucky as shots ricocheted off the cross bar, were deflected by the keeper or found the feet of a lucky defender.

Next for the Pirates boys team is section rival Daphne High School on Tuesday at 5:30 pm at W.C. Majors Field. Girls play at 7:30 pm.

Game photos here. All game summaries here.