Soccer Preview: Evergreen vs. Battle Mountain
Evergreen is 0-3 against Battle Mountain since October of 2015 but things could change on Thursday. The Evergreen Cougars are on the road again to play the Battle Mountain Huskies at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Evergreen's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Conifer 3-0. The Cougars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven games by three goals or more this season.
Evergreen used a slightly different lineup for their bout with Conifer. And. Callum Moffatt made the most of the opportunity, putting up an assist. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Meanwhile, Battle Mountain hasn't lost a match since September 7th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Eagle Valley. Given the Huskies' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 15th, while the Devils are ranked 111th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Grey Glowacki and
Jakob Methvin scored both of Battle Mountain's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 24 goals.
Evergreen has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3 record this season. As for Battle Mountain, their victory bumped their record up to 9-3-1.
Evergreen might still be hurting after the 4-1 loss they got from Battle Mountain in their previous meeting back in August of 2023. Can Evergreen avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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