Soccer Game Preview: Rifle Hits the Road

By Team Reports May 7, 2024, 2:21am

Soccer Preview: Rifle vs. Prospect Ridge Academy

The Rifle Bears will head out on the road to square off against the Prospect Ridge Academy Miners at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Rifle will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Colorado Rankings (they are ranked 141st, while Prospect Ridge Academy is ranked 34th).

Rifle is headed into the game fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They were the clear victor by an 8-1 margin over Moffat County on Thursday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for Rifle considering their one-goal performance the match before.

Meanwhile, for the first time since back in March, Prospect Ridge Academy was forced to settle for a draw on Thursday. They and Stargate School finished up on equal footing with a 1-1 draw.

Prospect Ridge Academy's goal came courtesy of Ava Yoon, who's now up to seven this season.

The win got Rifle back to even at 7-7-1. Prospect Ridge Academy's draw gives them a new season record of 8-4-2.

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