Soccer Game Preview: St. James Academy vs. Blue Valley West

Thunder

Goals

05/03/25 @ Washburn Rural	1
04/29/25 @ Blue Valley Southwest	2
04/26/25 vs St. Teresa's Academy	1
04/24/25 vs Hayden	1
04/22/25 vs Bishop Miege	2
+ 8 more games

The St. James Academy Thunder will face off against the Blue Valley West Jaguars at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. St. James Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3 goals per game this season.

St. James Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kansas' top teams: Washburn Rural, who was ranked fourth at the time (St. James Academy was ranked second). The Thunder took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Blues on Saturday. The loss was St. James Academy's first of the season.

Their goal came courtesy of Avery Rasmussen, who's now up to four this season.

Meanwhile, Blue Valley West entered their tilt with Park Hill South last Thursday with two consecutive wins, and they'll enter their next game with three. They never let the Panthers get on the board and left with a 5-0 victory.

Blue Valley West's win bumped their record up to 3-0. As for St. James Academy, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 12-1.