Soccer Preview: Basalt vs. Grand Junction Central
The Basalt Longhorns will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against the Grand Junction Central Warriors at 3:00 p.m. Basalt's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Having struggled with four defeats in a row, Basalt finally turned things around against Aspen on Saturday. They and the Skiers finished up their contest with a 1-1 draw. The result (or lack thereof) marked the Longhorns' first draw of the season.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 1-1 at halftime, Grand Junction Central was not quite Grand Junction's equal in the second half on Thursday. They fell 3-1 to the Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 112th, while the Tigers are ranked 25th).
Grand Junction Central's goal came courtesy of
Oscar Fuentas, who's now up to eight this season.
With that draw, Basalt's record moves to 4-8-1. As for Grand Junction Central, they now have a losing record at 6-7-1.
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