Soccer Preview: Ponderosa vs. Chaparral
Ponderosa and Chaparral are an even 4-4 against one another since April of 2015, but likely not for long. The Ponderosa Mustangs will head out on the road to square off against the Chaparral Wolverines at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Chaparral took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Ponderosa, who comes in off a win.
If Chaparral heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Ponderosa took over last week. Ponderosa won by a goal and slipped past Highlands Ranch 2-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for Ponderosa.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Jaelynn Fletcher and
Reece Mervin, who scored both of Ponderosa's goals. The pair have combined for a total of five so far this season.
Meanwhile, Chaparral faced Castle View in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. Chaparral fell just short of Castle View by a score of 1-0. Having soared to a lofty four goals in the game before, Chaparral's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Ponderosa has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. As for Chaparral, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-3.
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