Columbine hasn't had much luck against ThunderRidge recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Columbine Rebels will head out to take on the ThunderRidge Grizzlies at 3:00 p.m. Columbine will be coming into the match with an undefeated record on the line.
On Thursday, Columbine earned a 3-1 win over Evergreen. Given the Rebels' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Cougars are ranked 74th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Connor Kaali-Nagy and
Nathan Torres scored all three of Columbine's goals, bringing their combined season tally to six goals.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, ThunderRidge was not quite Valor Christian's equal in the second half last Thursday. They lost 4-1 to the Eagles. That's two games in a row now that the Grizzlies have lost by exactly three goals.
Columbine's victory bumped their record up to 4-0. As for ThunderRidge, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-2.
Columbine might still be hurting after the 3-0 defeat they got from ThunderRidge when the teams last played back in August of 2017. Can Columbine avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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