Coal Ridge is 7-0 against Grand Valley since April of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Coal Ridge Titans will look to defend their home pitch against the Grand Valley Cardinals at 11:00 a.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Thursday just wasn't the day for Coal Ridge's offense. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Grand Junction Central on Thursday. Coal Ridge has not had much luck with Grand Junction Central recently, as the team's come up short the last two times they've met.
Grand Valley has not done well against Aspen recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Grand Valley's defense stepped up to hand Aspen a 1-0 shutout. Grand Valley wouldn't have won without Kaylae Medina, who scored the game-winner.
Coal Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Grand Valley, they now have a winning record of 1-0-1.
Coal Ridge was able to grind out a solid win over Grand Valley when the teams last played back in April of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Coal Ridge repeat their success, or does Grand Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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