Basalt fell victim to Coal Ridge and their airtight defense on Thursday. They came up short against the Coal Ridge Titans, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, the Longhorns can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 131st, while the Titans are ranked 49th).
Basalt's loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 5-9-1. As for Coal Ridge, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 9-4-2 record this season.
Both are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Basalt is taking a road trip to challenge Woodland Park on Wednesday. Woodland Park is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.1 goals per game this season. As for Coal Ridge, they will square off against Bayfield on Wednesday. Coal Ridge also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averged 3.1 goals per game.
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