Rifle hasn't had much luck against Roaring Fork recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Rifle Bears will play host again on Saturday to welcome the Roaring Fork Rams, where kickoff is scheduled at 1:00 p.m. Rifle is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.9 goals per game this season.
Rifle is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They blew past Aurora West College Prep Academy 3-0. The result was nothing new for the Bears, who have now won seven matches by three goals or more so far this season.
Eduardo Espino and
Luis Mendoza scored all three of Rifle's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 32 goals.
Meanwhile, Roaring Fork had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.3 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Wildcats a 1-0 shutout. The Rams' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last four matchups.
Roaring Fork pushed their record up to 12-3-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those six games. As for Rifle, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-2-1 record this season.
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