The Topeka Trojans' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Washburn Rural Junior Blues at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Washburn Rural is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.3 goals per game this season.
Topeka is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kansas' top teams: Blue Valley West, who was ranked fifth at the time (Topeka was ranked 25th). The Trojans fell just short of the Jaguars by a score of 2-1 on Thursday. Topeka's defeat put an end to their eight-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Washburn Rural had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They were the clear victors by a 9-1 margin over the Vikings. The result was nothing new for Washburn Rural, who have now won five contests by four goals or more so far this season.
Washburn Rural has now won four of their last five games on the road. That's given a healthy boost to their 7-5-2 record this season. Those road victories were made possible by their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 25 goals over those five games. As for Topeka, their loss dropped their record down to 10-4.
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