Torrington is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Douglas is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Torrington Trailblazers will take on the Douglas Bearcats at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Torrington is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Wyoming's top teams: Newcastle, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (Torrington was ranked fourth). Torrington walked away with a 3-1 win over Newcastle last Thursday. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but Torrington was the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, Douglas kept a clean sheet against Gering on Thursday. They came out on top against the Bulldogs by a score of 2-0. Given Douglas' advantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 14th in Wyoming, while Gering is ranked 65th in Nebraska), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Torrington's victory bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Douglas, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-5.
Torrington took their victory against Douglas when the teams last played back in March by a conclusive 4-0. Does Torrington have another victory up their sleeve, or will Douglas turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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