Air Academy has gone 8-0-1 against Palmer Ridge recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Air Academy Kadets will be playing at home against the Palmer Ridge Bears at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Air Academy has seven straight victories, Palmer Ridge has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Air Academy is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Colorado's top teams: Liberty, who was ranked 22nd in their home state at the time (Air Academy was ranked fourth). Air Academy came out on top against Liberty by a score of 3-1 on Thursday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Kadets were the better team in the second half.
Andrew Foster and
Asher Mullins scored all three of Air Academy's goals, bringing their combined season tally to nine goals.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Palmer Ridge's offense. They fell just short of Woodland Park by a score of 1-0 on Tuesday. That's two games in a row now that the Bears have lost by just one goal.
Air Academy pushed their record up to 8-0-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Palmer Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8-1.
Air Academy took their victory against Palmer Ridge when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 3-0. Will Air Academy repeat their success, or does Palmer Ridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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