Centaurus and Silver Creek are an even 4-4-2 against one another since October of 2016, but likely not for long. The Centaurus Warriors will face off against the Silver Creek Raptors at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Centaurus is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.5 goals per game this season.
Centaurus is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Skyview a 2-0 shutout. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Wolverines are ranked 57th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Colin Smith and
Luke Masterson scored both of Centaurus' goals, bringing their combined season tally to four goals.
Meanwhile, it may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but Silver Creek ultimately got the result they hoped for on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Niwot 1-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Raptors.
Silver Creek pushed their record up to 11-2-3 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 27 goals over those seven matches. As for Centaurus, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-3-3 record this season.
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