The Rifle Bears will challenge the Basalt Longhorns at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Rifle is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to seven goals on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Steamboat Springs on Thursday. They came up short against the Sailors, falling 3-0.
For some reason, the away team has come away with the win the last four times Basalt and Vail Mountain have met, but the home crowd finally got their W on Thursday. The Longhorns lost 6-0 to the Rangers. Considering the last time Basalt couldn't score was back in August, the team can't take the result too hard.
Rifle's loss dropped their record down to 4-6-1. As for Basalt, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-6-1.
Rifle was able to grind out a solid victory over Basalt in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, winning 2-0. Do the Bears have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Longhorns turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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