Cherokee Trail is 2-8 against Cherry Creek since September of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Cherokee Trail Cougars will square off against the Cherry Creek Bruins at 3:30 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Cherokee Trail took a loss when they played away from home last Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They won by a goal and slipped past Smoky Hill 2-1. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 19th, while the Buffaloes are ranked 93rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Cherry Creek came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.3 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They never let the Raptors onto the board and left with a 4-0 win. The Bruins might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matches by three goals or more this season.
They hit Eaglecrest with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Paxton Greene,
Dalton Luther,
Cole Wearner, and
Brian Molina.
Cherokee Trail pushed their record up to 8-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Cherry Creek, their win bumped their record up to 11-1-1.
Cherokee Trail came up short against Cherry Creek in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 4-2. Can Cherokee Trail avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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