On Friday Atlas Preparatory School will have to hit the road after six straight games at home. They will take on the Fountain Valley Danes at 4:00 p.m.
Atlas Preparatory School is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Cheyenne Mountain just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Red-Tailed Hawks. The shutout was out of character for the Gryphons seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in August.
Meanwhile, Fountain Valley came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Thunderhawks an 8-0 shutout. Considering the Danes have won five contests by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Ellicott from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Luke Marcus led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Atlas Preparatory School's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-4. As for Fountain Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 6-1-1.
Atlas Preparatory School came out on top in a nail-biter against Fountain Valley in their previous matchup back in October of 2017, sneaking past 1-0. Does Atlas Preparatory School have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fountain Valley turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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