The Air Academy Kadets will be playing in front of their home fans against the Cheyenne Mountain Red-Tailed Hawks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Air Academy is coming into the game hot, having won their last three games.
In what's become a running theme this season, Air Academy gave their fans yet another huge victory on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Discovery Canyon a 3-0 shutout. Air Academy's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three contests.
They hit Discovery Canyon with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Alexis Byrd,
Grace Bennett, and
Brenna Phalen.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for Cheyenne Mountain's offense. They lost 3-0 to Green Mountain on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, Cheyenne Mountain can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 70th, while Green Mountain is ranked 19th).
Air Academy has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 5-5-2 record this season. As for Cheyenne Mountain, their loss dropped their record down to 5-8.
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