The James Irwin Jaguars's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Atlas Preparatory School Gryphons at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
James Irwin managed to keep up with Thomas MacLaren School until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. James Irwin came up short against Thomas MacLaren School, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 200th, while the Highlanders are ranked 56th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Atlas Preparatory School). Their defense stepped up to hand Mitchell a 4-0 shutout on Thursday. The Gryphons better thank their lucky stars for the performance of Christian Juarez, as he scored every single goal for his team.
James Irwin's loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Atlas Preparatory School, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-3.
James Irwin beat Atlas Preparatory School by a goal when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for James Irwin since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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