The Widefield Gladiators will look to defend their home pitch on Wednesday against the Pueblo Central Wildcats at 3:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Widefield has seven straight wins, Pueblo Central has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Widefield put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They never let Banning Lewis Academy onto the board and left with an 8-0 victory. Give Widefield's defense some credit: that's the team's fifth straight shutout.
Their offense was hitting Banning Lewis Academy from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Lizzy Brown led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Pueblo Central fell victim to a rough 4-1 defeat at the hands of Pueblo East on Thursday.
Widefield's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-0. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 26 goals over those four matchups. As for Pueblo Central, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.
Widefield was able to grind out a solid victory over Pueblo Central in their previous meeting back in April of 2023, winning 3-1. Does Widefield have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pueblo Central turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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