The Cheyenne Mountain Red-Tailed Hawks's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Liberty Lancers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.
Cheyenne Mountain's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Air Academy out 1-0. The win was all the more spectacular given the Red-Tailed Hawks' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 51st, while the Kadets are ranked eighth).
Cheyenne Mountain's one-goal win came courtesy of
Ian Foss, who's now up to seven this season.
Meanwhile, Liberty had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.8 goals) and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged Wolves out 2-1. The Lancers found success even though the refs didn't miss a thing: Farriel Pratama and Hayden Rigby were both handed yellow cards.
Cheyenne Mountain has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-5-1 record this season. As for Liberty, their victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-1-1.
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