The Doherty Spartans will head out on the road to take on The Vanguard School Coursers at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Doherty is headed into Saturday's game hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They wound up on the wrong side of a rough 10-0 walloping at the hands of Pine Creek on Thursday. While losing is never fun, Doherty can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 76th, while Pine Creek is ranked 15th).
Meanwhile, The Vanguard School won against Florence on Tuesday with seven goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Thursday. The Vanguard School came out on top against Banning Lewis Academy by a score of 7-5. The Vanguard School didn't have much to brag about two games back, but this victory makes it their second in a row.
Doherty's loss dropped their record down to 8-3. As for The Vanguard School, their win bumped their record up to 3-7.
Doherty took their victory against The Vanguard School when the teams last played back in May of 2023 by a conclusive 6-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Doherty 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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