The Horizon Hawks will venture away from home to square off against the Arvada West Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Horizon is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season.
Horizon is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Longmont just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Saturday. Neither they nor the Trojans could gain the upper hand so the two teams had to settle for a 1-1 draw. The result (or lack thereof) was the first time the Hawks have been dealt a draw since back in August.
Their goal came courtesy of
Nolan Fuerst, who's now up to eight this season.
Meanwhile, Arvada West was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They fell just short of Fairview by a score of 3-2. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked 98th, while the Knights are ranked 22nd).
Horizon's draw gives them a new season record of 4-2-2. As for Arvada West, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4-1.
Horizon suffered a grim 4-0 defeat to Arvada West in their previous meeting back in September of 2019. Can Horizon avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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