Air Academy and Cheyenne Mountain are an even 4-4-1 against one another since October of 2015, but likely not for long. The Air Academy Kadets are taking a road trip to challenge the Cheyenne Mountain Red-Tailed Hawks at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Air Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.9 goals per game this season.
Air Academy is headed into the game without a loss and will look to keep things rolling. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Discovery Canyon 3-2. Given the Kadets' advantage in MaxPreps' Colorado soccer rankings (they are ranked eighth, while the Thunder are ranked 138th), the result on Thursday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Air Academy hit Discovery Canyon with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Jaylon Andrew,
Ben Brown, and
Andrew Foster.
Meanwhile, Cheyenne Mountain unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of Lewis-Palmer by a score of 1-0. Having soared to a lofty four goals in the game before, the Red-Tailed Hawks' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Air Academy pushed their record up to 11-0-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Cheyenne Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-5-1.
Air Academy came up short against Cheyenne Mountain in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Air Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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