The Canon City Tigers will venture away from home to challenge the Silver Creek Raptors at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Canon City is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
Last Saturday, Canon City and Pueblo South finished up on equal footing with a 2-2 draw. The outcome might've been different if Hector Herrera hadn't been hit with a yellow card, which no doubt limited his ability to make aggressive plays down the stretch.
Cedric Smith and Herrera scored both of Canon City's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 24 goals.
Meanwhile, Silver Creek faced Centaurus in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Silver Creek played to a draw too, finishing 0-0 against Centaurus. The result kept the Raptors happy, as they haven't lost a game since October 1st.
Canon City's draw gives them a new season record of 7-4-3. As for Silver Creek, they moved theirs to 9-2-3.
Canon City might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Silver Creek in their previous meeting back in November of 2019. Can Canon City avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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