The Sterling Tigers will look to take advantage of their home-pitch for the first time this season as they take on the Roosevelt Roughriders at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Sterling is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Twin Peaks Charter Academy. Sterling's defense stepped up to hand Twin Peaks Charter Academy a 6-0 shutout on Monday. Isaac Perez had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble the Tigers got from the refs.
Sterling hit Twin Peaks Charter Academy with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Jermony Rivas (2),
Aiden Ortega (2), and
Mitchell Boxberger.
Meanwhile, for the first time this season, Roosevelt was forced to settle for a draw. Neither they nor Weld Central could gain the upper hand on Friday so the two teams had to settle for a 1-1 draw.
Everything went Sterling's way against Roosevelt in their previous meeting back in October of 2015 as Sterling made off with a 5-0 victory. Will Sterling repeat their success, or does Roosevelt have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
