Green Canyon is 9-1 against Bear River since April of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Green Canyon Wolves will head out on the road to square off against the Bear River Bears at 7:00 p.m. Green Canyon is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.5 goals per game this season.
Green Canyon is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Logan, who was ranked 16th in their home state at the time (Green Canyon was ranked 13th). Green Canyon had just enough and edged Logan out 3-2. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but Green Canyon was the better team in the second half.
Colby Knight and
Zack May scored all three of Green Canyon's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 12 goals.
Meanwhile, Bear River was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their tenth straight defeat. They lost 6-0 to Ridgeline. While losing is never fun, Bear River can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah soccer rankings (they are ranked 95th, while Ridgeline is ranked sixth).
Green Canyon pushed their record up to 9-3 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Bear River, their loss dropped their record down to 1-10.
Everything went Green Canyon's way against Bear River in their previous matchup back in April as Green Canyon made off with a 6-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Green Canyon since the squad 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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