The Mountain Ridge Sentinels will head out on the road to face off against the Cedar Valley Aviators at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mountain Ridge has nine straight wins, Cedar Valley has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Mountain Ridge had to skate by with only a one-goal margin when they last took the pitch, which might have inspired the three-goal drubbing they dealt Copper Hills on Tuesday. The Sentinels never let the Grizzlies get on the board and left with a 3-0 victory. Mountain Ridge might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by three goals or more this season.
They hit Copper Hills with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Kaislee Johnson, Kelsey Goodwin, and Stella Morrison.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Cedar Valley was not quite Bingham's equal in the second half on Tuesday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Miners. The shutout was out of character for Cedar Valley seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in August.
Mountain Ridge's win bumped their record up to 12-4. As for Cedar Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-9.
Mountain Ridge took their victory against Cedar Valley when the teams last played back in September by a conclusive 6-3 score. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Sentinels since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
