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Tigers Offensive Explosion Beats the Braves


On Friday, the Tigers showcased their offense with a commanding 7 to 2 victory over the visiting Star Valley Braves. Gilbert Gonzalez had a hat trick in the first half and helped Rock Springs to a 3 to 1 half time lead. The scoring continued for the Tigers in the second half as Kevin Gold, Erick Mata, Ron Halstead and Storie Ratcliff all got a goal. Kevin Gold had three assists, Jack Wells had one, Gilbert Gonzalez also had one assist as did Austin Mivshek and Storie Ratcliff. The Tigers looked very dominant on the pitch and were able to play all of their reserves also. The win brings the Tigers conference record to 3 - 2 and to third place in the conference. They have a chance with a win next week to jump into second place.

Varsity - 3 - 4 - 2

In the junior varsity game the JV Tigers scored early and often on the JV Braves and won by a score of 10 to 5. Goal scorers for the Tigers were Pat Walker (3), Jorge Ramirez (3), Jesus Ramirez, Riley Yerkovich, Tyler Schmill and Cosme Duarte.

JV - 2 - 2 - 2

Up Next for the Tigers, JV versus Green River in Green River Tuesday 4/15 at 5:00pm and Varsity versus Green River in Rock Springs Thursday 4/17 at 5:30pm

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Anonymous said…
The JV team sure knows how to put it on the scoreboard!! 10 goals and 7 vs Green River. If they could play defense, they'd be undefeated.GO TIGERS!!!
April 17, 2008 at 12:02 PM
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