Rock Springs Tiger Soccer

On Monday in Rock Springs the 2nd Leg of the Sweetwater Cup and the second clash of Sweetwater rivals occurred. It was one of the most entertaining matches ever in this series with two evenly matched teams the action was end line to end line and side line to side line. The lone goal was scored in the 29th minute when a long throw in by Tevin Beaver was deflected by a Green River defender and was out of the reach of the Green River keeper. Both teams had some legitimate chances after the own goal but never team was able to find the back of the net again. The statistics show just how close these two games were in this series this year. In the two games Rock Springs had 26 shots and 2 goals. Green River had 27 shots and 2 goals. Bryce Kalista of Rock Springs had 16 saves while the keeper from Green River had 16 saves. The criteria for tie breakers for the Sweetwater Cup state, if the teams are still tied after tallying points for wins and adding the score of both games together the third ...

On Saturday in Worland the Rock Springs Tigers took on the Powell Panthers. This match saw the Tigers open sluggishly and fall behind Powell at the half one to nothing. The Powell goal was scored off a free kick. Tyler Wilkinson the Tiger freshman keeper making his first varsity start just could not get to the free kick. The Tigers came out on fire in the second half scoring in the first minute after halftime when Riley Yerkovich passed to Erick Mata who rocketed the ball to the bottom left corner. Fifteen minutes later, in the 56th minute the Tigers found net again when Tevin Beaver collected a pass from Garrett Hay on a through ball and Tevin placed the ball between the keepers legs. The third and final score for the Tigers was from Storie Ratcliff who also was assisted by Garret Hay. Ratcliff's goal came in the 76th minute to ice the non conference game for Rock Springs. This win improves the Varsity record to 5 - 4 - 0. Man of the Match; Garrett Hay (2 assists and great offensi...

On Thursday in Green River the rivalry between the RS Tigers and GR Wolves started again on the pitch. This is a great game to watch and had two evenly matched teams playing against each other. The first 40 minutes were fast paced with both teams seeing some chances at the goal but both teams coming away empty handed. The second half was a different story as the Tigers scored first when Matt Lehman collected a ball sent to him from Garrett Hay. Matt was able to put the ball in the past the Wolves keeper for the first score of the match. Two minutes later the game saw another change when the Tigers were called for a foul in the penalty area resulting in a penalty kick for the Wolves. Green River scored on this chance to even the scoreline at one with thirty two minutes remaining. The Wolves scored on a rocket of a shot that found the underside of the crossbar and the back of the net in the 55th minute. The action continued to be fast as furious for the remainder of the match. The Ti...

On Wednesday in Rock Springs the JV Tigers battled their Sweetwater counterparts the JV Wolves of Green River. The Tigers were able to dominate the majority of the game but struggled to find the net. The Tigers did take an early one to zero lead and took that lead into halftime. In the second half the Wolves scored to even out the game. But with some great offensive moves and adjustments the JV Tigers scored twice more before the end of the match. The final score was three to one in favor of Rock Springs. This improved the JV record to 6 - 1 - 1. Up Next for the JV Tigers; At Worland on Saturday to play against Powell 3:00pm

Tuesday the Tigers were supposed to travel to Riverton to play against the Wolverines. These games have been canceled so that Riverton can travel to Cheyenne on Tuesday to make up a conference game that was postponed last weekend due to snow in Cheyenne. Because these are not conference games they will not be made up or re-scheduled this season.

On Monday in Rock Springs the RS Tigers and the NC Mustangs battled for the top of the 4A West Conference. It was a very close and physical game. It saw both teams have chances in the first half but both go into halftime scoreless. The Mustangs got the lone goal in the match in the 55 th minute. This goal ended a 3 and 1/2 match stretch where the Tigers had not been scored on by their opponents. Even with some legitimate chances late in the second half the Mustangs were able to hang onto the win. This places NC currently at the top of the conference and the Tigers tied with Green River for second place. The Varsity record falls to 4 - 3 - 0 and 3 - 1 - 0 in conference. The Man of the Match; Luke Aust (superb play as always). Earlier in the afternoon the JV Tigers scored twice in the first half against the young Mustangs and survived an own goal to defeat NC by a score of 2 to 1. The JV Tigers record is currently 5 - 1 - 1. Up Next for the Tigers: Wednesday JV RS Tigers vs JV GR Wolve...

On Friday in Afton the RS Tigers were able to defeat there 4A West rival the Star Valley Braves by a score of 2 to 1. Pat Walker scored first for the Tigers off of a long throw in by Tevin Beaver. Walker headed the ball to the back post to beat the Brave's keeper, that was in the 13th minute. The Tigers last goal came from a nice pass from Garrett Hay to Storie Ratcliff, who put the ball in the back of the net in the 35th minute. The Tigers had a two to zero lead at the half. Star Valley would not quit and inched a little closer when they headed a ball in from a corner kick in the 54th minute. But the Tigers continued to play tough defense and kept the Braves from scoring again to preserve the 2 to 1 win. This moves the Varsity record to 4 - 2 - 0 and 3 - 0 - 0 in conference. Man of the Match: Bryce Kalista (10 saves). In the JV matchup the Tigers scored early and often as they defeated the JV Braves by a score of 5 to 1. The record for the JV team is now 4 - 1 - 1. Up Next for th...

On Wednesday at Evanston the Rock Springs Tigers battled the elements and the Red Devils. RS got on the board early when an Erick Mata shot was blocked but Pat Walker was able to finish the rebound for a Tiger goal in the 3rd minute of play. The Tigers kept on the attack and were rewarded with two more goals in the first half. The second goal came from Gilbert Gonzalez who dribbled through the last line of defense and beat the keeper. The last goal of the half came from Pat Walker again as he received a ball from Storie Ratcliff and Pat placed it between the keeper's legs for the score. With a comfortable 3 - 0 lead the Tigers added another goal in the 55th minute when Jesus Ramirez beat the Evanston keeper near post. Garrett Hay assisted the Ramirez goal. The game was called in the 60th minute due to snow on the field. This moved the varsity record to 3 - 2 - 0 and 2 - 0 - 0 in the 4A West Region. Man of the Match: Pat Walker (2 Goals) Also playing in a shortened game due to the ...

On Tuesday in Rock Springs, the Tigers opened the 2009 4A West Conference play with a 1 - 0 victory over the visiting Kelly Walsh Trojans. The Tigers scored the lone goal of the match when Gilbert Gonzalez's shot deflected off of a Kelly Walsh defender and into the goal in the 36th minute. The Tigers played against the wind in the second half and were able to with hold the Trojan attack and hang onto the one goal win. Man of the Match: Gilbert Gonzalez (6 shots and one lucky bounce) The JV version of the Tigers squandered a two goal lead while the wind aided the KW comeback in the second half. Kelly Walsh JV won the match 3 to 2. Goals for the Tigers were Josh Hall and Rolando Gallarza. Up Next for the Tigers: Wednesday at Evanston JV - 3:00pm and Varsity 5:00pm.

The week after spring break will be a busy one. We already had two games scheduled for this week with an additional game added due to postponements. The weekly schedule looks like this; Monday April 13th - Pre-Game Practice 4:00pm - 5:30pm - Crossroads Tuesday April 14th - Games versus Kelly Walsh (at RS) - JV - 3:00pm and Varsity - 5:00pm Wednesday April 15th - Game versus Evanston (at EV)- JV - 3:00pm and Varsity - 5:00pm Thursday April 16th - Pre-Game Practice 4:00pm - 5:30pm - Crossroads Friday April 17th - Game versus Star Valley (at SV) - JV - 3:00pm and Varsity - 5:00pm Saturday and Sunday - OFF

We have been able to re-schedule a few of our games that have been postponed. We will host Kelly Walsh High School on Tuesday April 14th in RS. We will also host Natrona County High School on Monday April 20th in RS. Due to the re-scheduling of the Casper schools we have moved back our game versus Riverton High School to Tuesday April 21st in Riverton. We will indeed be very busy the two weeks after spring break but we just hope that we can get a game in. Please see the links on the right side for practice and match changes.

Again the winter weather and snowfall has caused RSHS to postpone some more games. With snow on the ground this morning and more expected for today and tomorrow the games were postponed before the Casper teams had to travel all the way here. These games are required to make up for seeding purposes in regionals so our AD is hard at work getting these games rescheduled as soon as possible. Look for the rescheduled games on the schedule before the start of spring break.

Due to the snow and the inability to prepare our fields we had to postpone both the Varsity and JV matches with Green River earlier this week. These games will be re-scheduled at the earliest chance that we can fit it into our schedules. We are still hopeful that we will be able to play our next two home games against Natrona County on Friday April 3rd - JV - 3:00pm and Varsity 5:00pm and against Kelly Walsh on Saturday April 4 th - JV - 10:00am and Varsity 12:00pm.