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Tigers Get Back to Winning Ways



On Saturday in Casper the Rock Springs Tigers squared off against the Kelly Walsh Trojans. It was a rematch of the Tigers first conference game when they defeated the Trojans one to zero. On Saturday the Trojans took early control of the game and show many first half opportunities when they had 10 corner kicks in the first half. However the Tiger defense was tough including freshman goalkeeper Tyler Wilkinson and did not allow Kelly Walsh to score. The Tiger's Gilbert Gonzalez scored the first goal in the 36th minute of the game off of a Garrett Hay assist. The score was Tigers one and Trojans zero at the half. The Tigers came out of the halftime with added emotion and intensity and were able to gain back control of the possession and tempo of the game. The Tigers tallied twice more in the second half both scores coming from Storie Ratcliff. Storie's first score coming off of a free kick by Gilbert Gonzalez that he headed in and the second coming off of a good pass from Garrett Hay that Ratcliff was able to put past the Kelly Walsh keeper. Tyler Wilkinson and the stingy Tiger defense was able to keep the Trojans away from the net in the second half also for the Tigers fifth shutout of the season. This improves the Varsity record to 7 - 5 - 0 and 5 - 3 - 0 in conference. Man of the Match: Storie Ratcliff (2 Goals)
The JV Tigers missed some good chances to score against the JV Trojans. Both teams played a well fought match. The JV Tigers and the JV Trojans were only able to both earn a 0 - 0 draw. The JV still has a stellar record on the year with 8 wins, 1 loss and 2 ties.
Up Next for the Tigers: Tuesday versus the Evanston Red Devils in Rock Springs at Crossroads Field. JV starts at 3:00pm and Varsity at 5:00pm.

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