JV Tigers Lose to JV Wolves

On Tuesday in Green River the JV Tigers looked a little sloppy in the first half versus their cross county counterparts. The Tigers allowed 3 goals in the 1st half and were unable to score any to find themselves behind at the half 3 - 0. The second half started in a fury from the Tigers as they scored 2 goals in the first 5 minutes. The goals were from Tyler Legerski and Rayden Davis. But that was as close as the Tigers would come to the Wolves in this JV contest. The Wolves added two more insurance goals in the last 20 minutes of the match to win by the score of 5 - 2. The

loss drops the JV Tigers season mark to 4 - 2 - 0.

Man of the match - Tyler Legerski- first goal of game scored and extraordinary effort and leadership

Up next for the JV Tigers - A rematch between them and the JV Wolves on Monday April 26th at 5:00pm at Crossroads Park in Rock Springs.

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