ROCK SPRING – There was not a lot of offense on Friday as the Rock Springs Soccer teams split with Kelly Walsh to get the Casper weekend underway.
In both games, there was only a total of three goals scored, two by Kelly Walsh and one by Rock Springs. The one Rock Springs goal was an important one for the Tigers as they continued to come together and extended their winning streak.
After suffering a three-game losing slide the Tigers have turned it around. Entering Friday’s game with the Trojans, Rock Springs had won four and tied one in its last five games.
Friday’s contest was a defensive one as neither team scored in the first half. It appeared as if the teams were going to need extra time to decide a winner but Fernando Hernandez changed all of that in the blink of an eye.
In the 78th minute, Hernandez was able to finally break through the defense and give the Tigers a goal, the lead and eventually the 1-0 win.
While ecstatic about the win, Head Coach Sean Grube said the Tigers will need to continue to work on offense if they want to continue their climb upwards.
“We had 21 shots today on goal,” Grube said. “We really have to maintain our focus throughout the entire play and finish our shots to be successful. We need to carry our momentum through tomorrow’s (Saturday’s Natrona) game.”
Rock Springs Lady Tigers
For the Lady Tigers, they also looked to continue to make waves as they entered with a 6-4 overall record and a 2-1 conference record. While Kelly Walsh only has a 2-5 record overall, they entered even in conference with Rock Springs.
Kelly Walsh has relied on defense this season and that was the case of Friday. They were able to get out to a two goal lead and kept the strong Lady Tiger offensive attack off the board to take the 2-0 win.
Both teams will return to the home field on Saturday as the finish the Casper weekend against Natrona. Both games start at noon. The Tigers will face a Mustang team coming off a win over Green River while the Lady Tigers will look to take advantage of the Fillies who lost their first conference game on Friday in Green River.
