The THS Blazers soccer team kicked off the 2025 spring season with a pair of games against 4A rivals in Gillette.
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GILLETTE – The Torrington High School Blazers soccer team opened the 2025 spring season with two games against tough 4A adversaries at the East-West Tournament hosted by Gillette from March 21-22.
Torrington came up short against Laramie in the first matchup by a 2-0 margin. The Blazers fell to Campbell County, 2-0, on Saturday.
Torrington put up a fight against both 4A teams and coach Jeshua Arnusch praised the team’s season-opening effort.
“I thought this weekend was productive for us,” Arnusch said. “We got four good halves to figure out how we want to move forward this year with our formations and who can play where. There were some good moments of possession between some of our guys. It was also nice to see where we need to improve.”
The Blazers plan to focus on defense in particular as the team gears up for its first conference matchups in coming weeks.
“We definitely need to start working on positioning and being organized when we don’t have the ball,” Arnusch noted. “We were stagnant on defense and were caught in Laramie and Gillette’s offensive pockets quite a bit. We also need to get more physical when defending the ball and winning 50-50s.”
Arnusch highlighted the performance of the Blazers’ goalie and senior Ayden Shimic.
“I was impressed with Ayden Shimic in the goal,” Arnusch added. “He had some great saves and looks like he is already in mid-season form. His positioning and IQ make him one of the best goalies around. He had 10-plus great saves and is starting to take his game to the next level of being a sweeper keeper.”
Torrington travels to play 3A conference rival Buffalo on Saturday at 2 p.m.
“Buffalo is always strong and well coached,” Arnusch noted. “We will have to match their physicality right away. They are hard to crack when they play with numbers behind the ball.”
