CORTEZ – When the Panthers look back at the 2025 spring soccer season, they’ll reflect on a season that ranks among the greatest in the program’s history.
It is the program’s first postseason home match in at least 20 years. M-CHS earned the No. 14 seed in the 3A state postseason bracket, and on Thursday at 3 p.m., the Panthers will host No. 19 Roaring Fork at the M-CHS soccer field, hoping to have the backing of a sea of orange-and-black.
M-CHS piled up goals and shutouts on their way to a 9-1-3 record, closing the regular season on a run of nine unbeaten matches. The Panthers compiled 48 goals from nine scorers, averaging nearly four per contest – all of those metrics resetting program bests in the past couple decades.
Thursday will mark the Panthers third postseason appearance in the past four years when they meet the visiting Rams, who are also no stranger to the playoffs. Roaring Fork (7-5-3, 5-2-1 3A/2A Western Slope League) advanced to last year’s quarterfinals – marking one of their deepest runs in program history. Much like M-CHS, Roaring Fork boasts multiple attacking threats with at least eight goals.
The Panthers look forward to their Thursday afternoon contest with the hopes of advancing to the Round of 16 and a meeting with either No. 3 Delta (15-0) or No. 30 Elizabeth (8-5-2) on Saturday. The highest remaining seed will host the Sweet 16 and quarterfinal rounds, before the semifinals and finals will take place at a neutral location – with the 3A championship coming from Weidner Field in Colorado Springs on May 20.
