The Steamboat Springs High School boys soccer team will face one of the top teams in the state Wednesday when it opens play in the first round of the Class 4A state tournament.

The Sailors were assigned the No. 25 seed in the tournament and will go on the road to play No. 8 Silver Creek.

Steamboat may be a considerably lower seed, but the Sailors see an opponent they can play with.

“I think we’re very evenly matched,” Steamboat