The Desert Vista Thunder soccer team (Phoenix, AZ), was nipped 1-0 in Thursday's league outing with the host Highland Hawks (Gilbert, AZ)

With the win, Highland advances its record to 8-5 on the campaign. The Hawks host Queen Creek (Queen Creek, AZ) to battle the Bulldogs in a 6A Central outing on Monday, January 30. The Bulldogs go into the outing with a record of 14-4. Queen Creek lost 2-0 in their recent non-league outing against O'Connor (Phoenix, AZ)

In their next game, the Thunder battle the Gilbert Tigers (Gilbert, AZ) in a 6A Central outing, on Tuesday, January 31. Desert Vista will attempt to advance on its 6-8 season record. The Tigers go into the outing with a 4-6 record after their 6-0 league loss to Corona del Sol (Tempe, AZ).