The Highland Hornets (Albuquerque, NM) soccer nipped the visiting Cibola Cougars (Albuquerque, NM), 3-2 in Thursday's non-league challenge.

The Hornets now hold a 8-7 record. They play next when they travel to Belen for a 4A District 5 challenge on Tuesday, October 15. Highland will encounter a Eagles squad coming off a 10-0 league loss to St. Pius X (Albuquerque, NM). The Eagles record now stands at 5-11.

With the loss, Cibola moves to 2-13 on the year. The Cougars travel to Cleveland (Rio Rancho, NM) to play the Storm in a 5A District 1 bout on Saturday, October 12. The Storm go into the bout with a record of 8-6. Cleveland lost 1-0 in their recent league bout against Rio Rancho (Rio Rancho, NM)