Soccer Preview: Blue Ridge vs. Snowflake
The Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets will square off against the Snowflake Lobos at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Blue Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Holbrook, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (Blue Ridge was ranked sixth). Blue Ridge's defense stepped up to hand Holbrook an 18-0 shutout on Thursday. The result was nothing new for the Yellow Jackets, who have now won six contests by three goals or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Snowflake came tearing into Thursday's matchup with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.3 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 victory over the Redskins. Give the Lobos' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
The win snapped Blue Ridge's losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 9-6 record. As for Snowflake, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5-1 record this season.
Blue Ridge beat Snowflake by a goal in their previous meeting back in September, winning 4-3. Will Blue Ridge repeat their success, or does Snowflake have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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