Soccer Preview: Highlands vs. Cooper
Highlands is 3-0 against Cooper since September of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Highlands Bluebirds will venture away from home to face off against the Cooper Jaguars at 8:00 p.m.
Highlands is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another highly-ranked state team: Summit Country Day, who was ranked seventh at the time (Highlands was ranked 13th). Highlands took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Summit Country Day on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Cooper hadn't done well against Ryle recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. Cooper walked away with a 3-1 win over Ryle.
Highlands' defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-4-3. As for Cooper, their victory bumped their record up to 10-5-5.
Everything went Highlands' way against Cooper in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as Highlands made off with a 3-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Highlands since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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