Soccer Preview: Belen vs. Highland
Belen is 0-8 against Highland since March of 2021 but things could change on Tuesday. The Belen Eagles will welcome the Highland Hornets at 3:00 p.m.
Belen's offense might be in the hot seat on Tuesday considering what happened against St. Pius X on Thursday. They came up short against the Sartans, falling 10-0. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico soccer rankings (they are ranked 59th, while the Sartans are ranked fifth).
Meanwhile, Highland narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Cibola 3-2.
This is the second loss in a row for Belen and nudges their season record down to 5-11-1. As for Highland, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-7-1 record this season.
Belen suffered a grim 11-1 defeat to Highland in their previous meeting back in September. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Belen was down 5-1.
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