The Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets will venture away from home to face off against the Chino Valley Cougars at 3:45 p.m. on Thursday. Blue Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.3 goals per game this season.
Blue Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: St. Johns, who was ranked sixth in their home state at the time (Blue Ridge was ranked fifth). Blue Ridge blew past St. Johns 4-1 on Tuesday. The Yellow Jackets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matchups by three goals or more this season.
Meanwhile, after soaring to four goals the game before, Chino Valley was a bit more limited in their match on Monday. They lost 8-0 to Payson. The defeat continues a trend for the Cougars in their matchups with the Longhorns: they've now lost three in a row.
The win made it two in a row for Blue Ridge and bumps their season record up to 11-7. As for Chino Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 6-8-1.
Blue Ridge took their victory against Chino Valley when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 6-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Blue Ridge 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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