The Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets will square off against the Chino Valley Cougars at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Chino Valley took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Blue Ridge, who comes in off a win.
Blue Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Payson, who was ranked third at the time (Blue Ridge was ranked fifth). The Yellow Jackets came out on top in a nail-biter against the Longhorns on Thursday, sneaking past 3-2.
Meanwhile, Chino Valley was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost 9-0 to Snowflake. That's two games in a row now that Chino Valley have lost by exactly nine goals.
Chino Valley's loss dropped their record down to 5-8. As for Blue Ridge, their win bumped their record up to 10-7-1.
Blue Ridge took their victory against Chino Valley in their previous matchup back in October of 2024 by a conclusive 6-3 score. Will the Yellow Jackets repeat their success, or do the Cougars have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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