The Lone Peak Knights are on the road again on Tuesday to play the Mountain Ridge Sentinels at 4:00 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Lone Peak gave up the first goal last Friday, but they didn't let that get them down. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Skyridge and snuck past 2-1. Given Lone Peak's advantage in MaxPreps' Utah soccer rankings (they are ranked fifth, while Skyridge is ranked 28th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Patrick Stevenson and
Crozier Zabriskie scored both of Lone Peak's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 18 goals.
Meanwhile, with a playoff game on the line, Mountain Ridge rose to the challenge on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Pioneers a 2-0 shutout. TJ Lightfoot had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble Mountain Ridge got from the refs.
Lone Peak is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for Mountain Ridge, their victory bumped their record up to 7-8.
Lone Peak came out on top in a nail-biter against Mountain Ridge when the teams last played back in May of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lone Peak since the squad 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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