The Payson Longhorns will face off against the Snowflake Lobos at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Payson is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Blue Ridge, who was ranked fifth at the time (Payson was ranked third). The Longhorns fell just short of the Yellow Jackets by a score of 3-2 on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Snowflake hasn't lost a match since September 19th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand Chino Valley a 9-0 shutout. Snowflake might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine contests by three goals or more this season.
Snowflake pushed their record up to 10-4-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. The home wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 34 goals over those four matchups. As for Payson, their loss dropped their record down to 13-6.
Payson was able to grind out a solid victory over Snowflake in their previous matchup back in August, winning 5-3. Will the Longhorns repeat their success, or do the Lobos have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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