The Highland Hawks will face off against the Chaparral Firebirds at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Highland will be strutting in after a win while Chaparral will be coming in after a loss.
If Highland beats Chaparral with three goals on Wednesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Highland rang in the new year with a 3-1 victory over Desert Mountain on Thursday. The win was all the more spectacular given the Hawks' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona soccer rankings (they are ranked 88th, while Wolves are ranked 24th).
Highland hit Desert Mountain with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Liam Carpenter, Andrew Earnheart, and Crew Campbell.
Meanwhile, Chaparral fell victim to Fairfax and their airtight defense on Saturday. They came up short against the Stampede, falling 5-0. That's two games in a row now that the Firebirds have lost by exactly five goals.
The victory made it two in a row for Highland and bumps their season record up to 2-3-1. As for Chaparral, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-3-1.
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