Blue Ridge hasn't had much luck against Show Low recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets will play host again on Thursday to welcome the Show Low Cougars, where kickoff is scheduled at 6:00 p.m. Blue Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.2 goals per game this season.
Blue Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Payson, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Blue Ridge was ranked fourth). Blue Ridge took a 4-2 hit to the loss column at the hands of Payson on Saturday.
Myli Hamblin wasn't going to let Payson walk away unscathed as she scored both of Blue Ridge's goals, bringing her season total up to 27 goals.
Meanwhile, Show Low had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.3 goals) and they went ahead and made it nine on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Cowboys an 8-0 shutout. The Cougars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by four goals or more this season.
Blue Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 8-4. As for Show Low, their win bumped their record up to 12-1-1.
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