A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Irving duke it out with the Lake Highlands at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Irving took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over MacArthur. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 37th, while the Cardinals are ranked 549th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Lake Highlands had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Eagles a 2-0 shutout. That's two games straight that the Wildcats have won by exactly two goals.
Irving's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-1. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored eight goals over those three contests. As for Lake Highlands, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2-4.
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