The Sunrise Mountain Miners are taking a road trip to take on the Legacy Longhorns at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Sunrise Mountain sitting on three straight wins and Legacy on four.
Sunrise Mountain will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Bonanza, who they had gone 0-3 against in their three prior meetings. Sunrise Mountain had just enough and edged out Bonanza 3-2 on Monday.
Sunrise Mountain wouldn't go down easily and took Bonanza into a fifth set where they got it done with a six-point win. The match finished with set scores of 20-25, 25-19, 25-20, 21-25, 15-9.
Angel Torres
| 03/24/25 vs Bonanza | 12 |
| 03/17/25 @ Highland | 10 |
| 03/04/25 @ Cimarron-Memorial | 9 |
| 03/07/25 vs Spring Valley | 4 |
| 02/27/25 vs Valley | 4 |
Sunrise Mountain's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Angel Torres led the charge by getting 14 assists and 12 digs. Those 12 digs gave Torres a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Christian Nevarez, who had 19 digs and one assist.
Meanwhile, Legacy got the win against Amplus Academy on Wednesday by a conclusive 3-0.
While Legacy won a shutout, things came down to the wire in the third set they played. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-11, 25-11, 25-23.
Legacy now has a winning record of 6-5. As for Sunrise Mountain, they pushed their record up to 8-10 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Sunrise Mountain might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Legacy in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Can Sunrise Mountain avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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