The Queen Creek Bulldogs will head out on the road to challenge the Desert Ridge Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Queen Creek has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with five straight losses, while Desert Ridge will come in with five straight wins.
Queen Creek fell victim to Williams Field and their airtight defense on Monday. They lost 4-0 to the Black Hawks.
Meanwhile, Desert Ridge hadn't done well against Highland recently (they were 0-8-1 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. Desert Ridge beat Highland by a goal, winning 3-2. That's two games straight that the Jaguars have won by just one goal.
Maxwell Parker and Caden Dye scored all three of Desert Ridge's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 20 goals.
Desert Ridge pushed their record up to 12-7 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 15 goals over those four games. As for Queen Creek, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-7-1.
Queen Creek came up short against Desert Ridge in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, falling 2-0. Can Queen Creek avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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