The Desert Ridge Jaguars will challenge the Gilbert Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Desert Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Highland, who was ranked seventh at the time (Desert Ridge was ranked 23rd). The Jaguars lost 3-0 to the Hawks on Wednesday. The Jaguars' loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Desert Ridge was was forced to take the loss, but they sure made Highland work for it, especially in the first set. The final score came out to 26-24, 25-15, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Gilbert suffered their biggest defeat since November 5, 2024 on Tuesday. They came up short against Highland, falling 3-0. While getting shut out isn't ideal, the Tigers haven't been shut out since back in September.
Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-14, 25-13, 25-11.
Gilbert now has a losing record of 9-10. As for Desert Ridge, their loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 17-8.
Desert Ridge skirted past Gilbert 3-2 in their previous meeting back in September. Will the Jaguars repeat their success, or do the Tigers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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