The Ironwood Ridge Nighthawks are taking a road trip to square off against the Ironwood Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Ironwood Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Salpointe Catholic, who was ranked third at the time (Ironwood Ridge was ranked 21st). Ironwood Ridge lost 8-2 to Salpointe Catholic on Friday. Things were pretty much settled by the half as the Nighthawks were already down 5-2.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last matchup, Ironwood made sure to put some goals up on the board against Willow Canyon on Friday. They never let the Wildcats onto the board and left with an 8-0 win. The Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine games by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Willow Canyon from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Bryan Romero led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Ironwood is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 36 goals over those six matchups. As for Ironwood Ridge, their defeat was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 12-2-1.
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