Desert Mountain is 0-3 against Ironwood since December of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Desert Mountain Wolves will head out on the road to square off against the Ironwood Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Desert Mountain had no problem doing just that on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over the Nighthawks. The result was nothing new for Desert Mountain, who have now won seven games by three goals or more so far this season.
Desert Mountain was without their leading scorer, Lucas Blumling, in Thursday's match. With Blumling sidelined, Desert Mountain had to make some changes to the lineup. And.
Meanwhile, Ironwood has not lost a match since December 28, 2023, a trend which continued in their latest game on Monday. They won by a goal and slipped past Centennial 4-3. Given Ironwood's advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona soccer rankings (they are ranked ninth, while Centennial is ranked 44th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Ironwood hit Centennial with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Edgar Ocampo (2),
Bryan Romero, and
Javier Valle.
Desert Mountain's win bumped their record up to 13-8-1. As for Ironwood, they pushed their record up to 15-3-1 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
