Pinnacle and Highland are an even 4-4-2 against one another since February of 2016, but likely not for long. The Pinnacle Pioneers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Highland Hawks at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Pinnacle is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Pinnacle is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Desert Mountain, who was ranked 18th at the time (Pinnacle was ranked first). Pinnacle came out on top against Desert Mountain by a score of 4-2 on Tuesday. Four seems to be a good number for the Pioneers as the team scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Highland, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. They never let Chaparral onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory on Wednesday.
Pinnacle pushed their record up to 10-0-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 16 goals over those four games. As for Highland, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-4-1 record this season.
Pinnacle skirted past Highland 3-2 when the teams last played back in December of 2023. Will Pinnacle repeat their success, or does Highland have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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