The Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets will face off against the Payson Longhorns at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Blue Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Snowflake, who was ranked fourth at the time (Blue Ridge was ranked fifth). The Yellow Jackets fell just short of the Lobos by a score of 3-2 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, it may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but Payson ultimately got the result they hoped for two weeks ago. They beat Northland Prep Academy by a goal, winning 4-3. The win made it back-to-back victories for Payson.
Blue Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 9-7-1. As for Payson, their win bumped their record up to 13-5.
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