Gilbert is 1-7 against Highland since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Gilbert Tigers will head out to face off against the Highland Hawks at 6:00 p.m. Gilbert is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last three games.
Gilbert is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They put the hurt on Higley with a sharp 8-1 victory on Monday. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona soccer rankings (they are ranked 28th, while the Knights are ranked 102nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Highland didn't have quite enough to beat Desert Ridge on Monday and fell 3-2.
Gilbert is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 16 goals over those five contests. As for Highland, their loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 9-7-2.
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