Payson hasn't had much luck against Show Low recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Payson Longhorns will venture away from home to take on the Show Low Cougars at 4:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Payson is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Round Valley, who was ranked ninth in their home state at the time (Payson was ranked third). Everything went Payson's way against Round Valley on Wednesday as Payson made off with a 4-1 win. The result was nothing new for the Longhorns, who have now won six matches by three goals or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Show Low had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.5 goals), and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They came out on top against the Redskins by a score of 4-2.
Taylynn Butler and
Sofie Ellis scored all four of Show Low's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 16 goals.
Payson pushed their record up to 7-2 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home. As for Show Low, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-1-1 record this season.
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