Highlands is 10-0 against Tri-County since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Highlands Highlanders will look to defend their home pitch against the Tri-County Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. Highlands is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last seven games.
Highlands' defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over Cherokee.
Aislynn Wyatt-Luck and
Gabby Diaz scored both of Highlands' goals, bringing their combined season tally to 21 goals.
Meanwhile, Tri-County fell victim to Swain County and their airtight defense on Monday. They lost 9-0 to the Maroon Devils. While losing is never fun, Tri-County can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 422nd, while Swain County is ranked 210th).
Highlands has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season. As for Tri-County, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last eight contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-7 record this season.
Everything went Highlands' way against Tri-County in their previous meeting back in March as Highlands made off with a 5-0 victory. Will Highlands repeat their success, or does Tri-County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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