The Blue Ridge Yellow Jackets will challenge the Payson Longhorns at 4:00 p.m. on Monday.
Blue Ridge is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Arizona's top teams: Show Low, who was ranked 11th at the time (Blue Ridge was ranked 13th). The Yellow Jackets fell 3-1 to the Cougars on Saturday. The contest was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but Blue Ridge couldn't quite close it out.
Payson hadn't beaten Madison Highland Prep on the road since October 13, 2022 but that history sure didn't bother them on Thursday. The Longhorns blew past the Heat 5-1. The result was nothing new for Payson, who have now won six matchups by four goals or more so far this season.
Payson is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 7-5 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 17 goals over those four contests. As for Blue Ridge, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-5-1.
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