Highland has gone 7-0 against Grants recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Highland Hornets will challenge the Grants Pirates at 6:00 p.m. Highland will be strutting in after a win while Grants will be coming in after a loss.
Highland's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Belen with a sharp 3-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Hornets, who have now won seven matches by three goals or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Grants was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They lost 17-1 to St. Pius X. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Mexico soccer rankings (they are ranked 65th, while the Sartans are ranked sixth).
Highland is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 9-7-1 record this season. As for Grants, their loss dropped their record down to 3-11.
Highland took their win against Grants in their previous meeting two weeks ago by a conclusive 10-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Highland since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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