Golden Sierra is 0-9-1 against Highlands since January of 2019 but things could change on Thursday. The Golden Sierra Grizzlies are taking a road trip to face off against the Highlands Scots at 6:00 p.m.
Golden Sierra is headed into Thursday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 12th straight game on Tuesday. They came up short against Lindhurst, falling 10-0. While losing is never fun, the Grizzlies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 1152nd, while the Blazers are ranked 564th).
Meanwhile, Highlands came tearing into Wednesday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.7 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Spartans a 6-0 shutout. Considering the Scots have won four games by more than three goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Highlands is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 5-2-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 28 goals over those six contests. As for Golden Sierra, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-12.
Golden Sierra suffered a grim 9-1 defeat to Highlands when the teams last played back in January of 2024. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Golden Sierra was down 3-0.
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