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Liberty Taft

Hawks

Wildcats

The Taft (CA) varsity soccer team won Wednesday's home playoff match against Liberty (Madera, CA) by a score of 4-2.

	1	2	Final
Liberty	1	1	2
Taft	3	1	4

Final score provided by J. Cordero.

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Matchup Info

Match Stats

Liberty (25-26)

Liberty

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Goals	Pts
	Team Totals	2	4
14	S. Guzman (Jr)	1	2
23	Brody Wilhelm (Jr)	1	2

Liberty

#	Athlete Name	G
	Team Totals	2
14	S. Guzman (Jr)	1
23	Brody Wilhelm (Jr)	1

Liberty

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals	80						0.000
00	Phillip Payan (Sr)	80						0.000

Liberty

#	Athlete Name	PK Saves	PKA	SO	Win	Loss	Tie
	Team Totals					1
00	Phillip Payan (Sr)					1

Taft (25-26)

Taft has not entered stats for this match.

Match Story

California High School Soccer - Taft Liberty

February 18, 2026: Taft, CA 93268

Fans at Wednesday's non-league battle between the Taft Wildcats (Taft, CA) and the visiting Liberty Hawks (Madera, CA), saw Taft's soccer team knock off Liberty by a final score of 4-2.

With the triumph, Taft moves its record to 15-6 on the campaign. The Wildcats host Coalinga (Coalinga, CA) to meet the Horned Toads in a non-league match on Friday, February 20. The Horned Toads come into the match with a record of 14-7. Coalinga won 1-0 in their recent non-league match against California City (California City, CA)

Players of the Match

Liberty (25-26)

Congratulations to #6 Alex Waldren for being selected the Liberty Soccer Player of the Match.

Taft (25-26)

Taft has not selected any Players of the Match.

Liberty @ Taft Soccer Match Info

Wed., Feb. 18, 2026 @ 6p

The Taft (CA) varsity soccer team won Wednesday's home playoff match against Liberty (Madera, CA) by a score of 4-2.

This match is a part of the "2026 CIF Central Section Boys Soccer Championships - Division VI" tournament.

Rankings & Records

Liberty (25-26)

National	CA	Section	Sec. Div.
2,282	884	83	83

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	GF	GA
11-9-8	6-1-2	5-4-4	6-5-4	.536	.778	52	41

Taft (25-26)

National	CA	Section	Sec. Div.
819	296	22	22

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	GF	GA
19-7-6	9-2-1	9-0-4	7-4	3-3-2	.688	.792	53	38

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	OT1	Final
Liberty	.8	1.1	-	1.9
Taft	.4	.6	1.0	1.7

Liberty Videos

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Team Stat Comparison

Liberty		Taft
52	Goals	27
37	Assists	18
-	Shots	11
0.000	Goals Against Average	0.000

Team Leaders

Liberty		Taft	National Avg.
#25 Jack Canar13	Goals	#9 Carlos Jimenez8	4
#13 Aiden Walker7	Assists	#7 Christian Gallegos6	3
-	Shots	#10 Oscar Rodriguez2	11
#00 Phillip Payan0	Goals Against Average	#1 Fidencio Ojeda0	2.838

Record Breakdown

Liberty (25-26)		Taft (25-26)
11-9-8	Overall	19-7-6
6-1-2	League	9-2-1
4-7-6	Non-League	0-1-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
5-4-4	Home	9-0-4
6-5-4	Away	7-4
0-0	Neutral	3-3-2
1-1	Playoff	6-1
11-9-8	In-State	19-7-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0