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McPherson South

Bullpups

Cougars

The South (Salina, KS) varsity soccer team won Thursday's home non-conference match against McPherson (KS) by a score of 4-0.

	1	2	Final
McPherson	0	0	0
South	1	3	4

Final score provided by S. KSHSAA.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Box Score Stats

McPherson (25-26)		South (25-26)
4	Corners	9
1	Offsides	1
5	Fouls	6

Match Stats

McPherson (25-26)

McPherson has not entered stats for this match.

South (25-26)

South

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Goals	Asst	Pts
	Team Totals	4	1	9
9	Juan Escobedo (8th)		1	1
10	R. Palacios (Sr)	2		4
14	Adrian Lara (Jr)	2		4

South

#	Athlete Name	G	Shots	SOG	SOG %	PKG	PKA	GWG
	Team Totals	4	9	5	.6	1	1	1
9	Juan Escobedo (8th)		1		.0
10	R. Palacios (Sr)	2	2	2	1.0	1	1
14	Adrian Lara (Jr)	2	4	3	.8			1
22	Joshua Soto (Sr)		2		.0

South

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals			3		3	1.0
0	M. Escalante (Sr)			3		3	1.0

South

#	Athlete Name	PK Saves	PKA	SO	Win	Loss	Tie
	Team Totals			1	1
0	M. Escalante (Sr)			1	1

Match Story

Kansas High School Soccer - McPherson toppled by South

September 18, 2025: Salina, KS 67401

The McPherson Bullpups soccer squad (McPherson, KS), 4-0 in Thursday's non-league battle with the host South Cougars (Salina, KS)

The Cougars (3-2) will now prepare for their battle against Arkansas City (Arkansas City, KS). The Bulldogs enter the non-league battle with a 4-2 record. In their last battle, Arkansas City tipped Circle (Towanda, KS), 4-1, in a non-league battle.

Next up, the Bullpups battle the Buhler Crusaders (Buhler, KS) in a Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail Division III-IV battle, on Tuesday, September 23. McPherson will attempt to move on its 1-4 season record. The Crusaders come into the match with a 3-1 record after their 5-1 non-league win over Salina Central (Salina, KS).

McPherson @ South Soccer Match Info

Thu., Sep. 18, 2025

The South (Salina, KS) varsity soccer team won Thursday's home non-conference match against McPherson (KS) by a score of 4-0.

Rankings & Records

McPherson (25-26)

National	KS	Class
3,116	51	7

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	GF	GA
9-9-1	6-2	6-3	3-6-1	.500	.750	55	25

South (25-26)

National	KS	Class
1,130	24	9

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	GF	GA
12-5	3-3	7-2	5-3	.706	.500	66	20

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	OT1	Final
McPherson	.5	.3	-	2.9
South	2.4	1.5	1.0	3.9

Team Stat Comparison

McPherson		South
-	Goals	53
-	Assists	32
-	Shots	195
-	Goals Against Average	18.000

Team Leaders

McPherson		South	National Avg.
-	Goals	#10 Rodrigo Palacios20	4
-	Assists	#11 Saul Cabral8	3
-	Shots	#10 Rodrigo Palacios50	12
-	Goals Against Average	#0 Marcello Escalante19.000	2.597

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
McPherson	2-5		South	5-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/15/25	McPherson	Classical	(L) 4-3	9/25/25	South	Classical	(W) 5-2
9/23/25	McPherson	Buhler	(W) 3-2	10/16/25	South	Buhler	(W) 4-0
9/25/25	Newton	McPherson	(W) 2-1	10/14/25	Newton	South	(W) 3-2
9/30/25	McPherson	Rose Hill	(L) 1-0	9/2/25	South	Rose Hill	(L) 2-1
11/3/25	McPherson	Rose Hill	(L) 3-0
10/16/25	McPherson	Hutchinson	(L) 2-1	10/21/25	Hutchinson	South	(W) 4-0
10/23/25	McPherson	Great Bend	(L) 1-0	9/9/25	Great Bend	South	(W) 7-0

Record Breakdown

McPherson (25-26)		South (25-26)
9-9-1	Overall	12-5
6-2	League	3-3
3-7-1	Non-League	8-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-5	Common Opponent	5-1
6-3	Home	7-2
3-6-1	Away	5-3
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	1-0
9-9-1	In-State	11-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0