The Merced Bears soccer team (Merced, CA), 3-1 in Thursday's league outing with the visiting Golden Valley Cougars (Merced, CA)

With the win, Golden Valley advances its record to 13-1 on the campaign. The Cougars travel to Central Valley (Ceres, CA) to play the Hawks in a Central California Conference outing on Tuesday, January 16. The Hawks go into the outing with a record of 14-6. Central Valley won 2-1 in their recent league outing against Patterson (Patterson, CA)

In their next game, the Bears play the Buhach Colony Thunder (Atwater, CA) in a Central California Conference outing, on Thursday, January 18. Merced will attempt to advance on its 2-7 season record.