In Thursday's league outing, the host Johansen Vikings soccer squad scored a tight 2-1 victory over the Lathrop Spartans.

The Vikings (10-5) will now prepare for their outing against Central Valley (Ceres, CA). The Hawks go into the Western Athletic Conference outing with a 17-2 record. In their last outing, Central Valley got by Livingston (Livingston, CA), 9-0, in a league outing.

Next up, the Spartans play the Manteca Buffaloes (Manteca, CA) in a non-league outing, on Friday, January 31. Lathrop will attempt to improve on its 2-16 season record. The Buffaloes go into the outing with a 4-14 record after their 3-1 league loss to Patterson (Patterson, CA).