The crowd at Thursday's non-league contest between the Escalon Cougars (Escalon, CA) and the host Wheatland Pirates (Wheatland, CA), witnessed Escalon's football squad knock off Wheatland by a tally of 35-7.

The Cougars (3-4) will now prepare for their contest against Ripon Christian (Ripon, CA). The Knights enter the contest with a 5-2 record. In their last contest, Ripon Christian was toppled by Ripon (Ripon, CA), 48-14, in a league contest.

Coming up next, the Pirates battle the Marysville Indians (Marysville, CA) in a contest, on Friday, October 18. Wheatland will attempt to better on its 1-6 season record. The Indians enter the contest with a 3-4 record after their 15-14 league loss to Bear River (Grass Valley, CA).