In Thursday's non-league outing, the host Lodi Flames soccer squad scored a tight 2-1 victory over the Linden Lions.

The Flames (2-3) will now prepare for their outing against Kimball (Tracy, CA). The Jaguars go into the Tri-City Athletic League outing with a 1-5 record. In their last outing, Kimball got by Delta Charter (Tracy, CA), 6-1, in a non-league outing.

Next up, the Lions play the Summerville Bears (Tuolumne, CA) in a Mother Lode League outing, on Tuesday, January 7. Linden will attempt to improve on its 1-4 season record. The Bears go into the outing with a 8-3 record after their 2-0 non-league loss to Merced (Merced, CA).