In Thursday's non-league outing, the host Goddard Rockets soccer squad scored a tight 2-1 victory over the Santa Teresa Desert Warriors.

The Rockets (8-5) will now prepare for their outing against Portales (Portales, NM). The Rams go into the 4A District 4 outing with a 5-6 record. In their last outing, Portales was edged by Ruidoso (Ruidoso, NM), 5-0, in a non-league outing.

Next up, the Desert Warriors confront the Hatch Valley Bears (Hatch, NM) in a non-league outing, on Tuesday, October 1. Santa Teresa will attempt to improve on its 7-3 season record. The Bears go into the outing with a 2-10 record after their 4-0 non-league win over Chaparral (Chaparral, NM).