Soccer Game Preview: Tehachapi vs. East Bakersfield

Tehachapi is 0-10 against East Bakersfield since January of 2017 but things could change on Friday. The Tehachapi Warriors will host the East Bakersfield Blades at 6:00 p.m.

Tehachapi is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against South on Wednesday. Tehachapi fell just short of South by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 998th, while the Spartans are ranked 451st).

Meanwhile, East Bakersfield hasn't lost a match since January 2nd, a trend which continued in their latest game on Wednesday. They never let Del Oro onto the board and left with a 3-0 win.

East Bakersfield pushed their record up to 6-5-6 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 11 goals over those four games. As for Tehachapi, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-10-5.

Tehachapi came up short against East Bakersfield in their previous meeting on January 8th, falling 3-1. Will Tehachapi have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more soccer content.