Soccer Recap: Escalon Comes Up Short

Cougars

Previous 5 Games

01/22/25 vs Sonora	1-3
01/17/25 @ Orestimba	1-1
01/15/25 vs Ripon	0-5
01/10/25 @ Ripon Christian	0-4
01/06/25 vs Enochs	0-8

Escalon has been on a difficult stretch since their win on the third. They fell 3-1 to the Sonora Wildcats on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 819th, while the Wildcats are ranked 316th).

Escalon's defeat dropped their record down to 3-7-5. As for Sonora, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-2-1.

Escalon will venture away from home to square off against Hilmar at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Hilmar is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.3 goals per game this season. As for Sonora, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Orestimba at 5:45 p.m. on Friday. Sonora also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 3.9 goals per game.