The Sonora Wildcats will face off against the Hilmar Yellowjackets at 5:45 p.m. on Friday. Sonora is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season.
Sonora is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Orestimba last Friday. Sonora fell just short of Orestimba by a score of 4-3. Samuel Villafana probably wasn't too happy after the match: he scored every single goal for the Wildcats and still walked away on the losing team.
Gavin Clark, who's played more minutes than anyone else on the Sonora squad sat out for Friday's game. With Clark sidelined, Sonora had to make some big changes to the lineup. Villafana played for 80 minutes having averaged 41.7 this season and Chase Castle got 80 vs. an average of 50. Villafana made the most of the opportunity, scoring three goals A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Meanwhile, Hilmar entered their tilt with Escalon last Friday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They never let the Cougars onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory. The Yellowjackets' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three contests.
Sonora has been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-7 record this season. As for Hilmar, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 5-3-2 record this season.
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