The Ripon Indians will challenge the Lathrop Spartans at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. Ripon's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Friday just wasn't the day for Ripon's offense. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Los Banos on Friday. While losing is never fun, Ripon can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 468th, while Los Banos are ranked 227th).
Meanwhile, Lathrop also failed to score in their most recent game. They fell just short of Downey by a score of 1-0 on Friday. That's two games in a row now that Lathrop have lost by just one goal.
Ripon's loss dropped their record down to 2-7-2. As for Lathrop, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-2-1.
Ripon beat Lathrop by a goal in their previous matchup back in November of 2021, winning 2-1. Will the Indians repeat their success, or do the Spartans have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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