The Hilmar Yellowjackets will head out to challenge the Sonora Wildcats at 5:45 p.m. on Friday. Hilmar will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
Hilmar's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Friday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Escalon 1-0. Given the Yellowjackets' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 511th, while the Cougars are ranked 1024th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 2-2 at halftime, Sonora was not quite Orestimba's equal in the second half last Friday. They fell just short of the Warriors by a score of 4-3. Samuel Villafana probably wasn't too happy after the game: 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 contest. 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.
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 are on a roll lately: 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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