Escalon hasn't had much luck against Ripon recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Escalon Cougars are taking a road trip to square off against the Ripon Indians at 6:00 p.m.
Escalon is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Ripon Christian on Wednesday. Escalon fell just short of Ripon Christian by a score of 1-0.
Meanwhile, Ripon had already won 11 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.8 goals) and they went ahead and made it 12 on Wednesday. They came out on top against the Wildcats by a score of 4-2.
Ripon's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-3-1. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 30 goals over those seven games. As for Escalon, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-9-6.
Escalon suffered a grim 5-0 defeat to Ripon in their previous matchup back in January. Can Escalon avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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