Back-to-back wins have Wahluke Soccer in the thick of things

MATTAWA — The Warriors (6-3, 10-5) got back to their winning ways picking up a couple of wins their last two outings to nail down third place in the SCAC East Conference standings with a game to go in regular season play.

Wahluke blanked Kiona Benton 8-nil on the Warriors home turf Saturday. In a rare feat, Wahluke recorded two hat tricks in the fuss: one from Chrystian Garcia and the other off the foot of Emmanuel Hidalgo. Freshman Fernando Barajas added a goal, and Ricky Cabrera rounded out the scoring for the match.

The Warriors keeper Ulysses Gonzalez recorded one save on the night.

Wahluke closed out the regular season at home against College Place Tuesday, but the results were not available by time of press. The team opens district competition Friday at Mabton.

Wahluke 6, Warden 1

Wahluke found success on the road in Warden April 24 against the always-tough Cougars. Emmanuel Hidalgo opened the scoring in the 9th minute of play on an assist from Luis Josue Gatica. The second goal came from Erick Perez on an assist from Tony Espindola. Espindola scored twice in the contest as well on assists from Gatica and Frenando Barajas. Alex Valdez found the back of the Cougar box on a penalty kick. William Dominguez wrapped up the scoring on an unassisted goal. Ulysses Gonzalez had three saves on the night.

~ Staff report