PRESCOTT – Prescott decisively won their ninth game of the season over the Umatilla Vikings 11-0 on October 19. Vicente Garcia opened the scoring early in the first half on a pass from Brandon Caro to make the score 1-0. Moments later, Adrian Rubio scored an unassisted goal to put Prescott up 2-0.

From there, the Tigers kept putting pressure on their opponent's defense with scoring opportunities nearly every time they had possession near the Vikings' goal. Umatilla's goaltender made several saves in the first half despite all the breakaways given up by his defense. Adrian Rubio scored the last three in a row before halftime to make the score 7-0 Prescott.

In the second half the Tigers seemed to dial the offense back a little, likely out of sportsmanship. Prescott goaltender, Ivan Martinez, was challenged with more shots on goal in the second half but preserved the shutout with some nice saves.

Near the end of the game with the outcome certain, a player on Umatilla was given a yellow card for taunting. He was removed from the game by his coach at that point and didn't return. All players for both teams still lined up and shook hands at the end of the game without incident. Prescott is now 9-5 on the season and will play its next game Tuesday October 26 in Prescott at 3:00pm.

Prescott lost their last game of the regular season on Tuesday October 26 to UCA, 3-2 in overtime. I had a brief conversation with coach Mark Grimm about the upcoming playoffs. Prescott will host a playoff game Friday November 5 at 1:00 pm.

Any idea who you are playing?

"Not yet. The winner of that game goes to the state tournament."

How many games at State?

"Three. If we win next week, then we play a quarterfinal game and then we go to Sumner if we win that."Prescott Goal