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WP's Luis Fernando Torres Escalante (51) maneuvers the ball close to the St. George goal during his team's 3-3 tie against the Spokane team. The Tigers tied St. George for the second time during the regular season Friday.
Tiger Ernesto Valdovinos (15) gets ready for a cross in front of the St. George goal during Friday's game.
PRESCOTT - S t . George's Dragons had a quick, powerful start to Friday's soccer game against the WP Tigers, but the Tigers stepped up its game and ended the battle with a 3-3 tie.
The Dragons were fast out of the gate Friday at Prescott High School scoring two goals quickly in the first half.
The Tigers were up to the challenge of slaying the dragons and Luis Fernando Torres Escalante took advantage of an open shot to the net and scored a first goal for WP with 16 minutes left in the first half.
St. George's had trouble keeping the game on its side of the field and made shooting mistakes that added up to missed goals.
The game was tied with just three minutes left in the first half there was a scuffle near the WP goal and Escalante had once again managed to sneak the ball into the net, putting the scoreboard to 2-2.
WP and St. George played fast and hard in the first half, and St. George injuries slowed the second half tremendously.
The Dragons made some great shots at goals, but the WP goalie Pedro Mendoza was great at stopping whatever came his way.
WP continued to track the ball well, but later had the whistle blown because of touching the ball with their hands and even two yellow cards during the game.
The Dragons upped the score with a goal 22 minutes left in the second half, and WP snuck another one past the Dragons with 9 minutes left, tying up the score again, 3-3.
WP Coach Mark Grimm said his team didn't play poorly considering its opponent, but it didn't go well because his team lacked communication on the field.
"We've just got to play better fundamental soccer," Grimm said.
The Tigers are halfway through the soccer season, he said, and the kids played hard. This just wasn't a milestone game.
" This wasn't an improvement, but it wasn't a letdown," Grimm said.
In other WP soccer news, WP lost to Riverside Christian 4-1, on Oct. 4.
The only WP goal was scored by Lino Diaz and assisted by Aldair Escalante. Mendoza was in the net with 10 saves.
On Oct. 8, WP played Trout Lake and won the game, 3-1. Diaz scored all three goals.
Assists were made by Enrique Balderas, Francisco Gonzalez and Escalante. Pedro Mendoza had six saves.
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