Two teams, each with Rams as its mascot, locked horns in a Coast Conference soccer showdown that left both sides seeing red – and that wasn't just the color of both jerseys.
Coast Conference football started on a sour note for the Gavilan College Rams on Saturday night, dropping a 32-10 game to the Monterey Peninsula College Lobos at Garcia-Elder Sports Complex.
Five turnovers cost the Gavilan football team Saturday in its last game before conference play begins in two weeks. The Rams allowed 43 points in the game’s first two quarters on their way to a 56-21 loss to West Hills Coalinga.
Gavilan men's soccer head coach Justin Johnson called the Rams 2-0 victory over Coast Conference opponent Evergreen on Tuesday “really big.” Johnson needed only to point to last year's meeting between the two schools for one reason to explain why - Gavilan lost that one 7-0.
The Gavilan College men's soccer team looked fresh, looked spry, and judging by the first 20 minutes of Friday's Coast Conference opener against Cabrillo College Friday, looked destined for victory.