Los Banos’ Irving Garcia, left, battles with Alex Zamora of Buhach Colony. - Los Banos Enterprise

TURLOCK -- The Merced High boys soccer team's unbeaten streak may or may not have come to an end Monday.

Merced's game with Pitman was suspended with two minutes to go after a brawl broke out on the field. Pitman was leading 2-1.

Merced coach Bart McAfee wasn't sure whether the final minutes would be made up -- and frankly, he wasn't concerned about it.

"The refs said play was suspended. Was it a loss? Maybe it was, or maybe it wasn't," McAfee said. "I can tell you this: We're not driving back to Pitman to make up those two minutes.

"It was a mess. I was out there screaming, trying to get people off the field."

The scuffle took place inside the Pitman penalty box during a Merced corner kick.

Cristian Alvarez got tangled up with the Pitman goalie, and the chaos ensued. Four players were given red cards, including two from Merced, which entered the game with a 14-game unbeaten streak and a 4-0-1 mark in Central California Conference play.

• BUHACH COLONY 3, LOS BANOS 2, at Los Banos -- Alex Zamora scored 59 seconds into the match and again at 39:32 to help the Thunder (3-3 CCC) take a 3-1 halftime lead over the Tigers (0-6 CCC).

   

   

• RIPON 7, MODESTO CHR. 1, at Ripon -- Senior Eric Cavanaugh scored five goals, pushing his season total to 25, to lead the Indians (10-6-1, 5-1-1 TVL) over the Crusaders (3-9, 2-5). Cavanaugh, who scored 35 goals last season, had three by halftime and two more 15 minutes into the second half.

   

  "He probably could have piled up some more, and then I yanked him," Ripon coach Jamie DeBruyn said. "His teammates set him up good. He did a little bit of everything. He definitely showed his overall scoring ability."

   

• ESCALON 3, HUGHSON 0, at Escalon -- Cesar Felix scored his second goal on a breakaway late in the first half as the Cougars (9-5-1, 6-1 TVL) pulled away from the Huskies (2-9-1, 1-6). Felix took off near midfield, outran the defense and slid the ball to the left of the goalkeeper to make it 3-0.

   

   

• Le GRAND 12, DENAIR 0, at Le Grand -- The teams tied earlier in Southern League play, but Luis Lopez led the Bulldogs (4-3-1, 4-1-1 SL) to a romp in this one. Lopez had three goals and two assists in the first 17 minutes as Le Grand took a 7-0 lead over the Coyotes (2-7-2, 0-5-1). Backup goalkeeper Mario Moreno stopped a penalty kick in the second half.

   

   

• WATERFORD 4, TURLOCK CHR. 2, at Turlock Christian -- Juan Daccarett had a hat trick, and Andres Lopez scored unassisted in the 67th minute to break a tie as the Wildcats (11-4-1, 4-1-1 SL) beat the Eagles (2-11, 1-5). Jesus Perez had three assists.

   

   

• MARIPOSA 2, DELHI 2, at Mariposa -- Ramiro Perez and Orlando Telles scored three minutes apart to give the Hawks (5-3-1, 4-1-1 SL) a 2-0 lead in the second half, but the Grizzlies (5-6-3, 2-2-2) came away with a tie when Jason Buskeness scored off a corner kick 33 minutes into the half. Jonathon Gonzales answered Delhi's second goal two minutes later when he scored on a 25-yard free kick. Delhi goalkeeper Ivan Romero made 22 saves and Mariposa goalie Steven LeMessurier 16.

   

  Volleyball

   

• CENTRAL CATHOLIC 3, PATTERSON 0, at Central Catholic -- The Raiders (4-3 WAC) avenged a loss to the Tigers (5-19, 1-6) with a 25-15, 25-16, 25-18 sweep. Kaitlyn Wesenberg had 19 assists and 11 digs for Central Catholic.

   

   

• MANTECA 3, EAST UNION 1, at Manteca -- The Buffaloes (14-9-1, 4-1 VOL) lost the first game and trailed in the second game before taking control against the Lancers (1-4 VOL).

   

  Girls Tennis

   

• DOWNEY 4, JOHANSEN 3, at Johansen -- Myra Crimmel and Supreet Kaur defeated Angela Roso and Katie Moody 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 at No. 1 doubles to give the Knights (4-5 MMC) the victory. The Vikings (0-9 MMC) came close to recording their first victory, thanks to second-year players Abbey Ringler and Victoria Flores, each of whom registered their first singles victories.