Mazama Vikings Girls Soccer 1-2 Cottage Grove

Cottage Grove handed Mazama a 2-1 defeat in girls soccer Tuesday evening, sending the Vikings home from their road trip with their first loss of the fall. Mazama, based in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and competing in the Intermountain Conference (5A), fell to 1-1 on the season after the non-league setback. The Lions edged out the Vikings in a one-goal contest, with Mazama managing to find the back of the net once but unable to complete the comeback against a Cottage Grove side playing on home turf. Road non-league games like this one serve a purpose beyond the win-loss column. They expose young squads to different environments and styles of play before conference competition begins, and a tight 2-1 result shows the Vikings were competitive from start to finish. Mazama will look to bounce back and push back toward the win column when the schedule resumes, with conference play on the horizon and plenty of season remaining to find their stride.