Jose Zamarripa was packing up his belongings on the sideline after helping Manteca High’s frosh-soph team score a shutout victory over Delhi Friday.

Varsity head coach Justin Coenenberg asked him to stay.

With one goalie already out with an injury and the other hurting a hand during pregame warm-ups, the varsity squad needed Zamarripa, a sophomore, between the posts for another 80 minutes of action. Manteca did more than enough offensively in the 5-2 victory to keep the pressure off him, but he had his fair share of busy moments in the match.

Nacho Valdovinos had a hat trick in the season opener, while Marcus Montano assisted four goals. Brandon Landwehr scored Manteca’s first goal in the 11th minute. Ramon Rodriguez contributed a goal and an assist.

“(Zamarripa) did great — he really surprised us,” Coenenberg said. “He’s a hard worker and is not scared to make saves, and he had some great ones.”

Manteca led 2-0 at halftime before Delhi struck 15 minutes into the second half with Ismael Udave’s score off a cornerkick. Isaias Cervantes closed the Hawks in 4-2 in the 72nd minute.

It was the first time Manteca had scheduled Delhi for a nonleague match, and despite the one-sided score he came away impressed. Delhi is a Southern League contender that reached the Sac-Joaquin Section Division VI semifinal last year.

“I really didn’t know what to expect, but they are a solid team,” Coenenberg said. “They actually outplayed us in the second half and dominated possession, the difference for us is that we were able to finish our opportunities.”

Frosh-soph

Manteca 4, Delhi 0

Gino Mercado, Kevin Rodriguez, Oscar Ponce and Raul Marquez each scored in the Buffaloes’ landslide victory.