2015 Boys Soccer Playoffs

GEORGETOWN -- The University Interscholastic League staff tried frantically to maintain some semblance of order on the Lufkin sideline. It was a lost cause. The Panthers had just accomplished something no East Texas school had done before: a state soccer championship. Omar Zamarripa scored two goals and set up another in Lufkin's 3-1 win over previously unbeaten Georgetown East View in the Class 5

GEORGETOWN -- Lufkin entered its Class 5A state semifinal having scored 64 goals on the season, none of them belonging to senior defender Chris Marquez. That all changed Thursday night. Marquez scored with six seconds remaining in the opening half, and the Lufkin defense made stop after stop in a 1-0 shutout of Tomball Memorial at Birkelbach Field.

GEORGETOWN -- The Center Roughriders advanced to the first UIL state soccer tournament in program history this season, and did so having to overcome a few close calls along the way. They finally met their match Wednesday night, as Liberty Hill scored two overtime goals to defeat Center, 2-1, in their Class 4A semifinal at Birkelbach Field.

GEORGETOWN -- The Kilgore Bulldogs were already facing an uphill battle, down two goals at halftime in their Class 4A state semifinal. And San Elizario's Edwin Marquez provided his own personal roadblock to the top of the mountain with three second-half goals in the Eagles' 5-1 rout of Kilgore, Wednesday evening at Birkelbach Field.

UIL State Soccer Tournament Wednesday-Saturday At Birkelbach Field, Georgetown WEDNESDAY'S GAMES Class 4A girls semifinal: Boerne (23-3) vs. Kennedale (22-2-1), 11 a.m. Class 4A girls semifinal: JASPER (26-0) vs. Princeton (21-4-2), 1:30 p ... Read More ...

TYLER -- For the first 20 minutes of Saturday afternoon's regional championship game, it looked for all the world that Kilgore would have little resistance on its way to a berth at the UIL state soccer tournament. The Bulldogs had a fight on their hands, despite grabbing an early two-goal lead and playing the majority of the second half with a man advantage. It was a fight Kilgore ultimately won,

The following is a list of Saturday's regional final soccer results involving East Texas teams.

The following is a list of Friday's regional semifinal soccer results involving East Texas teams.

TYLER -- There was not much separation between Pittsburg and Wilmer-Hutchins, but a critical mistake by Pittsburg late in the opening half proved to be the difference. A foul inside the box allowed Wilmer-Hutchins to attempt and subsequently make a penalty kick minutes before halftime in the Eagles' 2-1 win over Pittsburg in their Class 4A Region II semifinal Friday night at Trinity Mother Frances

TYLER -- Efficiency was not the name of the game for Kilgore, which turned its myriad of scoring opportunities into just one goal. That was all it took. Christian Galvan continued his torrid stretch with an early-second half goal, vaulting Kilgore to a 1-0 win over Kaufman in their Class 4A Region II semifinal Friday evening at Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium.