2017 Boys Soccer Playoffs

GEORGETOWN — In the moments following Kilgore’s first soccer state championship win, the players formed a victory circle around senior captain David Garcia. The four-year starter, injured two days earlier and unavailable for the final, was holding up the jersey of former Kilgore girls soccer player Samantha Watkins who passed away in December ...

GEORGETOWN — The Kilgore Bulldogs returned to the state championship game after falling one round short in each of the previous two seasons. But it came at a price. Senior and four-year starter David Garcia exited with a gruesome lower leg injury midway through the first half, but his teammates picked up the slack by handling Houston Washington, 4-0, Wednesday evening in their Class 4A semifinal a

UIL State Soccer Championships Wednesday-Saturday At Birkelbach Field, Georgetown WEDNESDAY'S GAMES Girls Class 4A semifinal: ATHENS (15-10-1) vs. Stephenville (23-4), 11 a.m. Girls Class 4A semifinal: JASPER (26-1) vs. Boerne (20-4-1), 1:30 p ... Read More ...

TYLER -- Kilgore's hopes, dreams and hauntings are still in front of them, but it was nice to stop and smell the roses Saturday afternoon at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium. The Bulldogs defeated Carrollton Ranchview, 4-3, to reach the state tournament for a third consecutive season in the boys' Class 4A Region II championship game. They're once again the best team in a quadrant of th

TYLER -- Kilgore got away 31 shots in Friday's Class 4A Region II semifinal playoff game and put 17 attempts on net in a 6-2 dismantling of Dallas A-Plus Academy that could have been a lot worse at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium. The Bulldogs had four other serious scoring chances in the contest, and both of A-Plus Academy's goals were impossible for goalkeeper Kaleb Jett to defend.

BOYS CLASS 4A Region II At Rose Stadium, Tyler Semifinals Kilgore 6, Dallas A+ Academy 2 Carrollton Ranchview 2, Chapel Hill 0 Region III At A&M Consolidated HS, College Station Semifinals Houston Washington 2, Center 1 (OT) Houston Wheatley 7, Lufkin Hudson 1 — GIRLS CLASS 4A Region II At Rose Stadium, Tyler Semifinals Athens 4, Mabank 2 Terrell 1, Palestine 0 Region III At A&M Cons

BOYS CLASS 4A Region II At Rose Stadium, Tyler Semifinals Kilgore 6, Dallas A+ Academy 2 Carrollton Ranchview 2, Chapel Hill 0 Final Kilgore 4, Carrollton Ranchview 3 Region III At A&M Consolidated HS, College Station Semifinals Houston Washington 2, Center 1 (OT) Houston Wheatley 7, Lufkin Hudson 1 Final Houston Wheatley 6, Houston Washington 2 --- GIRLS CLASS 4A Region II At Rose Sta

BULLARD -- Yonatan Contreras and the rest of the Kilgore Bulldogs waited 51 weeks to get another shot at Palestine and came up huge in a rematch of the 2016 state semifinal round. Contreras scored two goals and added an assist in a 4-2 Class 4A regional quarterfinal victory Tuesday at Bullard Brook Hill's Herrington Stadium. The win snapped a Wildcats' unbeaten streak that stretched back to Jan. 1

BOYS CLASS 5A Region II Lucas Lovejoy 2, Mount Pleasant 1 (OT) CLASS 4A Region II Kilgore 4, Palestine 2 Chapel Hill 2, Pittsburg 0 Region III Center 3, East Chambers 1 Lufkin Hudson 2, Waco La Vega 1 — GIRLS CLASS 4A Region II Athens 4, Kilgore 4 (Athens advances, 3-1, on penalty kicks) Palestine 2, Pleasant Grove 0 Region III Jasper 4, Hamshire-Fannett 1

CLASS 5A Region II Mount Pleasant vs. Lucas Lovejoy, 7 p.m. Tuesday (April 4), Greenville HS CLASS 4A Region II Kilgore vs. Palestine, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday (April 4), Bullard Brook Hill HS Chapel Hill vs. Pittsburg, 7 p.m. Tuesday (April 4), Pirate Stadium, Longview Region III Center vs ... Read More ...