2017 Boys Soccer Playoffs

BOYS CLASS 5A Region II Mount Pleasant 3, Carrollton Creekview 1 Region III Waller 0, Nacogdoches 0 (Waller advances, 4-3, on penalty kicks) CLASS 4A Region II Kilgore 5, Pleasant Grove 2 Palestine 13, Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill 0 Chapel Hill 6, Atlanta 0 Pittsburg 2, Athens 1 Region III Center 2, Gatesville 0 Lufkin Hudson 4, Liberty 2 --- GIRLS CLASS 6A Region II Sachse 2, Tyler Lee 0

LINDALE -- Pittsburg scored two goals in less than a minute and hung on late to defeat Athens in the Class 4A area round Friday at Lindale's Eagle Stadium. Senior captain Cristian Martinez notched an assist at the 33:55 mark of the second half and then scored from more than 20 yards out at the 33:10 mark en route to a 2-1 victory.

CLASS 5A Region II Mount Pleasant 3, Carrollton Creekview 1 Region III Waller 0, Nacogdoches 0 (Waller advances, 4-3, on penalty kicks) CLASS 4A Region II Kilgore 5, Pleasant Grove 2 Palestine 13, Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill 0 Chapel Hill 6, Atlanta 0 Pittsburg 2, Athens 1 Region III Center 2, Gatesville 0 Lufkin Hudson 4, Liberty 2

TYLER -- Credit Waskom for not immediately chalking its season up as a loss when it realized it would face the defending Class 4A state champions in the bi-district round of the state playoffs. It had a game plan for Saturday's all-Wildcats showdown at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium. But Palestine lays it on thick. With perhaps the state's best collective group of ball handlers, once

BOYS CLASS 5A Region II Mount Pleasant 2, Forney 0 Lucas Lovejoy 5, Sulphur Springs 2 Mesquite Poteet 3, Marshall 0 Region III Waco 3, Lindale 1 CLASS 4A Region III East Chambers 4, Diboll 0 Lufkin Hudson 2, Little Cypress-Mauriceville 2 (Hudson advances, 6-4, on penalty kicks) — GIRLS CLASS 6A Region II The Woodlands College Park 1, Longview (College Park advances, 3-0, on penalty kicks)

TYLER -- Kilgore waited about a year for Thursday and did not disappoint the naked eye in its return to the postseason after a heartbreaker in the 2016 state semifinals. The Bulldogs blasted Mineola, 5-0, at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Rose Stadium in the bi-district round of the Class 4A playoffs to start what head coach Austin Hall hopes is a return trip to Georgetown for this season's final

CLASS 6A Region II The Woodlands 3, Tyler Lee 0 The Woodlands College Park 5, Longview 2 CLASS 5A Region II Mount Pleasant 2, Forney 0 Lucas Lovejoy 5, Sulphur Springs 2 Mesquite Poteet 3, Marshall 0 Highland Park 1, Pine Tree 1 (Highland Park advances, 5-3, in penalty kicks) Region III Waco 3, Lindale 1 Nacogdoches 5, College Station 2 CLASS 4A Region II Kilgore 5, Mineola 0 Palestine 7, W