Flower Mound girls blank The Woodlands
BELTON — The Woodlands met its match in the Class 6A state semifinals at Tiger Stadium on Tuesday.
The No. 1-ranked Highlanders saw their season end with a 4-0 loss to No. 2 Flower Mound.
The Jaguars (22-1-2) will play No. 4 Austin Vandegrift (20-3-2) for the state championship at 6 p.m. Friday at Birkelbach Field in Georgetown.
“(Flower Mound) is really good,” The Woodlands coach Dina Graves said. “They just control the midfield, and just being able to keep them at bay enough for you to get forward is difficult. I told the girls sometimes you just get beat by a good team. We’re a good team, too, and that’s just the way it goes.”
The Woodlands (22-2) had won 19 consecutive games and allowed just 13 goals this season. The Highlanders were in the state tournament for the third time in program history, joining the 2009 and 2010 teams.
“You couldn’t have asked for them to do any more than they did,” Graves said. “It’s just the way it goes sometimes. It’s difficult for the seniors, but this group of seniors’ legacy is getting us here, and that helps for the next few years, to really ride on that. The younger kids have that experience to move forward. It’s exciting for them.”
VANDEGRIFT 3 MEMORIAL 0
Memorial saw its season come to a close against Vandegrift in the other Class 6A semifinal at Merrill Green Stadium in Bryan.
The game was scoreless at halftime, but the Vipers collected three unanswered goals in the second period.
Memorial (22-4-2) made its second state semifinals appearance this season and first since 2018 when the program won its lone state championship. The loss to Vandegrift was the first for the Mustangs since Jan. 19.
DRIPPING SPRINGS 1 FRIENDSWOOD 0
Taliyah Copeland scored in the 79th minute to lead Dripping Springs over Friendswood in the Class 5A semifinals at College Station High School.
The victory marked the sixth consecutive shutout for Dripping Springs (26-1-1). Friendswood (24-3-2), meanwhile, had its 21-game winning streak snapped.
Dripping Springs will take on Frisco Wakeland (19-2-3) for the state championship at 2 p.m. Friday at Birkelbach Field. Wakeland defeated Grapevine 3-2 in the other semifinal Tuesday.
Boys
KINGWOOD PARK 5 PHARR VALLEY VIEW 4
Jesus Cervantes collected the game-winning goal with six minutes remaining as Kingwood Park beat Pharr Valley View in the Class 5A semifinals at San Antonio’s Farris Stadium.
Kingwood Park (26-2-2) will play Frisco Wakeland (23-1-1) at 2 p.m. Saturday at Birkelbach Field with a chance to win the program’s first state championship. Wakeland defeated Del Valle 4-2 in the other semifinal Tuesday afternoon.
Kingwood Park will be making its second title game appearance and first since 2010 when it was the state runners-up.
Cervantes scored two goals in the second half and gave the Panthers a 4-3 lead at the 21:36 mark. Valley View (20-2), however, refused to go away and tied the match with 16 minutes remaining.
Kingwood Park standout Gage Guerra had a hat trick in the first half that ended with a 3-3 tie.
The Panthers were 20-0 last season before the coronavirus pandemic canceled high school athletics.
SAN ANTONIO LEE 2 JERSEY VILLAGE 0
Jersey Village saw its historic playoff run come to a close with a loss to San Antonio LEE in the Class 6A semifinals at Birkelbach Field.
The Falcons (17-4-5) became the first team in Cy-Fair ISD history to reach the state semifinals in soccer. The loss snapped an eight-game winning streak for the team.
LEE (28-1) will take on Rockwall Heath (15-8-3) for the state championship at 6 p.m. Saturday at Birkelbach Field. Heath beat Allen 3-1 in penalty kicks in the other semifinal match Tuesday.
BOERNE 2 HUFFMAN HARGRAVE 0
The magical ride for Huffman Hargrave has come to an end.
The Falcons lost to Boerne in the Class 4A semifinals at Columbus High School.
Hargrave (16-8-6) reached the semifinals for the first time since the program started playing soccer in 2016.
Boerne (21-1-1) will play for the state championship at 10 a.m. Saturday at Birkelbach Field.