Class 4A State Tournament games

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Wednesday April 12

11:00AM 4A Girls Celina (27-0) vs Boerne (26-2-0)

1:30PM 4A Girls Lumberton (21-2-1) vs Stephenville (24-0-1)

4:00PM 4A Boys Palestine (30-1-1) vs Lumberton (22-1-3)

6:30PM 4A Boys San Elizario (24-2-1) vs Hidalgo (22-7-3)

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Well, the best of the best make it to State. Looks like LR Boys will get to take on the #1 team in the state & Class 4A favorite to start things off

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Palestine Wildcats 4A Boys (30-1-1)

Bullard Non-District

W7-1

Athens Non-District

W6-1

Hallsville Non-District

W9-0

Lindale Non-District

W1-0

Pine TreeLongview Non-District

W2-0

Mabank Non-District

W6-0

Lindale Non-District

T0-0

Mexia Non-District

W5-1

Sulphur Springs Tournament

W2-0

Whitehouse Tournament

W3-1

Nolan Catholic Tournament

W7-2

Celina Tournament

W4-0

Granbury Tournament

W5-0

Diboll District

W14-0

Trinity District

W18-0

Madisonville District

W7-0

WestwoodPalestine District

W5-0

HudsonLufkin District

W13-0

6:30pm

Crockett District

W8-0

Jacksonville District

W3-0

Diboll• District

W7-1

Trinity District

W24-0

Madisonville District

W7-2

WestwoodPalestine District

W6-0

HudsonLufkin District

W10-0

Crockett District

W7-0

Jacksonville District

L3-1

Fri, 3/24

SabineGladewater Playoff

W6-2

Tue, 3/28

SSHS Playoff

W3-0

Fri, 3/31

Kilgore Playoff

W3-1

Celina Playoff

W1-0

Sat, 4/8

Jacksonville Playoff

W3-2

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4A Girls State Semi Final

#3 Stephenville vs #2 Lumberton 4/12 1:30pm Georgetown, Tx

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4A Boys State Semi Final

#1 Palestine vs #7 Lumberton 4/12 4:00pm  Georgetown, Tx

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Check out the state championship program for team info, historical stats & more

 

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On 4/8/2023 at 10:34 PM, goldenstick said:

Well, the best of the best make it to State. Looks like LR Boys will get to take on the #1 team in the state & Class 4A favorite to start things off

I like the boys’ odds better than the girls.  Both are underdogs, despite the girls having a higher ranking.  That said, they’ve both made it this far for a reason.  Would love to see them keep going.  

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17 hours ago, goldenstick said:

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Interesting looking through the program, on the boys side, not one State Champion has come from Region III. Lufkin won it in 5a in 2015 but I don’t think they came out of Region  III

 

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Celina 2

Boerne 0  F

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13 minutes ago, PhatMack19 said:

Celina 2

Boerne 0  F

about to go back to back.  Celina lost their second game of the season LAST year 2-1 to a 6A playoff school.  Since then they've gone 55-0-1.  The scariest thing to me is that last year they allowed 21 goals on the season on their way to a state championship, and this year they've allowed 7.

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The playoffs are always kinda fascinating to me in soccer.  It usually doesn't bode well for our region, but it's always interesting to see how some of these teams match against the major hotbeds of dallas and austin.  

Also, I wish I knew more about Wylie East.  Last season they went 17-6-1, finished 3rd in their district, and lost their opening round 5A playoff game.  This year they moved up to 6A, and somehow they're 28-0 and have only given up 5 goals all season.  That defies all logic.  

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Lumberton girls down 1-0 after 10 min.

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2 minutes ago, bullets13 said:

Lumberton girls down 1-0 after 10 min.

Lumberton defender attempted to shield attacker while goalkeeper attempted to come out and make a play & the Stephenville attacker just got a foot on it to knock it in

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Skill-wise, these two teams seem pretty even, but Stephenville is WAAAAY faster, which is not something I expected to say.  They're more physical as well, but that's an area where our region always struggles when they get to state and face Austin and Dallas teams.  

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One handed save by Stephenville keeper with 1 min left before half

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Stephenville keeper just made a massive one handed diving stop on a Lumberton breakaway with a minute left in the half.

 

Stephenville leads 1-0 at the half.

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Stephenville makes it 2-0 in the 1st minute of the 2nd half.

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2-0 Stephenville , turn & strike in right corner  1 min into 2nd half

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Lumberton just cannot make those connection passes they normally have success. A testament to Stephenville speed and defensive positioning 

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3-0 with 8:54 left.  very similar to their first goal where lackadaisical defending got punished by someone who wanted it more sticking a toe in and poking it over the keeper.

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6 minutes ago, bullets13 said:

3-0 with 8:54 left.  very similar to their first goal where lackadaisical defending got punished by someone who wanted it more sticking a toe in and poking it over the keeper.

Stephenville has made their opportunities count. Finishing around the goal will put them In the finals

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phenomenal run for the raiders, and a great few years.  It might be awhile until they're back.  Boudreaux is a very special player, and this has been a special group.  Lumberton graduates a whole lot of seniors.  

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4-0, about to go final.  Our region just doesn't compare to the others around the state.  And I wouldn't be shocked if Celina beats Stephenville by 3 or 4 tomorrow.

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2 minutes ago, goldenstick said:

Stephenville has made their opportunities count. Finishing around the goal will put them In the finals

that's part of it, but they created many more, better chances.  

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Just now, bullets13 said:

that's part of it, but they created many more, better chances.  

10 shots on goal to 1