AHSAA state soccer: Westminster girls win thriller over Springville, Guntersville boys roll
Class 1A-3A, 4A and 5A soccer semifinals are underway in Huntsville.
Six teams will punch their tickets to the state championship games on Wednesday, with the semifinals to finish up on Thursday with 6A and 7A.
The state finals will begin on Friday.
Keep up with all the action and scores here:
CLASS 5A GIRLS
Westminster Christian 1, Springville 0 (2 OT, Westminster wins (5-4) in PKs)
A matchup between two state champions from last season lived up to the hype.
Last season‘s Class 4A champion Westminster Christian knocked off defending Class 5A state champion and No. 1-ranked Springville in a matchup that was decided by penalty kicks.
The No. 5-ranked Wildcats will face No. 2 St. Michael Catholic in the state championship match on Friday.
After tying 3-3 in the first series of penalty kicks, a save on a Springville attempt was followed by the final penalty kick from Annie Collier finding the back of the net; she had 3 shots on goal in the win for Westminster to lead the team.
Piper Blazier recorded 12 saves at goalkeeper for Westminster Christian as Springville’s Abby Holland held the Wildcats scoreless from her goal as well.
Springville star Rebecca Sierra-Burciaga had a game-high 9 shots and 7 shots on goal.
St. Michael Catholic 4, Indian Springs 1
Class 5A No. 2 St. Michael will play in another state title game with a strong second-half performance to take a win over No. 8 Indian Springs.
The Cardinals will face Westminster Christian for the Class 5A state title game on Friday, setting up a matchup of the last two Class 4A state championship games; Westminster won 3-1 last season.
After the score was tied 1-1 at halftime, the Cardinals went on to score 3 straight to close out the matchup.
Abigail Smeraglia had a hat trick for St. Michael, scoring on a penalty kick in the first half and adding another pair of goals in the second half on assists from Nora Montgomery and Francheska Arellano.
Caroline Callahan had the final goal for St. Michael with 69:16 in the game and led the Cardinals with 7 shots in the victory.
Indian Springs’ Ashna Mehra scored 15:03 into the game and finished with a team-high 5 shots in the loss.
CLASS 5A BOYS
Indian Springs 3, Faith Academy 1
Class 5A No. 2 Indian Springs used three first-half goals to power past No. 8 Faith Academy and into the state title game.
Indian Springs will face No. 1-ranked Guntersville on Friday for the state championship.
An early goal from Alex Hage was followed by others from Tom Freitas and Long Troung to add to a solid first-half showing.
Hage led the team with 3 shots in the win.
Faith Academy’s Asa Gurley had the lone goal for the Rams, while Aiden Morris had 4 shots to lead the team.
Guntersville 5, Boaz 1
Class 5A No. 1 Guntersville won a huge Marshall County showdown with a dominant victory over Boaz on Wednesday.
The Wildcats will face No. 2-ranked Indian Springs on Friday for the 5A title.
Adan Shumate Jr. had a hat trick for Guntersville, scoring 2 of the Wildcats’ 3 first-half goals in the victory; he also scored 58:47 into the game with an assist from Brandon Manganaris.
Guntersville combined for 14 shots to Boaz’s 7, with Shumate leading all players with 4.
Boaz got on the board with a second-half goal from Jonathan Garcia; he led the Pirates with 3 shots.
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