Prep Soccer Playoff Report: St. Paul’s, Holy Cross boys, Destrehan, McGehee girls advance to quarterfinals

Four New Orleans area teams advanced to the state soccer quarterfinals with victories Wednesday.

At Hunter Stadium in Covington, top-seed and four-time defending Division I state champion St. Paul’s fought off a stiff challenge from 16^th-seed Brother Martin 1-0 in a match seen live at CrescentCitySports.com.

At Pan American Stadium, top-seed Holy Cross shutout 17^th-seed Central Lafourche 2-0 in the Division II regional round.

The Tigers scored a goal in each half with Ethan Garvey scoring in the first half while Elijah Rodriguez scored in the second half. The Tigers had beaten the Trojans by the same 2-0 score at Central Lafourche on Dec. 1.

Holy Cross advances to the quarterfinals to take on the winner of this evening’s match pitting ninth-seed Benton at eighth-seed Woodlawn of Baton Rouge.

In girls action, fifth-seed Byrd edged 12^th-seeded Dominican 2-1 at Lee Hedges Stadium in Shreveport.

After a scoreless first half, Madelyn Graham scored both goals for the Yellow Jackets (20-8-3) in the second half to make it 2-0. Kelly Kramer scored for Dominican (15-8-2) late but it was not enough.

Byrd advances to travel to fourth-seed St. Amant in the quarterfinals. The Gators blitzed 13^th-seed Airline 8-0.

In Division II, fifth-seed Destrehan took care of 21^st-seeded Lee High 6-0. The Wildcats (14-7-1) advance to the quarterfinals to travel to fourth-seeded Lakeshore.

In Division IV, 10^th-seed McGehee went on the road and upset seventh-seeded St. Frederick 4-3 in overtime at Monroe. The Hawks (13-3) advance to the quarterfinals to face second-seeded Ascension Episcopal.

Prep Soccer Playoff Results from Wed., Feb. 7

Boys

Division I

#1 St. Paul’s 1, #16 Brother Martin 0

Division II

#1 Holy Cross 2, #17 Central Lafourche 0

Division III

#4 Loyola Prep 6, #13 Erath 0

#3 Teurlings Catholic 3, #14 Leesville 1

Girls

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Division I

#5 Byrd 2, #12 Dominican 1

#4 St. Amant 8, #13 Airline 0

#6 West Monroe 2, #11 Barbe 1

Division II

#5 Destrehan 6, #21 Lee 0

#6 Parkway 4, #11 Neville 1

#2 West Ouachita 3, #18 South Terrebonne 0

Division III

#8 North DeSoto 6, #9 St. Martinville 0

Division IV

#10 McGehee 4, #7 St. Frederick 3

Prep Soccer Playoff Schedule for Thurs., Feb. 8

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Boys

Division I

#9 Dutchtown at #8 Northshore, 7 p.m.

#21 West Jefferson at #5 St. Amant, 6 p.m.

#13 Grace King at #4 Lafayette, 6 p.m.

#11 Acadiana at #6 Captain Shreve, 6 p.m. at Lee Hedges Stadium

#10 Denham Springs at #7 Alexandria, 5 p.m.

#15 Jesuit at #2 Catholic (BR), 3:30 p.m.

Division II

#9 Woodlawn (BR) at #8 Benton, 5 p.m. at Freedom Fields

#21 Carencro at #5 Caddo Magnet, 6:30 p.m. at Messmer Stadium

#18 Live at #2 Beau Chene, 7 p.m. at Donald Gardner Stadium

Division III

#16 St. Michael at #1 E.D. White Catholic, 6 p.m.

#21 Pearl River at #5 St. Louis Catholic, 4 p.m.

#11 DeRidder at #6 Vandebilt Catholic, 5 p.m.

#23 Haynes at #7 Holy Savior Menard, 4:30 p.m.

#10 Archbishop Hannan at #2 University, 6 p.m.

Division IV

#9 Glenmora at #8 St. Frederick, 6 p.m.

#11 Country Day at #6 Catholic (NI), 6 p.m.