JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The state championship quest lives on for five area girls soccer teams.
Five — that’s right, five! — area teams won their state semifinal matches on Friday night to advance to next week’s state championship matches at Spec Martin Stadium in DeLand.
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Bishop Kenny beat visiting Lemon Bay by an 8-0 mercy rule to punch its championship ticket in Class 4A. Two St. Johns County programs are headed down to title games.
Bartram Trail will play for a state title for just the second time in program history after edging previously unbeaten Tampa Plant 2-1 in Class 7A.
Ponte Vedra blanked Land O’Lakes 2-0 in Class 5A to punch its fourth trip to a championship match. The Sharks have won titles in 2010 and ’12.
Bolles stayed alive in its quest for a threepeat, using a pair of second-half goals to bounce host Lakeland Christian 3-0 in Class 3A.
Dynasty St. Johns Country Day, winners of eight consecutive state titles, will try for nine in a row. The Spartans blanked International Community School 4-0 in Class 2A.
Creekside was the area’s only team to come up short in the state semifinal round, falling on the road to Venice 1-0 in Class 6A.
Friday’s results
Class 7A
Bartram Trail 2, Tampa Plant 1
Class 6A
Venice 1, Creekside 0
Class 5A
Ponte Vedra 2, Land O'Lakes 0
Class 4A
Bishop Kenny 8, Lemon Bay 0
Class 3A
Bolles 3, Lakeland Christian 0
Class 2A
St. Johns Country Day 4, International Community 0
State championship schedule
Wednesday, Feb. 26
Class 1A
St. Johns Country Day vs. Shorecrest Prep, 1 p.m.
Class 3A
Bolles vs. Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, 4 p.m.
Class 4A
Bishop Kenny vs. Cardinal Gibbons, 7 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 28
Class 5A
Ponte Vedra vs. Archbishop McCarthy, 1 p.m.
Class 7A
Bartram Trail vs. Cypress Bay, 7 p.m.