Day 3 of the UIL state soccer championships continue on Saturday with the Class 6A Division I and Division II boys and girls title games from Birkelbach Field on the campus of Georgetown High School.

Keller girls can’t hold off Round Rock

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Klein Cain repeats as 6A DI champion

Noah Ballard converted a free kick from a penalty in the 75th minute and that’s all that Klein Cain needed as the Hurricanes repeated as Class 6A Division I champions with a 1-0 win over Humble Atascocita on Saturday.

Ballard, the Championship Game MVP, blasted a shot over the wall from 26 yards near the middle of the pitch to the top right for Cain (19-3-5). Nick Quiroz set up the free kick by getting a red card for a serious foul.

The match was very physical as 15 fouls were called on each team. Donato Farina record the clean sheet in goal for Cain, recording 3 saves on 6 shots by the Eagles.

Atascocita (20-6-3) was making its first trip to a state title game.

Heartbreak for Forney; Kingwood scores late, wins in SO

Forney scored an early goal and made it stand up until the final 47 seconds when Kingwood tied it up. After a scoreless overtime, the Mustangs prevailed in a shootout 2-1 with a 4-2 advantage in penalty kicks in the Class 6A Division II girls state championship game on Saturday.

Forney, which defeated Southlake Carroll in the state semis, was making its first championship game appearance after reaching the state semifinals last season.

Kalani Brundage slipped a slick pass over to Addison Smith who beat the Kingwood keeper with a low shot to the left side to give Forney a 1-0 lead in the 8th minute. From that point Jackrabbits’ goalkeeper Cinnamon Hurst and the Forney defense was able to fend off 7 shots, 5 on goal, until the final minute of the match.

A long, 40-yard desperation centering attempt was broken up by Hurst 10 yards in front of the goal. Hurst collided with the Mustang player the pass was intended for, allowing a rebound out to Tyler Weaver who hit the open net from 13 yards away.

After a scoreless overtime, Forney hit its first 2 penalty kicks, but couldn’t convert on anymore. Weaver, the Championship Game MVP, was true on Kingwood’s fifth try to seal the 4-2 advantage in the shootout.

Kingwood has been to 5 championship games now with the last coming in 2002. It was the third state title for the Mustangs (1995, 1999, 2026) who have reached the state semifinal round 10 times.

College Park takes 6A DII title in shootout

The Woodlands College Park and Houston Summer Creek were both making their first trip to a state championship game. And the two got every bit of the experience it could offer.

The Class 6A Division II state championship match had to be decided in a shootout after a 1-1 tie through regulation and overtime. A miss in the fourth round of penalty kicks by Summer Creek opened the door for the Cavaliers to take a 2-1 win with a 5-3 advantage in penalties on Saturday night.

Summer Creek (21-3-6) got on the board first in the 36th minute when Cristian Triana scored off an assist from Javier Barahona. In the second half, College Park (19-3-3) got the equalizer in the 49th minute on a Nolan Eisler feed of Salem Sharif who found the back of the net.

College Park scored on each of its first four penalty kicks in the shootout before a miss by the Bulldogs gave Lincoln Wilson a chance to win it. Wilson went to the left side as the Summer Creek keeper dove right to start the celebration for the Cavaliers.