UIL Soccer Championships - Day 2: Grapevine comeback crumbles on late goal

Day 2 of the UIL state soccer championships kick off on Friday with the Class 5A Division I and Division II boys and girls title games from Birkelbach Field on the campus of Georgetown High School.

Grapevine girls rally, but fall short in 5A DII championship

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Smithson Valley girls score late goal to take 5A D1 title

Spring Branch Smithson Valley and Prosper Walnut Grove girls battled through a scoreless regular time before Alondra Sanchez found the bottom right of goal in the 85th minute of the first overtime period to give Smithson Valley a 1-0 win over the Wildcats in the Class 5A Division I championship game on Friday.

Smithson Valley (29-0-0) kept its record spotless in its first championship game appearance. Walnut Grove (23-4-1) was also making its first trip to a title-game.

Walnut Grove is in its third year of playing soccer and with the loss the Wildcats have just 7 losses and 5 ties in those 3 seasons of play (61-7-5).

The game was closely contested with each team finishing with 10 shots and Smithson Valley having a 6-3 advantage in shots on goal. Sanchez was named the Championship Game MVP.

Walnut Grove boys smother College Station for title

Prosper Walnut Grove got a late goal in the first half and an early goal in the second half as the Wildcats captured back-to-back state championships with a 2-0 win over College Station in the boys Class 5A Division I championship on Friday.

Walnut Grove (31-0-0) has now gone undefeated for the past two seasons after a 26-0-2 slate in 2025. The Wildcats have gone 73-3-7 in their first three seasons of playing soccer.

College Station (16-8-4) never even got a shot off in the match, much less a shot on goal against Walnut Grove goalkeeper Quinn Shelton who gets credit for the clean sheet.

Isaac Marah got things rolling for the Wildcats with a goal in the 33rd minute. Mason Kutch, the Championship Game MVP, made it 2-0 in the 43rd minute which, essentially, put the game on ice.

Pieper gets late goal to stun Wakeland

San Antonio Pieper got a goal from Jack Blische in the 73rd minute as the Warriors shocked Frisco Wakeland 1-0 in the boys Class 5A Division II championship game on Friday.

Wakeland (26-2-1) controlled most of the action throughout, out shooting Pieper (21-2-5) by a 14-4 margin. Warriors’ goalkeeper Nolan Masker was voted as the Championship Game MVP after stopping 10 shots on goal by the Wolverines.

Jackson Blankenship got the assist on the goal by lofting a long cross from the far right side to Blische who was in front of the goal on the left side. The perfect pass was easily punched in by Blische for the game winner.

Wakeland was making its ninth appearance in a championship game and the Wolverines have 5 titles to show for it. It was the first title game for Pieper.

This story was originally published April 10, 2026 at 8:03 PM.