ROUND ROCK  -- Estarlin Pereira-Celis scored one goal and assisted on another as the Brenham Cubs advanced to the championship game of the Class 4A boys state soccer tournament with a 2-0 win Friday over the Lewisville The Colony Cougars.

With the win, the Cubs (23-2-2) got their 14^th shutout of the season. The Cubs will appear Saturday in their third final in four trips to the tournament. They lost in 2004 and 2001.

The Colony (16-6-4) had no answer for Pereira-Celis, who set up Michael Moore’s third minute score and then finished a solo run in the 20 ^th minute with a left-footed shot.

Friendswood girls come up a game short

ROUND ROCK  -- McKinney Boyd and Wichita Falls Rider will meet in tomorrow’s Class 4A girls soccer final in Round Rock.

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Friendswood’s forward Annalisa Hall reacts after the 3-1 loss to McKinney Boyd on Friday in the state semifinal game in Round Rock.

That’s after Katherine Cox scored twice and assisted another goal as Boyd beat Friendswood, 3-1, in a semifinal today.

Boyd (24-2-1) will face unbeaten Rider squad that rallied past Dripping Springs, 3-2, in today’s other semifinal.

Boyd trailed 1-0 when Cox scored on a penalty kick in the 53^rd minute. Two minutes later, her free kick was redirected into the net by Kelley Monogue. Cox’s second goal was a looping, wind-aided shot from 25 yards in the 59^th minute.

Friendswood (24-2-5) had taken the lead in the 24^th minute on a goal by Candace Campbell before Cox’s scoring penalty kick.

Rider (30-0-1) got second-half goals from Kaly Brasier, Amanda Hulett and Kelsey Hill to erase a 1-0 deficit.

Amy Davis had put Dripping Springs (21-3-2) ahead with a first-half goal. Angela Davis made it 3-2 late with a goal on a 30-yard kick into the wind.