Boys soccer state semifinals: Bolles, Yulee eliminated in South Florida

For the fourth consecutive year, Bolles' boys soccer playoff run ended one step short of the final.

Fort Lauderdale NSU University poured on the goals after halftime, eliminating the Bulldogs 5-0 in Saturday night's Florida High School Athletic Association Class 3A semifinal.

Bolles (11-9-2) held the Sharks off the board through the first water break, but top-ranked University (19-1-1) broke through before halftime and added four more goals after the break. Rafael Guerra scored a hat trick and fellow senior Evan Herman notched two goals.

University advances to a 4:05 p.m. Thursday state final at Spec Martin Stadium in DeLand against Winter Park Trinity Prep.

The Bulldogs lost the 2020 and 2021 state semifinals to Tampa Catholic, and went down in 2022 to Ransom Everglades.

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CLASS 4A

Yulee's historic soccer season came to an end in Miami.

Three first-half goals made the difference as No. 1 Gulliver Prep halted the Hornets 5-0 in the Class 4A semifinal, played on the Belen Jesuit campus.

Franco Garcia-Morillo tallied twice for the Raiders (15-4-2), while Max Henein, Rodrigo Navarro and Tomas Sciarra also found the net. Gulliver Prep will play for the title against Bishop Moore at 7:05 p.m. Thursday.

Yulee (18-3-1) had never before advanced beyond the second round before knocking out Pensacola West Florida, Wakulla and finally Bishop Kenny in Wednesday's regional final.

This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: High school boys soccer 2022-2023: Jacksonville state semifinal recaps