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South Dakota high school soccer championship pairings set

michael klinski, sioux falls argus leader
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The matchups are set for the South Dakota high school soccer championships after the Class AA semifinals on Tuesday.

In the boys division, No. 4 seed Sioux Falls Lincoln will face No. 6 Rapid City Stevens after the Patriots beat Brandon Valley 3-2 in a semifinal thriller.

In the girls division, No. 1 Harrisburg will face No. 3 Aberdeen Central after the Tigers shut out Roosevelt 3-0 on Tuesday. Aberdeen Central beat Lincoln 6-0.

The boys game will be 11 a.m. Saturday in Tea, with the girls game at 1 p.m.

In Class A boys, St. Thomas More of Rapid City faces No. 1 Sioux Falls Christian at 5 p.m. And in the girls division, West Central plays Tea Area at 7 p.m.

High school soccer semifinal recaps

Boys

Rapid City Stevens 3, O'Gorman 0 -- Luther Busching scored two goals and Ryan Gaughan scored one for the Raiders. Rapid City had 12 shots on goal to O'Gorman's three. The Knights stopped nine shots, and Shawn Bauer had three saves for Rapid City.

Sioux Falls Lincoln 3, Brandon Valley 2 -- Brady Stamp, Rikhav Thakkar and Simon Woods all scored for the Patriots. Woods and Stamp also had an assist. No stats were available for Brandon Valley.

Harrisburg Tigers' goalkeeper, Stella Litzen (1), makes a diving save in the Class AA semifinal game against Sioux Falls Roosevelt on Tuesday night in Harrisburg. Litzen had a shutout performance as the Tigers won 3-0.
Harrisburg Tigers' goalkeeper, Stella Litzen (1), makes a diving save in the Class AA semifinal game against Sioux Falls Roosevelt on Tuesday night in Harrisburg. Litzen had a shutout performance as the Tigers won 3-0.

GIRLS

Harrisburg 3, Sioux Falls Roosevelt 0 -- Hailee Christensen scored two goals and Abby Flanagan one for the Tigers.

Aberdeen Central 6, Lincoln 0 -- Taryn Hettich scored two goals with an assist as the Golden Eagles rolled past the Patriots. Deshani Peters added a goal with an assist, and Abby Witte, Kaylin Poppen and Kamryn Arnesen also scored. Poppen had two assists. Aberdeen had 16 shots on goal.

South Dakota high school soccer championship schedule

Saturday in Tea

  • 11 a.m.: Class AA boys: No. 4 Lincoln vs. No. 6 Rapid City Stevens

  • 1 p.m.: Class AA girls: No. 1 Harrisburg vs. No. 3 Aberdeen Central

  • 5 p.m.: Class A boys: No. 1 Sioux Falls Christian vs. No. 3 St. Thomas More

  • 7 p.m.: Class A girls: No. 1 West Central vs. No. 2 Tea

This article originally appeared on Sioux Falls Argus Leader: South Dakota high school soccer championship games set