Thursday's girls' semifinals results

• Stillwater senior midfielder CJ Fredkove lost herself in a crowd of jubilant soccer teammates, jumping up and down to celebrate a 3-2 upset victory of top-ranked Edina in Thursday's Class 3A state tournament semifinal. Throughout Edina's dominant season, the word "no" kept coming up. As in, no losses through 19 games and no goals allowed in the past six games leading up to Thursday's semifinal. Then as their 2-0 halftime lead against Stillwater first deteriorated and then disappeared, the Hornets had no answer. Read more here.

• Centennial senior midfielder Allyson Hamski converted on the Cougars' fifth and deciding penalty kick to win the Class 3A soccer state tournament quarterfinal last week. Her goal Thursday, however, traveled double the distance in a semifinal game with double the stakes. Hamski's rocket shot gave her team a 1-0 lead with 41 seconds remaining in Centennial's battle with third-seeded Rosemount. Read more here.

• Success has been frequent sidekick for Benilde-St. Margaret's girls' soccer. The Red Knights are in the midst of their 13th appearance in the girls' soccer state tournament, with four titles to their credit. But, by their lofty standards, it had been a while since they've approached the pinnacle. Their last championship came in 2016, their most recent state tournament trip in 2018. After they dispatched with Cloquet-Carlton 3-0 in the Class 2A semifinals to advance to Saturday's championship game, the feeling among the Red Knights is that they're back where they should be. Read more here.

• Mahtomedi scored two goals in a five-minute span in the first half to turn a one-goal deficit into a 2-1 lead, and the Zephyrs made that stand up for a victory over Holy Angels and a berth in Saturday's Class 2A state championship game. Read more here.

• A fast start lifted No. 5 seed Breck past No. 1 Holy Family in Class 1A. The two teams combined to score three goals in the first five minutes of the game, but the Mustangs had the early lead and surged on. Read more here.

• Berit Parten scored two goals and stopped a penalty kick to lead the Redhawks. "I've never seen anything like that," coach Bryan Hollaway said. "We really don't have a backup goalkeeper. That was not even a decision made by the coaches. We turn around and (Parten's) grabbing the gloves. It speaks to her intensity." Read more here.

Wednesday's boys' semifinals results

• Mounds View boys' soccer players and coaches could savor the waning seconds of their Class 3A state tournament semifinal victory Wednesday thanks to the fleet feet of junior midfielder Simon Greer, who raced for a 70 yard score with seconds left on the clock for a 2-0 victory. Read the game story here.

• Files on all 10 ranked teams in Class 3A boys' soccer are closed. Rosemount claimed the final victim with a 2-1 upset of Duluth East, the last remaining top-10 team in the final coaches' poll. The Irish advance to face Mounds View, a fellow unseeded team, in Saturday's 10:30 a.m. championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium. Read the game story here.

• In the case of the Orono boys' soccer team, size matters. It certainly did Wednesday. The Spartans used their superior size and accompanying physicality to defeat Willmar 3-1 and advance to Saturday's Class 2A championship games. "We've got a big team," Orono coach Derek Engler said. "I'm the shortest guy on the sideline.". Read the game story here.

• The last time Holy Angels' Aidan Smith had a game similar to what he did Wednesday in the Class 2A semifinals, no one saw it. The senior midfielder put an emphatic stamp on the Stars' 3-2 victory over Mahtomedi in the Class 2A semifinals Wednesday with a hat trick. And this time, it was far from anonymous. Read the game story here.

• Jon Brain broke a scoreless tie in the 49th minute to give No. 1 seed Southwest Christian a 1-0 victory over No. 5 Pine Island/Zumbrota-Mazeppa in the boys' soccer Class 1A semifinals. Read the game story here.

• Ar Ri Shae broke a scoreless tie with 14 minutes left to give No. 3 seed St. Paul Humboldt a 1-0 victory over Rochester Lourdes. Shae scored moments after Eagles goalkeeper Frederick Suhler made a lunging save on a shot heading for the far top corner. "We felt like (a goal) was coming," Hawks head coach John Pucci said. Read the game story here.