Lee’s Summit, Platte County, Guadalupe Centers soar into Missouri soccer state finals

The Lee’s Summit, Platte County and Guadalupe Centers boys high school soccer teams will play for state championships in their respective Missouri classifications Saturday at the World Wide Technology Soccer Park in Fenton.

Lee’s Summit remained undefeated at 22-0 with its 1-0 overtime victory over Lee’s Summit West on Friday. The Tigers will plays DeSmet, a 2-1 winner Friday over Lindbergh, for the Class 4 crown Saturday at 6:30 p.m.

Platte County beat Neosho with Neosho Christian 3-0 in Friday’s Class 3 semifinals to advance to the Class 3 title game. Platte County improved to 26-1 and will face Rockwood Summit (28-0-1), a 2-1 winner over Webster Groves in Friday’s other Class 3 semifinal, in Saturday’s championship match at 3:30 p.m. Junior Joey Habel, senior Grant Allen (header) and freshman Aaron Cordova scored Friday for the Pirates, who led 2-0 at halftime.

Guadalupe Centers (21-2) also posted a 3-0 win to advance. The Aztecs will play Priory, a 1-0 Friday winner over John Burroughs on penalty kicks, for the Class 2 state title at 1 p.m. Saturday.

In other earlier matches Friday, Principia (beat Father Tolton Regional Catholic) and St. Paul Lutheran of Concordia (beat Greenwood) advanced to the Class 1 championship game, which will be contested at 11 a.m. Saturday.

This story was originally published November 22, 2019 at 3:02 PM.