Speed played a big role in the Cross Keys Indians’ offense and defense as they outran the Bradwell Institute Tigers to a 4-0 victory in their first round Class 5A boys’ state soccer matchup at North DeKalb Stadium on Wednesday night.

Cross Keys (12-2-1) needed only 32 seconds to get on the scoreboard as Eduardo Mora moved slightly right across the goal and nailed the lower left corner of the net for the only goal needed in the win.

Jefferson Diaz took advantage of a good defensive play by Bradwell (12-6-1) in deflecting a shot by beating a defender to the ball and quickly kicking across to the right corner to make it 2-0 with 29:33 remaining in the half.

The Indians almost went up 3-0 in the first half, but an offsides call disallowed the goal with 15:42 to play.

While the offense was having success Cross Keys keeper Kevin Reyes had three first half saves, including one with 21 seconds before half as he knocked a corner kick in the air and then punched it out past the Tigers’ offensive players.

Cross Keys was quick to up the lead to 3-0 as a penalty on the Bradwell keeper for diving into the legs of an onrushing Indians’ player set up a penalty kick. Frank Santillano capitalized on the play with a kick past a diving Jedidiah Samuel for the score.

Jaciel Miranda closed out the scoring with 14 minutes to play as a deflected shot by Bradwell keeper Samuel came his way for the opportunity to hit behind the prone keeper to make the final of 4-0.

Cross Keys plays the winner of No. 1 ranked McIntosh (18-0) and Dutchtown (8-8) in a game that would be scheduled for next Wednesday (4/24).

Tucker 6, Coffee 1
The Tucker Tigers earned a second-round home playoff match by knocking off the Coffee Trojans 6-1 in Class 5A boys’ state playoff action at Adams Stadium on Wednesday night.

Mikeal Dawit gave Tucker the early lead on the way to a 5-0 advantage with his goal off a short corner just seven minutes into the first half.

Amanuel Habtu scored twice in the game to go with goals by Joe Crick, Tizazu Jekamo and Abenezer Kebede in the 6-1 win.

Coffee had trouble crossing into the Tucker end of the field most of the night but got a ball over the top with 15 minutes to play to make it 5-1. Tucker added its final goal soon thereafter.

The Tigers (7-9-2) move on to host Northgate (7-9-2) next Wednesday at Adams Stadium with the time to be announced later.

Chamblee 3, Statesboro 0
The Chamblee Bulldogs went on the road in Class 5A boys’ playoff action and brought home the dub with a 3-0 victory over the Statesboro Blue Devils on Wednesday night.

Chamblee (8-9-1) is the Region 4-5A No. 3 seed behind Tucker and Cross Keys now has a Sweet 16 match next week against the winner of Eagle’s Landing and Drew.

Monroe Area 5, Cedar Grove 0
The Cedar Grove Saints dropped a 5-0 decision at Godfrey Stadium to visiting Monroe Area to have their season come to an end on Wednesday in the first round of Class 3A boys’ state playoffs..

Cedar Grove finishes 5-7 on the year and was the No. 2 seed out of Region 5-3A.

The Lady Saints (1-10-1) also wrapped up their season with a Class 3A first round 10-0 loss on the road at Hebron Christian (10-3-0).

DCSD STATE SOCCER PLAYOFF RESULTS
Tuesday, 4/16
CLASS 5A GIRLS
NORTH DEKALB STADIUM
Chamblee (9-6-3) 10, Coffee (7-10-1) 0
AWAY
Tucker (12-7-1) 2, Statesboro (10-7-1) 1
Greenbrier (15-0-0) 10, Arabia Mountain (9-7-0) 0 

Wednesday, 4/17
CLASS 5A BOYS
ADAMS STADIUM
Tucker (7-9-2) 6, Coffee (7-11-1) 1
NORTH DEKALB STADIUM
Cross Keys (12-2-1) 4, Bradwell Institute (12-6-1) 0
AWAY
Chamblee (8-9-1) 3, Statesboro (8-8-3) 0

CLASS 3A BOYS
GODFREY STADIUM
Monroe Area (11-5-1) 5, Cedar Grove (5-7-0) 0

CLASS 3A GIRLS
AWAY
Hebron Christian (10-3-0) 10, Cedar Grove (1-10-1) 0 

DCSD STATE SOCCER PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
Thursday, 4/18
CLASS 4A GIRLS
AWAY
Clarkston (12-6-1) at Northwest Whitfield (13-3-1), 6:00 pm

CLASS 2A GIRLS
AWAY
Towers (5-7-0) at Fellowship Christian (8-3-2), 4:00 pm

Friday, 4/19
CLASS 4A BOYS
HALLFORD STADIUM
Northwest Whitfield (6-7-4) at Clarkston (15-3), 7:00 pm
AWAY
Druid Hills (11-5-1) at Cedartown (10-7-0), 5:30 pm

CLASS 4A GIRLS
Druid Hills (10-5-2) at Southeast Whitfield (10-3-1), 6:00 pm

CLASS 2A BOYS
Towers (6-7-1) at Union County (8-2-3), 6:00 pm

DCSD STATE SOCCER PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
SECOND ROUND
Tuesday, 4/23
CLASS 5A GIRLS
NORTH DEKALB STADIUM
McIntosh (13-3-1) at Chamblee (9-6-3), 6:30 pm
ADAMS STADIUM
Northside-Columbus (11-6-1) at Tucker (12-7-1), 6:00 pm

Wednesday, 4/24
CLASS 5A BOYS
ADAMS STADIUM
Northgate (7-9-2) at Tucker (7-9-2), TBA
AWAY
Cross Keys (12-2-1) at McIntosh (19-0-0), TBA
Chamblee (8-9-1) at Eagle’s Landing (7-2-1), TBA