Pacific reaches boys soccer semifinals

Pacific’s boys soccer team has reached the semifinals in the Class 2A-1A state playoffs.The Pirates beat visiting Faith Bible-Life Christian by a 4-3 margin Saturday to advance to Tuesday’s semifinals and a date with top-ranked Grand View Christian Academy.The game will be a rematch of a mid-season contest that was one of just two losses this year for Pacific.The winner of Tuesday’s contest will play for the state title Saturday in the new 2A-1A division. Class 3A was separated out from the two smaller classifications this fall.Grand View Christian beat Southwest Christian 5-0 in its quarterfinal match Saturday.GIRLS SOCCERCLASS 4A: North Bend was eliminated in the quarterfinals Saturday when the Bulldogs fell to host Scappoose 4-1.The Bulldogs had beat host La Grande 4-3 in the opening round with a dramatic comeback from a two-goal deficit in the final five minutes to force overtime.Lauryn Garrigus had a hat trick for the Bulldogs in the win over the Tigers.Scappoose next plays Henley, which blanked Banks 5-0 on Saturday.The other semifinal pits top seed The Dalles against defending state champion and Sky-Em League champion Marist Catholic. The Dalles beat Estacada 3-1 in the quarterfinals while the Spartans shut out Klamath Union 5-0. Marist Catholic beat Molalla 8-0 in its first playoff match.