QuickTake:

Creswell’s boys and girls teams are still alive, along with squads from Sheldon, Marist and North Eugene-Triangle Lake. All five teams play Saturday, with semifinal berths on the line.

Five Lane County prep soccer teams are alive heading into the second weekend of state tournament action, and three of them are playing at home Saturday. 

Here’s the roundup:

Girls soccer

6A

With two tournament wins under its belt, Sheldon faces a big challenge in a quarterfinal match 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8: a road game in Portland against top-ranked and undefeated Jesuit. The Irish, the No. 9 seed in the 32-team field, posted a 4-1 win over McMinville in the first round Nov. 1 and then upset No. 8 Westview 2-1 in a road game Tuesday in Portland. Jesuit (16-0-1) has scored 96 goals thus far this season and has given up six. Sheldon (13-2-2) has scored 45 goals and allowed 13. 

After defeating Sandy 1-0 Nov. 1, South Eugene fell 6-0 Tuesday against No. 3 Lincoln in Portland in a second-round match. The Axe end their season with a 9-5-3 record. 

5A

After knocking off West Albany 4-0 in Nov. 4’s first round, No. 1 North Eugene-Triangle Lake is gearing up for a second-round game Saturday against No. 9 La Salle Prep. The Milwaukie school won its first-round game 3-1 over Mountain View and brings a 7-9 record into Saturday’s game. The Highlanders (15-0) have scored 55 goals on the season and allowed three, the best mark in all of 5A. The Falcons have scored 24 and allowed 21, and have won three of their last four games. The match begins at 1 p.m. 

Thurston, the tournament’s No. 7 seed, was upset at home by No. 10 Canby 2-1 in Nov. 4’s first round. The Colts end their season with a 9-4-1 record. 

4A

No. 1 Marist Catholic trounced Pendleton 10-0 in a first-round game Nov. 4 and advances to a Saturday quarterfinal at home against North Marion-St. Paul. The Spartans (14-1-1) haven’t lost since a 2-1 defeat against 5A North Eugene-Triangle Lake Sept. 4. The team has scored 92 goals this season and allowed seven. These two teams met early in the season, in a Sept. 9 match in Eugene, and Marist prevailed, 8-2 — one of three games this season in which the Huskies surrendered eight goals. But the Huskies have posted clean sheets in three of their last four games. The match begins at 1 p.m.

3A/2A/1A

No. 3 Creswell beat Blanchet Catholic 1-0 Tuesday to advance to a noon Saturday quarterfinal match at home against No. 6 Umatilla. The Bulldogs (14-1-2) boast a potent offense — they’ve scored 58 goals this season — but really shine on defense, giving up just six goals, the fewest in the state in 3A/2A/1A ranks.  The undefeated Vikings (12-0-4) pose a challenge, however. They’ve scored 64 goals and allowed 14. The game begins at noon.

Pleasant Hill posted a 1-0 first-round win against Salem Academy but fell Tuesday in a 2-0 decision to Central Linn. The Billies finish their season with a 9-4-3 record.

Boys

6A

Willamette knocked off McNary 2-1 in an overtime first-round thriller Nov. 1, but fell 7-1 to Jesuit in Wednesday’s second round. The Wolverines end their season with an 8-5-4 record.

South Eugene beat Mountainside 3-2 in an overtime first-round game Nov. 1, but lost 2-0 to Beaverton in a second-round road game Wednesday. The Axe end their season with an 11-4-2 record.

5A

Springfield lost a 5-4 slugfest at La Salle Prep in Wednesday’s first round. The Millers finish their season with a 7-5-2 mark.

Churchill was blanked 3-0 at Centennial in a Wednesday first-round game in Gresham. The Lancers end their season with a 6-7-2 record. 

4A

Marist Catholic lost a 3-2 overtime heartbreaker to Tillamook in a Wednesday first-round game. The Spartans end their season with an 8-5-3 record.

Cottage Grove, the No. 15 seed in the 16-team tournament, lost 7-0 to No. 2 The Dalles in a Wednesday first-round road match. The Lions end their season with a 6-7 record.   

3A/2A/1A

No. 5 Creswell travels to No. 4 Dayton Saturday for a 6 p.m. quarterfinal match. The Bulldogs beat Valley Catholic 3-1 Wednesday at home to advance to the quarterfinals. Creswell, 14-2, has an explosive offense — it’s scored 81 goals this season, against 21 allowed. But undefeated Dayton (14-0-1) answers with a stingy defense, allowing just 12 goals this season. 

Siuslaw-Mapleton, the No. 13 seed in the 20-team field, scored three second-half goals to beat North Valley 5-2 in a first-round game Nov. 1. But the Vikings fell 2-0 against Dayton in a second-round game Wednesday to end their season with a 10-5 record.  

Mike McInally is a Pacific Northwest journalist with four decades of experience in Oregon and Montana, including stints as editor of the Corvallis Gazette-Times and the Albany Democrat-Herald.