After a lengthy and highly competitive regular season, the Big Country’s best boys and girls high school soccer squads have reached the postseason and kicked off the 2026 UIL Boys and Girls Soccer Playoffs.
The Big Country’s best soccer squads kicked off postseason play when the bi-district round action began across the Lone Star State last week.
The Abilene area’s top boys and girls soccer teams will kick off the area round of the 2026 Texas high school soccer playoffs Monday and Tuesday, March 23-24, with winners advancing to compete in the regional semifinals Thursday-Saturday, March 26-28.
Here’s a closer look at area round matchups for every Big Country soccer squad competing in the second round of the UIL Boys Soccer Playoffs and UIL Girls Soccer Playoffs:
UIL BOYS SOCCER PLAYOFFS
CLASS 5A DIVISION II
El Paso Hanks 3, Abilene Cooper 2
Complete 5A DII UIL Boys Soccer playoff bracket.
CLASS 4A DIVISION I
Lake Dallas 1, Stephenville 1 (Lake Dallas wins 5-4 on penalty kicks)
Complete 4A DI UIL Boys Soccer playoff bracket.
CLASS 4A DIVISION II
Brownwood 1, Lake Worth 1 (Brownwood wins 5-4 on penalty kicks)
Complete 4A DII UIL Boys Soccer playoff bracket.
UIL GIRLS SOCCER PLAYOFFS
CLASS 5A DIVISION II
Abilene Wylie 2, El Paso Burges 0
Complete 5A DII UIL Girls Soccer playoff bracket.
CLASS 4A DIVISION I
Stephenville 2, Fort Worth Castleberry 0
Complete 4A DI UIL Girls Soccer playoff bracket.
CLASS 4A DIVISION II
Brownwood 2, Benbrook 1
Complete 4A DII UIL Girls Soccer playoff bracket.
This article originally appeared on Abilene Reporter-News: Texas high school soccer: Big Country UIL area playoff schedule, scores
Reporting by Andrew McCulloch, Abilene Reporter-News / Abilene Reporter-News
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