AHSAA soccer playoffs: Gardendale boys upend No. 2 Mountain Brook

Gardendale’s Mikey Pribyl scored the game-winning goal with 8 minutes remaining as the seventh-ranked Rockets upset No. 2 Mountain Brook 3-1 in a boys Class 6A soccer quarterfinal on Thursday. Chris Bean had the assist on Pribyl’s second goal of the match at Mountain Brook.

The wins sends Gardendale (20-3-2) to the Alabama High School Athletic Association state tournament for the first time in boys program history. The Rockets will meet the survivor from the Randolph at Southside-Gadsden contest, set for Friday at 6 p.m., in the AHSAA semifinals in Huntsville.

Pribyl’s game-winner came less than a minute after Mountain Brook (22-4-2) had scored to tie the game at 1-all.

Pribyl scored earlier in the first half and Wyatt Chandler scored on a penalty kick with 4:11 to go for Gardendale’s insurance goal.

Mountain Brook played the entire second half a man down after a player received a second yellow card.

The game was delayed for 90 minutes because of lightning, stopping play with 25:27 to go in the first half.

CLASS 1A/3A

Tuscaloosa Academy 3, Altamont 2

The sixth-ranked Knights slipped past Altamont at home to earn a spot in the semifinals against the winner of the No. 5 Providence Christian vs. No. 4 Houston Academy quarterfinal, which is set for Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Tuscaloosa Academy got 2 goals from sophomore Anton Schmidt and another from senior Simon Mitrev to knock off Altamont.

AHSAA 2025 STATE SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS

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Thursday’s Results

CLASS 1A/3A

Donoho (21-0) 5, Glencoe (9-1) 1

CLASS 4A

St. John Paul II Catholic (17-1-2) 3, Mars Hill Bible (16-2-4) 2

BOYS

CLASS 1A/3A

Susan Moore (18-6-1) 10, Weaver (10-6-1) 0

Tuscaloosa Academy (20-5) 3, Altamont (9-16) 2

CLASS 4A

Mars Hill Bible (16-5-5) 3, West Morgan (14-8-7) 1

CLASS 6A

Gardendale (20-3-2) 3, Mountain Brook (22-4-2) 2