The Palmetto Cup, hosted by Brookland-Cayce HS, has four openings left for the 2010 tournament. The tournament field is posted above.
Tournament Guidelines
Dates: April 7-10, 2010 (Each team will play four games with the championship game being a fifth match for those two teams)
Entry Fee: $375 (Due February 1, 2010)
T-Shirts: Each team participating, must purchase a minimum of 18 t-shirts at a cost of $12 each. (Due on April 7, 2010 / Sizes must be sent by March 1)
If you are interested, please contact coach Kevin Heise at kheise@lex2.org
We still have four openings remaining in the 2010 Palmetto Cup. We are in discussions with a couple of Canadian teams, but would like to complete the tourney field by mid-October. If your are available and interested to play, please contact coach Kevin Heise at kheise@lex2.org
The Palmetto Cup will be played April 7-10, 2010 in Cayce/West Columbia, SC. There are four openings remaining in the 16-team tournament. Teams committed for the Palmetto Cup include:
Bishop England Brookland-Cayce Cardinal Newman Chapin Christ Church Farragut (TN) Fort Mill Norman North (OK) Northwestern Pinewood Prep Walhalla Wando
If your team is interested in competing, please contact coach Kevin Heise at kheise@lex2.org
The 2010 Palmetto Cup will feature a 12-team tournament played primarily at The Cage on the campus of Brookland-Cayce High School. The dates of this 18th annual spring tourney are April 7-10. This season's tourney features five defending State Champions, one State Finalist, four Semifinalists, and two Quarterfinalists. Should be another great event in Cayce, S.C.
5A Norman North-OK (#3, 14-2-0, Quarterfinals; NSCAA National Rankings: Also Receiving Votes; NSCAA Region 4 #5)
4A Fort Mill (#3, 18-6-1, Semifinals) Northwestern (#1, 24-0-0, State Champions, NSCAA & ESPN National Champions; NSCAA Region 1 #1) Wando (#4, 21-5-1, Semifinals)
3A Brookland-Cayce (#7, 15-9-2, Quarterfinals) Chapin (#4, 15-8-1, Semifinals) Farragut-TN (#1, 22-2-2, State Champions; NSCAA National Ranking #6; NSCAA Region 1 #2)
2A Bishop England (#1, 22-3-0, State Champions; NSCAA National Ranking Also Receiving Votes; NSCAA Region 1 #7) Walhalla (#4, 14-11-0, Semifinals)
1A Christ Church (#1, 17-8-0, State Champions)
SCISA Cardinal Newman (#2, 19-4-1, Finals) Pinewood Prep (#1, 21-3-1, State Champions; NSCAA Region 1 #8)
Group A - Bishop England, Brookland-Cayce, Cardinal Newman, Christ Church Group B - Chapin, Fort Mill, Walhalla, Wando Group C - Farragut (TN), Norman North (OK), Northwestern, Pinewood Prep
Wednesday, April 7 10:00 am - Walhalla vs. Wando 12:00 pm - Northwestern vs. Pinewood Prep 2:00 pm - Chapin vs. Fort Mill 4:00 pm - Brookland-Cayce vs. Cardinal Newman 6:00 pm - Bishop England vs. Christ Church 8:00 pm - Farragut (TN) vs. Norman North (OK)
Thursday, April 8 10:00 am - Cardinal Newman vs. Bishop England 12:00 pm - Pinewood Prep vs. Farragut (TN) 2:00 pm - Fort Mill vs. Walhalla 4:00 pm - Norman North (OK) vs. Northwestern 6:00 pm - Wando vs. Chapin 8:00 pm - Christ Church vs. Brookland-Cayce
Friday, April 9 10:00 am - Chapin vs. Walhalla 12:00 pm - Norman North (OK) vs. Pinewood Prep 2:00 pm - Fort Mill vs. Wando 4:00 pm - Northwestern vs. Farragut (TN) 6:00 pm - Bishop England vs. Brookland-Cayce 8:00 pm - Cardinal Newman vs. Christ Church
Saturday, April 10 8:30 am - SEMIFINALS - #1 vs. #4 (or ***) 9:00 am - Placement Match with Farragut vs. TBA @ Granby Grounds (if FHS does not reach Semifinals) 10:30 am - SEMIFINALS - #2 vs. #3 12:30 pm - 11th Place - #11 vs. #12 2:00 pm - 9th Place - #9 vs. #10 3:30 pm - 7th Place - #7 vs. #8 5:00 pm - 5th Place - #5 vs. #6 6:45 pm - Championship - Semifinals Winners
All matches will be played at The Cage on the campus of BCHS, weather permitting. All matches in group play during the tournament will be SCHSL regulation length (80 minutes). However, only Semifinals and Championship matches on Saturday will observe the 80 minute regulation time plus two five-minute overtime periods and penalty kicks if necessary. The Saturday 5th-11th Place matches will consist of two 30-minute halves and no overtime periods.
*** Should Farragut-TN reach the Semifinals, then the Admirals' opponent in the Semifinals will play in the Championship because FHS has to return to Knoxville for their school prom that night. Farragut, should they qualify for the Semifinals, will automatically play in the 8:30 a.m., Saturday contest.
Point System 6 points = Win 3 points = Tie 0 points = Loss 1 point for Goal up to 3 Maximum 1 point for Shutout -2 points for Red Card -10 points for Forfeit
The picture below is the billboard display that will be advertised around the Midlands the next month.
The 18th Annual Palmetto Cup, hosted by Brookland-Cayce High School, is just 3 1/2 weeks away. Listed below are the current rankings, records, and the preseason tournament of the 12 teams competing in this year's event.
Class 4A #2 Wando, 5-0-0, Carolina Soccer Classic Champions #3 Northwestern, 4-1-0, Lake Murray Challenge Finalists #4 Fort Mill, 4-0-1, Lake Murray Challenge
Class 3A #4 Chapin, 1-1-1, Lake Murray Challenge #6 Brookland-Cayce, 5-1-1, Carolina Soccer Classic Finalists
Pretty awesome group with Farragut, Norman North, and Northwestern. Should be interesting to see how these teams do against each other. I'm pretty excited and can't wait to see what happens. Good luck to all teams..
btw, Farragut is 1-0 right now, with a 5-0 win on Tuesday... season just started this week. They play again tonight.
Quote: How do the semi's work if Farragut is the 1st seed on Saturday morning?
It is listed above.
*** Should Farragut-TN reach the Semifinals, then the Admirals' opponent in the Semifinals will play in the Championship because FHS has to return to Knoxville for their school prom that night. Farragut, should they qualify for the Semifinals, will automatically play in the 8:30 a.m., Saturday contest.
Digital Board at the intersection of Blossom Street and South Huger Street as you enter the USC campus just across the Congaree River Bridge connecting Cayce and Columbia.
Quote: Farragut's top two keepers, Steven Matlock and Lee Van Dyne, are both sidelined with broken fingers but should be back for the April 7-10 Palmetto Cup in Columbia, S.C. All-state midfielder Nick Peterson could also return from an ankle sprain late in the Palmetto Cup.
Prep Soccer Preview Knoxville News-Sentinel 1. Farragut (23-2-2): Best in PrepXtra, best in Class AAA, best in Tennessee overall … again? The talent-laden Admirals return 10 starters from last year’s state Class AAA champions and are prohibitive favorites to repeat. Farragut’s seniors have an opportunity to win an impressive third state championship in four years. Ryan Stinton (midfielder), Nick Muth (defender), Steven Matlock (goalie) and Carlos Ramos (midfielder) are cornerstones of a sterling senior class for coach Wallie Culbreth.
As my dad use to say...."why buy the cow, if the milk is free"
LOL, I have heard and used that one before! There will be a limited number of programs on sale at the tourney. Each team will receive their allotment and if we run into a situation where we need more printed "on the fly", then our supplier has assured us that they can do so. Just trying to keep some costs down in these economic times .
Wednesday, April 7 Brookland-Cayce High School The Cage @ Cayce, SC
FT, Walhalla 0-7 Wando Halftime: WAL 0-3 WAN. Goals: (WAN) Dustin Bailey 4', Christian Jablonski 15', Brandon Burkholder 38', Trent Rieflin 41', Burkholder 46', Eric Fornell 62', Fornell 66'. Assists: (WAN) Eric Clark; Brock King; Burkholder. Shots: WAL 9-26 WAN. Saves: (WAL) 12; (WAN) Teddy Well 3, Hunter Greer 4. Corner Kicks: WAL 0; WAN 4. Offsides: WAL 0; WAN 1. Fouls: WAL 15; WAN 9. Cautions: none. Ejections: none. Officials: (R) Barry Lee; (AR) Jason Kent; (AR) Marion Shull. Weather: 74 Degrees; Partly Cloudy. Records: WAL (6-6); WAN (11-0).
Match Notes: It is a beautiful day at The Cage with blue skies and plenty of swirling clouds and mild temperatures this morning ... The PUBLIX tents are at each team's bench and midfield for the trainers and officials, while another one sits at the east end of the stadium where FATZ Cafe will be feeding our tournament volunteers and workers ... Walhalla is wearing the purple-black-black kit while Wando dons the white-white-black strip ... Both teams drove to Cayce this morning - Walhalla is staying three nights at the Riverside Inn in Cayce and Wando is commuting back to Mount Pleasant this afternoon ... HE TAKES PICTURES is on hand and reeled off more than 300 pictures in the first half ... Brandon Burkholder and Eric Fornell of Wando have a brace (two goals) today ... Eric Alsop of Limestone College is in attendance.
Wednesday, April 7 Brookland-Cayce High School The Cage @ Cayce, SC
FT, Northwestern 3-0 Pinewood Prep Halftime: N 2-0 PP. Goals: (N) Ricardo Garbanzo 2'; Ryan Foster 26', Dennis Moore 51'. Assists: (N) Foster, Dennis Moore, Alex Martinez. Saves: (N) Sam Faris 3, Tyler Gross 0; (PP) Robert Beebe 9, Ryan Moore 0. Corner Kicks: N 2-1 PP. Offsides: N 1-1 PP. Fouls: N 14-10 PP. Cautions: (PP) Justin White 30'; (PP) Taylor Katsanis 53'; (NN) Alex Martinez 54'; (PP) Blaise Rashtchian 73'. Ejections: none. Officials: (R) Jason Kent; (AR) Barry Lee; (AR) Marion Shull. Weather: 79 Degrees; Partly Cloudy. Records: N (12-1); PP (10-6).
Match notes: Mid-day here at The Cage and Northwestern is dressed in an all white strip and Pinewood Prep is wearing a navy-white-navy kit ... The pitch is green and with the wide array of colored boots (green, red, yellow, white, etc.) on the pitch it looks like a bag of skittles was spilled ... The wind has picked up from the west and it is blowing directly into the press box as this facility sits on an east-west plane (most - well planned facilities - are generally north-south to prevent the sun rising/setting in those directions) ... Lots of photographers on hand roaming the touchlines and I believe most have visited the FATZ Cafe tent for a delicious box lunch (chicken wrap, salad, chips, sweet tea) ... The Cage's camera tower has national flags of Brookland-Cayce's players representing Honduras, Mexico, Sweden, and the United States.
Wednesday, April 7 Brookland-Cayce High School The Cage @ Cayce, SC
FT, Bishop England 2-2 Christ Church Halftime: BE 2-2 CC. Goals: (BE) Ruslan Olbrych 24; (CC) Robert DiBenedetto 30'; (BE) Brett Partridge 32'; (CC) Josh Shaw 49'. Assists: (BE) Shaw. Shots: BE 15-10 CC. Saves: (BE) Ross Rodgers 0, Brandon Costa 4; (CC) Christopher Woody 5. Corner Kicks: BE 3-3 CC. Offsides: BE 0-3 CC. Fouls: BE 14-7 CC. Cautions: (BE) Grayson Puckett 49'; (BE) Partridge 50'. Ejections: none. Officials: (R) Stan Smith; (AR) Alan Correa; (AR) John Tanverdi. Weather: 85 Degrees; Hazy - Partly Cloudy. Records: BE (7-3-3); CC (7-2-1).
HELLLLO BOYS (and girls) IMMMMMMMMMMM BACCCCCKKKKK!!!
Stepping off the plane from watching ManU get sent out by the Germans of Bayern Munich I've returned for the greatest season in the world...the South Carolina High School Soccer Season and what better place to make an appearance than the 2010 Palmetto Cup!
Tonights "night cap" (fancy those on Friday and Saturday nights a-thank-you) features the Admirals of Farragut (ranked #1 in Tennesee 3A, 4 ESPN Rise, and 5 NSCAA) vs The Timberwolves of Norman North (ranked #3 in Oklahoma, great place to take your Native American friends if I might add, 6A, 6 ESPN Rise, 6 NSCAA).
Only one injury to report as Farragut coach Wally Culbreath has apparently gracefully tripped over a soccer ball and had to be stretchered off by the athletic training staff at The Cage. It's a beautiful night here in the mid-state of South Carolina, a champion for state's rights!
As they call for captains at midfield I think I saw the illustrious governor of South Carolina Mark Sanford stop by and then leave with lady wearing a Lionel Messi jersey...I didn't know he had Spanish speaking relatives...intriguing to say the least.
I apologize for for the informality from this point on but since I don't know the players by name, like I tell my wife, I'll do my best as always.
Might I add that if you're feeling good about yourself come up to the pressbox at The Cage. The guys in the box will bring you back down to life. They are currently ripping my English accent and my pronunciation of the word "mum".
Action starts out hot and heavy as Farragut wins and early free-kick in the attacking third and it is headed away for a corner followed by a foul by the Admirals.
Farragut has started early, perhaps in mourning of their injured coach. They certainly have come in to the tournament hot, beating the crap out of everyone they've played. 4 fouls early have delayed the action.
Lame mid-field action and a heavy and quick whistle have really dulled play here. 6 minutes in there is not much to report...Norman North is making a push into the final third at the moment though.
I can hear Wally Culbreath screaming from the pressbox. He really wants to do well this week...who doesn't? This tournament is amazing. Norman North nets a corner but nothing comes of it.
Norman getting off their private airplane and maintaining some possession. Must be hard being practically sponsored by America's vice (beer)...both teams seem very similar: physical, powerful, talented but no one stands out as being very dynamic.
While there's a lull in the action let me take the time to congratulate Chelsea FC on an outstanding weekend last weekend. Way to smack the Red Devils and knock them down a few pegs!
Farragut has a line of players stretching back to the Tennessee River. 5 players subbing at a time for the Admirals. Still a very blase' midfield battle at the moment. Farragut is back on the pressure - 15 minutes played!
Farragut had probably the best chance of the game but nothing came of the service from the endline and Norman escapes unscathed. Farragut is back on the pressure...surely it's mounting to a goal at some point?
An injury has stopped play for a brief moment and play has resumed with a goalkick...I must say, as far as goal chances I've been more bored here than I was waiting in line for my free health care services adored now by you Americans...good luck with that BTW
These two nationally ranked teams have produced a nationally ranked snoozer in the first 24 minutes of action. As of right now I wish I was back across the pond eating a batch of mum's famous fish and chips! The standards must have been set too high by last years 4A State Final/National Title Final between Northwestern and Irmo...now those guys can play!
Just got a text from my wife saying that Tiger Woods' is down at the Master's...I've canceled her phone plan pending further investigation into this obviously private matter.
In other business, we just had our first shot of the game...a screaming back side cross that barely missed the post from Farragut on minute 30!
By my estimation the best player on the field right now is Ryan Stinton for Farragut, a tall and crafty central midfielder who has displayed nice skill and control.
Both coaches seem to be on pins and needles and really want this game. He Takes Pictures has made his way to the pressbox. Now this guy is a handsome gentleman.
10-9 on fouls with Farragut hacking more than Norman by the slightest of margins. Both teams will be taking no crap from anyone here in the the Westsiddddddddde of Columbia.
This Counting Crows is driving me absolutely MAAAADDDD! Is it too much to ask for some Coldplay or Muse? Absolutely fantastic bands from the greatest country on the planet (944 years and running to be exact!) Puny Americans
South Carolina should change it's name to the Pollen State...I can hardly breath. Wouldn't you know it? A couple of free kicks to start off action....Farragut has lumped it into the box. Good tackles by Norman to clear the ball.
I find it hard to believe a center official named "Correa" - pronounced like it sounds - would disallow a little North vs South action...38th Parallel anyone?
Line change for Farragut. Take-em off and bring em on coach as we have another goal kick. Defenses and midfields have certainly been tested and both keepers have kept their boxes tidy.
Both teams certainly do hit hard though. I haven't seen hits like this since before Lennon was tragically ended.
Both teams unquestionable have a high work rate and defensively each are SOLID. Unfortunately this has led to a boring night at the cage. Entering the 60th minute of action we are still scoreless.
Now the game's opened up as Norman comes right back down and forces a great save from the Farragut keeper! Corner was taken and another shot is saved as Farragut is having "Hey-I-Scored-A-Goal" hangover.
With 15 minutes to play the score is Farragut 1, Norman North 0. Think you got a good squad? Come to the Palmetto Cup.
By the way, while I look across the field I see that the Admirals have brought my boy Blue from the movie Old School, affectionately known as Captain Ahab!
We have a 6-2 count on shots in favor of Farragut. Norman will have to push in this last 10 if they want to get something out of this game and the tournament in general. I'd hate to be a coach who travels all this way to get wrecked.
With 7 minutes and whatever time the center official decides to add on, the score is still 1-0 in favor of Farragut and they look to put Norman North to the proverbial sword here in a few.
MORE FOULS and Norman is awarded a free kick. A tie would set this bracket off.
A goal bound effort is snuffed out by Farragut's keeper. Well played by the young lad but it was too far out to trouble him legitimately. He saw it the whole way.
More poker cards being displayed as Norman North has been issued another card! The third of the match..it's been a rough and tumble affair here in the 77th minute
Confident goalkeeping for Farragut. He has been called upon few times in efforts on goal but has controlled his 18 to perfection and has never looked troubled. Entering the final minute of play...more fouls. Correa will be taking more heat than Kim Jong Ill in a few seconds.
An injury and another yellow card for Norman North has prolonged this affair. Time for a good pint at a local pub if you ask me. Any takers?
In the meantime...a clown in the pressbox is continuing his use of "I LIKE MUSTACHES" I have no idea what that even means. I think he's a bit mental. Aren't they all?
That is the final whistle as Farragut gains the 8 points!!!!
That is all from The Cage tonight ladies and gentlemen! I might be around for a match or two tomorrow...maybe not. Let's see how the nightlife in Columbia treats me.
Thursday, April 8 Schedule 10 am, Cardinal Newman (9-3) vs. Bishop England (7-3-3) 12 pm, Pinewood Prep (10-6) vs. Farragut-TN (6-0) 2 pm, Fort Mill (10-2) vs. Walhalla (6-6) 4 pm, Norman North-OK (4-2) vs. Northwestern (12-1) 6 pm, Wando (11-0) vs. Chapin (7-3) 8 pm, Christ Church (7-2-1) vs. Brookland-Cayce (11-2-1)
$15 Tournament Pass $12 2010 Palmetto Cup T-Shirt $5 Individual Match $5 Souvenir Program *** Concession stand is open
Wednesday, April 7 Brookland-Cayce High School The Cage @ Cayce, SC
FT, Farragut (Knoxville TN) 1-0 North (Norman OK) Halftime: F 0-0 NN. Goals: (F) Sam Eddy 62'. Assists: (F) Cody Newby. Shots: F 8-3 NN. Saves: (F) Steven Matlock 2; (NN) Nick Nance 2. Corner Kicks: F 1; NN 3. Offsides: F 0; NN 0. Fouls: F 19; NN 17. Cautions: (NN) Trevor Laffoon (66'), Taylor McAuley (70'), J.T. Harrison (77'), Kyle Allen (80+'). Ejections: none. Officials: (R) Alan Correa; (AR) Kenneth Ayers; (AR) John Tanverde. Weather: 78 Degrees; Partly Cloudy, Hazy. Records: F (6-0); NN (4-2).
Well, now that you mention it ... we have a strong contingent of staffers in the Press Box. So we have enough time to give the idea of a webcam a shot. Stay tuned ... Dave
Quote: Well, now that you mention it ... we have a strong contingent of staffers in the Press Box. So we have enough time to give the idea of a webcam a shot. Stay tuned ... Dave
Thursday, April 8 Brookland-Cayce High School The Cage @ Cayce, SC
FT Cardinal Newman 1-3 Bishop England Halftime: CN 0-2 BE. Goals: (CN) Nick O'Rourke 42', (BE) Ruslan Olbrych 24', 56'; Michael Masciale 28'. Assists: (CN) Jonathan Cleary, (BE) Brian Byrne, Winslow Carroll. Shots: CN 12-14 BE. Saves: (CN) Timmy Cunningham 7; (BE) Brandon Costas 4, Ross Rodgers 2. Corner Kicks: CN 1; BE 3. Offsides: CN 2; BE 5. Fouls: CN 14; BE 16. Cautions: (CN) Nick O'Rourke (16'), (BE) Costa (14'). Ejections: none. Officials: (R) Marion Shull; (AR) John Mower; (AR) Jeremy Mikell. Weather: 82 Degrees; Partly Cloudy. Records: CN (9-4-0); BE (8-3-3).
(Note: We have only a mobile broadband connection, so we don't know what quality you will find. We hope to continue this tradition, and perhaps add match day audio for select matches if this works out! You will likely be required to make an free account on ustream.tv to watch).
Well when I get off my boy Tug Jobbers boat(Had some BABGs on Deck Ya feel me) imma head down 26 and bust up in that Junt and be like Give me Keys Give me Cheese Give Me the Mac 10 Let me see Whats Happenin.
I've been out on the lake all week...think I saw some of the players for Chapin out there yesterday. Amazing how my smart phone works out here on the water...ahhh 2010. I love you. T-pain enjoyed the spirits on Saturday night!
Thursday, April 8 Brookland-Cayce High School The Cage @ Cayce, SC
HT, Fort Mill 3-0 Walhalla Halftime: FM 3-0 W. Goals: (FM) Jack Gantzer 11'; (FM) Kevin Fielden 14'; Sergio Hertado 39'. Assists: (FM) JT Mula, Jordan Keaton. Shots: FM 8-1 W. Saves: (FM) Tanner Landvik-Larsen 1; (W) Graham Metalik 3. Corner Kicks: FM 0-1 W. Offsides: FM 0-0 W. Fouls: FM 5-3 W. Cautions: none. Ejections: none. Officials: (R) Joe Balazs; (AR) James Day; (AR) Barry Lee. Weather: 79 Degrees; Partly Cloudy. Records: FM (10-2); w (6-6).
Why wasn't this on during the Farragut game! man. I really could have used something to do while in class today. Oh well, maybe tomorrow? You all really do this tourney well.
Curious as to what you guys think of Farragut and how they compare to the South Carolina teams? I am sure quite a lot of people here in East TN are wondering the same. Size? Depth? Skill?
thanks guys for the bit of analysis. I wish Farragut could get some home games against out of state teams. They did in '07, played Harrison High School from Georgia, I believe they went on to win state that year, as did Farragut. Harrison looked huge in size comparison, but Farragut jumped out to a 2-0 lead. They finished tied 2-2, but I enjoy seeing teams from different states. It's just something different. Can only see the same schools so many times before it's not interesting anymore. Especially when some of them don't really compete. anyways... oh I also shall accept those friendships... now if only I could change my name?
I'll be watching/listening the rest of the day guys. again you guys do this thing really well. Been impressed ever since Farragut has been in it.
Thursday, April 8 Brookland-Cayce High School The Cage @ Cayce, SC
FT, Norman North-OK 2-7 Northwestern Halftime: NN 0-2 N. Goals: (N) Dennis Moore 14'; (N) Ricardo Garbanzo 35'; (N) Ryan Foster 46'; (NN) Taylor McAuley 53'; (N) Garbanzo 54'; (NN) McAuley 55'; (N) Jeremy Dobbins 56'; (N) Garbanzo 59'; (N) Kevin Ray 77'. Assists: (N) Garbanzo, Alexis Martinez, Moore; (NN) Cole Adkins, Matt Ward. Shots: NN 7-13 N. Saves: (NN) 4 - Nick Nance 3, Jordan Moxley 1; (N) 2 - Sam Faris 1, Tyler Gross 1. Corner Kicks: NN 3-2 N. Offsides: NN 1-0 N. Fouls: NN 14-11 N. Cautions: (N) Martinez 7'; (NN) JT Harrison 7'; (NN) Adkins 30'. Ejections: (NN) Will Smith 44'. Officials: (R) Barry Lee; (AR) Kenneth Ayers; (AR) Joe Balasz. Weather: 73 Degrees, Cloudy. Records: NN (4-3); N (13-1).
Thursday, April 8 Brookland-Cayce High School The Cage @ Cayce, SC
Wando 0-0 Chapin Halftime: W 0-0 C. Goals: none. Assists: none. Shots: W 0-0 C. Saves: W; C. Corner Kicks: W ?-? C. Offsides: W ?-? C. Fouls: W ?-? C. Cautions: none. Ejections: none. Officials: (R) Rob Mann; (AR) Kenneth Ayers; (AR) Alan Schechtman. Weather: 71 Degrees, Breezy. Records: W (11-0); C (7-3).
NHS/Norman North was a pretty entertaining match. First, the NN player flicking off the NHS player right in front of the ref was pretty entertaining, don't know how the ref missed that one. There were a couple of monster goals, a whole lot of banter, and some physical play. The best part was Ricky Garbonzo's free kick, about 25 out I would say. A fan in the crowd yells for him to dip it and Ricky turns around and says "you want me to dip it?" Sure enough he does, goal NHS. I would put it in my top 5 high school goals.
Caught first half of Chapin/Wando. Felt Chapin had better run of play. Didn't see anything from 2nd.
Quote: NHS/Norman North was a pretty entertaining match. First, the NN player flicking off the NHS player right in front of the ref was pretty entertaining, don't know how the ref missed that one. There were a couple of monster goals, a whole lot of banter, and some physical play. The best part was Ricky Garbonzo's free kick, about 25 out I would say. A fan in the crowd yells for him to dip it and Ricky turns around and says "you want me to dip it?" Sure enough he does, goal NHS. I would put it in my top 5 high school goals.
Caught first half of Chapin/Wando. Felt Chapin had better run of play. Didn't see anything from 2nd.
It's been a solid tourney so far, no doubt.
To make Ricky's Free kick even sweeter was the fact that the fan you refer to was his club teammate, Emmett. They know each other's abilities pretty well. I wish I had seen it.
Well it looks as if my Player Power Rankings aren't too far off. Players for the tournament so far are 1, 2, and 3 on those rankings Eric Fornell, Dennis Moore, and Ricky Garbanzo. Ballin!!
Interesting compilation by our friend Kenneth Massey of Virginia, who produces the "Massey Power Ratings" each year for SCSoccer.com ... We asked him to use his algorithm for a "mid-season report card" and this is what he came up with for all Palmetto State teams, including the power ratings for those participating in the 18th Annual Palmetto Cup:
2010 Palmetto Cup Massey Ratings (entering tournament) http://www.masseyratings.com/rate.php?lg=hssb&sub=SC #2 Northwestern #3 Wando #7 Fort Mill #8 Chapin #13 Cardinal Newman #14 Christ Church #15 Brookland-Cayce #30 Pinewood Prep #36 Bishop England #72 Walhalla
Friday, April 9 Schedule 10 am, Chapin (7-4) vs. Walhalla (6-7) 12 pm, Norman North-OK (4-3) vs. Pinewood Prep (10-7) 2 pm, Fort Mill (11-2) vs. Wando (12-0) 4 pm, Northwestern (13-1) vs. Farragut-TN (7-0) 6 pm, Bishop England (8-3-3) vs. Brookland-Cayce (11-2-2) 8 pm, Cardinal Newman (9-4) vs. Christ Church (7-2-2)
Miscellaneous $15 Tournament Pass $12 2010 Palmetto Cup T-Shirt $5 Individual Match $5 Souvenir Program *** Concession stand is open
Sorry it's so slow. Between work, taking pictures, scrubbing pictures,uploading pictures and sleeping....doesn't leave much time for anything else.
BTW - If you see me at the game...you'll eventually see the pictures posted. Including all games Wednesday, Thursday's games NormanNorth vs NW, Wando vs Chapin and BC vs ChristChurch
Friday, April 9 Brookland-Cayce High School The Cage @ Cayce, SC
FT, Chapin 1-1 Walhalla Goals: (W) Eli Cothran 19'; (C) Michael Ragsdale 33'. Assists: (W) Richard Cantero. Shots: C 16-8 W. Saves: (C) Jason Vaeth 6; (W) Graham Metalik 6. Corner Kicks: C 3-1 W. Offsides: C 2-4 W. Fouls: C 10-9 W. Cautions: none. Ejections: none. Officials: (R) Joe Balazs; (AR) James Day; (AR) Marion Shull. Weather: 57 Degrees, Clear. Records: C (7-4-1, 0-2-1 PC, 2 pts); W (6-7-1, 0-2-1, 4 pts).
I don't know if the dual video is requiring too much band width on your end, or if there is an issue with my work limiting bandwidth....but webcast is not going well today.
Friday, April 9 Brookland-Cayce High School The Cage @ Cayce, SC
FT, Norman North-OK 4-1 Pinewood Prep Goals: (NN) Matt Ward 40'; (PP) Thomas Ferro 50'; (NN) Trevor Laffoon 61'; (NN) Taylor McAuley 63'; (NN) Brandon Little Axe 74'. Assists: none. Shots: NN 20-5 PP. Saves: (NN) Nick Nance 1, Jordan Moxley 0; (PP) Robert Beebe 9, Ryan Moore 0. Corner Kicks: NN 2-2 PP. Offsides: NN 4-3 PP. Fouls: NN 9-16 PP. Cautions: none. Ejections: none. Officials: (R) Marion Shull; (AR) Joe Balasz; (AR) James Day. Weather: 63 Degrees, Clear, Breezy. Records: NN (5-3, 1-2-0 PC, 9 points); PP (10-8, 0-3-0 PC, 1 points).
I'm back and better than ever! This next tasty match up will be for the group as Wando takes on Fort Mill in approximately 10 minutes. Hide your mothers and daughters as this promises to be a slug fest of epic proportions!
"I Wanna Make A Baby With You" by R Kelly just came over the loudspeaker as one of the BC Staff just walked into the Cage. The excitement is brewing as we are about to have captains and coaches at midfield.
Fort Mill, obviously tired of playing second fiddle to Northwestern for all these years has really had a good tournament, besting all challengers thus far in stunning fashion. Wando has continued its impressive run of form throughout this 2010 campaign and totally obliterated the field thus far.
As the first half gets underway the action has been compacted into midfield with neither team fielding a shot yet. There are plenty of shots being fired in the pressbox though.
Approaching the 10 minute mark and both sides have had a couple of long throws into the box...neither side seeing a result to favor them. I will say tho, a result that favored me recently happened last weekend...Chelsea 2, ManU 1. THANKS FOR SHOWING UP!
Shot save as Fort Mill strikes first...a less than riveting floating header that won't trouble any keeper over 5 feet. Luckily enough for Wando their keeper is over that height requirement.
The weather is here and wish you were beautiful at The Cage right now.
Now Wando back on the attack as they force Fort Mill into their third and get a shot but is way too high into the stratosphere to trouble anyone but the helicopter circling Tiger Woods at the Masters
I must protest some of the hair styles by you Yank Children. Have some respect for yourselves. The "lampshade" went out with...well Lampshade from Fat Albert.
Back to the action now as one of my comrades in the box has begun daydreaming about Dennis Moore's arms and chest...
He certainly has a point as that match up is to offer high drama this evening in the 4 oclock game. I'm getting adult-excitement just thinking about it.
Shot-Save from Fort Mill as they pressed Wando and the Warrior keeper was forced into a rebound save. Fort Mill has 2 shots to nill on Wando but Wando continue to maintain a good bit of possession as we head into the 22nd minute!
Hold on a sec... GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLL
Wando on the counter comes in and picks up an easy netter! Andrew McKellar with a strike
Friday, April 9 Results Chapin 1-1 Walhalla Norman North-OK 4-1 Pinewood Prep Wando 4-1 Fort Mill 4 pm, Northwestern (13-1) vs. Farragut-TN (7-0) 6 pm, Bishop England (8-3-3) vs. Brookland-Cayce (11-2-2) 8 pm, Cardinal Newman (9-4) vs. Christ Church (7-2-2)
Wando just recieved a freekick outside the area toward the middle and Fornell strikes it brilliantly but the keeper is up to the test this time and makes the save!!
Approaching the half hour mark now with the score Wando 1 - Fort Mill 0
GOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL Wando!!! Their third of this half! Wow
Just awful goalkeeping for Fort Mill as he has really gifted Wando their last 2 goals...he absolutely spilled a slow roller and watched as a Wando player made a date with the goal mouth and she went all the way!
Wando is still working hard out there. They've really had an impressive tournament! Coming up on a half hour to play the score is still 4-0 with Wando on cruise control.
They convert and the score is 4-1 on 51 minutes. Questionable on the penalty but it was given and converted. Fort Mill has some life or do they as Wando seems pissed!
One has to think that if Fort Mill's keeper had not been so inept then we would be looking at a much closer contest but alas we can wish in one hand and **** in the other and see which one gets filled up first.
Approaching 10 minutes to play and the game has really gone into a lull as Wando has put in many reserves. Fort Mill still trying to attack but can't really get a good build-up to challenge the net.
Robby in the press box is starting to get ancy up here in anticipation for the next match up. He can barely keep his legs closed.
Thanks to all of the collegiate coaches in attendance this week at the 18th Annual Palmetto Cup:
Eric Alsop - Limestone, Head Coach Mike Babst - South Carolina Mark Berson - South Carolina, Head Coach Shaun Docking - Coastal Carolina, Head Coach Dustin Fonder - High Point, Head Coach Dan Kenneally - Spartanburg Methodist, Head Coach Troy Lesesne - Charleston Bert Molinary - South Carolina John Murphy - Clemson Rich Posipanko - Winthrop, Head Coach Dan Ridenhour - Winthrop John Trice - High Point Brandon Tucker - Presbyterian Kevin Varnardo - Francis Marion, Head Coach
So based on this, the wildcard is down to Fort Mill and NW or Farragut. If NW wins, FM will get the wildcard. If NW loses and scores only once, FM gets the wildcard. If NW loses and scores more than once, NW gets the wildcard. Is that correct?
Yes, it looks to be Fort Mill in as the wildcard representative. A draw between B-C and Bishop England would result in a max of six points for both squads. Bishop England would then advance as group winner.
Seems like based on what it says above Farragut will play in 8:30 game no matter what and since 8:30 was supposed to be #1 it makes sense that Wando play Farragut!
To me, it seems a bit strange that Brookland Cayce (the host of the tournament) was given the easiest "road" to the semis. It is unfair to some of the quality teams in the tournament (ie Norman North) that they are put into a group with three top 7 nationally ranked teams.
Scenarios for Saturday's Match Schedule UNOFFICIAL AT THIS TIME:
*** Due to Farragut's Prom on Saturday night, Farragut will play at 8:30 am.
Semifinals 8:30 am (Semifinal #1) - Wando (29 pts.) vs. Farragut (25 pts.) 10:30 am (Semifinal #2) - Bishop England (22 pts.) vs. Fort Mill (21 pts.) 12:30 pm (11th Place) - Chapin (2 pts.) vs. Pinewood Prep (1 pt.) 2:00 pm (9th Place) - Walhalla (4 pts.) vs. TBD 3:30 pm (7th Place) - TBD 5:00 pm (5th Place) - Northwestern vs. TBD 6:45 pm (Championship)- Winner Semifinal #1 vs. Winner Semifinal #2
Note: Should Farragut defeat Wando, Farragut will be the tournament champions. Wando will then play in the 6:45 pm match to determine second place.
Most scenarios have Cardinal Newman vs. Walhalla in the 9th place match, Brookland-Cayce vs. Norman North in the 7th place match, and Northwestern vs. Christ Church in the 5th place match.
Quote: To me, it seems a bit strange that Brookland Cayce (the host of the tournament) was given the easiest "road" to the semis. It is unfair to some of the quality teams in the tournament (ie Norman North) that they are put into a group with three top 7 nationally ranked teams.
You are quite entitled to your views.
First off, Norman North and Farragut specifically asked to play the best possible competition -- as they have done every year.
Second, the tournament schedule begins to take shape shortly after the season ends. It is then tweaked and refined as teams add and drop out throughout the fall and early spring.
Finally, the overall quality of the teams in this tournament is such where there are no guaranteed wins or cakewalk matches. These teams contend for their respective state championships year-in and year-out.
Please look over the 18 year history of this event and the brackets as they have played out. You might be surprised to find that B-C does not shy away from playing anyone in this tournament event.
Note: Should Farragut defeat Wando, Farragut will be the tournament champions. Wando will then play in the 6:45 pm match to determine second place.
While I understand and appreciate the desire to return for a school function, it seems a bit presumptive that the other Semi-Final winner may not have a chance of winning the tournament. Sound like a BCS spillover!
Note: Should Farragut defeat Wando, Farragut will be the tournament champions. Wando will then play in the 6:45 pm match to determine second place.
While I understand and appreciate the desire to return for a school function, it seems a bit presumptive that the other Semi-Final winner may not have a chance of winning the tournament. Sound like a BCS spillover!
Agreed, that is an extremely dumb policy. It's not like Farragut didn't know of the scheduling conflict beforehand. Might as well just cancel the championship and have that be the 1st place game if that is the case.
This has been a quality tournament other than a few minor details that weren't noticed by the organizers. It is completely unfair. By the FM-BE game, they will know if their game means anything. There is no way Farragut can be crowned champions if they dont play in a champiionship game.
Quote: This has been a quality tournament other than a few minor details that weren't noticed by the organizers. It is completely unfair. By the FM-BE game, they will know if their game means anything. There is no way Farragut can be crowned champions if they dont play in a champiionship game.
There is no way this can be billed as the "Southeast's Premier High School Boys Soccer Tournament" without a championship game lol, loses a lot of credibility
From the tournament rules: "*** Should Farragut-TN reach the Semifinals, then the Admirals' opponent in the Semifinals will play in the Championship because FHS has to return to Knoxville for their school prom that night. Farragut, should they qualify for the Semifinals,will automatically play in the 8:30 a.m., Saturday contest and the other Semifinal match will play at 10:30 a.m."
THEREFORE
Even if Farragut defeats Wando, Wando advances and plays in a championship game against the winner of BE-Ft. Mill. Wando is NOT automatic champ and BE or Ft. Mill second. The championship game determines the winner.
Friday, April 9 Results Chapin 1-1 Walhalla Norman North-OK 4-1 Pinewood Prep Wando 4-1 Fort Mill Farragut-TN 3-1 Northwestern Bishop England 1-0 Brookland-Cayce Christ Church 1-0 Cardinal Newman
Group A Winner - Bishop England (2-0-1), 22 points Group B Winner - Wando (3-0-0), 29 points Group C Winner - Farragut (3-0-0), 25 points Wild Card - Fort Mill (2-1-0), 21 points
Semifinals 8:30 am - #1 Wando vs. #2 Farragut 10 am - #3 Bishop England vs. #4 Fort Mill
*** Should Farragut defeat Wando in the Semifinals, then the Admirals will be declared 2010 Palmetto Cup Champions. Wando will play in the 6:30 p.m., match regardless of winning or losing in the Semifinals and will either play for the title or second place. This was agreed on by Wando and Farragut since they achieved the highest point totals. Farragut has to return to Knoxville, Tenn., mid-morning because the FHS Senior Prom is Saturday night.
Placement Matches (team listed first is home team and will wear light jersey) 12:30 pm, 11th Place - Chapin (0-2-1, 2 PTS) vs. Pinewood Prep (0-3-0, 1 PT) 2 pm, 9th Place - Walhalla (0-2-1, 4 PTS) vs. Cardinal Newman (0-3-0, 3 PTS) 3:30 pm, 7th Place - Brookland-Cayce (1-1-1, 12 PTS) vs. Norman North-OK (1-2-0, 9 PTS) 5 pm, 5th Place - Northwestern (2-1-0, 20 PTS) vs. Christ Church (1-0-2, 17 PTS)
All matches will be played at The Cage on the campus of BCHS, weather permitting. All matches in group play during the tournament will be SCHSL regulation length (80 minutes). However, only Semifinals and Championship matches on Saturday will observe the 80 minute regulation time plus two five-minute overtime periods and penalty kicks if necessary. The Saturday 5th-11th Place matches will consist of two 30-minute halves and no overtime periods.
My question is, was this decided before the tournament began? If so, then the other teams knew what they were up against. Farragut would essentially be punished for going 4-0, and beating 3 top 15 teams, yet they would get 3rd? When no other team in the tournament would have accomplished anything like that.
Quote: My question is, was this decided before the tournament began? If so, then the other teams knew what they were up against. Farragut would essentially be punished for going 4-0, and beating 3 top 15 teams, yet they would get 3rd? When no other team in the tournament would have accomplished anything like that.
Based off of the previous two posts, no.
"This was agreed on by Wando and Farragut since they achieved the highest point totals. Farragut has to return to Knoxville, Tenn., mid-morning because the FHS Senior Prom is Saturday night."
Agree that no other team would have accomplished the same thing, but this is a tournament, not a round robin. The best team in a tournament is not always the winner. You won't find another tournament in the country that bills itself as being one of the best that changes rules during the competition and doesn't have a championship game.
This is a change in the rules that were posted in your tournament program! Farragut came into the tournament knowing they would forfeit if they reached the semis. That is what is stated in your rules. Now, you state that if they beat Wando they will be champions because those two teams agreed! You shut out the #2 & #3 teams of having any chance of winning! In addition, they have no say in the matter! That's not what was represented in your rules.
Quote: "Farragut has to return to Knoxville, Tenn., mid-morning because the FHS Senior Prom is Saturday night."
I gathered that much.... Seeing as how it has been mention several times.... I get that there needs to be a championship game. I was just wondering if this was a possible exception to the rules before the tournament even began. I know it was never mention on these boards, but that doesn't really mean anything. I don't think it would be very fair for a team to lose their semi-final game, yet still win the championship, simply because the team that defeated them had to leave early. Would Farragut still get 3rd? That just doesn't seem right. In my opinion there isn't really a win win situation to come out of this, unless Farragut loses the semi-final game. If Farragut wins and gets the championship, the tournament get's the shaft. If Farragut wins and they don't get the championship, it could be seen that they get the shaft. Overall a lose lose imo.
Oh yeah, forgot this...... GO WANDO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we'll have a fairly run tournament with a proper championship game instead of a faux champion.
Quote: "Farragut has to return to Knoxville, Tenn., mid-morning because the FHS Senior Prom is Saturday night."
I gathered that much.... Seeing as how it has been mention several times.... I get that there needs to be a championship game. I was just wondering if this was a possible exception to the rules before the tournament even began. I know it was never mention on these boards, but that doesn't really mean anything. I don't think it would be very fair for a team to lose their semi-final game, yet still win the championship, simply because the team that defeated them had to leave early. Would Farragut still get 3rd? That just doesn't seem right. In my opinion there isn't really a win win situation to come out of this, unless Farragut loses the semi-final game. If Farragut wins and gets the championship, the tournament get's the shaft. If Farragut wins and they don't get the championship, it could be seen that they get the shaft. Overall a lose lose imo.
You quoted the wrong part.
"This was agreed on by Wando and Farragut since they achieved the highest point totals."
Obviously the rules were changed, and it wasn't agreed on by anyone but the two schools.
I don't see how it would be a lose-lose. Farragut knew coming in that they couldn't win the tournament. However, they will move up in the national rankings due to their great performance. That should be enough.
Lets just put it this way, if you all want it to be like a tournament, then the winner of the other semi final should be crowned champion if Farragut defeats Wando. Farragut would just forfeit the championship game. Not the semi final. The loser of a semi final doesn't deserve a shot at the championship because they lost. Farragut would just become runner-up. That's the only way to do it fairly if Farragut beats Wando.
The only other way I could only see it is being NHS gets through, that way no semi finalists are effected. Farragut could have won and been given a consolation early in the am and NHS get through by means of placing 2nd in the group.
But as stated many times, the teams knew, the fans knew, it's not like director's didn't go over every scenario. Everyone was on the same page so it doesn't really matter what the rule is or not, in the end they thought this was best. It's a great tournament either way, all 4 semi finalists are solid and the championship will be great either way.
So rules don't matter? Isn't entry in the tournament a contract with the terms stated? If you bought a car for $25,000 and then after you signed the contract and took the car the dealer called and said you owed another $5000 would that be fair? And if you saw the speed limit posted at 55mph and you were doing 55mph but the officer stopped you and said "Sorry we just changed that speed limit to 45mph - here's your ticket" would you think that rule change was fair?
It has been a good tournament but that doesn't mean the rules should change because two teams and the director agree. They forgot to post the "director can change the rules at any time" rule.
This path seems poorly thought out and stated. Easy thing to have said was Wando play Farragut if Farragut wins and then Wando wins the final then Wando can give the Championship to them it will be their choice. The other team if they beat Wando would be champion and Wando can send them the second place trophy. To say the winner of the first game is champ no matter what is to say that BE never even had a chance!?!? Farragut can be proud of how they played but they knew going in they were leaving before championship game so do they now think things should be changed for them?
You know the Patriots were never supposed to lose to the Giants but they still played the game.
Marta, did you personally ask your coach if he was asked about the rule change??
Because word on the street is that he was and Coach Khouri was happy to play Fort Mill because the Bishops will be playing Wando on Tuesday of the next week!!!
I really don't think any of this should matter...Wando wins in the morning they win the championship. They are number one after group play and would have beaten two of the three semifinalists. Farragut wins, well hell they beat the number 6 team in the nation; Norman North, the number 8 team Northwestern and whatever the ranking may be for Wando. This was the best scenario and stop complaining because you don't get a free pass to the final like you receive every year in 2A
p.s. Thank GOD the CUP is during holy week next year!!!
I also think it is VERY impressive the ENTIRE Farragut team is going to the Prom. Studs on and off the pitch! Lineup for Dancing With The Stars Season 35!
It has been a good tournament but that doesn't mean the rules should change because two teams and the director agree. They forgot to post the "director can change the rules at any time" rule.
or should it say, "director can change the rules at any time with the consent of the other coaches" rule? Pretty sure I heard him talking to one of the coaches on the phone as he was walking towards the other side of the stadium. He said something to the effect that the coaches had to agree to it.
Where were you when all this was being hashed out? My guess, if you made the trip, probably at the hotel...sounds like you need a jump to conclusions mat!
Wouldn't you be jumping to conclusions by making assumptions from overhearing one phone call? (and one-half of the conversation at that)
If all FOUR coaches agree that's great. Seems it would have been easy to state that on the post regarding the champion to dispel rumors and protect the tournament reputation.
If Wando loses to Farragut, but defeats the winner of the second semifinal in tonights closing match, Wando defers the championship to Farragut.
If Wando loses to Farragut, then loses to the winner of the BE/Fort Mill match, the winner and champion of the tournament is either Bishop England or Fort Mill.
All four coaches from the four semifinal participants were a part of the process. The decision to defer the championship to Farragut in the event that they defeated Wando and then won the championship match was between Wallie Culberth, head coach of Farragut, and Shilo Tisdale, head coach of Wando.
Saturday, April 10 Brookland-Cayce High School The Cage @ Cayce, SC Semifinal #1
FT, Wando 0-4 Farragut (TN) Goals: (F) Paul Neuefeind 24', 40'; Carlos Ramos 27'; Andrew Hale 40'. Assists: Marshall Ishmael. Shots: W 8-8 F. Saves: (W) Teddy Well, 3; (F) Steven Matlock, 5. Corner Kicks: W 2-3 F. Offsides: W 0-0 F. Fouls: W 6-12 F. Cautions: Cody Newby, 48'; Kendrick Schuettler, 80'. Ejections: none. Officials: (R) John Tanverde; (AR) Alan Schechtman; (AR) Michael Shealy. Weather: 48 Degrees, Clear, Breezy. Records: W (14-1, 3-1-0 PC); F (9-0, 4-0-0 PC).
Saturday, April 10 Brookland-Cayce High School The Cage @ Cayce, SC Semifinal #2
FT Ft. Mill 1-3 Bishop England Goals: (BE) Ruslan Olbrych 8', Joseph Santos 25' (pen); Zach Epstein; (F) J.T. Mula 64'. Assists: Brian Byrne, Olbrych. Shots: F 6-9 BE. Saves: (F) Tanner Landvik-Larsen, 1; (BE) Ross Rodgers, 0. Corner Kicks: F 0-0 BE. Offsides: F 1-4 BE. Fouls: F 9-15 BE. Cautions: none. Ejections: none. Officials: (R) Alan Schechtman; (AR) John Tanverde; (AR) Michael Shealy. Weather: 61 Degrees, Clear. Records: F (11-4, 2-4-0 PC); BE (10-3-3, 3-0-1 PC).
Anyone have final thoughts on Farragut? Were the fans(parents) that made the trip good sports? Were the players good sports? Final thoughts on the size, speed, skill, athleticism of the players? Just general overall thoughts of them?
I thought Farragut was the best team in the tournament. The parents that traveled with them rivaled in size to some of the in-state teams and like all us soccer fans celebrated the good and questioned some of the calls of the uniformed men. I also thought #16 did a great job owning the midfield and #6 did an excellent job on defense this weekend. I also thought I heard that they committed to the tournament before their prom was scheduled. In any event, they were a quality team, simple good soccer.
Quote: I thought Farragut was the best team in the tournament. The parents that traveled with them rivaled in size to some of the in-state teams and like all us soccer fans celebrated the good and questioned some of the calls of the uniformed men. I also thought #16 did a great job owning the midfield and #6 did an excellent job on defense this weekend. I also thought I heard that they committed to the tournament before their prom was scheduled. In any event, they were a quality team, simple good soccer.
They also have a kid who has a throw in that rivals Billy Padula from Irmo. The first two goals against Wando were off of his long throw ins.
Quote: To me, it seems a bit strange that Brookland Cayce (the host of the tournament) was given the easiest "road" to the semis. It is unfair to some of the quality teams in the tournament (ie Norman North) that they are put into a group with three top 7 nationally ranked teams.
hmmmm.... Let Achmed take a look. Holy Crap! Bishop England in the finals So much for the easiest road CS (camel stuff)
Saturday, April 10 Brookland-Cayce High School The Cage @ Cayce, SC 11th Place Match
FT Chapin 2-1 Pinewood Prep Goals: (P) Justin White 8'; (C) Chris Ricketson 37', Dylan Matthiessen 44'. Assists: (C) Bradham Wilder. Shots: C 14-2 P. Saves: (C) Jason Vaeth, 1; (P) Robert Beebe, 5. Corner Kicks: C 3-4 P. Offsides: C 2-1 P. Fouls: C 7-7 P. Cautions: (C) Evan Stone, 25'; Chris Ricketson, 56'; (P) Justin White, 56'; Dillion Thies, 60'. Ejections: none. Officials: (R) John Mower; (AR) Barry Lee; (AR) Rick Coker. Weather: 66 Degrees, Clear. Records: C (8-4-1, 1-2-1 PC); P (10-9, 0-4-0 PC).
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Saturday, April 10 Brookland-Cayce High School The Cage @ Cayce, SC 7th Place Match
FT, Brookland-Cayce 0-2 Norman North Goals: (NN) Will Smith, 7'; Brandon Little Axe, 31'. Assists: none. Shots: BC 5-12 NN. Saves: (BC) Chris Duzan, 5; (NN) Nick Nance, 1. Corner Kicks: BC 1-4 NN. Offsides: BC 0-6 NN. Fouls: BC 1-3 NN. Cautions: none. Ejections: none. Officials: (R) Barry Lee; (AR) John Mower; (AR) Kamran Azad. Weather: 71 Degrees, Clear. Records: BC (11-4-2, 1-2-1 PC); NN (6-3, 2-2-0 PC).
Sorry in advance for the monster post that follows: Hindsight makes everything clear, so this is just a suggestion that today’s Semi-Final/Final solution not be used as precedent in future tournaments.I believe everyone tried to do their best with the decision, but it seems like the course taken took most of the meaning out of the Semi-Final and Final matches.
The Semi-Finals should have been played in accordance with the normal seeding procedures – 1 plays 4, 2 plays 3. In this case Wando was #1 seed, Farragut #2, so assuming they both won their matches, they would have met in the Final. Instead, since Farragut already knew they would not be able to play in the Final, they would have had to forfeit the championship match, and that’s no fun for anyone, so I imagine this was part of the reason the decision was made the way it was.
Because Farragut would not have been able to play in the championship match, should they have had any chance at winning the tournament? I have never seen any tournament where a team that doesn’t play in the championship match gets to win. Very strange. Farragut's early departure advantaged them, but disadvantaged the other three Semi-Final teams.
This would be my proposed solution, prior to the tournament, knowing one team would not be able to make the finals: The tournament proceeds as normal up through Semi-Final play – with all the regular seeding being adhered to for those games (although Farragut should still play the earlier time). If Farragut won their match (#2 v. #3), then there is no choice but to have them forfeit the Final. Allow them to keep the “Finalist” recognition and their 4-0 record.
Then play the Final as follows – the winner of #1 v. #4 is obviously through to the Final. Then between the losers of the Semi-Finals decide who advances based on points (clean slate – no group play points allowed). So, which ever team scored more goals, even though they lost, should advance to the Finals. If there was a tie, then go to PKs.
This solution would keep all games meaningful for the most teams: Farragut has motivation to win their Semi-Final match because they want to keep a winning record and could talk about how they would have won the Final if it weren’t for the Prom. They don’t lose anything, keep bragging rights, and make their girlfriends happy.
Wando would have motivation to win because they want to pass through to the Final without having their fate resting on the score of the other Semi-Final. But they would also know that if they didn’t win, they would still have a chance at a Final match berth if they had a higher score, and they would be motivated to get on the board. (On the other hand, with today’s solution, it also doesn’t make sense for Wando to get an automatic pass through to play in the Final after they lost their Semi-Final).
BE and Fort Mill would both be motivated to win, or build their score, because they both would have a chance at going to the Final regardless of who loses.
Then, with this lineup in a Final match, both teams are playing for themselves. In the current arrangement, Wando is essentially playing for Farragut. It could be hard to be motivated to win that game since success means that the team who just smacked you down 4-0 would be the tournament champions. This would also be better for BE if they win, because then they can unhesitatingly say they won the tournament – now their victory may be a bit tainted because they actually did not play the “best team” of the tournament.
The rewards of the first Semi-Final match weren’t congruous: the first Semi-Final game was really one team playing for first, and the other team playing for a chance to get to Finals (where they would still have to win one more game in order to win the tournament).
Since this situation was known prior to the tournament, it doesn’t seem like the scenarios were taken to their logical conclusions. The rules should not depend on how WE think the tournament should turn out (it seems like everyone thought Wando and Farragut were the best anyway so they just wanted them to play regardless of the rules). The result of the tournament should be on the performance of those specific teams on those specific dates, in accordance with rules in place before match play begins. We all know how unpredictable soccer can be, so there’s no telling what may have happened if all Semis were played as seeded. Instead, the first Semi-Final match was basically being treated as the championship match, so today, the Semis followed the Final. Weird.
That said, Farragut was an excellent team and deserved their 4-0 win today. They displayed sportsmanship and skill, and I hope they return to the Palmetto Cup next year.
Saturday, April 10 Brookland-Cayce High School The Cage @ Cayce, SC 5th Place Match
55' played, Northwestern 2-0 Christ Church Goals: (N) Ricky Garbanzo, 2'; Ali Martinez, 7'. Assists: Cody Parks (2). Shots: N 8-6 CC. Saves: (N) Sam Faris, 1; (CC) Christopher Woody, 1. Corner Kicks: N 1-0 CC. Offsides: N 1-0 CC. Fouls: N 3-5 CC. Cautions: none. Ejections: none. Officials: (R) Jason Kent; (AR) Marion Shull; (AR) David Erbacher Weather: 72 Degrees, Clear. Records: N (14-2, 3-1-0 PC); CC (8-3-2, 1-1-2 PC).
The 2010 Palmetto Cup Final is underway at The Cage ... Kickoff time was 6:45 p.m., and it's a gorgeous night in Cayce with the temperature at 78 degrees and virtually no wind ... Wando, 3-1-0 in this year's tournament, won Group B, while Bishop England is 3-0-1 and winners of Group A ... The Warriors are dressed in an all black strip with white numerals and script and the Battling Bishops in all white with green letters and numbers.
Saturday, April 10 Brookland-Cayce High School The Cage @ Cayce, SC FINALS
FT, Bishop England 1-0 (pk 6-5) Wando Goals: (BE) James Baldwin 90'. Assists: none. Shots: BE 14-12 W. Saves: (BE) Brandon Costa 4; (W) Teddy Well 2, Hunter Greer 2. Corner Kicks: BE 0-2 W. Offsides: BE 0-0 W. Fouls: BE 14-17 W. Cautions: (W) Hiago Barreto, 47'. Ejections: none. Officials: (R) Marion Shull; (AR) David Erbacher; (AR) Jason Kent. Weather: 78 Degrees, Clear. Records: BE (11-3-3, 4-0-1 PC); W (13-2-0, 3-2-0 PC). Troy Lesesne Most Valuable Player: James Baldwin, Bishop England
That was a quick halftime as neither squad elected to use its 10 minute allotment and the officials are ready to get the second half underway ... Coach Hunter says "let's get crackin'", while emcee Dave Easley voices his displeasure on not being able to hear at least one more song by Stevie Ray Vaughn.
Saturday, April 10 Results Semifinals, Farragut-TN 4-0 Wando Semifinals, Bishop England 3-1 Fort Mill 11th Place, Chapin 2-1 Pinewood Prep 9th Place, Cardinal Newman 3-2 Walhalla 7th Place, Norman North-OK 2-0 Brookland-Cayce 5th Place, Northwestern 2-0 Christ Church Championship, Bishop England 1-0 (pk 6-5) Wando
Final Standings 1. Bishop England, 4-0-1, 31 points 2. Farragut-TN, 4-0-0, 35 points (unable to compete in Final due to school prom in Knoxville, TN) 3. Wando, 3-2-0, 3-2-0, 29 points 4. Fort Mill, 2-2-0, 22 points 5. Northwestern, 3-1-0, 29 points 6. Christ Church, 1-1-2, 17 points 7. Norman North-OK, 2-2-0, 18 points 8. Brookland-Cayce, 1-2-1, 12 points 9. Cardinal Newman, 1-3-0, 11 points 10. Walhalla, 0-3-1, 6 points 11. Chapin, 1-2-1, 10 points 12. Pinewood Prep, 0-4-0, 2 points
All-Tournament Team James Baldwin, Senior, Defender, Bishop England - Most Valuable Player Robert Beebe, Junior, Goalkeeper, Pinewood Prep Winslow Carroll, Junior, Midfielder, Bishop England Jono Cleary, Junior, Midfielder, Cardinal Newman Brandon Costa, Senior, Goalkeeper, Bishop England Eli Cothran, Junior, Forward, Walhalla Chris Duzan, Senior, Goalkeeper, Brookland-Cayce Kevin Fielden, Sophomore, Midfielder, Fort Mill David Kesling, Senior, Defender, Chapin Alex Martinez, Senior, Midfielder, Northwestern Josh Mercadel, Senior, Defender, Fort Mill Nic Muth, Senior, Midfielder, Farragut-TN Russ Olbrych, Junior, Forward, Bishop England Carlos Ramos, Senior, Defender, Farragut-TN McLain Reese, , Junior, Midfielder, Bishop England Joseph Santos, Senior, Midfielder, Bishop England Josh Shaw, Senior, Defender, Christ Church Ryan Stinton, Senior, Midfielder, Farragut-TN Norman North-OK Walhalla Wando
My thanks to Kevin and Kyle and everyone that put on the Palmetto Cup. For my team Walhalla it gave us a chance to try some things and work on some others at a very fast pace. We got to see how to play at a high level and the mistakes (which were many) are all coachable. For our small public school we got alot out of it. Thanks Again.
2010 Palmetto Cup Statistics ----------------------------------------------------------- Matches: 25 Goals Scored: 83 Per Match Average: 3.32 Shutouts: 13 ----------------------------------------------------------- Matches Decided by 0 Goals: 3 (12%) Matches Decided by 1 Goal: 8 (32%) Matches Decided by 2 Goals: 5 (20%) Matches Decided by 3 Goals: 5 (20%) Matches Decided by 4+ Goals: 4 (16%) ----------------------------------------------------------- Group A (BE, B-C, CN, CC) Combined Palmetto Cup Record: 7-6-4 (.529); Bishop England won title Group B (CHAPIN, FM, WAL, WAN) Combined Palmetto Cup Record: 6-9-2 (.412); Wando made Finals; Fort Mill made Semifinals Group C (FAR, NN, NW, PP) Combined Palmetto Cup Record: 9-7-0 (.563); Farragut made Semifinals ----------------------------------------------------------- Non-SC Record (FAR, NN): 6-2-0 (.750) Class 4A Record (FM, WAN, NW): 8-5-0 (.615) Class 3A Record (B-C, CHAPIN): 2-4-2 (.375) Class 2A Record (BE, WAL): 4-3-2 (.556) Class 1A Record (CC): 1-1-2 (.500) SCISA Record (CN, PP): 1-7-0 (.125) ----------------------------------------------------------- For the third consecutive year, all matches utilized a Referee and two Assistant Referees for the Officiating Crew.
Another great tournament run by Brookland-Cayce. I don't think there is a better way to gauge where your team stands in the weeks before play-offs. Look forward to it again next year.
The web cameras that were setup in the press box at The Cage had 906 views during the 28 hours and 42 minutes of broadcast time for the 2010 Palmetto Cup. The total number of Viewer Hours was 7 days, 19 hours, 22 minutes.
We did not have it setup on Wednesday, but had "live coverage" Thursday through Saturday.
I still have a couple more to go, so stay tuned. And as always....if you would like access to the higher resolution pictures, sign up for a winkflash account and send your user name to hetakespictures@hotmail.com
Quote: The Farragut High School boys' soccer team took a giant step last weekend toward capturing the program's second national title.
The Admirals (10-0) ripped off four wins in the prestigious Palmetto Cup in South Carolina, downing three of the nation's top 12 teams and South Carolina's defending state champion from its private school division.
Quote: Elated he’d beaten the school that captured last season’s high school soccer national champions, Farragut head coach Wallie Culbreth said strategy was critical in his No. 4 nationally ranked Ads (ESPN Rise) beating two top-10 nationally ranked teams in the annual Palmetto Cup in Columbia, S.C. April 7-10.
In that article it says Farragut "dominated" Northwestern.. I don't know if I'd say that, but you know how sports writers can be. Especially when they aren't there?
A postseason update on the 2010 Palmetto Cup teams:
Bishop England (2A #1, 17-4-3) - #1 seed Class 2A Lower State playoffs, Region 6-2A Champions Brookland-Cayce (3A #5, 17-7-2) - Region 5-3A Co-Champions Cardinal Newman (SCISA #2, 20-7) - 3A State Finalists, Region 1-3A Champions Chapin (3A #3, 17-5-1) - Region 4-3A Champions Christ Church (1A #2, 14-6-2) - #2 seed Class 1A Upper State playoffs Fort Mill (4A #5, 17-6) - Region 3-4A Runner-Up Northwestern (4A #2, 22-2) - Region 3-4A Champions Pinewood Prep (SCISA #1, 17-9) - 3A State Champions, Region 3-3A Champions Walhalla (2A #3, 13-9-1) - #1 seed Class 2A Upper State, Region 1-2A Co-Champions Wando (4A #3, 22-3) - Region 7-4A Champions
Farragut-TN (3A #1, 18-0) - #2 nationally Norman North-OK (6A, 13-3) - 6A Semifinals vs. Tulsa Union (11-1) on 5/11, six of seven seasons in Semifinals
3A #1 Farragut (19-0) routed Knox West (2009 Palmetto Cup Finalist) 6-1 in the District Semifinals on Wednesday and the Admirals will face arch-rival 3A #2 Bearden (17-1-2) tonight in Knoxville.
Five players from the Norman North boys soccer team, which won the Class 6A state championship Saturday, were selected to the District 6A-2 West all-district team.
Will Smith, Gus Jenson, Trevor Laffoon, JT Harrison and Taylor McCauley gave the T-Wolves the most players of any school selected to the team. All five players are juniors.
Smith led the state in scoring with 24 goals and scored the game-winner in Norman North’s final three games, including the state final.
Mustang had four players on the squad in Denny Landrum, Drew McElhaney, John Anderson and Jacob Strassle. Edmond Memorial’s Stuart Turnipseed, Jacob Stivers and Ty Stukey also made the team.
The rest of the squad is made up of Joshua Garcia and Martin Ochoa of US Grant, Eduardo Caballeros of Putnam City West, Taylor Vanderford of Westmoore, Chris Issac of Lawton Eisenhower and Shawnee’s Colby Anderson.
Farragut lost 1-0 to Centennial in the semi-finals. Gave up a goal in the first half. I believe there were several weather delays as well. Farragut was playing without 3 starters. 1 tore his ACL in regions, 1 threw a punch last game, and I am not sure about the other. Sucks that they finished 24-1-0. No state title, and probably no top 10 in the "nation"..
Their game should have started after the Farragut game. Not sure how it is going. What is, I am sure, a huge disappointment for Farragut, will only get worse if Bearden wins state.
also, Centennial, has a 6'8 goalie... Just thought that was interesting. Not sure how much of a role that actually played, but that's a huge guy in goal.
saw on the news, Bearden was down 3-0 to Hendersonville... Looks like the Farragut/Bearden dominance is over? will be only the 3rd time since 2001 that Farragut or Bearden didn't win state. Farragut has 4, Bearden has 3. Brentwood has the other 2.
also, they interviewed Farragut's coach.. He said he still believes Farragut is the best team in the nation..... "one mistake cost us the national title" I don't think they should be shunned just because of a loss, but at the same time, they didn't win their own state, so how can you say they are the best? The box score I saw, had Farragut with 11 shots on goal to Centennial's 2. Farragut had 3 great looks in the final moments of the game, but the goalie came up huge.
* 4 State Champions (Christ Church, Norman North-OK, Northwestern, Pinewood Prep) * 2 State Finalists (Bishop England, Cardinal Newman) * 4 State Semifinalists (Brookland-Cayce, Farragut-TN, Walhalla, Wando) * 1 State Quarterfinalist (Fort Mill) * 1 State Second Round (Chapin)
South Carolina
SCISA AAA #1 Pinewood Prep (17-9) - State Champions #2 Cardinal Newman (20-7) - State Finals
1A #1 Christ Church (18-6-2) - State Champions
2A #2 Bishop England (20-5-3) - State Finals #4 Walhalla (15-10-1) - Semifinals
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Wando (white) vs. Walhalla (purple)
<--- all you can say.
