The 2006 Lady Eagle Classic is this weekend and offers a strong field of teams.

4A Boiling Springs (2-3)
3A Myrtle Beach(#2, 8-1), AC Flora (#6, 4-3-1), Airport (#9, 4-4-1), St James (#14, 5-0)
2A Emerald (#4, 6-2-1), Barnwell (2-3)
SCISA Ben Lippen (#1, 2-0)

The weather looks great and the field is in excellent condition. Come on out and enjoy some great soccer this weekend at Airport High School. Admission is $5 per day and the canteen will be open.

Note: Ben Lippen won the tournament in 2004 and Emerald won the tournament in 2005.

Schedule is as follows:
Friday March 17th

Game 1 4:00
Ben Lippen vs. Barnwell

Game 2 5:30
Airport vs. St. James

Game 3 7:00
Boiling Springs vs. Myrtle Beach

Game 4 8:30
Emerald vs. AC Flora

What is the schedule for Saturday?

Saturday March 18th
Game 5 9:00 am G1 loser vs. G2 loser
Game 6 10:30 am G1 winner vs. G2 winner
Game 7 12:00 noon G3 loser vs. G4 loser
Game 8 1:30 pm G3 winner vs G4 winner

Game 9 3:00 pm G5 loser vs. G7 loser
(determines 7th and 8th place)
Game 10 4:30 pm G5 winner vs. G7 winner
(determines 5th and 6th place)
Game 11 6:00 pm G6 loser vs. G8 loser
(determines 3rd and 4th place)
Game 12 7:30 pm G6 winner vs. G8 winner
(determines 1st and 2nd place)

Thanks Coach Morris!

Coach,

Any reason to bring up the field? Its a given that the field is in good shape unless you are BC.

Cheap shot in my book.

I don't know it was in good shape of bad shape... why can't he have pride in his field?

Come on guys. The coach just extended an invitation by saying the weather will be good, the field is in excellent condition, so come on out to watch good soccer. I watched both years of this tournament and it is a very good one. This year's lineup looks solid. I agree with the coach to come out and see some good soccer on a semi-spring weekend.

Yeah really.. Airport's field is one of the few things I'll allow myself to commend them on Great facility..that they should be proud of.

You need to relax man..

It was not a knock on BC's field/situation. I know Kevin and Kyle personally and it's unfortunate their field/stadium is in the condition that it is.

Once again, all are welcome to come out and enjoy a great weekend of soccer at Airport High School.

Friday's Scores
Game 1
Ben Lippen 2 Barnwell 0
Game 2
Airport 7 St. James 0
Game 3
Myrtle Beach 3 Boiling Springs 0
Game 4
Emerald 1 AC Flora 0 (4-2 PK's)

Saturday March 18th
Game 5 Barnwell 6 St. James 1
Game 6 Ben Lippen 0 Airport 2
Game 7 Boiling Springs 0 AC Flora 4
Game 8 1:30 pm Myrtle Beach vs Emerald

Game 9 3:00 pm St. James vs. Boiling Springs
(determines 7th and 8th place)
Game 10 4:30 pm Barnwell vs. AC Flora
(determines 5th and 6th place)
Game 11 6:00 pm Ben Lippen vs. G8 loser
(determines 3rd and 4th place)
Game 12 7:30 pm Airport vs. G8 winner
(determines 1st and 2nd place)

Scores and upcoming games updated above.

Paul Dodd and Emerald are on Fire.

Saturday March 18th
Game 5 Barnwell 6 St. James 1
Game 6 Ben Lippen 0 Airport 2
Game 7 Boiling Springs 0 AC Flora 4
Game 8 Myrtle Beach 0 Emerald 1 (4-5 in pk's)

Game 9 3:00 pm St. James vs. Boiling Springs
(determines 7th and 8th place)
Game 10 4:30 pm Barnwell vs. AC Flora
(determines 5th and 6th place)
Game 11 6:00 pm Ben Lippen vs. Myrtle Beach
(determines 3rd and 4th place)
Game 12 7:30 pm Airport vs. Emerald
(determines 1st and 2nd place)

Ben Lippen 2
Myrtle Beach 1
BL finishes 3rd in tournament

Saturday March 18th
Game 5 Barnwell 6 St. James 1
Game 6 Ben Lippen 0 Airport 2
Game 7 Boiling Springs 0 AC Flora 4
Game 8 Myrtle Beach 0 Emerald 1 (4-5 in pk's)

Game 9 St.James 1 Boiling Springs 0 (4-3 in pk's)
(determines 7th and 8th place)
Game 10 Barnwell 1 AC Flora 3
(determines 5th and 6th place)
Game 11 Ben Lippen 2 Myrtle Beach 1
(determines 3rd and 4th place)
Game 12 Airport 5 vs. Emerald 0
(determines 1st and 2nd place)

Final Standings:
1st Airport (3-0)
2nd Emerald (2-1)
3rd Ben Lippen (2-1)
4th Myrtle Beach (1-2)
5th AC Flora (2-1)
6th Barnwell (1-2)
7th St. James (1-2)
8th Boiling Springs (0-3)

A special thanks to all teams involved for some well played soccer.

Coach Morris (long time no see),

Could you give us a recap on the Emerald game against Airport? That was a very impressive result against a team that has been knocking down big named schools left and right. Congrats are in order!

Emerald was missing a few players in the final due to injuries and a red card. Airport's draw for the first two games didnt seem too difficult and they seemed to be at full strength for the final. It would likely have been a much more competitive final had Emerald not played and beaten tough Flora and MB teams to get to the final.

EHS Defender,

Congratulations on reaching the finals. Being at the tournament I saw your team, and they played well. However, your reasoning about the "draw" will fall on deaf ears since that side of the "draw" won 3 of the 4 final round crossover games.

St. James 1-0 over boiling springs
Ben Lippen 2-1 over myrtle beach
Airport 5-0 over Emerald

It was a quality field. Be happy with your teams performance and reaching the finals. Making excuses sounds like sour grapes.

EHS Defender is just trying to give explanation to the lopsided score. Emerald had tied with Airport 1 to 1 in the Viking Cup, and one would think it would have been a more competitive match. AC Flora and Myrtle Beach are solid teams. Emerald and Myrtle Beach left everything they had on the field at their 3:00 match. Myrtle Beach came to their 6:00 game tired from playing Emerald, and Emerald showed up to final with not much gas left. Emerald had two senior starters on the bench with injuries and a senior (who will be playing at Wofford next year) on the bench with a “soft” red card. A rested Airport (who played at 10:30 that morning) looked good.

This is not “sour grapes”. I am only stating the facts, and as everyone knows these are the breaks in soccer.
Bottom line – it was a great tournament for Emerald to face some solid competition in AC Flora, Myrtle Beach, and Airport.

Congratulations to Coach Harris and Ben Lippen for the win over a fine Myrtle Beach team!

Keeper Dad

By your Board name, I assume your daughter is the keeper for emerald. She did a great job during the tournament, two shutouts. She was peppered with shots by AC Flora and MB and did a great job keeping the ball out of the net and helping her team to win both games in PK's.

There are a lot of "FACTS" on both sides during soccer tournaments and soccer games that are unknown, (Airport/ preseason, 2 starters torn acl's, both have had surgery's, out for season/two starters missing for viking cup/one starter missing for Eagle tournament). Some chose to share "facts", others just continue on to the next game. Apparently, coach Morris and Airport have chosen "the next game". I wish Emerald, Airport, and all the other teams in the tournament success this season and thank them for an exciting weekend.

24/7

I believe this message board is the most appropriate place to share "facts" about teams. Someone above asked for game details and we gave them on Emerald's behalf, so you can go ahead and get over that. It wasn't even close to Emerald's optimum showing in the final, and tournament scheduling certainly didn't provide much help there. Sorry to hear about your injuries, and good luck the rest of the season.

William Aiken--as always good to hear from you.
The championship match between Emerald and Airport provided some very good soccer by both sides. Emerald's sweeper was injured and played very few minutes(none versus AHS) at all on Saturday and one of their senior mid's received a red card in the previous match versus Myrtle Beach. Airport scored 18 seconds into the match and again at the 4 minute mark. It was 3-0 at the end of the first 30 minute half. AS 24/7 stated previously we(Airport) have also had our share of the injury bug this year especially with ACL's. Emerald played the last game with a lot of pride and their players and coaches should be applauded for their two victories over AC Flora and Myrtle Beach which were ranked opponents. The Airport girls also played well in their wins over St. James and Ben Lippen, both of which were ranked.

Emerald is a very good soccer team and will make some noise this year in the 2A playoffs as usual. Look for Coach Dodd's team to go deep into the playoffs with the championship definitely within their reach.

Penguin Fan--I second your congratulations to Mike Harris and Ben Lippen's victories over Barnwell and Myrtle Beach. Ben Lippen is a very solid squad and I commend them on their #1 ranking in SCISA.

Thanks to all the teams that attended and good luck with the rest of your seasons!

W. Aiken--I expect to see your team down here in Columbia next year for the tournament. No more excuses....!?!
Good luck this week in your upcoming matches.

Hey, you guys keep winning and crushing the teams that beat us-you'll never see us at your tourney! In all honesty, well done and its nice to see that team from Banta Town doing so well.