Looks like 2010 will be Fort Mill's last shot at that elusive 4A State Championship. It's also Clover's last shot to end the Lady Jackets' 63-game region winning streak and six consecutive Region 3 4A titles.
Word on the street has Fort Mill dropping to 3A effective with the 2010-2011 season.
Projected:
Fort Mill Nation Ford York Chester Lugoff-Elgin Fairfield Central
None of this is official.
Kids play sports because they find it fun. Eliminate the fun and soon you eliminate the kid.
While it is nice to feel welcome. I am not sure how long the welcome committe will be out once these former AAAA powerhouses drop down. FMHS( and NFHS for that matter) may no longer be AAAA because of enrollment but they still have quite stong club bases from which they can pull their teams. Given they way the FMHS JV girls ran roughshod 21-1 with 20 shutouts over their competition with only 1 junior on team, meaning almost the entire team will be there for 1st year of AAA, it should result in some really good soccer being played in this new "region". Hopefully they can add to the already "hot" 3A play.
I would think that Clover will still be on the top of FMHS/NFHS non region teams we need to play to guage ourselves!
But all that can wait as I think the girls(and boys) from FMHS have one more year to reach their goal in AAAA!
I haven't seen any numbers published. Everything I have reported is unofficial. It's just what I have heard from other coaches who probably have more information than I have.
Kids play sports because they find it fun. Eliminate the fun and soon you eliminate the kid.
I don't think LE will be staying 3A, everything I have heard from AD's has them moving to 4A.. Of course who knows what will happen in the end...Funky things always seem to happen.