North-South Soccer Classic
June 21-23, 2018
T.L. Hanna HS - Anderson, SC

GIRLS

North Head Coach - David Craig, Eastside HS
North Assistant Coach - Kelsey Geary, Clover HS

South Head Coach - Mark Weaver, Ashley Ridge HS
South Assistant Coach - K.C. Dunbaker, River Bluff HS

BOYS

North Head Coach - Roger Carpenter, Aiken HS
North Assistant Coach - Scott Simmons, Gaffney HS

South Head Coach - David Anastasia, Barnwell HS
South Assistant Coach - David Choi, Bamberg-Ehrhardt HS

when and where will selection committees be announced?

Hoping to have committees posted next week. They will be on the main www.scsoccer.com home page.

2018 North-South Soccer Classic Rosters

Kevin, I think my GoalKeeper Taete McMurry should of made it. He had over 165 saves to date and we still got another game left. Not to mention that he is #1 in South Carolina in terms of goal saves and top 10 in the nation. Just my thoughts.

Uniform information for the North-South Soccer Classic has been sent to each player. The deadline to order is May 18.

North-South Soccer Classic Program Ads Received

Academic Magnet (E.Ladd, N.Price)
Ashley Ridge (D.Hood, E.Kifer) - $125
Aynor (B.McKeone) - $125
Bamberg-Ehrhardt (D.Choi) - $125
Barnwell SD 45 (D.Anastasia) - $125
Berkeley (C.Brayton) - $125
Blythewood (L.Shay, D.Shepard) - $125
Chapin (S.Slice, S.Taylor) - $125
Christ Church (W.Bethel) - $125
Clover (Z.Pierce, J.Isaac, H.Stewart)
Dorman (G.Cardew)
Eastside (A.Hutson-Hamric) - $125
A.C. Flora (O.Rohde) - $125
Gaffney (R.Sealy) - $125
Gilbert (A.Crowley) - $125
Gray Collegiate Academy (L.Lopez) - $125
Greenwood (H.Martin) - $125
T.L. Hanna (M.Latsch, B.Penedo, R.Wise, H.Cayelli) - $125
Indian Land (K.Erwin, E.Gerdes) - $125
Irmo (D.Cassell) - $125
Lexington (C.Shealy) - $125
Myrtle Beach (J.Posma) - $125
Nation Ford (S.Halas) - $125
Northwestern (G.Beard, D.Hooten) - $250
Powdersville (A.Irby) - $125
River Bluff (W.Wingard) - $125
River Bluff (W.Wingard & A.Wallace)
South Aiken (E.deMedicis) - $125
South Florence (B.Sloan) - $125
Southside Christian (M.Stringer) - $125
Swansea (JA.Meredith) - $125
Waccamaw (SA.Phillips, M.Pinkerton) - $125
Wade Hampton-G (Z.Baker, K.Roberson, C.Weber) - $125
Wade Hampton-H (S.Wilson) - $125
West Florence (B.Stokes) - $125
Wren (P.Brown) - $125
City of Anderson (Tax Funds)
Coach Dick Smith
Grainger Nissan
Younts Properties - $125

Red indicates payment not received

The program ads for NSSC have been updated as of 6.8.18 at 8:15 am.

MEDIA RELEASE

The 2018 North-South Soccer Classic, hosted by the South Carolina High School Soccer Coaches Association, will be held at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, S.C., on Saturday, June 23.

This is the second consecutive year that the "Electric City" has been the site of this event at Memorial Stadium's Fraser Field on the campus of T.L. Hanna High School and the third time overall (2007). The North-South Soccer Classic was founded in 1989 and has been staged every Summer since then for the boys' all-star game while the girls' contest has been played annually since its inception in 1997.

Admission is $10 at the gate and souvenir programs will be available for $5. Players will report on Friday, June 22 for an action-packed day that features a luncheon sponsored by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, team and individual pictures being taken at the field, a practice session for each team and, finally, a banquet that evening honoring the eight coaches and 72 graduated senior players.

In the boys' series, the North leads the South 15-10-4, but the South has captured five of the past eight meetings which includes a pair of draws. The South tallied a 3-2 victory last year in Anderson. In the girls' series, the South holds a slim one-match advantage at 9-8-4 and has won three of the past seven contests with three of those results ending in a tie, including last year's 1-1 draw.

For more information, please visit www.scsoccer.com and follow along on social media via Twitter @SCHSSCA with a hashtag of #NSSC18.

North-South Soccer Classic website

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2018 NSSC ROSTERS

North Girls
Head Coach: David Craig, Eastside
Assistant Coach: Kelsey Geary, Clover
Players: Peyton Brown, Wren; Grace Cardew, Dorman; Edie DeMedicis, South Aiken; Kailee Erwin, Indian Land; Emily Gerdes, Indian Land; Cece Hendricks, St. Joseph's Catholic; Alexis Huston-Hamric, Eastside; Ashton Irby, Powdersville; J'menii Isaac, Clover; Makala Latsch, T.L. Hanna; Hyori McDowell, North Augusta; Brooke Penedo, T.L. Hanna; Madison Pollard, Spartanburg; Kaleigh Roberson, Wade Hampton-G; Haley Stewart, Clover; Maddie Stringer, Southside Christian; Heather Turner, Airport; Courtney Weber, Wade Hampton-G.

South Girls
Head Coach: Mark Weaver, Ashley Ridge
Assistant Coach: K.C. Dunbaker, River Bluff
Players: Carol Brayton, Berkeley; Delaney Hood, Ashley Ridge; Emily Kifer, Ashley Ridge; Emma Ladd, Academic Magnet; Brittney McKeone, Aynor; Naomi Matthusen, Dreher; Jane Ashley Meredith, Swansea; Haley Merrill, Bishop England; Rhiannon Mirl, Summerville; Sarah Phillips, Waccamaw; Mason Pinkerton, Waccamaw; Josie Posma, Myrtle Beach; Salley Slice, Chapin; Tress Southard, Wando; Shanaya Stevens, Bluffton; Briley Stokes, West Florence; Sara Taylor, Chapin; Asha Wallace, River Bluff.

North Boys
Head Coach: Roger Carpenter, Aiken
Assistant Coach: Scott Simmons, Gaffney
Players: Zach Baker, Wade Hampton-G; Garrett Beard, Northwestern; Will Bethel, Christ Church Episcopal; Holden Cayelli, T.L. Hanna; Kyle Frei, Aiken; Steven Halas, Nation Ford; Davis Hooten, Northwestern; Keaton Hubbard, Eastside; Justin Joseph, Mauldin; Hykeem Martin, Greenwood; John Martin, Daniel; Cesar Rivera, Boiling Springs; Richard Sealy, Gaffney; Joseph Todd, Eastside; Sean Walsh, York Comprehensive; Eric Wertz, Aiken; Reel Wise, T.L. Hanna.

South Boys
Head Coach: David Anastasia, Barnwell
Assistant Coach: David Choi, Bamberg-Ehrhardt
Players: Marc Abbott, River Bluff; Zendon Andrews, Socastee; Tre'von Brisbon, Cane Bay; Davis Cassell, Irmo; Andrew Crowley, Gilbert; Hesham Hikal, Burke; Liam Hudock, Wando; Alexis Jimenez, Bluffton; Nick Price, Academic Magnet; Owen Rohde, A.C. Flora; Logan Shay, Blythewood; Campbell Shealy, Lexington; Devin Shepherd, Blythewood; Bobby Sloan, South Florence; Jonathan Williams, Bamberg-Ehrhardt; Luke Williams, St. James; Scott Wilson, Wade Hampton-H; Westen Wingard, River Bluff.

2018 NSSC OFFICIALS

Girls
Referee: Austin Porter
Assistant Referee: Jack Kovaleski
Assistant Referee: Tyler Hurst

Boys
Referee: Steven Faria
Assistant Referee: Reese Matalik
Assistant Referee: Van Cawthon

Special thanks to Upstate Referee Assignor, Jack Kovaleski, for arranging our North-South Soccer Classic officials.

The 2018 North-South Soccer Classic matches will be broadcast LIVE on the TLH Broadcast Channel on YouTube. Go to YouTube ... in the Search box, type in "TLH Broadcast Channel". Coverage begins at 10 a.m. on Saturday.

SCHSSCA Members -

This won't be a popular post, but it's something that needs to be said and read by the membership of the South Carolina High School Soccer Coaches Association.

A great group of volunteers work extremely hard every year to recognize graduated seniors with the two All-Star matches, the North-South Soccer Classic and the Clash of the Carolinas.

Being Summer events, there are naturally some obstacles such as vacations, trips, camps, jobs, early collegiate enrollees, etc., that have been planned in advance of the SCHSSCA selection meetings during the Spring. However, many of you know that part of our professional commitment to our organizations, SCHSSCA and SCACA, is to ensure that selected players and coaches can participate in these respective games.

Sadly, that has not happened in 2018 and a bevy of last-minute dropouts and replacements has taken place this week. In all, there are only 108 graduated seniors that can be honored between the two events (72 @ NSSC and 36 @ Clash). Since Wednesday, June 21, there have been six players that have vacated their positions in the North-South Soccer Classic: two on WED and four on FRI. That is unacceptable!

One player opted to play in Club Regionals at Greensboro, N.C. Another chose to train with the Charleston Battery. Unfortunately another player picked up an injury by stepping on a nail but didn't report the injury to his NSSC coach until Wednesday. Lastly, three players have provided no reason for their absence in Anderson, S.C.

Fortunately, three players have filled those vacated spots, but that means three others have cheated this opportunity from others. To me, that is plain selfishness! If, in the future, you as a coach have any trepidation of nominating a player then don't do it. We go through this ordeal annually, but it really needs to stop. It's not only rude to dishonor an initial commitment but just gives this generation of young adults an excuse that it is permissible to believe the world revolves around them.

This is not intended as a rip-fest, but something has to be addressed and it's going to take our entire Association to hold each of us accountable for our duties as coaches of these young people. And, there should be no need - except for something out of the ordinary - to chase down players at the last minute to fill spots.

Please post any replies to this message in this thread. Hopefully, we as the SCHSSCA, can remedy this situation in the future and continue to honor outstanding student-athletes through these All-Star events.

Follow on Twitter @SCSoccer and @SCHSSCA using hashtag #NSSC18.

June 23, 2018

South Rises Again, Sweeps North in Annual North-South Soccer Classic

ANDERSON, S.C. – In the first series sweep by either side since 2014, the South prevailed in the girls and boys matches, 1-0 and 5-2, respectively at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson.

This was the third time that Yellow Jackets Memorial Stadium has hosted this event which celebrated its 30th consecutive year of recognizing 72 graduated high school senior soccer players and eight coaches. The North boys now lead the series 15-11-4 while the South girls hold a 10-8-4 advantage.

GIRLS: South 1-0 North
Chapin’s Salley Slice broke a scoreless deadlock less than two minutes into the second half when she made sure a deflected ball off a corner kick from Ashley Ridge’s Emily Kifer got over the goal line to score the game’s only goal. The South peppered the North goal with 14 shots, which produced 11 saves from North goalkeepers Alexis Hutson-Hamric of Eastside and Courtney Weber of Wade Hampton-G. South net-minders Sarah Phillips of Waccamaw and Delaney Hood of Ashley Ridge, who also served as team captains, combined for four saves on seven shots. Edie DeMedicis from South Aiken was selected Most Valuable Player for the North squad and served as a co-captain with Brooke Penedo of T.L. Hanna. Sha’Nya Stevens of Bluffton earned MVP honors for the South.

GIRLS: South 1-0 North
Halftime: S 0-0 N.
Goals: (S) Salley Slice 42’.
Assists: (S) Emily Kifer.
Shots: S 14-7 N.
Saves: S (Sarah Phillips 2, Delaney Hood 2) 4-11 N (Alexis Hutson-Hamric 4, Courtney Weber 2).
Corner Kicks: S 11-0 N.
Offsides: S 3-0 N.
Fouls: S 3-3 N.
Records: South (10-8-4); North (8-10-4).

BOYS: South 5-2 North
The boys’ match saw six of the contest’s seven goals scored in the first five and final five minutes of the match with plenty of end to end action in between. Keaton Hubbard of Eastside and Luke Williams from St. James each tallied two scores while Logan Shay (Blythewood) and twin brothers Scott and Trevor Wilson of Wade Hampton-H scored one a piece. Hesham Hikal of Burke, Alexis Jimenez of Bluffton, and Shay were all credited with assists for the South squad. Shay and Williams served as co-captains for the South while Davis Hooten of Northwestern and Reel Wise of T.L. Hanna were co-captains for the North. Shay and Hubbard earned MVP recognition for their efforts. The South outshot the North 15-6 and the teams combined for 11 corner kicks.

BOYS: South 5-2 North
Halftime: S 2-1 N.
Goals: (S) Luke Williams 2’; (S) Scott Wilson 3’; (N) Keaton Hubbard 4’; (S) Logan Shay 52’; (N) Hubbard 76’; (S) Williams 77’; (S) Trevor Wilson 79’.
Assists: (S) Hesham Hikal, Alexis Jimenez, Shay.
Shots: S 15-6 N.
Saves: S (Marc Abbott 1, Jonathan Williams 2); N (Davis Hooten 6).
Corner Kicks: S 5-6 N.
Offsides: S 4-0 N.
Fouls: S 6-6 N.
Records: South (11-15-4); North (15-11-4).

I can only say as a high school coach, that I had 3 players that would have loved to play in the NSSC. I took them to the Senior Showcase, let everyone know they wanted to play, and told them to keep the weekend free in case they were contacted. I told them this since kids dropped out the year I coached as well, and some replacements got contacted very late in the process.

I am not sure what the answer is either, but the conversation needs to happen. If there are kids that make it and don't want to play and kids that want to play that don't get a chance, we are missing something.