Lake Murray Challenge Brackets

SC Soccer

OOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! NN FIANLLY gets their shot at IRMO!!!!! Chapin gets the EASIEST draw out of this....Good tourney should be a few good matches out of it. I don't see Dreher or Ben Lippen winning any games at theLake this year.

Who is Norman North? Are they from another state?

Defending champs from OK.

Norman North, from Norman, Oklahoma, did not win the State Championship this past spring, but is annually one of the top teams in the Sooner State.

Looks like a very good tournament field at the LMC.

Your right, it looks like a great tournament

Poor Dreher has no chance in that bracket. That bracket also has too many strong teams. A more balanced bracket would have either NN, NW or Irmo in A Group, with NA in C.

I like Eastside in A, a team that beings with "D" in B, and Northwestern in C.

Dreher drew the short straw.

No matter what happens with Dreher, one of those other 3 powers in Group C should be in another group.

"WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH WWWWAAAAAAAAHHHHHH" ~2004 Sucker

looking at the field this looks to be the most competetive high school pre season tournament in south carolina i have ever seen...group c looks to be the group of death...how are irmo, nn, nw, and dreher looking and what about eastside and dutch fork in the other groups

Shearer,
I downloaded an application, filled it out and sent it in for you. You should be receiving a contact from the facility soon. Good Luck!
http://www.bu.edu/cpr/services/rc/index.html

touche

I decided to extend the same courtesy to you my friend..

Thank me later..

ouch, Dreher certainly does have it tough, and i think it is eastside that gets the easy group, not Chapin. I think Norman North and Dutch Fork will meet for the final, but you can bet I'll be high tailing it over from Dutch Fork to see the Norman North-Irmo game. Shearer, why no faith in the Falcons? They have won a game in the past two lake murray challenges, and have been highly competitive in each of their 6 games.

Thanks LE dudeman,
Those are some hot ladies!!!
So you are Shearer's spokeswoman now?

I knew you'd appreciate..

sidenote: Dreher will need a platoon of super sophomores for this one..Feb 17th is D-day for the devils.. (gotta love alliteration)

2004 sucker......what ever???? That was weak....No LE is not the official spokeman for me but he calls a spade a spdae or in your case a BEETCH a BEETCH!!!!

Infamous........Not to offend you....but BL just cant keep up with those guys....I do see you and CN as the favorites for SCISA....That is if The new coach can adapt to CN kids.

Man where have I been, did CN get a new coach?

None taken Shearer. But (in my opinion) they can. 2 years ago, 2-0 loss to Dorman, 0-0 at half time, game could have gone either way (i am told though i wasn't there). 1-0 dreher off an ugly goal, neither team played well due to the heavy wind. 3-2 win over AC Flora. Last year, hard fought 2-1 loss to Chapin, another hard fought loss to NA 2-1 where Ben Lippen went down 2-0 less than 10 minutes into the game off some poor decisions by players that didn't end up playing defense when the full roster showed up. 3-2 win over TL Hanna. 6 LMC games, 6 close matches. Be prepared for 3 more close games, maybe this year Ben Lippen will win more than one. And If Dreher and Ben Lippen do poorly, they will likely meet in the consolation game, so someone will probably win one.

I have a feeling that Norman North and Irmo were paired together on the first date, because the Timberwolves have been to Columbia four times to participate in the Palmetto Cup and one of the teams that NN has wanted to play is Irmo.

But, since the Yellow Jackets opt to not play in a tournament during Spring Break, NN has never had the opportunity outside of their other trip to the Capital City in which Irmo downed Norman North 2-0 or 3-0 in 1998 in a preseason tourney hosted by Dutch Fork.

Norman North has posted a 15-1-2 record in the Palmetto Cup and won the tournament three out of four times since 2000. Bishop England is the only team to have beaten the Timberwolves (3-2 in 2002) and Brookland-Cayce (0-0 in 2002) and Hilton Head (3-3 in 2005) earned draws vs. Norman North.

Shearer,

I almost hate to do this, but I must ask, how does the two time defending State Champion not show up as a favorite in SCISA? I know, like someone else has said from Columbia, (CAPN Walt I think) they don't see Pinewood players before the season. Well, if you want to see the Pinewood players, watch Bridge FA 88 Gold, Bridge FA 88 Red, Bridge FA 89 Gold, Bridge FA 90 Gold, Bridge FA 90 Red, CUSC Thunder, SSC 89 Blue, and SSC 89 White.

Last year Pinewood was accused of flying under the radar, I think it was Bdad11 that put that one in there. Now back into stealth mode.

Bear,

So does PP have a player on each team? I think CN will win it......BL/PP/PG/HH all have a shot....just how I see it....

Cheers

Bear, I wouldn't call "flying under the radar" an accusation.That has a negative connotion. At the time I meant Pinewood was not getting talked about on the SCISA board and were quietly playing very good soccer and would be a factor come May. Pinewood will most likely be better this year with the number of returning players they have. In my eyes Pinewood is a strong favorite this year. My only regret was last year saying CN was the only SCISA team capable of playing in Mr Heise's tournament. Obviously Pinewood would have acquited themselves well in that tournament.

The SCISA posters on this board are almost entirely from Columbia. Therefore the lowerstate teams don't get mentioned as much as they should.

i deffinately want to see the NN vs. Irmo, NW vs Irmo and NW vs. NN

another irmo vs northwestern game..seems like its turning into some sort of rivalry..besides the irmo vs nn game everyone wants to see...i would not want to miss irmo vs nw or nn vs nw...

WOW

I would like to know who was the brains behind this tourney scheduling...

3 of the top 4 teams in one bracket? And nice losers bracket A so someone ELSE has a chance to win?

Irmo or NW should have been in the A bracket...

Bdad, poor choice of words. Under the radar definitely is not a bad thing. Your right about the Columbia posters. I've noticed that.

Shearer, returning and/or potential starters, save 1 are on the teams mentioned. Naturally too soon to predict that. Other players that could/should move up are also within these teams.

I think ranking and grouping the teams by last years power ranking is a good theory, but doesn't always work out. You say that the three top teams are in one bracket, but thats looking at last years teams. A lot of teams could be very different this year. Irmo, for instance, lost 13 seniors and like 8 starters. I know they don't rebuild, they reload, but that's still a difficult task for any team to come back from. Obviously it is still the strongest group by far, but not to the extent that everyone is saying.

I think that DF will probably take the tourney this year. Irmo is not going to be as strong as in past years. They will be good, but not strong. DF is going to crush some people this year. The NN Irmo game will be a good game. NN wants some revenge for their loss to them a few years back. I think I might have to fly down to watch some of this tournament. Has anyone heard about the squad that NN is possibly going to bring? Did they lose many people last year?

..bring me some cheese.

If I recall from last year, NN was very young so they probably have a number of players back this year. Here is NN website, with a pic from last year's championship at BC. It may be noted that they actually can begin practice on Nov. 1, whereas, SC teams can begin, I believe in January. Someone correct me on the SC start date.
http://eteamz.active.com/nnboyssoccer/index.cfm?

LE dudeman,
Is that some code word ('cheese') between you and Shearer? Ya know its impolite to transfer illegal substances thru the internet.

quote:
Originally posted by 2004striker:
LE dudeman,
Is that some code word ('cheese') between you and Shearer? Ya know its impolite to transfer illegal substances thru the internet.

..it's rather impossible also.

Is your moronic babble some secret alien code revealing Earth's coordinates to your mother world. I'd almost hope so..

2004striker, you sure aren't the sharpest tool in the shed! Soccerboy is from Wisconsin (the land of cheese). Put 2+2 together sometimes!

LE Dudeman,
Be forewarned! The coordinates are locked in on Lugoof-Elgin. Mother world will destroy all citizens in Lugoof-Elgin on Oct. 30.
(A video tape will soon follow).

Cokefan,
OK, I now see the connection in the transfer of the substances is between little soccerboy and LEdudeman. But even in my dullness, I can venture to say the illegal substances are hidden in a large slab of Wisconsin cheddar.

Oh, I'll bring some cheese! It's been fun up here...the HS season is coming to a close pretty soon. I have been doing quite a few club tournaments lately. I refereed a team from OH the other day that was pretty good. (U14G) Most of the teams up here are OK, but there are very few that are really quite good. This U17G team from Appleton was pretty darned good, had a 6'1" girl that was their sweeper. They won the tourny. It just sucks reffing iin long sleeves and pants....it is fricken cold some days already!

What kind of cheese do you want Jack?

Now I see why little soccerboy won the PLC last season. He is LE's connection. And the type of illegal substance to be transfered depends on what type cheese Jack chooses? I need to get that info to Columbo stat.

Nice.....I would "recommend" the colby jack cheese.......

Even if Norman North graduated alot of talent (which I'm not sure about). They "reload" like Irmo does. I seem to remember their coach saying that there are over 100 people at tryouts year in and year out there. I agree that Dutch Fork has a good shot at the tourney. They are my pick for 4a this year (but that is based soley on the columbia area teams and what little I've seen from the upperstate and charleston area).

quote:
Originally posted by 2004striker:
Now I see why little soccerboy won the PLC last season. He is LE's connection. And the type of illegal substance to be transfered depends on what type cheese Jack chooses? I need to get that info to Columbo stat.

Typical paranoid old man.. while we're at it.. you're son is probably gay too buddy..now go buy him some beer and pornos..

COLUMBO..you need to take a que from ColaFan/ColaDad (whichever) and let your kid post for you sometimes..sheesh..

quote:
Originally posted by Soccerboy:
Nice.....I would "recommend" the colby jack cheese.......

I'm a provolone fan..mainly because when I do eat cheese it's sandwiches and italian food. But.. If anyone is going to make a solid recommendation..it would be the cheese head..

Colby Jack sounds good to me..

Folks,

Remember.... NW hasn't had to reload from last year, they are the same team as last year.

They only lost one senior starter from the club that went 25-2

So there's your Upperstate quantified...

They lost 3 seniors but only one starter.

All were significant. Actually, they return a top defender that was out all year since the Lake Murray Tourney and also return another offensive player that was out all year with a leg injury.

And when you go from a 3 senior led team to a 14 senior led team, your looking at a very experienced bunch.

Riddle me this Lowvolt:

What was lost in Rock Hill and found in Greenville?

Your points about experience are well taken but you are missing kickman's point.

Finotti??

Back to topic, I think Dutch Fork will win the tournament. They have everybody back, I think, and a very good player in the cates kid. While NN will certainly be a favorite, I am going with the hometown team.

What no guess to the riddle pretty ricky???

Good call on DF but I think NN takes them. I think it will be NN vs DF in the final....I have NN taking it. they play about as direct as a team can play while keeping the ball. They have GREAT team speed and on a bigger field(unlike The Cage/Palmetto Cup) they will be able to run.

Their outside mids will be the differnce.

Shearer,
I try to comment on issues that I have knowledge of or interest in. I will hit you back with some lyrics though.

I thought he hit you w/ some pretty good knowledge about the NN vs DF game. How big is NN? How many students?

What's your take Prettyricky and why does that name sound familiar? Is it Boyz N Da Hood?

here are some lyrics for ya pretty......

Cuz da boyz in da hood are always hard
come talkin dat trash and we'll pull your car
knowin nuttin in life but to be legit
don't quote me boy cuz I ain't said @#$%

Eazy "mo fo en" E

RIP

Ordell Robbie,
My take is the same as it was 60 minutes ago - Dutch Fork will win the tournament.

Ricky is my name and I am pretty. No connection with the boyz or anything else.

You and Ko Ko B Ware.

That's ok, but not my speed. Try these...

...ate sutn', couple 40s made me hate sutn', now i'm ready to take sutn'...i'm possessed by the darker side, livin' the cruddy life, messin' with cats like you will get the bloody knife...

I really hate to sound like lowvolt here, but NW does return basically all of their team, and they were a very strong team last year. On top of that, they gain a strong player in Martinez, who (although young) is a Region 3 team player. It would be hard for any coach to misfire with this team.

I'll go with NW over DF for the LMC AND the 4A state championship.

Oh, and by the way Shearer, you remind me of my wife when I ask a question to my kids to see if they understand something, and my wife answers it for them. I was really wondering if lowvolt would get the question because he sure wan't getting kickman's hints. I expect diehards like you to get the answer.

Corner....My bad. But to be honest that wasn't actually a "Chico" type riddle.....Enzo will have to adjust to the physical side of HS soccer. By mid year he could have an impact. Look for the "lil CM" to be a key for NW...I just don't see NN getting beat.....I just think DF plays too negative.

Hey Pretty you know the 36 chambers?

Do you think your Wu-Tang sword can defeat me?

En garde, I'll let you try my Wu-Tang style !!

Ghostface, catch the blast of a hype verse
My glock bursts, leave in a hearse, I did worse
I come rough, tough like an elephant tusk
Ya head rush, fly like Egyptian musk

Are you Fisher DeBerry?

Lake Murray Challenge 2006

BRACKETS: A: Chapin, North Augusta, James Island, Eastside
B: Dutch Fork, Dorman, Myrtle Beach, Ben Lippen
C: Irmo Norman North, Dreher, Northwestern
GAMES:
Friday February 17
@ Chapin
game 1 6:00 James Island VS Eastside
game 2 8:00 Chapin VS North Augusta
@ Dutch Fork
game 3 6:00 Myrtle Beach VS Ben Lippen
game 4 8:00 Dutch Fork VS Dorman
@ Irmo
game 5 6:00 Dreher VS Northwestern
game 6 8:00 Irmo VS Norman North *

* Win or lose Norman North will play in game 11 and Irmo Game 12 on Saturday

Saturday February 18
@ Chapin
game 7 9:00 loser of game 1 vs loser of game 2
game 8 11:00 winner of game 2 vs winner of game 1

@ Dutch Fork
game 9 9:00 loser of game 3 vs. loser of game 4
game 10 11:00 winner of game 4 vs winner of game 3

@ Irmo
game 11 9:00 loser of game 5 vs loser of game 6
game 12 11:00 winner of game 6 vs winner of game 5

@ Chapin
game 13 5:00 1st place group A VS 1st Place group B

@ Dutch Fork
game 14 5:00 1st Place group C VS Wild Card (2nd place team with most points)

*if wild card comes from group C, Group A will play wild card
** You must be playing in Games 8, 10, or 12 to get wild card

@Site TBA After morning Games ( Chapin, Dutch Fork, Irmo, or CSC)
game 15 3:00 2nd Place teams with least amount of points out of Games 8, 10, 12
game 16 3:00 3rd place teams with highest points out of Games 7, 9, 11
game 17 3:00 3rd place team with fewest points vs 4th place team with most points out of Games 7, 9, 11
game 18 3:00 4th place teams with least points out of Games 7, 9, 11
* Considerations will be made in consolation matches based on regular season matches

Sunday February 19
@ Irmo
FINALS
game 19 2:00 winner of game 14 vs winner of game 13

Note: Home team is listed first and should wear white. There will be an area for your teams to warm up if games run over. We will play SCHSL rules. (40 minute halves, two 5 minute overtimes, shootout) The wild card will be determined on a points system.

Points System: 3 points for win
1 point for every goal up to 3
1 point for a shutout
1 for a shootout loss

Tie Breaker:
Goal differential
Least goals allowed
Most goals scored
shootout at site TBA

OK State Association rules allow them to play in a 2-day preseason tournamnet. So, they will not advance to the championship round.

I'm hot, top notch, Ghost thinks with logic
Flashback's how I attacked your whole project
I'm raw, I'm rugged and raw! I repeat, if I die
My seed'll be ill like me.

good enough shearer? let's chill with the lyrics.

kickman, you got jokes now? didn't i hit you up yesterday about your son's left foot?

Kickman here is a cure for you......go play kickman and kick yourself in the nuts(really hard mind you).....that way the world is safe from you reproducing!!!

pretty I'll "kick" some at you lata boy! If you are down for the WU you gots my respect!

too late, shearer, his son has an awesome left foot and is more valuable than your son, who is right footed.

OK now I am taking DF in the finals. They will play The Finotti-less NW!(which is not as bad as it seems....Dom is a quality coach and will get those guys on the right track)

Pretty....oh that's how he does it....ok well my son( who I don't have) will beat up his son!!Just b/c he is left footed and weird!!!

Where is B Rabbit and Future when you need them? We got a bunch of white boys in here trying to rap.

Future was black.

I know that man. They could help you two with setting up a battle. You know

No batlle just sharing knowledge! so Loc you straight outa Compton?

Shearer,
Don't get him started. He'll pull out the collard greens in a minute.

Northwestern has ducked alot of teams the past several years and beaten up on Gaffney and Clover and Rock Hill. They've gotten fat off of the poor. I don't see them doing much next year.

Wow, did you just say what i think you said? You just lost all your credibility with one post.

NW lost only two games last year and they were to Eastside (3A state champs) and South Aiken (4A state champs). Outside of that they beat some pretty good teams along the way. That's not getting fat off the poor when you do that well year in and year out, which they have been doing.

arent gaffney and rock hill in nw's region? they cant really do anything about playing those games then can they?

Any guy that would have his name as prettyricky is either conceited, or gay. I haven't figured out which yet....

Soccerboy, your post seems a little out of place. But, for whatever it is worth, I will see if I can measure up.

I can't understand why you would be concerned with my sexuality and/or self-esteem of which neither is of any consequence to you. As an aspiring teacher, don't you think you would benefit more from learning which grammatical situations require commas?

Stop waisting my time and concern yourself with balls and strikes. I bet you are not even pursuing the coaching profession - umpire right? Yeah, that is your favorite spot! You were probably a catcher in your "playa" days - seems to be the proper progression.

When your name evolves to "soccerman" holla back at me.

Hey Always,

I know a few people are interested to hear your reasoning behind that post.

I was just trying to figure out why you went off and picked prettyricky as your name for the board. It is as simple as that.

Oh, to finish answering your question/attempted personal attack. I usually played center field, but was sometimes moved to play left field or 2nd base. There is no way that I would ever want to be a baseball umpire. As it pertains to my coaching, yes I plan on coaching when I finish my degree. In fact, it looks like I will be able to be an assistant coach for a HS soccer team in Illinois this spring. That should be pretty fun, and hopefully I will learn a lot from that experience. I think that about sums up what you asked me.

Also, for what it is worth, where I placed a comma in my first post is an acceptable place to put one.

From the looks of it, you enjoy riding a bike, too, huh? Wait, I bet you really enjoy the unicycle!! That is the hardest one to ride!

Nice try chump. If you wanted to know the reason for my name, all you had to do was ask. You were trying to be a wise a@#, but you met your match here.

Tool.

Ouch!

pretty

you are pretty cold. dont think he will be back on now

Don't think I will be back on now? Look at how many posts I have.....you guys are new here, you don't know me very well I take it. prettyricky remind me of headstrongDO....lots of talk. That's fine, I can handle it. Oh yeah, bring on the unicycle, sounds like fun. Maybe you should have said it was a unicycle without a seat...wow...that may have been more amusing. I'm not in the mood to get into sophmoric banter, so I guess I will end this post.

As for the LMC, I have heard a rumor that Irmo is getting a new keeper that is transferring into the district. Is there any weight to that rumor? Could that be the piece that Irmo needs to put together another good run this year?

Soccerboy, let's rewind this a minute. Who called who out? You did. So, don't put me out there as someone who is talking crap. You called me out and then backpeddled when I defended myself. Wanker.

I was poking a little fun at you...don't take me so seriously all the time. Calm down pretty....by the way, I take it you changed your name recently?

By the way, how did I backpedal? I still think the name prettyricky is gay. Reminds me of a ricky martin wanna-be.

WOW...youtwo guys are getting to be like Shearer and 2004Striker.

Pretty you did jump back pretty harshly.

Sorry Kickman, didn't mean to dilute the thread.

Ok, Soccerboy, what gives? You just want to sit there and call my name gay? Or do you have something serious to discuss? Would you like to discuss soccer?

Like I said before, has anyone heard anything about a really good goalie moving into the Irmo area? That could have an effect on the Lake Murray Challenge. I think that DF is going to be very strong this year, so they could do very well at the LMC. I take it by what some people are saying that NW is still going to be good this year. Wasn't Dorman really young but good last year? Don't they stand to do pretty well at this tournament also? Anyone have any information on Dorman?

Do you have any idea where he might be from? Typical the rich get richer!!!

I think he is from Ohio, but don't quote me....

Dorman has a lot of talent and will contend for the upperstate championship, but I don't think that they will have the horses to beat NW.

I'm back....

Ok, who said what!?

The only TEAM that can stop Norman North is HILTON HEAD

quote:
Originally posted by LITO:
The only TEAM that can stop Norman North is HILTON HEAD

And what overwhelming evidence do you have to support this conclusion?

I'm with cornerflag on this one. I have to go with DF or Irmo having the possibility of beating NN. HIlton Head is good, but are they that good?

Soccerboy and Cornerflag agree? What is the world coming to.

SB: along with DF and Irmo, I'll put NW and Dorman ahead of HH until someone proves otherwise.

I john Kerr related to the john kerr at Harvard?

Is he coaching at HHBSC?

You know its going to be a Dutch Fork - Northwestern Final...

Might as well stop all the predictions now and end this post!

John Kerr, Sr. Johnny Kerr's (Harvard) father.

quote:
The only TEAM that can stop Norman North is HILTON HEAD

My guess is this person posted it because the Seahawks and Timberwolves tied 3-3 at the 2005 Palmetto Cup -- Norman North's only blemish en route to the tournament title. However, Hilton Head will not be participating in a preseason tourney, so it's a moot point!

I'm looking forward to Dreher's team this year. They should have the pieces in place for a region title and a shot at the State Championship. Any word on what those guys have done this fall?

Hilton Head has a very good team this year look for # 10 His amazing

is deigo miranda back at HH?

for soccerpop

Thanks benp