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I started my original post mainly to point out that the BE-BC game score was incorrect on the Viking Cup website. Bishop England has not had a voice on this board. Sorry you take offense to mine. In the past few years Waccamaw has sometimes been ranked ahead of BE despite marked differences in strength of schedule. Rankings determine field advantage in the end. While every team must prove itself on the field and not on a message board, lobbying apparently plays a part and it has already started.

The “bulletin board material” you refer to was already on here before I made my first post. I’m sure BE does not have the only player that’s ever gotten a yellow card for language. No one likes it and no one approves. If you look back at the posts you’ll note that there was some reasonable discussion of this issue that followed.

You may want to take a second look at the BE defense. We have an all-state defender, two all-region defenders, several premier and challenge players who have been playing since they were freshmen. These are the same players who have played the same Waccamaw offense for years in club and high school and won each time. If you re-read my posts you’ll see I complimented Waccamaw on being quality competition and in my opinion better than the upstate teams we’ve played in State. Compliments to an opponent “reflects poorly” on the team?

Finally, you have an interesting view of the word “nervous”. Webster’s defines nervous as “timid, apprehensive, uneasy, unsteady”. It was not a compliment. Is BE excited, pumped, focused and prepared? Yes. That’s why I said BE doesn’t get nervous. BOTH teams will have to bring their “A” game to win.

Thanks for being a BE supporter. It’s great soccer.

Maybe all-region wasn't a good example Talon. The point being that losing two players on defense is not going to make the BE defense fall apart. There are other good players to step up. The all-region defenders are also challenge players who have contributed greatly to the defense in the past few years(and defended the Waccamaw offense in club).

omg - someone please move BE soccer up to 3a where they belong.

Challenge=Pay more money for coaches to coach players not getting better

Excuse my ignorance and I'm sure someone has probably covered this in the past, but can someone tell me why BE plays 2A and not SCISA? Would SCISA not be more competitive?

I guess it is an option for private schools, there are a few in the upstate that also play in the SCHSL.

Tonights FM vs Spartanburg game should give FM a chance to get things back on track after VC. Sburg always seems to play them very tough and with home field they will be looking to take FM!

The reason BE plays in 2A has more to do with enrollment than anything else. Bishop England's enrollment is around 800, which would make it the largest SCISA school by a pretty good amount. I think Porter-Gaud's K-12 enrollment is close to BE's 9-12 enrollment. While it may not be true every year for every sport, there is a good chance BE would win more championships every year than they currently do just based on the larger enrollment. It would be like Wando playing 2A. The best competition for BE, currently, is in the SCHSL. In the future this may change, though.