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Due to SCHSL ruling a team ineligible (even though they have continually played in SCHSL Sanctioned tournaments. We are looking for one team that can play at the scheduled times:


Thursday March 25th- 7:30 vs. Academic Magnet
Friday March 26th-6:00 vs. Blue Ridge
Saturday: TBD

Tournament entry fee will be waived and schedule could possibly be accommodating if Thursday night is not a possibility. If interested, please email smasone@lex2.org

Other option for scheduling:

Friday at 3:30 vs North Augusta
Friday at 7:15 vs Nation Ford
Saturday TBD

Thanks to Heathwood for taking this spot and helping. Also big thanks to Kevin Heise. Brackets will be re-released this afternoon.

Updated Schedule and Brackets

Bracket A: Airport, Academic Magnet, Blue Ridge
Bracket B: Hammond, S. Aiken, Byrnes
Bracket C: Dreher, Dillon, N. Myrtle Beach
Bracket D: Batesburg-Leesville, Thomas Sumter, Emerald
Bracket E: Nation Ford, N. Augusta, Heathwood Hall
Bracket F: St. Joseph's, Bluffton, Aiken

Thursday 3/25

Game 1: 6:00: Hammond vs. S. Aiken
Game 2: 7:30: Airport vs. Academic Magnet

Friday 3/26

Game 3: 3:30: Heathwood vs. N. Augusta F1
Game 4: 3:30: Aiken vs. St. Joseph's F2
Game 5: 4:45: Batesburg-Leesville vs. Emerald F1
Game 6: 4:45: Dreher vs. Dillon F2
Game 7: 6:00: Blue Ridge vs. Airport F1
Game 8: 6:00: Byrnes vs. Hammond F2
Game 9: 7:15: Bluffton vs. Aiken F1
Game 10: 7:15: Nation Ford vs. Heathwood F2
Game 11: 8:30: Dreher vs. N. Myrtle Beach F1
Game 12: 8:30: Thomas Sumter vs. Batesburg-Leesville F2

Saturday 3/27

Game 13: 9:30: S. Aiken vs. Byrnes F1
Game 14: 9:30: Academic Magnet vs. Blue Ridge F2
Game 15: 11:00: St Joseph's vs. Bluffton F1
Game 16: 11:00: N. Augusta vs. Nation Ford F2
Game 17: 12:30: Dillon vs. N. Myrtle Beach F1
Game 18: 12:30: Emerald vs. Thomas Sumter F2

Teams 1-8 will be based on point system through group stage. There will be 6 winners and 2 wild card spots. Quarterfinals will begin at 3:30 on Field 1. Consolation matches will be determined by points earned in group stage. There will be every attempt to avoid region and regular season match ups. Consolation matches will begin play at 2:00 pm on Field 2.

Game 19: 2:00: Consolation 1 F2
Game 20: 1 vs. 8 F1
Game 21: Consolation 2 F2
Game 22: 5:00: 4 vs. 5 F1
Game 23: 5:00 Consolation 3 F2
Game 24: 6:30: 3 vs. 6 F1
Game 25: 6:30: Consolation 4 F2
Game 26: 8:00: 2 vs. 7 F1
Game 27: 8:00: Consolation 5 F2

Sunday 3/28

Game 28: 9:00: Semi Final #1: WG20 vs. WG22 F1
Game 29: 10:30: Semi final #2: WG24 vs. WG26 F1
Game 30: 1:30: Finals: WG28 vs. WG29 F1

My picks:

A: Academic Magnet
B: Hammond
C: NMB
D: Emerald
E: Nation Ford
F: St. Joes
Wildcard: S. Aiken and either Bluffton, Aiken, or Airport

Hammond, Academic Magnet, St. Joe's, and NMB final 4

Hammond and NMB for Championship. Hammond winning.

Airport Select Invitational

UPDATED SCHEDULE FROM AIRPORT HS COACH SAM MASONE

Bracket A - Airport, Academic Magnet, Blue Ridge
Bracket B - Byrnes, Hammond, South Aiken
Bracket C - Dillon, Dreher, North Myrtle Beach
Bracket D - Batesburg-Leesville, Emerald, Thomas Sumter
Bracket E - Heathwood Hall, Nation Ford, North Augusta
Bracket F - Aiken, Bluffton, St. Joseph's

THURSDAY, MARCH 25
G1, 6 pm - Hammond vs. South Aiken
G2, 7:30 pm - Airport vs. Academic Magnet

FRIDAY, MARCH 26
G3, 3:30 pm - Heathwood Hall vs. North Augusta (F1)
G4, 3:30 pm - Aiken vs. St. Joseph's (F2)
G5, 4:45 pm - Batesburg-Leesville vs. Emerald (F1)
G6, 4:45 pm - Dreher vs. Dillon (F2)
G7, 6 pm - Bluffton vs. Aiken (F1)
G8, 6 pm - Byrnes vs. Hammond (F2)
G9, 7:15 pm - North Myrtle Beach vs. Dreher (F1)
G10, 7:15 pm - Nation Ford vs. Heathwood Hall (F2)
G11, 8:30 pm - Airport vs. Blue Ridge (F1)
G12, 8:30 pm - Thomas Sumter vs. Batesburg-Leesville (F2)

SATURDAY, MARCH 27
G13, 9:30 am - South Aiken vs. Byrnes (F1)
G14, 9:30 am - Academic Magnet vs. Blue Ridge (F2)
G15, 11 am - St. Joseph's vs. Bluffton (F1)
G16, 11 am - North Augusta vs. Nation Ford (F2)
G17, 12:30 pm - Dillon vs. North Myrtle Beach (F1)
G18, 12:30 pm - Emerald vs. Thomas Sumter (F2)

Note: Teams 1-8 will be ranked based on point system through group stage. There will be six winners and two wild card spots. Quarterfinals will begin at 3:30 p.m., on Field 1. Consolation matches (teams 9-18) will be determined by points earned in group stage. There will be every attempt to avoid region and regular season match-ups. Consolation matches will begin play at 2 p.m., on Field 2.

Winners Bracket (Field 1)
G20, 3:30 pm - #1 vs. #8
G22, 5 pm - #4 vs. #5
G24, 6:30 pm - #3 vs. #6
G26, 8 pm - #2 vs. #7

Consolation Bracket (Field 2)
G19, 2 pm - TBD
G21, 3:30 pm - TBD
G23, 5 pm - TBD
G25, 6:30 pm - TBD
G27, 8 pm - TBD

SUNDAY, MARCH 28
G28, 9 am - Winner G20 vs. Winner G22
G29, 10:30 am - Winner G24 vs. Winner G26
G30, 1:30 pm - Winner G28 vs. Winner G29

It's unreasonable to expect one team (Dreher) to play a game at 4:45 PM on Friday and then turn around and play again at 7:15 PM . Why not move the 7:15 PM game to the 8:30 PM time slot when Airport plays Blue Ridge. Neither of these teams is playing earlier that evening. This is poor planning and the host school should do something to correct this.

Bruin-It is not poor planning. This was a change that was made yesterday to accommodate Blue Ridge, who had a death of a student this week with a funeral planned for Friday. The change was made with consent from all teams involved in the switch, ie. Dreher, Aiken, NMB, Bluffton, AHS, and Blue Ridge. We are attempting to make a more reasonable window for a team traveling from the upstate whose plans have changed by a tragic event.

I've got bracket-mania ... My picks IN ALL CAPS

G1, 6 pm - Hammond vs. South Aiken - HAMMOND
G2, 7:30 pm - Airport vs. Academic Magnet - AIPORT

FRIDAY, MARCH 26
G3, 3:30 pm - Heathwood Hall vs. North Augusta (F1) - NA
G4, 3:30 pm - Aiken vs. St. Joseph's (F2) - AIKEN
G5, 4:45 pm - Batesburg-Leesville vs. Emerald (F1) - EMERALD
G6, 4:45 pm - Dreher vs. Dillon (F2) - DREHER
G7, 6 pm - Bluffton vs. Aiken (F1) - AIKEN
G8, 6 pm - Byrnes vs. Hammond (F2) - HAMMOND
G9, 7:15 pm - North Myrtle Beach vs. Dreher (F1) - NMB
G10, 7:15 pm - Nation Ford vs. Heathwood Hall (F2) - NF
G11, 8:30 pm - Airport vs. Blue Ridge (F1) - AIRPORT
G12, 8:30 pm - Thomas Sumter vs. Batesburg-Leesville (F2) - B-L

SATURDAY, MARCH 27
G13, 9:30 am - South Aiken vs. Byrnes (F1) - SA
G14, 9:30 am - Academic Magnet vs. Blue Ridge (F2) - AM
G15, 11 am - St. Joseph's vs. Bluffton (F1) - SJ
G16, 11 am - North Augusta vs. Nation Ford (F2) - NF
G17, 12:30 pm - Dillon vs. North Myrtle Beach (F1) - NMB
G18, 12:30 pm - Emerald vs. Thomas Sumter (F2) - EMERALD

Let me publicly thank all the coaches that have graciously agreed to change their schedules to accommodate my team. As Coach Masone mentioned, Monday night Blue Ridge High School lost one of our students in a tragic car accident. The young man was a senior and probably that 1 kid at our school that everyone knew and liked, he transcended all groups. He was not a member of our soccer team, but he was on the football team which half my team played on, he was also a member of our chorus & band programs, which some of my players are as well, not to mention with 13 seniors on my team many have had classes with him. I also had the privilege of teaching this young man last year. As a teacher you cannot ask for a more ideal student.

Tuesday morning I immediately contacted Coach Masone and let him know that there was a possibility the arrangements for this young man were going to be Friday and wanted to know the chances of adjusting our start time to allow us to attend the services. Coach Masone immediately contacted the other coaches involved at the other 4 schools, and all agreed to move their start times up to allow my group to attend the funeral. This meant that a couple of the teams would have less recovery time between their first and second match, and the other two teams would have to leave earlier than planned. And getting students out early from school can be extremely difficult at times! From the beginning of the ASI, Coach Masone has stated he wants this to be a first class tournament. His actions taken to help make this possible for us demonstrate that!

As I stated in my email that I sent to these other coaches, I have never met any of them and couldn’t pick them out of a crowd, let alone line the 5 of them up and just try to get the right name with the right person. That speaks volumes for a coach to do that for a group of young men that he has no ties to, and probably doesn’t even know a single person on the roster. Sometimes in life there are more important things than the game of soccer. To know that there are coaches out there that possibly sacrifice their team (less rest or earlier leave) for another to attend a funeral for a classmate is one of the classiest things for him to do. Any of you players that are on one of these teams (Dreher, Aiken, NMB, Bluffton, and AHS), you need to be proud of the coach you have. Parents you need to know your son is in good hands. Their coach has exemplified sportsmanship to the highest level one could imagine at a time like this.

Again, thank you to the coaches that graciously altered their start times to accommodate my team. My boy’s thank you, my coaching staff thanks you, my parent’s thank you, and my school thanks you. I hope I have the opportunity to say thank you face to face this weekend. Best of luck to all involved in the ASI this weekend.