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Unranked Irmo to #7. Are they bringing up some studly players? I know they lost some quality players (that whipped us good!).
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This list seems to be based on Last year's results and several of us have huge shoes to fill from graduation. Especially us, Wando, Dorman, Spring Valley and Byrnes. I think Mauldin, Dutch Fork and Summerville have their key players back and should be very good. Oh, and not that I want to be the spelling police but it is okay to spell Spartanburg S-p-a-r-k-l-e C-i-t-y  Quote:
1. Wando
2. Mauldin
3. Dutch Fork
4. Spring Valley
5. Dorman
6. Byrnes
7. Irmo
8. Summerville
9. Spartenburg
10. Fort Mill
11. North Augusta
12.Aiken
13. James Island
14. Clover
15.T.L. Hanna
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No need to apologize to FM Big Daddy. We had our run.
We'll be happy to struggle for the 4th seed in Region 3 4A, behind Nation Ford and Northwestern.
As long as we can get into the play-offs......we'll have a shot.
Who said anything about Northwestern or Nation Ford? I just said that i think this is the year Clover wins the Region.
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Big Daddy,
I know very little about Clover and would love some insight...where would you rank them?
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(Unranked Irmo to #7. Are they bringing up some studly players? I know they lost some quality players (that whipped us good!).
They will have a core of the players from the U15 CUFC Premier team and and 2 players moving from DF.
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How about Summerville at eight..What do you know?
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When you think about rankings for the 5-AAAA teams (Dutch Fork, Lexington, N. Augusta, Aiken, and Irmo have all been mentioned in this thread), remember that there are eight teams in the region so they will each have 14 region games and only two non-region, regular season games. That means it will be difficult to have more than a couple of these teams ranked very highly because they will all be beating each other up. The five teams listed above will have at least 20 region losses spread among themselves.
The concept of strong teams in a region beating themselves up is certainly not limited to region 5-AAAA, but it will be interesting to see how this one turns out with five teams that are being seen as potentially "ranked" teams.
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soccer rocks,
I'm probably going to show some ignorance here, and haven't really ever been known to post anything here. I am curious though about some of the differences. I know on the boys side, a core group of U15 premier players moving up to varsity, wouldn't necessarily take a team from unranked to top 10. I'm sure I will be corrected/enlightened by some of the posters here.
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Big Daddy,
I know very little about Clover and would love some insight...where would you rank them?
How to answer that one?
They have a very strong senior returning, a very strong junior class, a good nucleus of returning sophomores, and several good incoming freshman. A very strong coaching staff....the kids will be well coached and play a good style, thru the midfield.
I can't possibly rank them becasue I don't know the other state teams that well. I do believe they will beat out Fort Mill to win the region this year. I would project this years Clover team.....a little ahead of last years FM team, not as good as the FM teams from 2-3 years ago.
I doubt they make a serious run at States. Most teams that are Final 2, FInal 4 type teams....have a couple of players who are flat out special. And I don't thihnk they have that type of difference maker.
Definetely a top 10 team....maybe top 5-6.
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4-A Pre-Season Top 15
1. Wando
2. Mauldin
3. Dorman
4. TL Hanna
5. Dutch Fork
6. Lexington
7. Clover
8. Irmo
9. Spartanburg
10. North Augusta
11. Fort Mill
12. Byrnes
13. Wren
14. Summerville
15. Spring Valley
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16. West Florence
17. Northwestern
18. Nation Ford
19. James Island
20. West Ashley
21. Blythewood
22. Boiling Springs
23. Greenwood
24. Aiken
25. Ridge View
All of these teams have the potential to be ranked over the course of the year.
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