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After watching a good South Aiken battle it out last night against a resilient final, does anyone think they have a good chance of beating JL Mann, or frustrating them and staying in the game, on Saturday? Brady Francis along with SA's goalkeeper, #3 in the back, and #11 on the left wing are all quality players, but is this enough for them to have a chance against a stacked JL Mann squad with the likes of Ryan Hurst and compnay? JL Mann has a great attack and I think their defense is strong enough to hold off South Aiken with relative ease.

I say it maybe a similar scoreline to AAA Upperstate finals with JL Mann coming out on top 4-1 or 5-1. What do yall think?

Good locuk to both squads and congrats on making it to the state championship, a dream so many great players never realize.

South Aiken has a good squad, but if you look at how both teams handled their schedule, JL Mann definitely has the advantage. My prediction would be JL Mann 3 - South Aiken 1. It being the State Final, I think South Aiken will put up a good fight, but I just don't see them getting the win. Good luck to both teams though. Hopefully it will be an amazing game.

Its hard to tell since I've never seen South Aiken play but if you haven't seen Ryan from Mann play and you are close by you should treat yourself. The speed is amazing.

Hurst and Acree will have a battle for best hair-do at the state championship games this weekend.... that's what i'm looking forward to

This wont even be a fun game to watch. Mann is on another level than the lowerstate and the upperstate besides riverside. Mann walks all over SA 4-0.

Hopefully their defense has a bad day so its even though, it's unfortunate but many good players seem to have a bad day on a stage like this

One thing JL Mann does well is counter attack. They are extremely fast and everyone gets on the counter full throttle. The "hair" kid is a nuisance in every manner of the word but a real threat at all times. Couple of kids are really full gear fast and can turn on a dime. They like to possess but they've put up goals all year and I think that will continue.

South Aiken were lucky to not be cut out by Herbert on a few occasions last night. Their defense will need to step if what Always Right is saying about this potent and quick strike force from Mann. That is one thing SA was not able to cope with last night, I think, SPEED!

Don't get me wrong, I don't like any team is in my region or that my team loses to, but I do remember around this time of year last year, when people were saying that Region 5 AAA was awful and Lower State was a joke and SA had no chance against the US U-18 national team that was Eastside, hyperbole, they seem to have done alright for themselves though....