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Pre-season rankings are about as accurate as next weeks forcast. We can trash talk all we want but the state goes thru Wando, Mauldin and Riverside. One of the three will
be on the outside looking in. Mann will have the players but time will tell if they have the it factor to get over the top.

Wow!!! The message board might be fun this year.

Mauldin lost a ton to graduation, Wando has most likely seen it's best days for a while (graduation didn't help), Riverside will have a tough season overall moving up from 3A. Look for someone else to take the crown this year. Irmo? Probably not, no speed and power up top like the big three. Dutch Fork, Mann, Clover? Who knows.

JL Who?

Mauldin did lose some quality players last year, but there are some talented girls waiting to fill those spots. They will probably start 9+ premier level players.
Region 2 will be fun to watch this year, with Mauldin, Dorman, Riverside, JL Mann, Hillcrest, Byrnes,and Boiling Springs all competing for a playoff spot. Solid teams are going to get left out and the four seed is going to make some noise in the payoffs.

Does Region 2 4A get five teams into the post-season this year?

Just looked in the handbook, yes it does.

If JL Mann finishes 5th, they will travel to Clover for a first-round state playoff match.

South Carolina needs computer rankings based on strength of schedule. Based on the strength of HS Soccer in the upstate. The fair thing to do would be to have 8 or 9 teams from region 2 eligible for the playoffs this year and maybe 1 or 2 from region 3. The teams from the region 3 just can't compete with the class 3 and 4 teams from the upstate.