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I'm not saying that athletes are not among students receiving financial aid. Though the "recruitment" statement is somewhat ridiculous. Before anyone flies off the handle with hear-say(which is exactly what "a parent told me" is) i was a private school graduate, as well as an athlete. The idea that many people who haven't attended private schools have is that people are going out and actively pursuing athletes, when in reality this isn't exactly true. Should someone desire to attend a private school they must fill out applications, which can include financial aid if need be. There is no doubt that athletes are among students receiving financial aid, but as far as the idea of high school "athletic scholarships" goes it's not what the majority of people think. Even if it was...let's be real, soccer isn't the sport it would occur in.

Hey, I KNOW kids who have been recruited to Pinewood specifically because of their ability to play sports. Their PARENTS have told me as much. It's not against the rules, and it can achieve some other worthy goals, so i don't have a problem with it.
Now, if you want to split hairs, fine. Ivy League and Patriot League universities don't give athletic grants-in-aid. But if you think Tommy Ammaker isn't out their recruiting his tail off for Harvard, you're kidding yourself.
Pinewood recruits. I can deal you cards in spades on kids recruited SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF their ability to play basketball, and their education was paid for. Porter-Gaud does the same thing.
As I said before, I have ZERO problem with PRIVATE schools doing this. That is an institutional decision. I also don't get upset when a private school defeats a public school in a sporting event, or point fingers about recruiting. For the most part, the coaches and ADs who schedule the events know the score, and the kids don't care.

Who cares if they recruit... They're still gonna lose to Cardinal Newman.

Coach Eudy, you're absolutely right, regardless there are some very strong teams out there in SCISA like PP and CN and Hammond. Every year each school always comes out whether its via scrimmage or non region/league game and they face a public school, they always put forth their best and most of the times ive seen and played before in the past, have won against those public schools. i honestly am glad SCISA schools get to have the privilege of playing against those public school teams because its a great experience for the players and it also shows the SCISA teams can play against the "big dogs"...

Pinewood Prep 3-0 Hilton Head High School
Goals: Justin White, Jarret Londergan, and Ian Overmire.

Pinewood to play Fort Dorchester tomorrow morning at 9 am.
Then Stratford at 2:30.

All SCISA schools would play Single A in SCHSL. Porter-Gaud has the largest high school in SCISA with about 375 students. Pinewood has about 275 high school students. Cardinal Newman, Hammond and Heathwood Hall have high school enrollments somewhere in between. For comparison, SCHSL Single A schools Christ Church and Southside Christian each have about 300 high school students. SCHSL AA schools Bishop England and Academic Magnet have approximately 800 and 575 students respectively.

Comparing SCISA schools to Wando or Irmo or Lexington is as silly as comparing Christ Church or Academic Magnet to Wando or Irmo or Lexington. Anytime a SCHSL AAAA team plays a SCISA team and doesn't win by at least 2 goals, the SCHSL team has either played very poorly or just isn't very good at all.

James Island Tourney as of sat. morning

Porter Gaud defeats James Island 2-0 goals Grice and Howel
Hanahan defeats Hilton Head Christian 4-3

Porter Gaud defeats Hanahan 2-0 goals Lovern and Stitt

Wando 6-2 Lexington...

I think Cardinal Newman may have over estimated the signifigance of their win against Lexington..

Two things I'm sure of:

1) You all should drink a nice warm glass of SHUT THE HELL UP.

2) Pinewood and Cardinal Newman will slug it out again in the championship.

Who cares about all this other nonsense about recruiting and who's going where and which parent brownnosed another parent? Who cares? These two teams met twice last year, and each came away with a win. With the exception of 4 players(1-Pinewood, 3-CN) these are the same teams. I'll go ahead and say that this one could go either way.

Pinewood 1-0 Fort Dorchester.
Goal: Taylor Katsanis

Pinewood Prep advances to the finals and will play Wando.