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Any chance someone knows why they are seeded?

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Fact - Pinewood coach was forced to resign by SCISA, after they created some Bogus rule specifically targeting Pinewood. Can someone shed some light on this rule? Can a SCISA rep help clear up this issue finally?


What is unfortunate is that the young men at Pinewood were really looking forward to another run at the state championship with coach Birchwood.

The state cup this year has no real zest about it. It seems everything was put in place for Cardinal Newman or some upstate school to win this year. Not taking anything away from the hard work of the Cardinal Newman staff and players

What would have been nice to see would be Coach Birchwood defend his title against a Cardinal Newman team that is much improved and is coached by Will Eudy.

Wishing both teams all the best in the finals. May the best team win and provide some really great entertainment for the many fans.




Here is the new "Jason Birchwood Rule" from the SCISA Blue Book:

Coaching Out-of-School Teams (Club, Travel, AAU…) August 2, 2010 - May 2011
It shall be considered a violation if a coach (any coach on your school staff; paid or volunteer), coaches an out-of-school team that has more than 3 students from the coach‘s school. It is also a violation if one of your coaches practices more 3 players from your school at the same time even though they are on different teams.

Notice two things: It refers to "students" rather than "players" and it complete exempts summer travel baseball. If the rule had simply used "players" instead of "students," Birchwood would be leading the Panthers onto the pitch in the morning.

SCISA knew that Birchwood coached a girls club team with more than three Pinewood students and - voila - no more Birchwood. I suppose he could have given up his day job coaching club ball and stayed at Pinewood for his paltry stipend - but SCISA knew he wasn't going to that. They were so anxious to lower the level of competition in SCISA that they instituted a poorly-drafted rule that read literally will prevent a volunteer assistant JV Boys coach from coaching his daughter and more than a couple of her classmates on a U6 micro team.

Believe me, let Cardinal Newman win a championship or two and this "let's dumb down our coaching so maybe our lousy schools might have a chance" crowd at SCISA will pass a rule to run off Coach Eudy as well. Eventually, the "real" schools in SCISA - Porter, Pinewood, Hammond, Heathwood, Cardinal Newman, Hilton Head Prep, etc. - will get fed up with this "let's dumb'em down like us" crowd and either demand leadership change in SCISA or they will go their own way.

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What's wrong with winning a championship in PK's? Brazil, Italy did it in the World Cup

Pinewood won its 7th championship last year, but most people refused to give them credit for their accomplishments...






Nothing is "wrong" with winning a championship with PKs, its just not preferable. And if you are going to win 6 straight championships, you cannot expect your rival schools to give you too much credit for your 7th. They were all pulling against you - it goes with the territory. You can be a champion or you can be loved by everyone. You cannot be both.

As far as PKs go, I don't like them. Sometimes the team that dominates play also wins in PKs, sometimes not. I would not allow them in regular season matches. Play two tens and if its still a tie, then its a tie. In tournaments, I'd play two tens and then a golden goal OT for as much as 20. THEN and only then, PKs.

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You do not recall correctly because although it was a highly unusual, even bizarre chain of events, there was nothing "bogus" about the call. The Cardinal Newman keeper clearly picked up a ball that had been kicked to him by a teammate. In my view, the critical error was by the defender who should have cleared the ball rather than put his keeper in that position. But, then again, CN only needed to "stay cool under pressure," focus on defending the indirect kick, and walk out with a championship.




Were you even at the game oldskool? You got one fact correct, it was a passback and the correct call was made. That has never been the issue. The issue was the Pinewood graduate that was the center ref walked up to the line of Cardinal Newman defenders and said and I quote "look at me and listen, do not move until the ball is struck". During this speech is when the kick was taken. Then when the CN players righfully asked for it be retaken his comment was and again I quote "the players did not have to stop nor listen to me because I had not blown my whistle".

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You do not recall correctly because although it was a highly unusual, even bizarre chain of events, there was nothing "bogus" about the call. The Cardinal Newman keeper clearly picked up a ball that had been kicked to him by a teammate. In my view, the critical error was by the defender who should have cleared the ball rather than put his keeper in that position. But, then again, CN only needed to "stay cool under pressure," focus on defending the indirect kick, and walk out with a championship.




Were you even at the game oldskool? You got one fact correct, it was a passback and the correct call was made. That has never been the issue. The issue was the Pinewood graduate that was the center ref walked up to the line of Cardinal Newman defenders and said and I quote "look at me and listen, do not move until the ball is struck". During this speech is when the kick was taken. Then when the CN players righfully asked for it be retaken his comment was and again I quote "the players did not have to stop nor listen to me because I had not blown my whistle".




Wow, I am glad you are conceding the obvious - that the keep picking up the passback was the correct call. THAT was the argument I heard from Cardinal Newman for a year - that it was not a passback at all.

This is the first I've heard that the Pinewood Alumni Association put the fix on the game. Yes, I was at the game and here's what I saw (and what the video shows): Cardinal Newman players were initially set but jumped when they thought Pinewood had struck the ball, Pinewood players pointed at Cardinal Newman players moving, Cardinal Newman players pointed at the ball, Pinewood player realizes that play is still live and the rest is history.

As I said, it was a very unusual turn of events. Cardinal Newman should have just defended the indirect and stayed cool. They lost their cool on the underlying play and kept losing it before and after the indirect was taken. If they don't lose their cool tomorrow, they are likely champions. Good luck.

I am interested to know the center ref's name and graduating year from Pinewood. That certainly adds to the legend.

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Oh my goodness....everyone get over last year's game. From what I saw and heard both CN and Pinewood should consider themselves lucky to be in the finals. Pinewood winning by only 1 point twice in the playoffs, and CN was very lucky to get by PG, sketchy ref calls in that game too. The refs are part of the game unfortunately. All teams have benefitted and been hurt by good and bad calls.

Good luck to both teams tomorrow. Hopefully everyone will just play soccer and not bicker with their mouths.

Have fun.

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SCISA CLASS 3A BOYS SOCCER: PINEWOOD PREP 1, CARDINAL NEWMAN 0
Panthers shock No. 1 Cardinals
Pinewood Prep hands CN a rare shutoutPinewood Prep hands CN a rare shutout
By JOHN DEVLIN - Special to The State


Cardinal Newman ended Pinewood Prep’s SCISA boys soccer reign as year ago, and the Panthers from Summerville returned the favor on Thursday at George Watson Field.

Pinewood (13-10) pulled off a 1-0, shootout upset of the top-ranked, defending champion Cardinals in the Class 3A semifinals and will take on Lowcountry rival Porter-Gaud in Saturday’s title bout at Stone Stadium.

“It’s not that I didn’t think Pinewood could beat us, but never in a million years did I think that we’d be shut out,” Cardinal Newman coach Will Eudy said.

“I can’t really explain why it happened this way, but it did and it’s tough to take. I feel so bad for these guys, especially the seniors. This isn’t the way we wanted it to end.”

Cardinal Newman, which finished 17-5, came into the match averaging 4.3 goals per game this season and hadn’t been shut out in its 65 previous outings.

The Cardinals controlled the flow during regulation, out-shooting the Panthers 26-7 while earning a 7-1 advantage in corner kick opportunities, but the bottom line was too many off-target shots and brilliant play by Pinewood Prep keeper Ryan Moore.

“We had our chances but we certainly didn’t finish like we’re capable of doing, and (Moore) played great. He won them the game,” Eudy said.

Moore finished with 16 saves, and was equally adept at anticipating Cardinal intentions and repeatedly cut off crossing passes through the box to negate potential scoring chances.

“We knew it was going to be a challenge coming up here and playing Cardinal Newman on this small field, but my guys persevered and kept working,” Panthers coach Enrique Rodriguez said. “Ryan made it all work in the net. No question, he was the key to the win.”

In the other end, Cardinal Newman keeper Thomas Wilczewski was called on to make four saves in 110 minutes of play in regulation and overtime.

Pinewood Prep was 5-for-5 in the penalty kick shootout against Wilczewski with Kevin Weber’s clean score on the fifth rotation being the game-winner.

Cardinal Newman had conversions from stars Nestor Jaramillo and Koty Millard, senior Thomas Touma and freshman Jack Sicker, but Andrew Wilczewski’s wide-of-the-mark launch on the fourth rotation proved costly.

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Congrats to the Boys from Pinewood.. Good luck in the final this Saturday..

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