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Great run for Woodruff these past two years, NOBODY wanted to play them.

Congratulations Fernando.

Hard fought battle at Freeman Field tonight, Mauldin answered all the questions tonight. Riverside played their hearts out and left it all on the field. In the end Mauldin found a way to win. Congratulations to Mauldin’s Gracie Boswell with the game winner in overtime and Coach Kevin Czar, four trips to the AAAA state championship in four years.

Four seniors Ali Simpson, Gracie Boswell, Laura Berglind & Maddy Thompson will leave behind quite a legacy. Work’s not done, Friday night's trip to Columbia will be the icing on the cake! Go MAVS

Lady Jackets slosh to Upper State title
The (Rock Hill) Herald
May 17, 2011
by Mac Banks
http://www.heraldonline.com/2011/05/17/3073333/lady-jackets-slosh-to-upper-state.html

Three nice photos in the hard copy version, couldn't find them on line.



Fort Mill tops Red Raiders in AAA
Greenville News
May 17, 2011
by Bob Castello
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/...ersin-Class-AAA

Anybody got a subscription???

From Greenville News Online.

Fans must love the economic value of attending a match between Mauldin and Riverside. They always get to watch some free soccer.

On Monday night, the teams met for the third time this season, and for the third straight time, the score was even at the end of regulation.

The Region 2-AAAA rivals split their regular-season meetings. Riverside won the first 1-0 on penalty kicks. Mauldin won the second 3-1 in overtime.

Mauldin won Monday's rubber match, claiming a 3-2 victory and the Class AAAA girls soccer Upper State championship.

With less than two minutes left in the first overtime period, Mauldin's Gracie Boswell turned on a shot from the far right side and peeled the ball gently into the left side of the net.

Unlike Mauldin's early 2-0 lead, Boswell's go-ahead goal stood.

“In my six years here, I can only think of maybe two games where we've played them and it's ended in regulation,” said Mauldin coach Kevin Czar. “They are a heck of a team. They play the same style we play. It's always a battle with them, and we knew it coming in.

“The girls found a way to gut it out. That's what they've done all year.”

Gina Cardenas gave Mauldin a 1-0 lead less than four minutes into the match. Mauldin's Sarah Tuggle added a goal on a free kick with 5:40 left in the half.

Riverside salvaged some momentum before halftime as Jamie Reid scored with 2:18 remaining. With 25:03 left in regulation, Riverside drew a foul inside the box. Anna Tarry converted the subsequent penalty kick, evening the score.

Riverside, who won the Class AAA state title in each of the past two seasons, closed its first season in AAAA with a 22-3-2 overall record. The Warriors finished tied for second in the region with a 10-1-1 record. Riverside's only region loss was to Mauldin.

“This is the new region rivalry, and it's best for the region,” said Riverside coach Terry Archenhold. “I really believed that whoever came out of this one would have a great chance at winning state. I'll be surprised if they don't.”

Mauldin (23-2-1) will make its fourth consecutive trip to the state final. The Mavericks won the state title in 2009. The other three trips ended in losses to Wando, who has won three of the last four state championships.

Mauldin will meet its nemesis once again on Friday, as Wando earned its fifth straight Lower State title on Monday with a 1-0 win over Lexington.

Here it is Hurst.

FORT MILL – Greenville's impressive run through the Class AAA girls soccer playoffs came to an end in a downpour Monday night.

Fort Mill's Hali Singleton scored on a free kick from 35 yards out with just over seven minutes remaining to lift the Yellow Jackets to a 2-1 victory in the Upper State final at Bob Jones Stadium.

Fort Mill (17-6-3), seeking its first state title, advances to Friday's final at Memorial Stadium in Columbia against either St . James or Hilton Head Island.

Greenville (12-10-1), which finished second in the Peach Blossom AAA Region, had reached the state semifinals by posting three consecutive shutouts and winning its previous two games on the road.

“I think maybe they overachieved this year,” Greenville coach Raimond Hartmann said. “For a young team like this to go this far, I'm very proud of them.”

After a one-hour, 20-minute delay because of inclement weather, Fort Mill's Jessie Tooley scored the only goal of the first half. The teams played through the rain for the final 25 minutes.

Greenville junior goalkeeper Mallary Taylor made a diving save four minutes into the second half to keep the Raiders within one, and they tied the score eight minutes later on a goal by freshman Megan Copsey.

“The nice thing is we have only 15 players on the roster,” Hartmann said, “but I told the girls they're deeper than in any other year because they can play in so many different positions successfully.”

Copsey did so, moving up to forward from center halfback because of concussion symptoms she'd had for 10 days. Her goal kept the Raiders even until Singleton put the Jackets back on top.

Greenville will lose two starters – Sydney Robinson and Stephany Sanchez – to graduation, but the rest of the team will be back.

“We have big plans for next year,” Hartmann said with a smile.

And upper state 1A/2A.... from Greenville news online

Cavs make it three in a row
BY MYRON HOSEA • CONTRIBUTING WRITER • PUBLISHED: MAY 17. 2011 2:00AM

Two first-half goals and a stout second-half defense propelled Christ Church's girls' soccer team to a 2-0 victory over Woodruff and a third-straight Class AA Upper State title Monday.




The win gives the Cavaliers another opportunity to bring home the AA state championship as they play at Memorial Stadium in Columbia Friday.

“Another shot,” Christ Church coach Chris Nichols said. “We really wanted it for our senior. Alyssa (Althoff) was instrumental in getting us here. She's always out there coaching on the field, so for her to get that last chance to get herself a state title is great.”

Althoff was instrumental in the Cavaliers' Upper State win. She picked up an assist on the first goal, which was an own goal as the ball got past the Woodruff goalkeeper and then glanced off another Wolverine and into the goal just two minutes into the game.

Christ Church kept pressure on Woodruff throughout the first half, keeping the ball in front of the Wolverine goal most of that time.

The Cavaliers couldn't get the ball in the net, however, until 13:50 in the first half. That's when Althoff scored a goal on a corner kick from Sloan Renfro.

“She and Meaghan Carrigan have been our go-to players all season,” Nichols said. “We have a strong periphery of players around them. She's just really kind of brought some of these girls along.”

In the second half, it was the Wolverines putting on the pressure. In one key stretch around the 28th minute, the Cavaliers had to fight off three corner kicks.

“You can contribute that (pressure) to how hard they played in the second half,” Nichols said of Woodruff. “They were putting a little more pressure on the ball.”

The Upper State representative has been one of these two teams for five straight years (Christ Church now three in a row, Woodruff the two years previous). The Cavaliers will now see if they can break the 10-year string of Lower State teams winning the state.

So two private schools that can recruit are in the 1A/2A State Final? SMH

No. Academic Magnet is a public school, not a private school but both schools do I believe require academic testing to be accepted. In Greenville county, all schools are open to kids to attend via special permission, application to magnet programs, or payment and testing. I would assume it is similar in the lower state at least with the the governors school and magnet schools. If you find a private high school that recruits and pays the tuition for girls soccer, please let everyone know since there are a lot of good soccer players in the state whose parent's probably wouldn't mind having a free private school education.

Academic Magnet is a Public High school. Students must be residents of Charleston County to attend AMHS. Prospective students must complete an AMHS application. The application includes teacher recommendations, test scores, writing sample and grades (a minimum overall B average in core academic courses). Students must have a minimum national percentile rank of 85 on recent norm-referenced achievement tests. Students must demonstrate proficiency in composition and grammar by successfully completing a writing sample. Writing sample sessions will be offered at stand alone CCSD middle schools. Public middle schools will administer the test through your guidance department.