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UPDATED SCHEDULE as of 1/23

ALL GAMES AT SUMMERVILLE SOCCER CLUB

Friday, February 28th
Game 1: Westminster vs. Stratford Field E 5:00pm
Game 2: Bishop England vs. West Ashley Field E 6:30pm
Game 3: Fort Dorchester vs. Berkeley Field E 8:00pm
Game 4: Stall vs. Chapin Field D 8:00pm

Saturday, March 1st

Game 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 3 Field E 9:00am
Game 6: Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 4 Field J 9:00am
Game 7: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 3 Field E 11:00am
Game 8: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 4 Field J 11:00am

7th Place Game:
Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6 Field J 2:00pm
5th Place Game:
Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 Field E 2:00pm
3rd Place Game:
Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8 Field J 4:00pm
Championship:
Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 Field E 4:00pm

As a Westminster Schools of Augusta (WSA) fan, I'm getting excited about the upcoming Azalea Cup. Looks like we're in a bracket with Stratford and then either Fort Dorchester or Berkeley, depending on who wins and loses in the first round. Can anyone give a preview on any of these teams this year (pre-season rank, relative strength vs. previous years, impact players, etc.)?

Any tournament would be fun to attend! We're sitting home. I looked up the Massey Rankings from last year:

SC
#14 Bishop England
#17 Chapin
#26 Fort Dorchester
#27 Stratford
#53 Stall
#91 West Ashley
#114 Berkeley

GA
#94 Westminster

I agree - I know our guys are really excited about attending this tournament.

I'm not familiar with Massey Rankings or other ranking systems, but I would be surprized if this ranking was for us. It's probably for the larger Westminster School over in Atlanta. As a GISA school, we're prohibited by GHSA rules from playing public schools in Georgia - I don't think Massey would have enough comparative data to rank us against all Georgia schools. Westminster of Atlanta can actually play public schools because they joined the GHSA league - they're a really good program and I'm sure they have a strong ranking.

As for where to place us in the lineup of teams, its probably fair to compare us with a SCISA program in your state. Looking at this field of teams I think this will definately be a challenging (and fun) tournament for us.

I guess we do have a Massey ranking. Thanks for the info and the link to the sight. It's interesting to speculate how we stack up against non-GISA Georgia schools. Maybe Georgia will catch up to South Carolina at some point and get over it's aversion to inter-league competition between GISA and GHSA.

Friday results
Westminster-2
Stratford-1

Fort Dorchester-5
Berkeley-0

Bishop England-2
West Ashley-1

Stall-2
Chapin-0

Semifinals
BE v Stall
Fort D v Westminster
Consolation
Stratford v Berkeley
Chapin v West Ashley

Consolation
Stratford-9
Berkeley-0

Chapin-5
West Ashley-0

Bishop England -2
Stall-0

Fort Dorchester-2
Westminster-1

5th place game
Chapin-3
Stratford-2

7th place game
West Ashley-4
Berkeley-1