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It might be a little early but I want to get a head start.
We are looking for 8 boys and 8 girls teams to compete in the 2014 Azalea Shootout.
Dates: Thursday, Feb 27th- Saturday, March 1st
Cost: $250
Venue: Summerville Soccer Club (we have back up venues in case SSC isn't playable)

If interested please contact me at delonga@bcsdschools.net or alisterdelong@gmail.com

Teams committed so far (Boys): Stratford, Fort Dorchester, Bishop England, Academic Magnet and Berkeley

We are still looking for 3 more boys teams.

Defending champion Pinewood Prep is returning for the 2014 tournament to defend it's crown.
We still need two more teams.

Update:
Teams committed:
Stratford, Berkeley, Fort Dorchester, Pinewood Prep, Bishop England and Stall.

We are still looking for two more teams.

We have added Westminster out of Augusta, Georgia to this year's field of teams.

West Ashley will also be taking part in this year's event.

We are still looking for one more boys team to round out this year's field.

Teams committed: Stratford, Berkeley, Fort Dorchester, Bishop England, West Ashley, Stall and Westminster (GA).

I am pleased to announce that this year's field has been finalized with the last spot being filled by Chapin.

Schedules are currently being work on and will be posted within the next two weeks.

All games will be played at Summerville Soccer Club

Thursday, February 27th
Game 1: Fort Dorchester vs. Berkeley Field E 5:30pm
Game 2: Westminster vs. Stratford Field E 7:15pm

Friday, February 28th
Game 3: Bishop England vs. West Ashley Field E 5:30pm
Game 4: Stall vs. Chapin Field E 7:15pm

Saturday, March 1st

Game 5: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 Field E 8:00am
Game 6: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 Field J 8:00am
Game 7: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 Field E 10:00am
Game 8: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 Field J 10:00am

7th Place Game: Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6
Field J 1:00pm
5th Place Game: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6
Field E 1:00pm
3rd Place Game: Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8
Field J 3:00pm
Championship: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8
Field E 3:00pm

*** Team listed SECOND will be HOME team and wear LIGHT color jersey.

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

Championship
Fort Dorchester-1
Bishop England-0

3rd Place
Westminster-3
Stall-1

Thank you to all the teams that participated in this years event!! Best of luck this upcoming season!

All Tournament Team
Name Grade School
Ashton Reilly 12 Fort Dorchester
Spencer Wilder 12 Fort Dorchester
Pablo Valenzuela 12 Fort Dorchester
Matthew Mellin 12 Bishop England
Joel Bunting 10 Bishop England
Marc Mackunis 10 Bishop England
Michael Montesciaros 12 Westminster
Michael Almond 11 Westminster
Moe Abdallah 12 R.B. Stall
Joe Vazquez 12 R.B. Stall
Smith Dawsey 10 Chapin
Chandler Corley 12 Chapin
Yamir Watts 12 Stratford
Felix Martinez 12 Stratford
Tye Bailey 9 West Ashley
Vance Bailey 11 Berkeley

Tournament MVP
Jake Fladd- Fort Dorchester