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The 2018 NIKE Palmetto Cup will be held April 3-5 at the beautiful Saluda Shoals Complex in Columbia.

When: 2018 dates are April 3-5 (Easter Sunday is April 1)

Where: Saluda Shoals Athletic Complex - 6071 St. Andrews Road, Columbia, SC 29212

Who: All HS boys and girls varsity teams are welcome to participate, but we plan to field a 20-24 team boys tourney and 8-12 team girls tourney. This is the FIRST year that a girls division will be included in the NPC!

Cost: $450 per team, plus each team is required to purchase a minimum of 18 t-shirts at $15 per shirt. Shirt order form is due March 8, 2018.

​Sanctioning: NFHS & SCHSL

Contacts: Kevin Heise at kheise@grayca.com or Kyle Heise kyle.heise@sc.rr.com for more information.

Why the NPC: Great NIKE gear for coaches! Premier facilities! Three officials for every match!

For more information, please visit - 2018 NIKE PALMETTO CUP.

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Committed Girls Teams for the 2018 NPC:
Updated 2.27.18

1. A.C. Flora (SCHSL 4A)
2. Gray Collegiate Academy (SCHSL 2A)
3. Hartsville (SCHSL 4A)
4. Nation Ford (SCHSL 4A)
5. Providence Athletic Club (Independent)
6. York Prep (Independent)

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9/11/17

2018 NIKE Palmetto Cup adding a girls field to tournament
Thomas Grant, Jr., Lexington County Chronicle

A new location and now an expanded format for next year’s NIKE Palmetto Cup.

Starting in 2018, the 26-year-old tournament will have a girls’ field to go along with the 24-team boys’ field that will compete April 3-5, 2018 at Saluda Shoals Athletic Complex at 6071 St. Andrews Road.

Co-founder and Gray Collegiate boys’ soccer coach Kevin Heise has confirmed plans to solicit commitments from at least eight to 12 girls teams for the tournament.

So far, only the Lady (War) Eagles and A.C. Flora have signed up.

The Crescent Cup, the girls’ version of the NIKE Palmetto Cup, was started two years ago by Heise when he was coach at Brookland-Cayce High. It will now continue under the guidance of Airport High head coach Keith Morris.

"My understanding is that the Crescent Cup will be a 16-team tourney field this year at Airport High only,” Heise said. "I want to be clear that we truly have enjoyed our relationship with the Crescent Cup and Airport High School, but in regards to the formation of the Girls Division to the NIKE Palmetto Cup, it really was just a matter of ‘it’s the right time to do so.’

"We have discussed the possibility in the past, but with only two fields at your disposal, it made the situation impossible. Now, with our use of the Saluda Shoals Complex for the (NIKE Palmetto Cup), we have multiple fields at the complex making it much easier.

"We feel the addition of the girls division will only enhance the stature of the Nike Palmetto Cup and hope to grow the girls side to the reputation enjoyed by the boys side currently.”

Throughout Heise’s 28-year tenure at Brookland-Cayce, the NIKE Palmetto Cup was jointly held between his school and Airport High.
It was named "The Southeast’s Premier Boys High School Soccer Tournament” by StudentSports.com as teams from as far away as Oklahoma and Puerto Rico competed in the event.

His departure from B-C prompted the move of the NIKE Palmetto Cup from Cayce to Saluda Shoals.

Among the 21 boys’ teams to commit are Gilbert, Gray Collegiate, Lexington and defending champion Wando. Even with the expanded field, Heise plans to coordinate the games at the Saluda Shoals Athletic Complex in a "normal tourney manner with equal access to fields and game times taken into consideration to be fair to all participants.”

For more information, contact Heise at (803) 447-6496 or visit nikepalmettocupsc.com.

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The 2018 NIKE Palmetto Cup has room for one more girls varsity squad this Spring. For more information, please review the posts in this thread or contact Coach Kevin Heise.

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High School Soccer Media –

The 26th annual NIKE Palmetto Cup, hosted by Gray Collegiate Academy, will be held April 3-5 at the Saluda Shoals Sports Complex in Columbia, S.C. This year’s tournament features 18 boys varsity soccer teams and, for the first time ever, six girls squads.

Admission is $20 for a tournament pass, $10 for a daily pass (Tuesday/Wednesday), and $5 on Thursday for each match. Children under the age of seven years old will be admitted Free and South Carolina High School League passes will be accepted. A concession stand will be available throughout the tourney.

Girls Teams (S.C. MaxPreps Ranking 3/30/18)
1. #17 Nation Ford, 5-4
2. #39 Providence Athletic Club, 7-4
3. #54 A.C. Flora, 6-6
4. #56 Gray Collegiate, 11-3
5. #60 Hartsville, 6-1
6. York Prep-NC, 2-4-1

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A.C. Flora 2-1 Nation Ford
Gray Collegiate 5-0 Hartsville
PAC 6-0 YOrk Prep

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3 pm - Girls - Hartsville 0-5 Providence Athletic Club, Field 4
3 pm - Girls - Nation Ford 2-2 Gray Collegiate, Field 5
3 pm - Girls - York Prep 0-7 A.C. Flora, Field 6

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Wednesday, April 4

Team Listed First Wears White/Light Jersey

9 am - Girls - Hartsville vs. Nation Ford, Field 3
9 am - Girls - A.C. Flora vs. Providence Athletic Club, Field 4
9 am - Girls - Gray Collegiate vs. York Prep, Field 5

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Lady Falcons come back to beat Nation Ford
Josh Cruse, Columbia Star



Gray ties Nation Ford
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