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Originally posted by olander11:
Eastside 2 Greenville 1

1-1 at end of regular time and two 10 minute OTs. Golden goal scored in 1st 5 minute golden goal OT period. Whatta game!

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Originally posted by NHSXCOACH:
Northwestern downs Mauldin 2-0. Holden McConahey scored the Trojans first goal at the 20 minute mark of the first half. Mauldin came out in the 2nd half and picked up the pressure, but was unable to score. Nathan Arroyo found the back of the net with 17 minutes to play in the second half to close out the scoring. Keeper Taylor Crawford recorded the 19th shut-out this season in goal for the Trojans.
Great hard fought match by both teams.

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Irmo nips Wave in boys' soccer

BY CHARLES BENNETT
Of The Post and Courier Staff

COLUMBIA--Summerville stepped onto the field of one of the state's most vaunted soccer programs Thursday night and almost walked off with one of the year's biggest upsets.
Almost is the key word.

Irmo's Chris McCartney headed in a goal with less than two minutes left in the first 10-minute overtime Thursday night to lift the top-seeded Yellow Jackets to a 2-1 victory over the Green Wave in the second round of the Class AAAA playoffs.

"Our boys played their hearts out," said Summerville coach Edmund Carson. "I think we sure gave Irmo a run for their money. I think we gave them more than they expected. We had some chances to win."

Irmo (20-2) will play at Wando at 7 p.m. Saturday. Wando defeated West Florence 5-0.

Irmo dominated play in the second half, but couldn't put away the Green Wave. Summerville had few scoring opportunities in the second half, but stayed in it on the strength of its defense.

Irmo outshot Summerville 18-6.

"Sometimes you have games like that where the ball just doesn't go in the back of the net for you," said Irmo coach Phil Savitz. "Summerville fought hard. I'm proud of our team because I thought our second half was one of our most dominating performances against a really good team."

Summerville (18-2) put the pressure on Irmo early into the match by scoring first. At the 32:50 mark of the first half, Summerville midfielder Keenan Miller scored to put the Green Wave ahead 1-0.

"It gave us some momentum," Miller said, "but they took it right back."

It marked only the second time this season an opponent had scored first against the Yellow Jackets.

Irmo tied it with 11:47 remaining in the half on a goal by Sani Hadziahmetovic, who somehow managed to squeeze a shot between defender Kemp Anderson and goalkeeper Brandon Wogamon from close range.

Catching the Yellow Jackets in the second round was obviously a tough draw for the Wave. Irmo has won 15 state championships and has only missed making the state finals twice in the last 18 years.

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Warriors march on
Wando rains goals on overmatched West Florence, awaits Irmo


BY PHILIP M. BOWMAN
Of The Post and Courier

MOUNT PLEASANT--It rained the entire evening while the wind whipped through the Wando Athletic Complex at what seemed to be a ferocious pace. One of the stadium's four banks of lights went out for a brief spell in the second half of Thursday's Class AAAA Lower State match against West Florence. Other than that, it was a great day to be part of the Wando boys' soccer family.
The Warriors scored early and often against West Florence and came away with a 5-0 victory. The second-ranked Warriors moved another step closer to their goal of winning the state championship for the second time in four years.

Talented junior keeper Taylor Hopkins recorded another shutout, the team's 18th on the year. Just as impressive is Wando's record, which is now 24-1-1 after the victory over the Knights. West Florence finished the season with a 14-11 mark.

The Warriors advance to the third round and will host Irmo at 7 p.m. Saturday. Irmo advanced with a 2-1 overtime victory against Summerville.

"They passed real well, played good defense," West Florence coach Billy Andrews said. "We gave the effort and came up short. They're a good team, what you'd expect from the No. 2 team in the state."

Wando controlled Spring Valley in the first round of the playoffs, but managed only a 1-0 decision.

That was the score just two minutes and 32 seconds into the match Alex Dorsam scored from 18 yards.

"Yes, you say 'uh-oh' when the other team scores that early, but you still have to play 88 more minutes," Andrews said of Wando's early goal. "They got the shots early and played well on defense. That's something you expect from a team that is well-coached and disciplined."

Sophomore midfielder Andrew Eppelsheimer, who scored the only goal of the match against Spring Valley, scored in the 18th minute, and all-American David Newton blasted a goal from 25 yards out in the 26th minute. Mark Dominick rebounded a shot into the net in the 35th minute, and that four-goal cushion gave Wando coach C.J. Rozzi a chance to get everyone in the game.

Kristoffer Helmerson, a foreign exchange student from Norway, scored in the 75th minute and his accomplishment drew a healthy round of applause from those who braved it out to the end.

Rozzi was happy with the victory and with the way the field held up.

"It's always tough to play in conditions like this, but the field held up well and so did we," he said. "When you put the ball on the ground and keep it on the ground, it negates a lot of the wind, the bad conditions. We talked about following up the shots at both ends because you never know what's going to happen in weather like this. If you don't follow up the shots, it just might go in the opposite direction."

But on Thursday, everything went in the right direction for the Warriors.

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Originally posted by Soccerboy:
I think Jack just figured out how Irmo beats everyone....the secret satellite that controls the opposing team. If they start to win, they just zap them.

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