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Here's the whole article from the Chucktowne paper:

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Bishop England 1, Greenville 0 (3-1, PK)

For more than 100 minutes of soccer action neither the Bishops nor the Raiders could break through for a goal in the Carolina Soccer Classic championship game at Patriots Point Athletic Complex on Sunday.

Then in a shootout, James Ricciardone, Tyler Fitts and Brandon Tyner scored on three straight penalty kicks to give Bishop England the win over Greenville and the championship of the tournament. Bishop England goalie Joey Calandra stopped the Raiders' first two penalty kicks and Jeff Johnstone pushed the fourth wide right to give the Bishops a 3-1 advantage in kicks, used to decide the game which went 90 scoreless minutes in regulation and two five-minute extra sessions.

"It's a good omen (winning the tournament) and it sets the tone for the rest of the season," Bishops coach Edward Khouri said. "We had our chances to win in regulation, but the game went back-and-fourth and we got it done in PKs."

Phillip Ricciardone and Calandra split the shutout with Ricciardone in goal in the first half and Calandra played the rest of the game.

"He's (Calandra) been a good goalkeeper for us and he has the potential to play in college," said Khouri. "He has a lot of experience with playing on my Bridge FA U17 year-round team. He helped lead us to the 2005 State title beating Greenville's Cesa."

To reach the championship game of the three-day tournament, Bishop England tied Porter-Gaud 1-1 Friday, beat Hilton Head, 3-0 and Spring Valley, 2-1 on Saturday.

Bishop England sweeper Harrison Little claimed tournament MVP honors for his outstanding defensive play in four games. He is one of the Bishops' captains.

In the runner-up game, Spring Valley defeated Summerville, 2-0 and in the fifth-place game, Wando drilled Socastee, 7-0.

Other individual awards went to Wando goalie Taylor Hopkins, defensive MVP and Greenville freshman Sebastian Velasquez, offensive MVP. Despite not reaching the championship game, Wando's Hopkins recorded four consecutive shutouts in wins.

The Warriors could have reached the championship game on wins, but they lost eight points on yellow and red cards. Wando coach C.J. Rozzi said they decided before the tournament that behavior would also factor in on a team reaching the championship game.

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Thanks to C.J. Rozzi and the Wando HS tournament staff for hosting a great preseason event once again!

And the Town of Mt. Pleasant REC department for letting them use the fields and also College of Charleston for the use of their stadium Sunday.

one observation: why didn't they have tents and ball boys this year at the tourney?

Interesting roster information from the Carolina Soccer Classic concerning players and teams relative "age".

Bishop England - SR (6), JR (8), SO (5), FR (3)

Bluffton - SR (0), JR (6), SO (5), FR (8)

Brookland-Cayce - SR (9), JR (5), SO (1), FR (0)

Greenville - SR (1), JR (15), SO (1), FR (3)

Hilton Head - No roster submitted

Hilton Head Christian - SR (6), JR (4), SO (4), FR (1)

Pinewood Prep - SR (2), JR (8), SO (3), FR (3)

Porter-Gaud - SR (4), JR (11), SO (7), FR (2)

Socastee - SR (9), JR (7), SO (3), FR (4)

Spring Valley - SR (10), JR (5), SO (6), FR (0)

Summerville - SR (8), JR (10), SO (3), FR (0)

Wando - SR (11), JR (8), SO (1), FR (1)

Greenville---talk about being loaded next year wow

Also look at PG 11 JRs returning and 7 SO

ya but Greenville is already good

pg has a long way to go

if that's true, how did PG tie BE????????

how did Wando beat Socastee so bad? what happened from Saturday to Sunday? Also, what were the other scores on Sunday as I don't see them posted anywhere?