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i've never seen a high school goalie with as much athleticism as pinewood's junior goalie JD. he can easily punt the ball into the other teams box. he also takes pks and i think he's 100% since he was freshman. he went something like 14 of 14 last season

brendon smtih (j l mann)

I would have to go with Dreher's George Rushe. He is an excellent keep and keeps Dreher in a lot of games.

I also agree with futbol(soccer) that Chapin's two keeps, although young, are very good and will be an awesome "duo" when they get older.(What grade are they in?? Fresh. or Soph.)

I'd like to brag on Wall Moore who plays for the Gov. School. This is only his second year and he's been doing a great job.

chapin keepers are both in 10 grade. they are legit i play with both

Wow! Sooo many choices. Most of the players you've mentioned have like -> 15+++ goals scored on them in 10ish games, that's a 1.5+++ GAA (FYI that's Not Good). How about some school or club in SC sponsor a Keeper War Tournament? For Example: http://nc-soccer.net/forum/attachments/651.pdf

I have seen the following upperstate keepers and I have trouble believing that no one has mentioned any of them:

Will Barbieri (sp) Senior Fort Mill
Brendan Smith Senior JL Mann
Shane Hoover Sophomore Mauldin
Ian Rose Sophomore Riverside

From the games I have seen they are a big factor in the sucess of their teams, and I believe that all play for CESA Premier.

Will Barbieri is playing in college. Mark DiMaggio is the senior keeper for Fort Mill.

As to the "sooo many choices", players and fans are obviously pretty loyal to their keepers! GKs as a whole don't have the high profiles that forwards do..hence the choices seem to be pretty regional. Many of the GKs mentioned may be good but aren't "best keeper" material. I agree that Keeper Wars, while fun, are not necessarily indicative of a GKs quality. Some of the best keepers I've seen, although good at shot stopping and distribution (the focus of keeper wars), are preventative GKs that read the game well.