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Are you kidding me? I just looked at NW schedule. They have 9 double digit wins. They play alot of bad teams. There seems to only be a hand full of teams that are considered good teams in the state. Looking at the remainder of their schedule they have at least a few more 10 plus goal games.

It's the region, they can't help it. They do have decent games scheduled. Fort Mill for the region, Eastside, Lake Murray challenge, and the Palmetto Cup coming up next week. I'm pretty sure the NW coaching staff would go for a tough schedule if they could, especially with the talent on that team.

It is not like Northwestern is the only team that does this. All good teams do to other teams in their region. I mean yeah I think that 16-0 is overkill but in other regions teams like Greenville, Eastside, Daniel, and Riverside all beat the bad teams by 8+ goals. Obviously NW knows they have bad competition and that is why they are in the Palmetto Cup. If you have seen the field in the Palmetto Cup it will provide some very tough competition and I believe NW will prove that they are a very good team.

scsoccerman,

its about time that you got on here and bashed in the NW program once again. Why the hard feelings? you might want to inform dreher, ben lippen, irmo, eastside, fort mill, summerville, socastee, daniel, and cardinal newman that they are not good teams.

So whats your beef with NW? before you jump to any conclusions about me, my ties with the NW program were cut with the coaching change.

Outside of their region, they only have 3 games that aren't against competitive programs. However I think there is no need to have any, but 3 out of 13 isn't so bad.

NW....don't yall ever play with restrictions once you're up by 5 or so?

Lowerstate4A - It's obvious your bias towards NW and other 4A programs from y(our) part of the state! However, you are woefully wrong in this aspect as the teams that you mentioned as "not good teams" are quite respectable and even state-championship-caliber in their own classifications or divisions.

Ben Lippen will challenge Pinewood Prep for the SCISA title. Cardinal Newman can make things interesting and will only get better with time. They have talent, but are young.

Fort Mill, Summerville, and IRMO should never be counted out in 4A as their demographics lead them to overall success and the likes of a Phil Savitz could lead Irmo to an improbable, but worthy 4A title by May.

Daniel, Socastee, Eastside, and Dreher are all formidable 3A teams and each figures to have a shot at their state championship.

Sorry to dissapoint, but Region III-4A is extremely weak outside of the top two and if Northwestern is to prove this, they need to do so in their upcoming tournament and in the playoffs.

If the teams they play agree to step out onto the field with NW, they are going to get whats coming to them. No one rags on the region 5 teams for putting up double digits on Lower Richland, Northwestern just does it more often, because they are forced to play more bad teams. Look at this, Irmo beats Lower Richland 15-0, and they beat RNE 6-0. Then RNE turns around and puts 17 on LR. I think that Irmo could have easily topped RNE's score against LR, but they probably had some form of limitations, or atleast played non starters, causing their score to ONLY be 15.

PLEASE, be angry with EVERY team that beats other teams by double digits if you are going to whine and moan about Northwestern.

yea...but region V also has spring valley, dutch fork, irmo, and ridge view to compete with....

The Hammer

you misunderstood my post. scsoccerman was hammering their schedule. My quote was "you (as in scsoccerman) might want to inform those teams that i listed that they are not any good". I was giving all of them props. you either misread my post or i did not make it clear. hope this clears somethings up. i agree with everything that you said. i was arguing that while NW region is weak, out of their control, the rest of the schedule is at least decent.