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Pinewood - 8
James Island - 2

Sloppy defense by pwood...two own goals

Eastside 8
Union 0

Nope. Sloppy defense by James Island. JI scored two own goals. PP scored one own goal. Congrats to PP.

Airport 5 - Swansea 0

Walhalla 2 (OT)
Pendleton 1

Scoreless at halftime, Pendleton Sophomore Zack Sears scored 5 minutes into the second half but Walhalla's Abi Diaz countered about 3 minutes later. Second half came to a close tied 1-1. In the first overtime Walhalla (sorry, didn't get a number) scored a nasty goal off a back heel flick. Pendleton pressed hard, particularly in the second overtime but was unable to get the equalizer. With the win, Walhalla (6-0) secured at least a tie for the region I-AA title.

The goal against Walhalla was an own-goal off a Walhalla defender. Good game by both teams.

Goals are goals, whether they are own goals or flukes or whatever. The end result is the same, goal is scored.

For some reason some find it necessary to try to either come up with reasons for shortcomings, or worse, discredit the other team.

And sometimes it's just to explain what happened in the game so that fans that weren't there can keep up with what happened. Not everyone is "out to get" other teams. Most people reading these boards don't just want a score with no explanation or they would just look at the Eurosport scoreboard.

I disagree about the own goal assessment as it was a shot fired from inside the 18 that deflected off the defender (standing near the 6). The defender made no motion at kicking at the ball and really was a bystander who happened to get struck with the ball on its path to the back of the net.

When I think own goal, I think of an innocent ball which by direct action of the defender winds up in the back of the net though if left alone would not have.

@ Academic Magnet
AM 5 Bluffton 4 (2-1 Double PK's)
Hard fought match.