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The Palmetto Cup is pleased to announce that 2007 Class 2A Runner-Up Emerald will be the 16th and final team in the 2008 Palmetto Cup.

Thanks to the Emerald administration and former coach Brad Nickles for making this happen. This will be the Vikings first appearance in the Palmetto Cup.

The tourney field has been completed and updated. Pairings are pretty much set and we'll release that information this weekend.

16th Annual Palmetto Cup
Brookland-Cayce High School
Cayce, South Carolina
March 26-29, 2008

Airport -- 3A Second Round, 8-13, #65 SCHSL Massey Rating
PC = 0-8 (0.0%), Last appearance '07

Bishop England -- #1, 2A State Champions, 22-5, #10 SCHSL Massey Rating
PC = 10-4-1 (70.0%), 1 Championship ('02), Last appearance '05

Brookland-Cayce -- #9, 3A Second Round, 13-11-2, #32 SCHSL Massey Rating
PC = 27-15-11 (61.3%), 2 Championships ('93, '97), Last appearance '07

Cardinal Newman -- #2, SCISA 3A Finals, 21-3, #2 SCISA Massey Rating
PC = 0-4 (0.0%), Last appearance '00

Cullman-AL -- #4, 5A Semifinals, 16-8-1
PC = First appearance

Dobyns-Bennett-TN -- 3A Playoffs, 13-4-2
PC = First appearance

Dutch Fork -- #6, 4A Second Round, 15-6-1, #6 SCHSL Massey Rating
PC = 18-16-7 (52.4%), Last appearance '07

Eastside -- #5, 3A Quarterfinals, 19-5-0, #9 SCHSL Massey Rating
PC = 0-3-1 (12.5%), Last appearance '03

Emerald -- #2, 2A Finals, 17-5-0, #33 SCHSL Massey Rating
PC = First appearance

Farragut-TN -- #1, 3A State Champions, 19-3-5
PC = 6-2-1 (72.2%), Last appearance '07

T.L. Hanna -- 4A Second Round, 14-7, #28 SCHSL Massey Rating
PC = 3-5 (37.5%), Last appearance '02

Lexington -- #5, 4A Quarterfinals, 20-6-1, #4 SCHSL Massey Rating
PC = 10-10-6 (50.0%), Last appearance '07

Norman North-OK -- #3, 5A Semifinals, 11-6
PC = 16-4-2 (77.3%), 3 Championships ('00, '04, '05), Last appearance '07

North Myrtle Beach -- #7, 3A Quarterfinals, 19-5, #13 SCHSL Massey Rating
PC = First appearance

Spring Valley -- #1, 4A State Champions, 21-7, #3 SCHSL Massey Rating
PC = 14-10-3 (57.4%), 1 Championship ('03), Last appearance '07

Wando -- #3, 4A Semifinals, 23-5, #8 SCHSL Massey Rating
PC = 10-4-2 (68.8%), Last appearance '07

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*** Classification breakdown (5A - 2, 4A - 6, 3A - 5, 2A - 2, SCISA - 1)
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*** 3 teams from the upstate (Emerald, T.L. Hanna, Eastside)
*** 3 teams from the coast (North Myrtle Beach, Bishop England, Wando)
*** 4 teams from out of state (Cullman-AL, Dobyns-Bennett-TN, Farragut-TN, Norman North-OK)
*** 6 teams from the Midlands (Airport, Brookland-Cayce, Cardinal Newman, Dutch Fork, Lexington, Spring Valley)
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*** 4 teams making first appearance (Cullman-AL, Emerald, Morristown West-TN, North Myrtle Beach)
*** 8 teams from 2007 field (Airport, Brookland-Cayce, Dutch Fork, Farragut-TN, Lexington, Norman North-OK, Spring Valley, Wando)
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*** 4 Palmetto Cup Champions (Bishop England, Brookland-Cayce, Norman North-OK, Spring Valley)
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*** 3 defending State Champions (Bishop England, Farragut-TN, Spring Valley)
*** 8 teams reached Semifinals or Finals of their classification last year (Bishop England, Cardinal Newman, Cullman-AL, Emerald, Farragut-TN, Norman North-OK, Spring Valley, Wando)
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The Groups have been decided and are as follows:

Group A -- Bishop England, Brookland-Cayce, Dobyns-Bennett-TN, Dutch Fork
Group B -- Cullman-AL, T.L. Hanna, North Myrtle Beach, Wando
Group C -- Airport, Cardinal Newman, Norman North-OK, Spring Valley
Group D -- Eastside, Emerald, Farragut-TN, Lexington

The schedule will be posted later today.

PDFs of the 2008 tournament Schedule & Matrix can be founds below.

2008 Palmetto Cup Schedule

2008 Palmetto Cup Matrix

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Should be another great tournament field next spring!

Dobyns-Bennett of Kingsport, TN has replaced Morristown West-TN. The coach, Shane Calvert, has moved from MW to D-B. The Indians were 13-4-2 overall in 2007 and reached the State Sectionals where D-B lost to eventual Class 3A State Runner-Up, Bearden.

Bump! For coaches returning to the classroom next week -- good luck!

was socastee invited?

Socastee wasn't invited due to North Myrtle Beach having already been issued an invitation extended to the Palmetto Cup for several years.

The Braves have played in the PC five times and posted an 8-9-1 mark, while the Chiefs have never participated in the PC.

Dobyns-Bennett is a talented team! they should go far in the cup.