I don't mean to dwell on Woodruff (I grew up there, taught there 18 years, coached the first girls team, coached with Fernando with the boys and girls team, and have a wife coaching the JV and assisting the varsity—and my daughter played there 4 years), but I will confirm two things:
Casey Black is a CESA-premiere player and and outstanding player/young lady. Top freshman possibly, one of the best players period in the state.
Woodruff more than ten years ago had no girls program and almost no boys playing club. When I started coaching the boys, I promoted the need for year-round playing. Fernando has made the same request for the boys and now the girls. Now WHS girls have most of their players playing at some level of club in the fall (most in Spartanburg)—for the record.
I consider this a huge commitment from the community for quality high school girls soccer.
