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Well said Chief, I couldnt agree more- you usually want to play as tough an opponent as possible during the season so you will be ready come May. This could possibly be why some of these teams have never been to the title game and with the exception of Wando and maybe Myrtle Beach, they wont this year either. By the way , arbitrary rankings aside, St Joes would have walked through this tournament like it was a preseason scrimmage- why do none of the Columbia teams schedule them for their preseason or non-conference games?


St. Joseph's declined an invitation to the 2013 NIKE Palmetto Cup and Eastside was committed for more than six months before withdrawing around Thanksgiving due to a coaching change. FYI, Eastside has participated in the Palmetto Cup four times finishing 15th, 4th, 1st, and 11th for an overall mark of 6-8-2 (43.8%).

St. Joseph's is 4-9 vs. Midlands Area Teams since 2010:

2010 (1-7)
2-3 L Hammond
3-0 W Heathwood Hall
0-2 L Ben Lippen
1-3 L Hammond
0-4 L Cardinal Newman
1-2 L Heathwood Hall
1-2 L Ben Lippen
0-1 L Cardinal Newman

2011 (2-2)
2-0 W vs Lexington
0-1 L vs Brookland-Cayce
2-1 W vs Batesburg-Leesville
1-5 L vs Cardinal Newman

2012 (1-0)
2-0 W Cardinal Newman
4/11 Chapin

The tournament staff would like to thank all teams for their participation and cooperation this week in what were some uncertain terms due to inclement weather on Thursday and early Friday.