The Hammer: Agreed. It seems to me that with its tough schedule and excellent coaching Irmo tends to get better as the year goes on -- last year Irmo lost to Lexington 4-2 in the regular season (after going up 2-0) and then beat Lexington 1-0 in the second game of the regular season.
On a related note: one thing I'd recommend to any team attempting to play a tougher schedule -- go to the Fort Mill tournament. The quality of most of the teams there, from South Carolina 3-A and 4-A teams, and North Carolina teams, is pretty amazing.
