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Sorry to hear about the huge change in success between this year and last for the '91 girls. Any other observations you and or the team have regarding why this occurred would be helpful to know.




In January the '91 team finished 4th in the Region III ODP championships in Houston and earned the team as well as the state a higher level of respect than is generally afforded to SC. However, of that team at least 8, for a variety of reasons, did not participate in Alabama. While this had an obvious impact on the team going to Alabama (most of the 8 were starters in Houston), the lack of numbers resulting in keepers playing field positions and the team actually finishing the first game a player down may have had more to do with at least a couple of the 8 players not notifying SCYSA that they would not be attending until the first day of camp.

The '91 team that played in Alabama should be commended for its performance. It left everything it had on the fields, placed players in the pool games, and maintained its focus on those who did attend rather than those who did not. The effort did not go unnoticed by the regional staff.