I hate to see this happen to those kids. Our girls played FM Middle tough for a 1-1 tie and our boys narrowly escaped vs Springfield for a 1-0 win. The schools and coaches are doing it right up there in exposing thier kids to other players and teams through tournaments and training of the coaches. I went through the Certification class with a coach that drove down from Ft Mill even with the heavy snow.
I understand the financial obligation of middle school sports but Ft Mill did it too themsleves breaking down all of their fall and winter teams into 7th and 8th grade. So which ones do you cut? To not show favoritism cut them all.
Again it is a shame for those kids that will be cut from high school bc that are too slow or small. or maybe not just developed enough. I have 8th graders on my team that were projects last season that are not only leaders but have physically matured and play great. If they had gotten cut, would they still be interested in the sport?
