Before I digress, the question I want to pose here is what mix of ingredients has led TL Hanna and South Aiken to their current lofty rankings? With insider knowledge about both programs, I still think putting a finger on one reason is a difficult task.
TL Hanna and South Aiken are currently ranked #1 and #2 in AAAA girls soccer. Consider for a moment that both schools share some eerie similarities, for example: both have had 3 head coaches in the past 3 seasons, both are located in smaller metropolitan areas (if Aiken and Anderson can even be referred to as such), both schools have a mix of players that play for different clubs (there is no all CESA presence on either team, though TL Hanna would be more CESA this year than in years past), both schools have had more success in the past 5 years than in any previous five year span in their history.
Differences, on the boys side South Aiken has been far more successful in the past 10 years than TL Hanna; South Aiken's 2 strongest seasons prior to 2012 were when they were a AAA school; South Aiken is generally faced with a far more difficult region schedule (though TL Hanna has no control over this, and will face a much tougher Region I-AAAA next year with the addition of JL Mann and Hillcrest).
So why the success?
