Lowerstate4a
SA did win and they are undefeated. They are currently ranked #1 in the State. As a matter of fact I believe they are 16-0-1 with just 3 games left in regular season. With that said I don�t know when the last time you were on a team that went undefeated or won a championship but for you to say that they are average is a bit naive. Any time you play 17 games and can come out with no loses it is anything but average. Quite the opposite it is very above average. Anyone who has ever been a part of a season like this knows that you have your ups and downs through out the course of your run. Teams come better prepared to play you and exploit your weaknesses. Excellent teams "Find a way" to win despite what is thrown their way. Thus far that is what SA has done. This team has a lot of players who are used to winning on a big stage and understand the highs and lows you go thru over the course of the season which will make them dangerous. I am not ready to give them the State Championship trophy yet either but they are anything but average. By the way Jamal did score yesterday, not bad for a kid that "only tried when the ball was in his area� Jamal is BIG TIME! There are a lot of excellent players in our state now but if you think he is not one of them then wow is all I can say.
I think that SA has a couple of major hurdles to get over.
1) Cross county rivals N. Augusta. Eric Baffour had a season ending injury the last time they played and NA lost. This time SA will play without a major scoring threat due to Jamal's two yellow cards last night.
2) Northwestern's Nick Fonati will have his team well prepared for SA. They are a very capable side and lets face it, if the X-Factor is the coach being able to adjust his team during the match, then you have to go with Nick every time!
3) Irmo, We all love to talk trash about Irmo and count them out year after year and still they keep winning. Why is that? Phil Savitz knows better then the rest of us how to win, He teaches it to his kids and his kids respect him at a level where they don�t want to disappoint him. I do think he made a huge mistake in the game vs. SA. 3 Backs against a team that has Jamal, are you CRAZY Phil. In my opinion the only reason you lost that game. Only mistake I have seen you make in yrs. You were due.