Here is the post from two years ago:
Kyle Heise
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posted March 05, 2004 05:40 PM
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deahler, per S.C. High School League rules, all matches (Varsity and Junior Varsity) must have a winner and a loser.
Therefore, in a penalty kick shootout, the winning team gets credited for one goal -- no matter if the shootout is 3-0 or 9-8 -- the scoreboard result will be one goal more for the winning team than the losing team. So, if a match ends at 2-2 in overtime, then the final score will be 3-2 for the winning squad.
Now then, how do you credit the person with the winning goal? It's pretty simple -- say a team wins 4-3 in the shootout (the player responsible for that fourth goal would be granted the game-winning score in statistics). What if the score is 3-1? Well, in that case the player that scored the second goal of the shootout would be credited with the game-winning score. Same thing if the penalty kicks decision was 3-0 -- the first scorer gets the credit for the game-winning goal.
The losing team's goalkeeper is the only player charged with a goal against when calculating the goals against average (Goals x 80 / Minutes Played). Also, no other players get credited with a "goal scored" in the shootout, except for the player that scores the game-winner.
We can't keep records, if we keep changing the way they are counted. So, Fort Mill has 9 consecutive shutouts this year - Lexington has 10 and counting with O-W coming up tonight. The question does remain for the recordkeepers - do tournaments and playoffs count?
