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Post by rocko1989 on Apr 20, 2019 8:21:55 GMT -5
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Post by guest on Apr 20, 2019 9:44:51 GMT -5
Props to the Mtn View Bears who went from not winning a region game in 5 years to winning Region 6-AAAAAAA. The penultimate worst to first story.
Also the Lady Bears are going to State for the first time in the modern era. (They also made it in the schools first year when they were initially placed in Class AAA for one year.)
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Post by hotspur1 on Apr 20, 2019 9:52:24 GMT -5
How does the ghsa do the draws? Is it completely random?
A seeding process, in my opinion, should be used - almost like the ncaa bball tourney. Would prevent some 10-0 second round games plus eliminate some of the 2/3 powerhouse draws you sometimes see.
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Post by rocko1989 on Apr 20, 2019 10:39:06 GMT -5
GHSA playoff region matchups are pre-determined. For example: Region 6 and Region 8 matchup this year. Then 1 hosts 4, 2 hosts 3, in both regions. That is this year. Next year there is a different matchup first round.
It is that way in football, basketball, soccer, baseball, .......
I am sure somewhere on the GHSA website there is something indicating which regions play which regions which rounds.
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Post by Goalkeeper Dad on Apr 20, 2019 11:12:38 GMT -5
If everything goes as planned there are going to be some really good games in the AAAAAAA Might go see some of them even if my daughter's not playing
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Post by fan on Apr 20, 2019 12:57:19 GMT -5
Props to the Mtn View Bears who went from not winning a region game in 5 years to winning Region 6-AAAAAAA. The penultimate worst to first story. I love this! I'm surprised to see 11-4 North Gwinnett not make the playoffs in that same region. You never know what will happen one year to the next. There will definitely be some fun games to watch.
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Post by girlsoccer on Apr 20, 2019 14:02:51 GMT -5
I agree Goalkeeperdad. The matchup in the 7A great 8 game between Lassiter and Parkview could be a great game. They got unlucky draws having to face each other before the Final Four. Also in 6A, regions 6 and 7 got a bit of bad luck facing each other in the first round when those are two of the toughest regions. Could end up with a final four of whoever wins those region 6-7 first round match-ups.
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Post by gaprospects on Apr 21, 2019 18:16:35 GMT -5
That bottom left quarter of the AAAAAAA bracket is super-loaded, Lambert-Collins Hill in the 2nd round with Hillgrove potentially waiting in the quarterfinals. Collins Hill is my favorite to win the whole thing, they played a tougher schedule than most and they have some real stars on that team.
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Post by Goalkeeper Dad on Apr 21, 2019 18:40:59 GMT -5
I agree Goalkeeperdad. The matchup in the 7A great 8 game between Lassiter and Parkview could be a great game. They got unlucky draws having to face each other before the Final Four. Also in 6A, regions 6 and 7 got a bit of bad luck facing each other in the first round when those are two of the toughest regions. Could end up with a final four of whoever wins those region 6-7 first round match-ups. I will be at that Lassiter/Parkview game. I think the winner of that game goes on to the final
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Post by soccerfanga on Apr 24, 2019 15:52:19 GMT -5
Girls playoffs have started, no real surprises yet in 4/23 games. Tonight's games 4/24 shouldn't have any either. Looking forward to next match ups. Thoughts?
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Post by rifle on Apr 24, 2019 16:04:25 GMT -5
It’d be cool if people identify boys vs girls when commenting.
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Post by soccerfanga on Apr 24, 2019 16:40:16 GMT -5
It’d be cool if people identify boys vs girls when commenting. Fan of both, however I was was referring to girls in my comment above. I'll follow your thoughts on both, not picky.
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Post by girlsoccer on Apr 24, 2019 17:55:10 GMT -5
Looks like the only 7A mercy rule was Lassiter over Colquitt Co. stinks to drive all this way to get mercy-ruled. 6A girls play tomorrow night. There should be some good first round match-ups. Johns Creek should beat Sprayberry but I expect it to be more of a challenge than Johns Creek expects. The Allatoona-Pope game should be good with an edge to Pope even though they are the 3 seed. Dunwoody is on a roll and will probably beat Creekview and Harrison should beat Northview but Northview is a very physical team and may be more of a challenge than some think.
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Post by girlsoccer on Apr 24, 2019 18:10:51 GMT -5
Oh and that is about girls
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Post by futbolpapa on Apr 24, 2019 20:29:29 GMT -5
Lambert girls (7A) mercy ruled South Gwinnett. Led 9-0 at half. Finished it 3 mins into 2nd half. 19-0 on season.
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Post by girlsoccer on Apr 25, 2019 6:25:40 GMT -5
Lambert girls (7A) mercy ruled South Gwinnett. Led 9-0 at half. Finished it 3 mins into 2nd half. 19-0 on season. Ouch!
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Post by fan on Apr 25, 2019 6:44:15 GMT -5
That bottom left quarter of the AAAAAAA bracket is super-loaded, Lambert-Collins Hill in the 2nd round with Hillgrove potentially waiting in the quarterfinals. Collins Hill is my favorite to win the whole thing, they played a tougher schedule than most and they have some real stars on that team. Sound like Collins Hill boys had a close call last night. Down 3-1 in the second half but the came back and ended up winning in OT.
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Post by Keeper on Apr 25, 2019 19:47:10 GMT -5
Lambert girls (7A) mercy ruled South Gwinnett. Led 9-0 at half. Finished it 3 mins into 2nd half. 19-0 on season. Wow what an improvement! Parkview mercy ruled South Gwinnett last year in the first 30 minutes of the first half. At least South got to halftime this year.
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Post by royalstrikersfc on Apr 25, 2019 20:18:05 GMT -5
In 6A region 6 v region 7, here are the girls results:
Pope 5-0 over Allatoona Dunwoody 3-0 over Creekview John's Creek 0-0 (4-2 in PKs) over Sprayberry Harrison 2-0 over Northview
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Post by atlfutboldad on Apr 25, 2019 22:19:46 GMT -5
Perhaps HS soccer should be a pro/rel system based on wins/losses rather than categorizing by school size.
What division is your son in?
Also the ATL regions should be much stronger then the rest of the state. Sort of like Chelsea playing I dunno, Inverness.
IMO it's up to thur coach of the winning team to prevent the mercy rule. Stop scoring at 8-9 goals?
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Post by oraclesfriend on Apr 26, 2019 7:17:54 GMT -5
Perhaps HS soccer should be a pro/rel system based on wins/losses rather than categorizing by school size. What division is your son in? Also the ATL regions should be much stronger then the rest of the state. Sort of like Chelsea playing I dunno, Inverness. IMO it's up to thur coach of the winning team to prevent the mercy rule. Stop scoring at 8-9 goals? Small school but with quite a few rather decent ECNL, etc players - (and a few really good ones in DA and not playing high school). Waste of time for anybody with aspiration to play college at this school to play this spring so far. By the time they run into a proper competitive game, they will have no idea what to do and will lose. I have an acquaintance from Poland who is living here now and his kids play soccer here. His oldest one is in high school. He was dumbfounded by the lack of a club season in the spring and extremely frustrated by the quality of high school play. He said it was ridiculous for him to pay the equivalent of a club fee for his son to play poor quality soccer. As a freshman he could have played the U15 spring friendly season but he said the quality of that was even worse because at our club it was mostly kids who didn't even make the high school teams. I have watched high school soccer over the years and I see where you are coming from. Your team obviously has some high quality kids playing for it, but the competition has not been challenging and now they are lulled by the easier games. That is a shame. I think it is equally frustrating for those kids that play on teams that are always getting destroyed. After speaking with some parents from North Forsyth, they said it was a victory this year that they did not have any mercy rule games. Apparently they have been getting mercy ruled multiple games the last few seasons. It is a shame that teams got stuck on either end of the mercy rule. Atlfutboldad had an idea for pro/rel but unfortunately I think that will never fly. They don't do it in any other sport so why should soccer be so special. Plus it would cause havoc with the scheduling. Schools have always been set up as based on size. I dont see that ever changing.
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Post by girlsoccer on Apr 26, 2019 7:29:32 GMT -5
Mercy rule games in playoffs... I played for 20 years back home and can count on one hand the games I won by 10 goals or more. Mercy rule didn’t exist so distinctly remember a 15-0 game. But not many total mismatches. Here my son in his first high school season has had 6-7 games (incl first playoff game) end mercy ruled. The kids learn nothing but bad habits from this system. Have your coach petition to move up a division. Schedule tough competition for your non-region games. There is good competitive high school soccer here in Atlanta, especially if you aren’t afraid to play teams in a higher division.
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Post by girlsoccer on Apr 26, 2019 7:32:23 GMT -5
Perhaps HS soccer should be a pro/rel system based on wins/losses rather than categorizing by school size. What division is your son in? Also the ATL regions should be much stronger then the rest of the state. Sort of like Chelsea playing I dunno, Inverness. IMO it's up to thur coach of the winning team to prevent the mercy rule. Stop scoring at 8-9 goals? No. No there should not be pro/rel in high school soccer. There is plenty of opportunity to get quality competition, especially in non region games. If coaches weren’t worried about their W-L record and scheduled tough teams they would have fewer blowouts.
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Post by girlsoccer on Apr 26, 2019 7:36:52 GMT -5
In 6A region 6 v region 7, here are the girls results: Pope 5-0 over Allatoona Dunwoody 3-0 over Creekview John's Creek 0-0 (4-2 in PKs) over Sprayberry Harrison 2-0 over Northview What a great job by Sprayberry to take the number 1 team in the state to PKs. That program has improved by leaps and bounds. I’d say there’s a good chance the winners of these 4 games could be the final four. Though Dunwoody has the toughest road having to go through Dacula and Glynn Academy. I was a little surprised to see that Glynn Academy only won 3-2 last night. Also a good showing by Northview to hold Harrison to a tight game. And a solid win by Pope. There should be some good soccer coming up the next couple of weeks.
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Post by royalstrikersfc on Apr 26, 2019 8:23:11 GMT -5
In 6A region 6 v region 7, here are the girls results: Pope 5-0 over Allatoona Dunwoody 3-0 over Creekview John's Creek 0-0 (4-2 in PKs) over Sprayberry Harrison 2-0 over Northview What a great job by Sprayberry to take the number 1 team in the state to PKs. That program has improved by leaps and bounds. I’d say there’s a good chance the winners of these 4 games could be the final four. Though Dunwoody has the toughest road having to go through Dacula and Glynn Academy. I was a little surprised to see that Glynn Academy only won 3-2 last night. Also a good showing by Northview to hold Harrison to a tight game. And a solid win by Pope. There should be some good soccer coming up the next couple of weeks.
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Post by soccerworld on Apr 26, 2019 10:56:54 GMT -5
Perhaps HS soccer should be a pro/rel system based on wins/losses rather than categorizing by school size. What division is your son in? Also the ATL regions should be much stronger then the rest of the state. Sort of like Chelsea playing I dunno, Inverness. IMO it's up to thur coach of the winning team to prevent the mercy rule. Stop scoring at 8-9 goals? Small school but with quite a few rather decent ECNL, etc players - (and a few really good ones in DA and not playing high school). Waste of time for anybody with aspiration to play college at this school to play this spring so far. By the time they run into a proper competitive game, they will have no idea what to do and will lose. If its a small school, then single A has done a lot of meddling this past year - new areas, fewer teams making the playoffs etc. If your coach new he had juggernut, he/she should have schedule games against bigger schools then. If he/she tried and couldn't then that is understandable. Pissing on high school soccer because your team mercy rules everyone isn't helpful though to anyone.
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Post by oraclesfriend on Apr 26, 2019 13:10:00 GMT -5
Mercy rule games in playoffs... I played for 20 years back home and can count on one hand the games I won by 10 goals or more. Mercy rule didn’t exist so distinctly remember a 15-0 game. But not many total mismatches. Here my son in his first high school season has had 6-7 games (incl first playoff game) end mercy ruled. The kids learn nothing but bad habits from this system. Have your coach petition to move up a division. Schedule tough competition for your non-region games. There is good competitive high school soccer here in Atlanta, especially if you aren’t afraid to play teams in a higher division. Is it even possible to move up a division for one sport on a petition?? I have seen schools petition a decision for the whole school but not just one sport. Scheduling non-region games is a good idea, but aren't those played early in the season? That is what I have seen. If you play your hard games before region and then blow through your region it doesn't really help 2 months later when you are in the playoffs.
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Post by Strikermom on Apr 26, 2019 13:26:22 GMT -5
In Gwinnett we play non-region all throughout the season. Mostly traditional games, rivalries, but super competitive because the kids know each other from club or mutual friends. In our bracket the non-region games give us a break from our tough 6-AAAAAAA bracket.
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Post by guest on Apr 26, 2019 14:37:23 GMT -5
In Gwinnett we play non-region all throughout the season. Mostly traditional games, rivalries, but super competitive because the kids know each other from club or mutual friends. In our bracket the non-region games give us a break from our tough 6-AAAAAAA bracket. Top to bottom Region 6 has got to be one of the toughest regions in soccer (at least for girls). Peachtree Ridge, North Gwinnett, Collins Hill (until this year), Mountain View (this year) and that other school on Braselton Hwy. Even the 'easier' teams Duluth and Discovery are not cream puffs. Not like other regions where teams with 0 wins make the playoffs every year just to get mercy ruled.
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Post by guest on Apr 26, 2019 14:56:00 GMT -5
In Gwinnett we play non-region all throughout the season. Mostly traditional games, rivalries, but super competitive because the kids know each other from club or mutual friends. In our bracket the non-region games give us a break from our tough 6-AAAAAAA bracket. Top to bottom Region 6 has got to be one of the toughest regions in soccer (at least for girls). Peachtree Ridge, North Gwinnett, Collins Hill (until this year), Mountain View (this year) and that other school on Braselton Hwy. Even the 'easier' teams Duluth and Discovery are not cream puffs. Not like other regions where teams with 0 wins make the playoffs every year just to get mercy ruled. <sarcasm> Congrats to the Dacula Lady Falcons who in a hard fought class 6A victory beat a tough Douglas County side. Douglas County earned their #4 seed by fielding a team in 7 out of their 12 scheduled matches this year, and even being able to win two of them! <\sarcasm >
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