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Post by atlfutboldad on Apr 26, 2019 17:26:07 GMT -5
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 > Salty, i like it.
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Post by gaprospects on Apr 26, 2019 21:21:22 GMT -5
So much hype about region 6 in AAAAAAA, maybe regions 5 and 7 got overlooked. Only Region 6 team to win was Collins Hill over Central, Mountain View, Mill Creek and Peachtree Ridge all lost in Rd. 1. Region 5 (Fulton/Forsyth) also swept their Gwinnett counterparts in Region 8. A lot of Cobb schools also advanced.
Couple of big AAAAAA games tonight as well, #4 Pope vs. #6 Sprayberry in the first round! How does that even happen?
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Post by Keeper on Apr 26, 2019 23:39:05 GMT -5
So much craziness in these brackets. Hopefully they’ll figure out a more competitive solution by the 2020-21 school year when they eliminate 7A and realign the Regions and levels. 🤦🏻♂️
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Post by girlsoccer on Apr 27, 2019 5:51:59 GMT -5
So much craziness in these brackets. Hopefully they’ll figure out a more competitive solution by the 2020-21 school year when they eliminate 7A and realign the Regions and levels. 🤦🏻♂️ I heard about this getting rid of 7A. Wonder why?
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Post by EastATL on Apr 27, 2019 7:00:32 GMT -5
So much hype about region 6 in AAAAAAA, maybe regions 5 and 7 got overlooked. Only Region 6 team to win was Collins Hill over Central, Mountain View, Mill Creek and Peachtree Ridge all lost in Rd. 1. Region 5 (Fulton/Forsyth) also swept their Gwinnett counterparts in Region 8. A lot of Cobb schools also advanced. Couple of big AAAAAA games tonight as well, #4 Pope vs. #6 Sprayberry in the first round! How does that even happen? Only Forsyth school that lost was Central to Rockdale County (Girls)
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Post by fan on Apr 27, 2019 9:43:56 GMT -5
So much craziness in these brackets. Hopefully they’ll figure out a more competitive solution by the 2020-21 school year when they eliminate 7A and realign the Regions and levels. 🤦🏻♂️ I heard about this getting rid of 7A. Wonder why? I wonder what they do with the biggest schools. There’s already a difference of almost 2000 students between the biggest 7A school and the smallest. It’s a lot easier for a school of 3800+ students to put strong teams together than schools in 5A or 6A (not that all 7A schools are strong in soccer but they have a head start).
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Post by fan on Apr 27, 2019 9:49:08 GMT -5
So much hype about region 6 in AAAAAAA, maybe regions 5 and 7 got overlooked. Only Region 6 team to win was Collins Hill over Central, Mountain View, Mill Creek and Peachtree Ridge all lost in Rd. 1. Region 5 (Fulton/Forsyth) also swept their Gwinnett counterparts in Region 8. A lot of Cobb schools also advanced. Couple of big AAAAAA games tonight as well, #4 Pope vs. #6 Sprayberry in the first round! How does that even happen? Only Forsyth school that lost was Central to Rockdale County (Girls) We saw girls’ teams from regions 6, 7 and 8. I suspect the top teams in region 8 this year would have finished out of the running for the playoffs in regions 6 and 7. I bet Brookwood girls beat Rockdale 4-0.
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Post by keeper100 on Apr 27, 2019 10:16:39 GMT -5
Region 3 also swept 2 on the boys side- both mostly Cobb Co regions, but still interesting that it was so lopsided.
What would you all say is the most reliable source for HS soccer rankings? I’m interested to see how these teams were ranked.
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Post by girlsoccer on Apr 27, 2019 12:17:55 GMT -5
Region 3 also swept 2 on the boys side- both mostly Cobb Co regions, but still interesting that it was so lopsided. What would you all say is the most reliable source for HS soccer rankings? I’m interested to see how these teams were ranked. I like Eurosport. They also have a strength of schedule for each team which is interesting.
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Post by girlsoccer on Apr 27, 2019 14:11:12 GMT -5
Region 3 also swept 2 on the boys side- both mostly Cobb Co regions, but still interesting that it was so lopsided. What would you all say is the most reliable source for HS soccer rankings? I’m interested to see how these teams were ranked. I like Eurosport. They also have a strength of schedule for each team which is interesting. Sorry- it is max preps that has the strength of schedule.
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Post by soccerfanga on Apr 27, 2019 15:12:20 GMT -5
Maxpreps also let's users put in scores that are wrong, so strength of schedule may vary.
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Post by keeper100 on Apr 27, 2019 15:15:47 GMT -5
Looks like MaxPreps has more info (even if it may be wrong), but the Eurosport Rankings seem more accurate.
I know that 7A was created to try and reduce travel times and give more teams an opportunity in the playoffs, but it seems like it backfired. Both 6 and 7A classifications are really diluted, and from previous comments it seems like 1 and 2A are pretty weak too.
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Post by Keeper on Apr 27, 2019 19:34:59 GMT -5
I heard about this getting rid of 7A. Wonder why? I wonder what they do with the biggest schools. There’s already a difference of almost 2000 students between the biggest 7A school and the smallest. It’s a lot easier for a school of 3800+ students to put strong teams together than schools in 5A or 6A (not that all 7A schools are strong in soccer but they have a head start). Well the issue is the idiotic cheap arse Republicans in Gwinnett County that only care about football and not education. They keep thinking that a HS should have 3,000 to 4,000 students which is just unrealistic, but that’s how they build them because they’d rather not build more schools. Outside of the six XL Gwinnett schools everyone else is between 2,000 and 3,000 which is normal for 6A levels.
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Post by EastATL on Apr 29, 2019 14:33:52 GMT -5
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 > Douglas County Girls went 10-5-2 this past year, 5-3 in their region. Those first round playoff games mean a lot to those schools from “worse” regions. Sure, Forest Park lost 7-0 to Valdosta first round, and Valdosta isn’t a good team, but making it to the playoffs is huge to them. Maybe we shouldn’t be so condescending towards them...after all, high school sports is about participation over everything else.
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Post by EastATL on Apr 29, 2019 14:37:12 GMT -5
Only Forsyth school that lost was Central to Rockdale County (Girls) We saw girls’ teams from regions 6, 7 and 8. I suspect the top teams in region 8 this year would have finished out of the running for the playoffs in regions 6 and 7. I bet Brookwood girls beat Rockdale 4-0. The only team that both Brookwood and Rockdale played was Lakeside-Dekalb. Brookwood won 2-1, while Rockdale tied 0-0. It may be closer than 4-0, who knows. Maybe they would’ve finished out of the running in 6 and 7, but don’t count them out just yet.
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Post by atlfutboldad on Apr 29, 2019 14:43:16 GMT -5
It looks like most of the mercy rule/blowout games were 3rd and 4th seeds taking a beating.
Perhaps if you don't want blowouts they should reduce the number of teams? Maybe down to 16 (2 per region). Would shorten the playoffs by a week also. Either that or down to 24 and give the #1 seeds (region champions) a first round bye?
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Post by EastATL on Apr 29, 2019 15:01:12 GMT -5
It looks like most of the mercy rule/blowout games were 3rd and 4th seeds taking a beating. Perhaps if you don't want blowouts they should reduce the number of teams? Maybe down to 16 (2 per region). Would shorten the playoffs by a week also. Either that or down to 24 and give the #1 seeds (region champions) a first round bye? If we go down to 2 per region, there’s going to be some highly upset people from the “tougher” regions. I think the 4 per region is a good middle ground since you don’t want too many teams advancing and having the regular season be meaningless, but if you have too few teams advancing, you open up another can of worms. I don’t think GHSA cares about blowouts that much. Looking at some of the scores for first round playoff games for other sports (North Gwinnett 49-0 Central Gwinnett, Valdosta 70-29 Lovejoy, Rabun County 65-0 Spencer, all in football), they shouldn’t do anything about blowouts in soccer. Remember, it’s all about participation for high school sports
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Post by Keeper on Apr 29, 2019 15:18:12 GMT -5
<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 > high school sports is about participation over everything else. If that was true then they wouldn’t have tryouts, schools wouldn’t charge more then Club fees to play and School districts would budget money for these sports instead of them having to charge extravagant fees to participate.
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Post by atlfutboldad on Apr 29, 2019 16:05:08 GMT -5
How much does it typically cost per season?
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Post by EastATL on Apr 29, 2019 16:17:18 GMT -5
high school sports is about participation over everything else. If that was true then they wouldn’t have tryouts, schools wouldn’t charge more then Club fees to play and School districts would budget money for these sports instead of them having to charge extravagant fees to participate. I graduated from high school 2014. The most expensive it was for me to play was $150. Which schools charge more than club fees? Also, there are schools that literally have a sign up list for people interested in playing soccer because it’s something to keep them off the streets (looking at you Clayton County)
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Post by nolefan07 on Apr 29, 2019 18:06:09 GMT -5
If that was true then they wouldn’t have tryouts, schools wouldn’t charge more then Club fees to play and School districts would budget money for these sports instead of them having to charge extravagant fees to participate. I graduated from high school 2014. The most expensive it was for me to play was $150. Which schools charge more than club fees? Also, there are schools that literally have a sign up list for people interested in playing soccer because it’s something to keep them off the streets (looking at you Clayton County) It was $400 for HS varsity team fees for us this year.
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Post by Strikermom on Apr 29, 2019 18:44:15 GMT -5
$375 Varsty, $325 JV .
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Post by futbolpapa on Apr 29, 2019 18:56:28 GMT -5
Total all in for girls at Forsyth Co school....$1,200.
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Post by EastATL on Apr 29, 2019 19:33:49 GMT -5
Total all in for girls at Forsyth Co school....$1,200. What. The. Hell. That is ridiculously expensive. I feel so bad for y'all, they are definitely milking you dry. No school should be charging anywhere near that amount to play 18 games, unless it includes some huge opportunities (out of state trips).
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Post by atlfutboldad on Apr 29, 2019 19:39:08 GMT -5
Yeah, what does that money go towards? Do they have to rent some fields?
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Post by girlsoccer on Apr 29, 2019 19:53:19 GMT -5
Total all in for girls at Forsyth Co school....$1,200. What in the world is your board spending money on to charge $1200? I’d ask for a copy of the budget. Unless you have a large coaching staff with multiple community coaches and are paying them more than most schools I can’t imagine where that much money per player would go.
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Post by carlosb on Apr 29, 2019 20:03:55 GMT -5
I'm surprised how many of you want to downplay high school soccer and how games are not close. I live between Brookwood and Parkview. Those two in football beat three teams in the region by 60+ points, should those kids not play because of bad competition? Brookwood and Parkview boys game had zero playoff implications because both were eliminated before the game was even played and there were 1500 people in the stands. Most kids won't play in front of that many in their college careers. I encourage you all to read Eric Wynalda and his thoughts on the importance of high school soccer. Nobody is making you play but nearly every kid I've talked to over the years loved high school soccer.
Let them play, watch them, enjoy seeing your kid represent their school.
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Post by futbolpapa on Apr 29, 2019 20:04:52 GMT -5
Should clarify that $500 is for a raffle that you must pay for upfront & you can get the $ back if your child sells all the raffle tickets. However, I’m sure its rare for even half to be sold. That amount does not include booster club membership or game passes. Truthfully, still worth it. Great program, culture & coaches. Kid loves it.
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Post by carlosb on Apr 29, 2019 20:05:58 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. Region 7-AAAAAAA appears to be a bit stronger. All four boys teams should have beaten 6-AAAAAAA. Collins Hill loses to Lambert this round. Lakeside and Meadowcreek make the final four from 7-AAAAAAA.
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Post by Goalkeeper Dad on Apr 30, 2019 8:52:50 GMT -5
We have some good games this week in 7A Girls Soccer. It is ashamed that some of these teams are going to get knock out in the sweet 16. Looking forward to this week and next. Can the Lambert express keep going? Will Walton give Hillgrove a tough matchup? Is Lassiter overlooking a tough Kennesaw Mtn team for a rematch with Parkview? Can Roswell get back on track? Can Milton dethrone the champs? Can Camden County keep South Georgia alive in the playoffs?
Looking forward to the answers of these questions. Let the round 2 trash talking begin
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