Welcome to another go round of Soccers in Session here on the Stage Network. John Nelson here with you and as we do it today. Traditionally Soccer's in Session, presented by our friends at Kaiser Permanente, is on Wednesdays, but because of things, it's today.
It's it's going to be today.
We're join going to be joined by Aaron Paul from Morgan County and Kaye Chmura from Druid Hills. Will go over the schedule for today and we will also go over the rankings courtesy of our friends at Scoreboard, and we will break it all down for you and let you know what the what the word is here as we let you know that it is going to be fast and furious as we go and making sure that everything is prepared for the stretch run here in high
school soccer here in the state of Georgia. By the way, big day for us today here on the Network, five thirty and eight o'clock at soccer down here dot Mixler dot com. It is West Forsyth and river Ridge five thirty and eight because it is senior day at river Ridge.
Drew Dickinson will be on the call for you and it will be the number two girls team in the country and West for Side taking on river Ridge, and the number four boys team in the country at river Ridge taking on West forsythe senior day at wet river Ridge. So that's why it's a two and a half hour stagger between the first match at five thirty on the
girls side and the boys match at eight o'clock. So it's going to go like this, go to Soccer down Here dot mixlerdt and then what you can do is make sure that you're there because it's gonna be a while, but it's gonna be two separate broadcasts. So at five twenty five or so, Drew's gonna come on Soccer down Here dot mixler dot com and he is going to lead you through it all. Then uh, it'll be that broadcast, then a separate broadcast coming on a little before eight o'clock.
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five thirty and eight. It is West verscythan river Ridge on the network, Mixler app, follow Soccer down here in SDH two, or you can go to Soccer down here dot net and then go to the listen tab. And traditionally, when we have something that is live on our platforms and on the app, there's a siren that goes off. I don't quite have it where I can do it technologically here, but take my word for it. You're going to have soccer down here dot net. Go to the
listen tab. You're going to see a siren for whichever network is up and running with a match, and then you can click on that hit listen and it takes you to Mixler and it takes you to our Mixler site and then that way you can listen to everything there here on the SDH network. So that is where we are, and so very very busy day today with the big matchups involving teams nationally ranked here on the network five thirty and eight o'clock and once again separate broadcasts,
so it will be a breakdown. It'll be a separate broadcast, so you might have to hit refresh a couple of times and it'll be right there for you five twenty five, seven fifty five somewhere in there. So you'll have the seven seniors on the girls side and the fourteen seniors on the boy's side for river Ridge being celebrated after the girls match before the boys match, and so twenty one seniors being celebrated up at river Ridge today. West
Verscyth coming to town. Drew Dickinson will have the call for you at five point thirty and at eight o'clock, and so coming up here in just a little bit, we get to catch up with a couple of friends of us here on the network, Aaron Paul, and they should have just wrapped up practice and so we're going to find out what's going on with Aaron Paul up at Morgan County and find out what's going on on the boys side ranked squads there, and then Kaye Chamura
set to join us in about fifteen minutes and Kyle will break down everything that you see involving Druid Hills on the girls side and what he is having to navigate when in a very very tough region in to Cab County, and he's going to get ready for everything in the in to Cab County going forward when it comes to girls soccer. So while we're waiting for them and waiting for our guests to come in, what we'll do is we'll go through the rankings just to kind of give you an idea as to where things are.
The all class top ten once again, this is courtesy of our friends at Scoreboard as Corbo r D river Ridge rank number one regardless of classification out of the blocks at twelve and oh, six and oh in region play, they're followed by Dalton, Grayson McIntosh, Marist, Archer, Northwest, Whitfield, Norcross, Johns Creek and Hebren Christian.
We've had the chance.
To see Dalton so far this year, we've had the chance to see McIntosh, we've seen Marist and we have seen John's Creek a couple times, and we've seen here Christian. We got to catch up with Hebren Christian with their matchup against Toombs County earlier last week and so it was a chance to catch up with them as well. When it comes to the boys side, that's in all classifications,
So we'll break down how it looks. Six A class Grayson Archer, Norcross, Lambert Carrollton at twelve and one, Harrison North Atlanta whom we've had on the network a couple of times already this year, Marietta, Collins Hill and Pebblebrook.
This is boy's side as we break things down. Five A On the boys side, river Ridge once again twelve and oho, river Ridge and Macintosh twelve and oh fifteen to one, and if memory serves, I believe they're both on the right hand side of the bracket this year, so you could see that as a semi final leading into a final. We'll go back and we'll check the
brackets in a bit. But river Ridge, McIntosh, John's Creek one, two and three, spray Bury at number four, Woodward Academy at five, Lasster Is at Clark Central is at seven, Milton is at eight, Alexander is at nine, and Rome at eleven and two comes in at number ten and Quada Dalton is at number one. Marist Westminster, Pious Blessed Trinity Clarkston is at number six. On the boy's side,
East side thirteen and oh ranked at number seven. Pace Academy drew At Hills Boys are at number nine and the Perry Panthers right now are at number ten with a record of twelve and two. Now remember starting in triple A, it splits triple A to single A. The private schools they drift off to the side and they have their own championship Private boys Soccer Poll heberd Christian GAC, Atlanta International School, AIS, Providence, Christian Savannah, Country Day, Trinity, Christian,
Whitfield Academy, Wesleyan Landmark and Mount Vernon. So that's the rundown on the private side, single A to triple A. Public side Northwest Whitfield, Aconey County, Whitewater, Johnson, Gainesville is at number four at nine and three. ARC The Academy of Richmond, the Academy of Richmond County is at number five at fourteen and one Chestaity Islands, West Lawrence, Mary Persons and Gilmer is in at number ten with a record of ten and three. In Triple A boys, Morgan
County is at eleven and two. Then, like I said, we'll catch up with coach Paul here in a second when practice is wrapped up and everything is good to go out there in Morgan County, Columbus, Appling County, Callaway, Tattnall County, Cohola Creek the boys at seven and three, six and one, Drew Charter, Hart County, Pierce and Crisp
That you're run down in Double A boys. In Class A Division one boys model, it is eleven and three Toombs County right now at ten and five after the trips to Puttingham County and to Hebrew Christian and back to back days. Jeff Davis is at number three, Breaming at number four, our Merchee is at five, Thomasville is at six, Ace Charter is at seven, Lamar County, Jasper County,
Putnam County. That is your Class A D one on the boys side at eight, nine and ten, and then Class A Division two GMC at co is number two at thirteen and two. We'll try and catch up with our friends at Atkinson County a little bit meta at thirteen and one at number three, Lake of Cony Academy at number four, Dooley County is at number five, Towns is at six, try On at seven, Lincoln County is at number eight with the record of nine and three.
Atlantic Classical Academy is at number nine in Brooks County is at number ten. So that's your boys' rankings courtesy of our friends at Scoreboard, and there's a lot of intriguing stories that are going to be tracked down by us here in the next little bit so girls side all class vcations. On the girls side, Roswell, Brookwood, Buford, West Forsyth is at number four, BT, Harrison, Pope, Gac,
Walton and Lambert. That's your all classification top ten and going into six A on the girls side, Brookwood, Buford, West forsythe one, two and three. Anticipating a deep run for all of those. Harrison's at number four. Got to catch up with them earlier this year. Walton, we've seen them a couple of times on the network. We saw Lambert earlier this year. We've seen Brookwood this year on the network, Hillgrove is at number seven. North Gwinett's at
number eight. Campbell and Denmark are number nine and number ten in Class six A. In five A, it's Roswell Pope Northgate Lasseter McIntosh is number five at eleven and four six and one in region Lakeside to cab is a number is it. Lakeside High is at number six at twelve and one. John's Creek Girls at number seven, havebs Central at number eight. Alexander is at number nine. In Riverwood right now is at number ten in five A. In quad A Blessed Trinity's on top Cambridge as your
number two. North Ofcony is your number three. Marist is at number four. We've had the chance to see North Acony this year with the trip that they took to East Side. Marist is four. Saw them last week against Saint Pias Alatoona Pace Pious once again seeing them against Marit Midtown, saw them earlier this year when they were missing some players and had to deal with some injuries. Stars Mills at number nine. North Side Columbus is at number ten and so that in turn now takes us
to the triple A split poll. On the private side gac Love It, Holy Innocence one, two and three, Wesleyan Hebren Christians at number five, Savannah Country Days at number six, Fellowship Christian is at number seven, Saint Vincent's is at number eight, Whitfield is at number nine, Providence Christian is at number ten. So the Triple A Girls poll Public side Jefferson, we've seen them caught up with coach Molly
McCarty here on in session. Sandy Creek is number two, Whitewater's at number three, a Cooney County is at number four, Cherokee Bluff is five. Arc once again boys and Girls same head coach is at number six. Dawson, Lumpkin, Adarsvil and Harlem. That is the remainder of your top ten in the scoreboard in Triple A boys sorry Girl's side Double A Pike County, Columbus, Sonorville, Morgan County, Coholla Creek, Callaway, East Jackson, Stevens County, Savannah Arts and Pierce. That's your
top ten in the girls side. In Double A Class A Division one week eight rankings, Breemen's at number one, Models at number two. Social Circle called the matches with Social Circle against Putnam County. We saw we've saw. We've seen if I could get my verb tense right. We've seen Social Circle a couple of times there at number three, ACE Charters at number four, Thomasville's at number five. Jeff Davis once again, we've seen them. We saw them take
on Appling County there at number six. East Lawrence is at seven, Lamar County is at eight. Worth County is at nine. Dodge County is at number ten in Class A Division one girls, Class A Division two girls, Screven County. We've reached out to the folks in Sylvania and we'll see if we can catch up with them. Right now, they're at number one, like A County Academy's at number two, Portal is at number three at eleven and three. Then
it's try on Atlanta Classical Towns County. We'll see if we can catch up with Towns in a little bit. Dooley County is at number seven. GMC Prep is at number eight. Elite Scholars is at number nine. In Crawford County story out of ROBERTA nine and five, seven and
one in region play. And that's another interesting story with Crawford County right now being number ten Class A Division two they've only given up six goals in eight matches in region play, challenging themselves out of region, going up against folks like Dooley County, like Chatco and Rutland and Jones and then you go from there, and they have won six of their last seven and seven of their last nine to get to where they are right now.
Next up for them as a matchup at Central Macon that is on Thursday the tenth, in two days time. So they've had spring break and they'll be jumping back into play coming up in just a little bit for Crawford County.
But some interesting names in the.
Rankings across the board for all of the activity that we've seen so far this season. So it's been interesting to see all of the newer players, the newer blood that's been attached, and so we will see you and we'll be keeping an eye on everything there. So let me ask this, if there is if there is a particular school that is out there that you guys want to have track down that you want to find out more about, let me know and you can shoot us.
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Last night.
As a matter of fact, we were in Cohola Creek for the first time at the home of the Colt and it was it was an interesting it was an interesting trip for us to get to go up there and see what's going on at Cohola Creek, and it is it was a it was a really cool run for us to be able to see what's been going on in a building program there at Cohola Creek. They played Fort Payne Fort Payne, Alabama, and it was one of those where Fort.
Payne is uh.
One of one of those teams in spring break where they were looking for an opponent on the girl's side and the girls there were at the same at the same point for Cahola Creek, let's try and find an opponent and they were short ed call it Creek was and they had only two players on the bench, and
so it was for Shannon Coley. It was a bit of a challenge, but coming out in the four two, three to one, they frustrated Fort Payne for most of the match and it wasn't until about six and a half minutes left in the match where Fort Payne finally broke through and it was a big win for Fort Payne in a matchup on the road. And I've got
to figure out. I have to figure out, literally, I have to figure out how much of a road trip is Fort Payne from Dalton, because I was trying to figure out and I was trying to figure out where
it is. But you know, Fort Payne to Dalton, and it'll be really interesting to see how it looks and it will be really cool to see these The first one, it was our first ever crossover matchup, by the way, so and it was really interesting to see how it was going to uh look on a on a matchup like this, and so it was you know when you're in a bye week, and so it was really interesting to see how it was going to how it was
going to come across. And it was a really like I said, it was a really it was a It was a challenging day for Shannon Coley, the head coach at to Coahola Creek. We had a freshman keeper and there's a lot of promise there at Coholla Creek. On the girl's side, you were missing your second leading score
top leading scorers. Both had nine goals on the season, but you were without five players, so your bench of seven was a bench of two and it was Yeah, once again, it was a It was a challenge for it was a challenge for Kahala Cree, but they ended up making sure that it was a big challenge for them and they ended up just on the losing end of the stick by the score of one nil. All right, now it's time we're in a no Delly, no dally zone.
Speaking of Drewid Hills, we're gonna catch up with our buddy Kyoe Chimura, the head coach of Drewid Hills on the girls side.
Kai, what up? You made it? Hey? Thank you for having me.
Can you hear me?
Yeah?
You're good dude, Okay, awesome, awesome, thank you for having me on the show.
Now.
I know that you you are like trying to catch water through an open hand sometimes and trying to be a guest on the show.
And I'm glad we were able to track you down here.
When you look at what you've been able to accomplish so far this season there at Drewid Hills, how would you how would you rate expectations coming in and where you are right now, how would you rate the gap to where we are getting toward the end of the regular season.
Yeah, so you know, entering into into the season, I knew uh new heading in that this was going to be the toughest reachion that I've had to we've had to compete in since I've been the head coach since since twenty eighteen. So with the yeah, region realignments, you know, we have mathematically qualify for the state tournament. Is like the bare minimum expectation to qualify for State. We still have one more region match left when we get back from spring break, because we're on spring break now.
This week we.
Play Saint Pius, which you know they're traditionally a tough opponent, So we go to h Saints on Wednesday, the sixteenth. So you know, we have to just you know, work hard and and you know, just execute and we can pull out a good result.
And you know, right now.
The region title is you know, out of our hands right now based on our record, but we can still finish in the in the two seed if if we can pull out a victory and if all other region tie breakers all the math works for us. But but yeah, I mean we're pretty much kind of where I think we would be. We had a kind of a tough loss in penalties against Northview about a few weeks ago.
And you know, respect to Northview, Maris, Saint Pius, they're they're all good, uh you know, region opponents and uh, you know, for for our region, and it's been uh and with our region five Class four A with ten ten teams in there, it was definitely uh yeah, brutal to get through.
So but yeah, no doubt about it.
Six and two right now in region, and it is one of the more chaotic regions around because as you mentioned, Maris, Pious, Northview, Druid Hills, Clarkston, and then it's also North Springs, Tucker Cross Key southwest of Cabin Lithonia.
So it's a bunch of.
Heavyweights and you really can't flinch because you have Maris has eleven wins, Pious has ten wins. At ten and six, Northview has basically played a very scant non region schedulers seven and six, seven and two in region, and then you're ten and four and six and two.
When you look at this, this.
Region being what it is, how would you break down what the Cab County soccer has evolved into in the time that you have been the head coach there at Drewid Hills.
Uh.
I think overall the county, Uh, it's you know, the the competition is getting a lot a lot better. I think with the growth of different organizations and and and outreach in in community, whether it's soccer in the streets, whether it's other local clubs like in Atlanta or Concord. You know, more, more players are are playing and and it's uh, especially on the girls girls side too, Like I mean Clarkston has grown as a grown as a program. Uh,
there's other other schools, Tucker's Tucker has grown. It's I mean we've exchanged when when's lost with them in the previous uh seasons. Uh so yeah, I mean they're is the Cab County is a hotbed for soccer and just real quick on you know for this region for girls and boys like this is it's easily the toughest region in four A. I I will put my probably outside of the only other region I might compete with that is probably that the Westminster region right next door, and
then maybe the NORFOLKNA region. But with ten teams, and especially I mean, I gotta say on the boy's side, that is an easily a seven seven teams were I in my view playoff playoff worthy and it's a it's a shame that only four can go. But that's just how it is.
Yeah, right now, we were going over the rankings before you popped in this this afternoon. Marris right now at number four and Pious is at number seven. So you're you're battling with two top ten teams and then you have a team in Northview that you're trying to challenge up against. You know, it's it is when it comes to the sport in general, just outside of the Cab County.
I know that as someone who has seen the sport grow, it's been really cool to have all of these non traditional and yes I did just use air quotes for those that are listening. And it's also a dollar in the draw when I do it. Non traditional schools that are coming together and they're putting together quality soccer programs. And it's not, like I said, it's not just Indocab County. When you look at scheduling and you have a region with two top ten teams in it, that you're trying
to battle in Uphill. How easy is it for you with the history that you've built there and that the history that Druid Hills has as a soccer program. How difficult is it to schedule non region games to fill out your schedule? Or do folks want to play hyper competitive matchups? How is scheduling for you?
So scheduling is it's definitely difficult, or it's scheduling in itself is difficult because we try to I mean most coaches try to plant things out a year in advance, and so right now, like the past couple of weeks, I mean, I've been trying to schedule games like are especially non region games like a year in advance for twenty twenty six. Just to yeah, quick shout out to coach Engsberg over at Merris. He's helped with like kind
of reach our own region scheduling for next year. So we already got kind of got that down pat, but we're trying to fill out, uh at least for me, still kind of get a couple more non region games
in there. And I think, uh, well, the murmur is that uh, next next season, g HSA is gonna do the that power ranking system for classes four through six A because right now it's the private school and and one through one through three are doing it, and so it makes it even more of a uh a mode or kind of a motivation to get you know, some
tougher inequality, yeah, teams to play against. So that helps with the power rankings, and yeah, it's it's uh, it can be a challenge for sure because you got to still communicate with other coaches, see what the schedules is like, and uh yeah, and that's yeah, it's not it's not easy to do well.
And so are would you rather be the old school one through four?
And you're inner? Do you want to go power rankings? How would you? How do you? How would you navigate this?
Mmm? Uh, well it's that's a good question. There's with anything, there's pros and cons because part of I mean it's a I mean, yeah, it's it's tough me me personally, Uh I would like, I mean it it's tough because I get it.
The you're you're, you're you're you're trying to figure this one out, aren't you.
I'm trying to figure this one out because it's because what I kind of understand how I could be a little wrong with wrong with this one, but you know, the private schools are kind of in their own classification. But but then if you go from four to six. I was just looking at this the other day that it most private schools in Georgia aren't like terribly big as far as student population, so there's a lot more of these smaller private school teams that are like less
than let's say, six hundred students. Because the only ones that really come to mind that are you know, private schools that are from four for eight to six are like teams like Woodward or or Westminster, Blessed Trinity. But there's not really I can't really I don't know if there's like, you know, twenty private schools that are from four A to six A. So making a turn them
out of that's interesting. And then yeah, the whole the whole power ranking, it's a it's interesting because yeah, like in like I said, in certain regions, there's easily in our region from for ten teams easily there's five or six that I would subscribe as they have the talent capabilities to be good playoff teams, you know. You know, So it's just interesting that some some regions have ten high schools or ten schools in it, and then other
regions only have five. So it's I get it. I get it that geography plays a factor inness but but yeah, I don't I don't know if that really answered the question.
But I mean it's got it.
You know, it's got its pros and cons, and you got to figure out where you are because I know that as far back as it is for me, you know, back in the days of black and white television when I started, you know, back in like the nineteen forties, when when I was a high school student myself, it was you know, it's always been the four teams and you're fighting for that fourth region spot and you're trying to get in, and you make your noise as a
fore seed and do whatever you're doing. And then there are instances where you have that fore seat, and that fore seat in that region for whatever reason, might have had a difficult schedule, might be below five hundred. People are sitting there going okay, well, I don't know if they deserve it, But then they come in they might be below five hundred, and then they'll come in like gangbusters. But it's because of who they scheduled. That made their
you know, that made their Hey. So no, I completely understand the idea of okay, maybe yes, I don't know, but you're open for these kinds of ideas across the board, especially as they're trying to navigate them down there in Thomaston. To brag on your team a little bit with what you've been able to do both offensively and defensively. Sixty six goals scored in fourteen matches. That's an average of I think with five and a half or something like that.
For someone who has never seen you play and is gearing up for these two matchups that you have left either at pap Pious or ad Heritage coming up next week after spring break. Who've been some of the stars for you this season that folks will gravitate towards when they watch it for the first time.
Well, it's a very well balanced team, Like we have built up a good bit of chemistry. Most of my team, our juniors that's been together now for three years only I have two seniors, So it's you know, there's not really one player that I can say, like definitively that's oh yeah, Like it's we're a very well balanced team. We have plethora of different goal scores. That's not like we rely on just one person to get all of our goals. And you know just I mean it's we're
very well balanced. We have Emi Meyer who scored goals, Grace Blanchard has scored goals, uh Asa Copeland has scored goals, and uh uh Emlyn Cooper is he ziglass in. Our midfield has been working together as a as a good unit. Uh Lissa's step has played solidly and she's our senior
captain going to Clayton State to play. Our back line has been solid units with with Addison Greasewood, and I agree, Julia Blanchard playing sticking it together, Peyton Borner, uh being solid and then by Fisher keeping us in a lot of matches and making good safe So I mean a good, well balanced team. It's uh, I yeah, it's it's hard to just choose one.
Oh, no doubt.
That's why you ran down the roster and you were bragging. That's all I was hunting for. It's just like, tell me who tell me who folks can chase after? And you mentioned your defense, So let's talk about the defense a little bit. Averaging a little over a goal against per match.
Uh.
Obviously you mentioned what's going on between the sticks, but who have been the stalwarts there for you defensively to make sure that you've got a higher number of the left hand side of the dash by the time the match is done.
Yeah, defensively, Uh, I mean shout out to them all, like even like, uh, they've they've all, they've all contributed. There's plenty of instances where you know, our back line has has belled us out. Uh, you know, like Peyton Peyton borner U has has done very well out on the outside back role, very athletic. And then looking at the at the back line, Uh, we've you know, Julia Julia Blanchard's Nagreer has been a solid center back pairing.
Orye Wideman has filled in in various different roles throughout the season, in in the back and in in the midfield.
So it's chemistry is there.
Addison Addison Greenswood has been a solid outside back and they just they it's a they're very composed, they get along and you know the communication is is is good. And then Blith Fisher in the in in goal, like she's she's made a lot of good says, I mean it's yeah, it's I think it's well balanced. And they're all outside of niagree our outside back Oh sorry, our defenders have been our all juniors, I agree as a senior. So again, they've had three years to be together and
uh and know each other. So I think our chemistry and familiarity has has helped a lot.
No doubt about it. And when it comes to your roster currently, when it comes to either seniors or who are going to the next level or juniors who are being looked at right now, who is going to the next level and who's getting looks right now?
So playing So I mentioned earlier Lissa Steps, she's a She's one of our two seniors along with Niagrea. Alyssa has committed to Clayton State University D two school in Georgia. Un agreer Uh, you know, I think she has she's has capabilities of course to play college soccer, but she you know, has told me that she doesn't really want
to play college soccer, which is totally okay. She's going to Kennesa State, uh to Uh, I think study Kendall are uh I think or I forgot what she was going to major to try to study and anyway point being is that you know she uh, she's going to do uh well in in school.
Then looking at her junior.
Class, that is the bulk of my roster. So after twenty twenty six it is going to look completely different. But you know, there's a few of our players that are have been going to these different ID College I D camps that you know, I would say VA's yeah, vast majority of her juniors. You know, any coaches out college coaches out there, you know, take a look at drewid Hills because we have plenty of players that I
think can go on to the next level. Mentioned it earlier, Emily Meyer, Grace Blanchard, Emlyn Cooper, Peyton Borner, Addison Greswood, Julia Blanchard, blythe Fisher.
They have been getting.
The NIA cadets. They've been you know, it's this junior classes is solid and I know a few of them are quite a few of them play club soccer and so they've gone to these different ID camps and in these different club tournaments that college coaches have been assume going to. So they need to, yeah, take a look at Drew Hills. There's there's talent over here.
I was gonna say, because we have a when I do the high school football over at Georgia Public Broadcasting, we have a segment where we call make that kid Offer, and it is for a student athlete for whatever reason, they're either not being looked at at all for some reason, or when the looks that they're getting should be high level looks, like if someone is getting a look at Division two, they really should be getting a look for you know, fcs. If their fcs getting looks, they really
should be Division one. Who in your mind, And I think I know where this answer is gonna go when you give it to me, who in your mind would fit the make that kid an offer category for you there at Druid Hills with that group of juniors that right now is going to be rising seniors at the end of the year.
I think I know what you're gonna say, but go ahead.
Uh yeah, very yeah, it's a good, tough, tough, tough question. Uh well, you know, conventionally, you know our offensive players, you know it's again, we're very very well balanced, like Emily Myyer and Grace Blanter two leading goal scores. Emlyn Cooper is a great facilitator one of our other midfielder is the Ziglas who's a sophomore, so she has a couple more seasons left. I think college coaches are definitely gonna uh yeah, keeping should keep an eye out for her.
Very very tough. But I'd say, uh, my answer to this, it might sound a little unconventional, but I think, uh, there are some college coaches should uh take a look at Peyton Borner Uh's or Julia Blanchard, those uh, those two players in our in our back, especially with Payton like she I've known her since her eighth grade year.
She you know, grew growing up.
I don't think she played a whole lot of uh soccer, Like I don't think it was till middle school until she's you know, kicked kicked the ball. And I don't think she she doesn't play club soccer anywhere. But she's
very athletic. She's in our R O TC program at at high school, and so you know she, I mean with her athleticism like her, you know, uh skill set in a lot of in a lot of ways can I guess be described in certain ways, rob but there is so much potential in in Peyton Uh to be a and you know she's a you know, outstanding defend or for us, uh whether with the speed. Uh you know, she might not be the most technical player that we have.
She's not gonna be on the stats sheet, but you know her physicality uh with for us and just helping uh you know us be a stronger unit. I think, uh college coaches especially, I would say, you know, just the the realist to me. I mean, some D three schools are n A I A schools. I think they should they should take a look at Peyton. And you know, for all my other other juniors, I mean they've already, like I said, they've already have gone to these different college uh I D camps uh in in the past.
But you know, for someone that doesn't does not play club soccer, I think uh uh you know, Peyton Borner has kind of flown under the radar in certain in certain ways. So I think some college coaches should should look at her.
Kay Chamora, head coach of the Druid Hills Girls program. Once again, Kai, thanks for dropping by being a part of Soccer's in session and we'll be keeping an eye on you. Thanks for being a great host earlier this season and letting us know about everything going on there. Nicab County Soccer. Thanks for being a part of the show, my friend. I really appreciate it. See you anytime.
Thank you, John, thanks for having me on the show.
There we go Kaya Chamorro, head coach of the Drewid Hills girls program, and let's say we were We had the Druid Hills Clarkston matchup earlier this season for them, and you know, Kai mentions the point that they are in a very very tough region. We mentioned Marriston Pious at the top of that region. Right now, the two of the top ten teams in Quad A on the
girls side. And then you have Northview who only played four non region matchups, and there's seven and two in region in that ten team region where you're playing nine matchups. And so right now as things stand, they are that they're done. You have some teams I think Northview is done in region standing, so Region five Quada, You've got just a handful of teams with a handful of matchups left. So in the barn, Lathonia's in the barn southwest of Cabs in the barn, cross Keys is in the barn.
Tucker's got one more North Springs has one more, Clarkston is done. So right now in the current setup, Druid Hills has a match to go, they win, they go to seven and two, and then you get into tie breakers and things like that. Pious seven and one, and remember the Pious Marist matchups that we had last week. Determined right now that Marist is region champ. They've only given up nine goals this season in fourteen matches and eighty four goals scored nine against with a two match
win streak for Maris. So Maris right now is the number one seed out of Region five Quada. Pious right now is at number two, North Use at number three, Drewid Hills is number four, and so you have, right now those are your four coming out of Region five Quada. It's just going to determine who's got what where with these last region matchups that are that are attached to Druid Hills as they're right now the four and they're
trying to work their way up the ladder. So as things go once again, that matchup with Pious is going to be big on the sixteenth because if you have Druid Hills win that one at Saint Pias at five point thirty. Pious then is now dragged into a three way tie with all of these with the other two teams that are there, So it would be Pious, Northview who is done, and Drewid Hills.
So Drewid Hills needs to win.
And then you get into the tie breakers where they lost to Northview, so they would be losing to Northview in the tiebreaker there, so they would be finishing below north View in the standings. But if they were to beat Pious, then they would have that tiebreaker on St.
Pius.
And there's going to be a test on this later on. So right now, here's how it is. If my math is correct. In in five quad, if Drewid Hills, Drewid Hills right now is the four. Drewid Hills right now is the four seed with a match to go. If Drewid Hills beats Pious, then they would be the three because Pious would lose the tiebreaker to Drewid Hills. And
now we have to look at Northview. So all of this is contingent because they lost to Northview and they right now would be behind the they would be behind in the tiebreakers losing the Northview. But if you end up with north View. Let's see what north has done against Saint Pius. That's probably the larger question. So they lost to Pious, So Northew loses to Pious, then you would have the head to head involving the Pious Druid Hills matchup in this three way dance, possibly with three
teams at seven and two. If Drewid Hills wins next week, so that's what you're staring at. Drewid Hills wins, then they would be the three. Saint Pious would be Wow, this is gonna this is a tiebreaker, Okay. So I was trying to sit here and go, okay, what's the tiebreaker situation? They'd all be at various ones and ones and so it's probably gonna end up being something like
gold difference in the matchups themselves. So that's what you're that's what you're looking at possibly to determine the two, the three, and the four lost to North View was two to one for Druid Hills, and then you'd have the matchup against Pious. But it is all contingent upon a Druid Hills win at Saint Pius. So a Druid Hills win at Saint Pius would mean it's a three way dance at one in one, and then you get into the head to heads and things like that, and
then goal difference. But the key here is the matchup at Saint Pius. Pious wins, they're the two seat Northew's the three, Saint Pius, and then Drewid Hills is the four. So it would be marist Pious, Northview, Drewid Hills, Maris Piaus Northview, Drewid Hills.
That would be the four.
If Saint Pius wins at home a week from tomorrow, then you would end up with that the two, the three, and the four. If Drewid Hills wins, Druid Hills goes to one in one losing to Northview, beating Saint Pius, then Saint Pious in their matchups once again in their schedule. Saint Pius beat north View, but then would have lost to Druid Hills, so they would be one in one, and so everyone's at one in one. My guess is you're gonna have to go to gold difference to figure
something out. So I don't know the tiebreaker, but the key is once again to make sure if you are a fan of Druid Hills that you are rooting for the win at Saint Pias and going to the match at Saint Pius, just to make sure a week from tomorrow that everything is all copacetic and hunky dory when it comes to everything going on in that particular region.
And that's just part of the equation.
Part of the equation is right there with that particular matchup. So now that's what you're staring at there, all right. So let's get to the schedule here in the final fifteen minutes of the show, and I'm thinking that we might have to have Aaron Paul on the show next week because if I had a misplaced modifier in an email, I think he is and that's going to be on me. So we'll try and have Aaron Paul on the show next week to discuss everything right there at the last
week of the regular season. So let's get into the schedule for today and break it all down and let you know where things are here in the midweek. And once again, this is this is a it is a it is a midweek spring break week period. So that's where we are with everything. Fifty two matches today, So it's not too bad because literally there were four matches yesterday in the state of Georgia and we were at
one of them on the girls side. Fifty two matches today Lanier County and Monroe of Albany chasing after seating in their particular region. That one starts at three thirty Woodward and Love It. That's at four point fifteen Towns County and Trutland Towns County, trying to get another win in their season. They're already in double digit wins. That one's at five North for Scython Creek. You keep that one in mind. At five thirty Payson Westminster two teams
at eleven and three. They're at six Lambert going up against Woodstock at six point thirty chasing after win number eleven. Osbourne is taking on fair Hope of Alabama. That one's at five thirty New Hampstead and benedictin in region play. That one is at seven o'clock Warner Robinson, Tifton, Region one five A four A seven o'clock Camden and Lowns in Region one six A. That one is at seven cook An at CO. Keep an eye on that one
at CO is at thirteen and two. That one's going to be played in Pearson at seven o'clock MCA and Bryan County. Peach County and North Side Peach County is already at double digit wins this season.
Tooms is taking on.
Y Delia in in By Dahlia at Buck Cravey. That one is at seven o'clock Savannah Arts in South Evingham, John Milligen, Stratford, Whitfield and ais Clayburn County. Harrelson County is at seven o'clock Veterans in Perry two teams double digit wins both. That one's going to be at Perry. That one's at seven o'clock Murray County and Ridgeland up in the mountains Calhoun and Islands. That's an interesting matchup
on the coast. Eight and seven and eleven and four Athens Christian hosting Monsignor Donovan on a road trip during spring break, Savannah Christian, Swainsboro, Valwood and CFCA Westover and Deerfield, Windsor, Mount Pisgah and the Weber School, Valdosta and Buryon in a non region matchup South for Scyth and Wesleyan. Once again,
you've got that one today. You have a Central, Macon and a Charter Westside and Rutland LFO and Fannin County, Franklin County and Seneca of South Carolina, Montgomery County, Dewley County, FBD and Lamar Ringolden Heritage Manchester, Macon County, Dawson County and East for scythe Northeast and tat In All Forsyth Central and Edawa. You have Elbert and Stevens Lagrange and Harris Dalton in Northwest Whitfield Dalton at thirteen to zero.
Northwest Whitfield is eleven and one. That one is at seven point thirty Caro, Darty, North Marie and Pickens, Fitzgerald and Calklt. That's a great non region match up there. Richmond Hill and Savannah Country Day two teams at eight o'clock north of double digit wins. Shawn Jorden. We mentioned West Forscyth and river Ridge. On the boys side, river Ridge at twelve and zero. They're going to have Senior Night at eight o'clock. Cherokee Southeast, Whitfield and Columbus and Spencer.
Those are your matchups on the boy's side, fifty two matches today and on the girls side once again West for scythe rank number two nationally, Roswell rank number four nationally. Brookwood and Lambert also in the top ten nationally for girl soccer. Here in the state of Georgia only thirty matches on the girls side. Today it is Murray County Ridgelind five o'clock start Athens. Christian has the front end
of the doubleheader at five o'clock as well. Whitfield and ais Is at five Stratford, John Milledge, Mount Pisga and Weber. Carolina Day and raven Gatnacucci. Remember we've told you the story about rabn Gatnaicucci before, where they have a because of geography, they have a waiver to play in the North Carolina Interscholastic Sports Association.
So they're playing in the n C in c Skiza and they.
Get Carolina Day at five o'clock in Dillard Pine creston Pacelli. Two teams north of double digit wins LFO and Fannin County Elbert and Stevens at five thirty, as is Franklin and Seneca, FPD and Lamar South. For Scyth and Wesleyan it is Claybourne and Harrelson five point thirty Eastern time in Buchanan Dawson County East for Scyth, Lagrange and Harris West Forscyth and river Ridge West Forscyth at twelve and one river Ridge at five and seven. On the girls side,
that one's at five thirty North Mury and Pickens. That one's also at five thirty four, Sythes Central and Eduwa Cherokee and Southeast Whitfield Woodward Academy love It it's at six Hayesville, North Carolina is taking on Swain once again, because that drifts into this adi that we have Swain County's at six o'clock at nine and one Denmark and North for Scyth. It is White Plains and Lincoln Creekview North for Syth, Sequoia and Lambert Lambert twelve and one.
That one's at seven forty five. They had the matchup flipped for the girl's side because of Lambert's girls being twelve and one there as well. So that's your rundown of all of the action, all of the standings, all of the things that are going on here with soccer is in session presented by our friends at Kaiser Permanente. Once again, quick reminder that tonight five thirty and eight, it is West Forscyth at river Ridge Girls at five
thirty Boys at eight Senior Day. In between Drew Dickinson will have the call for you in that matchup and it will be nationally ranked teams on display in both matchups, Riverridge's Boys West for Site's girls West Verscyth once again ranked number two in the country in the girls side according to our friends at max Preps, top of the poll on the girl's side once again courtesy of our friends at Scoreboard. So challenges for both of these teams
in this matchup. On Senior Day twenty one seniors are going to be celebrated at river Ridge and we will have the matchups for you at five thirty and eight.
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are efforting a matchup on Friday. I'll let you know when we can let you know what that matchup is on Friday, and we do have a match we do have a match day circled and so we're trying to track down that particular match day and see if we can give it to you here on Friday on Friday Night Football on the SDH Network, presented by our friends
at Kaiser Permanente. Yesterday, once again, it was great to be at Kaholla Creek to see Caaholla Creek and Fort Payne and first time ever that we were there for a matchup at Caholla Creek and to see those programs continue to grow on the boys and girls sides. It was great to see that yesterday as well up there in suburban Dalton in Whitfield County. So that was a fun match as well. So the layout once again tomorrow on the SDH Network, SDHAM is going to have Jason
hosting SDCHAM. Tyler Pilgrim from Scarves and Spikes will be there. Dylan Butler will be there as well to talk everything Major League soccer. Then it'll be on third, it'll be on Thursday, it will be Atlanta United to in Philadelphia to take on Philadelphia Union two. We'll have that one for you in Chester six to forty five pre game
seven o'clock kick here on the SDH network. And then Thursday once again with the Tuesa Friday with the matchup that we have for Friday night football presented by our friends at Kaiser Permanente, and we couldn't do it without them, couldn't do it without you, And so it's going to be another fun week. And then next week we started all over again. It's going to be Landy United taking on the Revs.
On the twelve.
They get the early game two thirty in the afternoon. Then Monday we've got to match planned. Tuesday we've got a match planned. Thursday we've got a big match planned, and then it looks like Friday we're going to have multiple places. So keep SDH one and two in your minds as we go here every single time out. So that is another go round of soccer's and session presented by our friends at Kaiser Permanente, and.
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SDHAM nine oh five tomorrow morning thanks to Kayu Chimura to break down everything at Drewid Hills High School. Here once again is my request for you. If you have a favorite soccer program, boys or girls, and the reason I asked to coach you Chimura this is well, I'm
gonna ask you the same thing. If you have a favorite boys or girls program and there is a student athlete that is stellar on the field off extracurriculars on the field, lighten it up, doing well, defensively, great between the sticks, what have you, and they are not getting the looks you think they should be getting. If you're a coach, if you are, you know, if you're a
mom or a teammate, let us know. Let us know who's not getting the looks, who needs to make that kid and offers when it comes to high school here in the state of Georgia, attached to your favorite programs, let us know, send us all the deats and then that way we can let everybody know what's going on with all of the great talent here in the state
of Georgia. Number three for talent American football. No reason to think that it couldn't be right up there with the football version of football and keeping an eye on all of that stuff. So let us know who your talents are around the state that might not be getting the looks you think they deserve for whatever reason. They're two whatever, too small, too slow. Yes, I'm doing all of these quotes for two whatever that aren't getting the
looks you think they deserve. Let us know on all of our social media platforms here at SDH, and we will continue to endeavor all of that and continue to promote and let everybody know what makes Georgia High School soccer so special here on the network. So for everybody here at SDH, for Jason, for Maddie, for Drew, who's going to be at Riveridge tonight, if you're there, say hi to Drew, Drew Dickinson, I'll have a call for you five point thirty and eight on the network at
Soccer down here dot mixbore dot com. Say hi to Drew, Say he to Maddie, sayh to Jason, say head to Jarrett, say he to Nick. And when you see me, say hi to me too. We'll say hi, and we'll have conversations about really cool stuff going on with soccer here in the State of Georgia. It's another go around a soccers in session presented by our friends at Kaiser Permanente. Thanks for dropping by a plate safe everybody. We will see you next time. It's the end of the show.
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