Over the weekend, Myrtle Beach boys soccer coach Jason Himmelsbach called Region VII-AAA the best in the state.
He's not the only coach in South Carolina who thinks that.
Three teams - including No. 1 Socastee, No. 3 Myrtle Beach and No. 9 St. James - were among the top 15 in the statewide boys soccer rankings released Sunday night. It just so happens those three teams will kick off the week.
St. James will head to Socastee this evening before the Braves play at Myrtle Beach on Tuesday.
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We'll have more on the Socastee-Myrtle Beach match-up in Tuesday's edition of The Sun News.
This week's rankings:
Class AAAA Boys 1. J.L. Mann, 4-0 2. Wando, 4-0 3. Fort Mill, 9-0 4. Riverside, 6-0-1 5. South Aiken, 6-1 6. Wade Hampton-G, 5-0-1 7. Beaufort, 5-0 8. Lexington, 7-1 9. Northwestern, 6-1 10. Nation Ford, 4-1 11. Blythewood, 3-3 12. Irmo, 4-4 13. Dutch Fork, 4-2 14. Rock Hill, 4-4 15. Spring Valley, 5-4
Class AAAA Girls 1. Riverside, 5-0-1 2. Mauldin, 4-0-1 3. Lexington, 7-1 4. Wando, 3-1 5. Fort Mill, 8-1-1 6. Blythewood, 8-1 7. Dutch Fork, 3-1-1 8. T.L. Hanna, 4-1-2 9. South Aiken, 5-1-1 10. J.L. Mann, 7-1 11. Dorman, 4-1 12. West Ashley, 4-2 13. Spring Valley, 6-3 14. Clover, 5-3-2 15. Nation Ford, 6-3
Class AAA Boys 1. Socastee, 7-0 2. Eastside, 2-1-1 3. Myrtle Beach, 5-1 4. Wren, 5-0 5. Hilton Head Island, 6-2 6. Brookland-Cayce, 3-1 7. Dreher, 7-2 8. Chapin, 5-3-1 9. St. James, 5-2 10. Gilbert, 6-1-1 11. A.C. Flora, 5-3-1 12. James Island Charter, 2-4-1 13. Stall, 6-2 14. Walhalla, 3-3 15. Emerald, 2-2
Class AAA Girls 1. Hilton Head Island, 5-1 2. Eastside, 2-1-1 3. A.C. Flora, 4-0-2 4. Chapin, 4-3 5. Myrtle Beach, 2-0 6. Swansea, 7-1 7. Airport, 7-2 8. Brookland-Cayce, 4-1-1 9. Camden, 7-2 10. Dreher, 7-2 11. James Island Charter, 3-1-1 12. Greenville, 2-3-1 13. Wren, 5-0 14. Broome, 4-1 15. Gilbert, 2-2
Class AA Boys 1. Academic Magnet, 4-0 2. Bishop England, 6-1-1 3. Indian Land, 5-1 4. Waccamaw, 4-2 5. Mid-Carolina, 4-0 6. Ninety Six, 5-2 7. Newberry, 5-0 8. Andrew Jackson, 5-2 9. Ridgeland-Hardeeville, 4-2 10. Wade Hampton-H, 4-2-1
Class AA/A Girls 1. Christ Church, 3-0 2. Academic Magnet, 7-1 3. Bishop England, 5-2 4. Waccamaw, 6-2 5. Indian Land, 3-2 6. Andrew Jackson, 3-0 7. St. Joseph's, 3-4 8. Brashier Middle College, 3-0
Class A Boys 1. St. Joseph's, 4-0 2. Christ Church, 2-0 3. Brashier Middle College, 1-0-1 4. Southside Christian, 0-2 5. Ware Shoals, 4-0
