Entries by Walter Geiger

If you are the parent or grandparent of a young child or children, you know the song “Baby Shark.”

You probably know it even if you aren’t a parent or grandparent. It’s ubiquitous. It’s also everywhere.

It’s even in the world of baseball. Specifically, it’s in the Washington Nationals’ part of the world of baseball.
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Local favorites Lady Creech and the Main Street Band will perform Saturday, Nov. 2 from 7-10 p.m. at Ritz Park. Admission is free but donations will be sought to help the Loving Hands Youth Development Program with their transportation needs.

The Lamar County Trojans (6-1, 2-1) lost to Bremen Friday night 34-7.

Realtime scoring from the sidelines:

End 1st qtr.: LC 0 Bremen 0

8:35 2nd qtr.: Bremen 7 LC 0: Bremen 43-yard TD run. PAT good.

4:26 2nd qtr.: LC 7 Bremen 7: JuCorrie Zellner 18-yard TD run. Josh Moore PAT.

1:272nd qtr.: Bremen 13 LC 7: Bremen 36-yard TD run. PAT blocked by Keilyn Tyus.

HALFTIME: Bremen 13 LC 7

SOFTBALL: LC stayed alive with a 5-4 win over Heard.

6:37 3rd qtr.: Bremen 20 LC 7: Bremen four yard TD run. PAT good.

6:05 3rdqtr.: Bremen 27 LC 7: Bremen 23-yard interception return for TD. PAT good.

11:57 4th qtr.: Bremen 34 LC 7: Bremen one yard TD run. PAT good.

FINAL 34-7

Scores of interest:

Rock Springs 49 New Creation 28. RSCA is the region champion and moves on to the playoffs.

Temple 23 Spencer 0

Callaway 34 Heard County 0

After defeating Wolfpack Elite 32-6 here last Saturday in the pouring rain, the 6U Lamar County Trojans are 7-0, sitting atop the region standings and are ranked #7 in the state. The play their last home game of the season Saturday at 10 a.m. against Pike County and are hopeful of community support.

Freshman centerfielder Kimmie Piland made two huge plays in the outfield in the bottom of the seventh to seal Lamar County's 4-1 win over Jeff Davis in the first round of the GHSA Class AA state softball playoffs in Columbus Thursday evening. Piland made a spectacular catch running to her right at the fence to rob a Jeff Davis batter of a sure double then called off another outfielder to get the final put out of the game on a high fly to right center field.

Cayla Bishop launched a mammoth solo homer in the top of the seventh to give LC a key insurance run.

Brinkley Yevak went the distance on the mound for LC, allowing only one hit and striking out four. She also drove in two runs. Taylor Turner had two hits for the locals. LC took a 3-1 lead in the first and the teams were scoreless thereafter until Bishop's last inning shot.

Lamar faces Banks County at 10 a.m. Friday. Banks topped LC's region foe Bremen 6-0 in round one. In other round one games, Harlem topped Heard County 8-5 and Rockmart beat Vidalia 10-7. Jeff Davis, Bremen, Heard and Vidalia all drop into the losers bracket of the double elimination tourney which is being played at the Olympic softball venue in downtown Columbus.

After 1: LC 0 BC 0
After 2: LC 0 BC 0
After 3: BC 5 LC 0
After 4: BC 7 LC 0
FINAL: 7-0

Game ended by mercy rule after 4.5 innings. LC had no hits and committed three errors.

Twin brothers Andrew and Aaron Dotson got to celebrate their 20-month birthday Saturday thanks to the quick response and actions of Lamar County firefighters and some help from up above.

The twins were stricken at their Community House Road home after they found and ingested blood pressure medication belonging to an adult family member. [Full Story »] 

Early voting in two Milner city council races is ongoing at the elections board office at the county annex on Thomaston Street in Barnesville with very light turnout thus far. Ballots may be cast from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 5 p.m. daily through Friday, Nov. 1.

Election day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. Election day voters will cast ballots at the Milner library. The polling place will be open from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.

At press time Monday, elections supervisor Anita Reid and her staff had served nine early voters and mailed out two absentee ballots of which none had been returned.
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Between Monday, October 14 and Monday, October 20 the Barnesville Police Department made the following arrests: [Full Story »]