Sports

The Georgia High School Association issued guidelines last week which will allow high school athletes to return to conditioning on athletic fields and in weight rooms and other facilities.

LC athletic director Mike Oberg and head football coach Jeff Sloan met Friday to begin discussions on how to resume training here. “We are working on a plan which will allow all of our athletes the opportunity to work out. We hope to have it to Dr. Wilson by mid-week and could have it finalized by Friday,” Oberg said.

Workout groups will be limited to 20 people, including coaches, under the GHSA guidelines. The move paved the way for football, softball and other competitions to resume once the school year begins.

Tryouts for select soccer begin this week at the LC recreation department.

Tryouts for the Lightning U16 girls select squad will be held May 26 and 27 from 5-7:30 p.m. Coach Jeff Mason and his staff are considering forming a U-13 girls select team. If you are interested, contact him at 404.640.8758.

Coach Michael Newman will also attempt to field a U-13 boys select team. Tryouts are set for June 2, June 5 and June 9 from 6:30-8 p.m. For more information, call the recreation department at 770.358.5800.

High school and middle school athletic competitions ground to a halt on March 12 due to COVID-19, leaving spring sport athletes who had been preparing for their seasons for months hanging. Baseball, soccer, track and field, tennis and other sports just ended. Those seasons - and outstanding individual performances - will always be marked by an astericks.

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No one knows exactly when the new soccer/practice field at LCHS will be used but, when the time comes, nets are now in place to keep balls out of Hwy. 18 and off the old LC gym at the other end of the field. Crews put the finishing touches on the work last week.

LC sports may have been put on the shelf due to the coronavirus pandemic but crews were busy putting finishing touches on the new soccer/practice field at LCCHS last week. The scoreboard has been installed and work has begun on ball nets to keep soccer balls and footballs from getting to Highway 18. The new field was installed where the old LCCHS campus once stood. The new school is in the background.

The LCMS Lady Trojans received a banner to hang in the gym commemorating their 2020 district basketball title.

Pictured are (front, l-r) Madisyn Hardaway, Alexia Jackson, Tyreciana Hudson, Destiny Avery, Lauren Wilcher, Alonah Smith, Briana Jackson, Maddison Banks; (back, l-r) coach Watts, Kymora Buckner, Janiya Banks, Chelsea Scott, Genie Foster, Shakiria Foster, Kaylee Hamrick, Journi Harris, Zakiria Foster, Maya Lewis, Kadejah Lyons, Janiyah Akins, Mackeda Hubbard, Joi Fuller, Ashlyn Smith and coach Zellner.

The 2019 LCMS soccer team was recognized last week with a banner commemorating their 2019 Middle Georgia Middle School Athletic League title that will hang in the school gym. The team is halfway through another undefeated season in 2020.

Pictured are (front, l-r) Mackenzie Sherritt, Maci-Lauren Lanier, Cara Bishop, Aniyah Barron, Emily McEvers, Giada Ritch, Armani Flewellen, Haliegh Brock, Deshunna Bowles, Morgan Strickland; (back, l-r) coach Kelly Adamson, Macy Smith, Ava Lonberg, Krista Hatfield, Rachel Taylor, Chloe Cornelius, Ally Bloxham and Samiya Smith.

The LC soccer program went undefeated last week, going 9-0-3 at the varsity, junior varsity and middle school levels.

The varsity teams hosted Peach County Tuesday. The girls won 2-0 behind goals from Kaylah Grammer and Mackenzie Sherritt. The boys battled the visitors to a 0-0 tie.

On Friday, LC hosted region opponent Callaway on a cold, windy night. The girls rolled to a 5-0 win behind scores from Madisyn Scandrett, Tamya Blasingame, Vanessia Byrd, Alaina Cato and Mackenzie Sherritt. Grammer, Erin Little and Porter Sherritt each had assists.

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LC’s Tamya Blasingame, just a sophomore, was named the Region 5AA Player of the Year. Blasingame led LC in scoring and was among the team’s top rebounders. She led her team to the second round of the state playoffs where they were eliminated last week by Washington County.

Senior Cory Young made LC sports history Saturday when he became the first Trojan wrestler to compete for a state traditional title at the massive state tournament that packed the Macon Coliseum to the gills.
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The LC Lady Trojans got a game-winning shot from Avian Tyus with just under five seconds left Friday night to top Dade County 39-37 in the first round of the GHSA AA state basketball tournament.

LC will face the winner of the Brooks County-Washington County game in round two midweek.

For much more on the big win, see the 2.18.20 print edition of The Herald Gazette.

Longtime LC softball coach Jessica Evans has resigned her post to become head coach at South Effingham High School in Guyton, Ga. SEHS, a softball powerhouse, struggled last season and was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by Locust Grove.

This fall, SEHS will move up in class and compete in Region 2-AAAAAA.

Evans, who played at LC, led the Lady Trojans to their best ever record this past season as they finished fourth in the state.

The LC wrestling team will host the Area 3AA Traditional Championship meet Saturday at the new gym. The locals are they Area 3AA Duals champions and won the traditionals title in 2019.

Action begins at 8 a.m.