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Georgia Horsepower is at the ESPN complex at Disney in Orlando for the AAU Club National Championship and finished the first day of competition Sunday in first place. In the triathlon for 10-year-olds, which consists of the shot put, high jump and 200 meter dash, Makayla Watts (right) was second and Alonah Williams (left) was sixth. They competed against the top 10-year-old track and field talent in the country, according to coach James Hickenbotham. The meet runs through July 13.

Darrin Clark has been hired as head coach for the LC Trojan basketball team. Clark is coming to Barnesville from Macon where he was head coach at Southwest Macon. [Full Story »] 

Jeff Sloan hit the ground running when he was hired as head football coach at Lamar County Feb. 13. He has assembled a new-look staff and closed out spring practice Thursday.

A busy summer offseason lies ahead for the Trojans who had great numbers out for spring workouts which included agility training for players in grades six-12 during April. With new offensive and defensive coordinators in place, May was spent on installing the offensive and defensive schemes LC will employ in the fall. [Full Story »] 

The GSC Highlanders (50-7) won three straight games in the GCAA baseball tournament last week in Albany and advanced to the East Central district title series at Walters State Community College in Morristown, Tennessee this week.

Gordon plays a three-game series against #4 Walters State (50-9) with games beginning at 2 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and the ‘if’ game set for 2 p.m. Friday. Should they advance, the Highlanders will go to the NJCAA World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado May 25-June 1.

UPDATE: Gordon lost game one Wednesday 5-2 and must now win two straight to stay alive. Cole Phillips had a two-run HR in the first inning to account for all the GSC runs. Dominic Canale took his first loss of the season on the bump for GSC.

UPDATE(2): GSC lost game two 5-4 and was eliminated from postseason play. [Full Story »] 

UPDATE: LC fell to Vidalia in a 4-3 thriller. LC led 2-1 at the half but a long stoppage for fan misbehavior cost the Lady Trojans momentum early in the second half and Vidalia surged thereafter.

The LC Lady Trojans will host an Elite 8 round soccer playoff match this evening featuring two teams ranked in top 4 of the eurosports.com Class AA poll. First touch is set for 6 p.m. at Trojan Field. Tickets are $7.

#4 LC will battle the #2 Vidalia Indians (18-1). Vidalia fell to #1 St. Vincent's 6-3 in Savannah April 12 for its only loss. They defeated St. Vincent's 2-1 at home on Feb. 27.

Vidalia is the #2 seed from Region 2AA. St. Vincent's is the #1 seed from that region. The Indians advanced with a 6-0 win over Fitzgerald in Fitzgerald last week after narrowly defeating Dodge County 1-0 in the first round.

A victory tonight would send LC to the final four and a match with the winner of tonight’s battle between #5 Model (16-1-1) and #7 Harlem (14-4-0) at Model. Lamar would hit the road for the semifinal in that both Harlem and Model are #1 seeds.

The other two Elite 8 matches have #1 St. Vincent’s (13-5-0) at #6 Union County (12-2-1) and #10 Screven County (14-4-0) at #3 Bremen (14-5-1).

Only three other area teams survived to make the Elite 8 round. The #3 Pike Lady Pirates (16-2-2) host #7 Jefferson (13-4-1) in the Class AAA tonight. In Class AAAA, the #1 Upson-Lee Knights (17-0-1) host #9 Blessed Trinity (13-3-1) while the unranked Spalding Jaguars (14-3-0) battle #4 SE Whitfield (16-4-0) on the road. Those games will be played tomorrow.

The LC Lady Trojans (16-3-1) routed the Pepperell Dragons 9-1 here Wednesday night to move on to the Elite 8 round of the Georgia Class AA soccer playoffs.

The win propelled Wayne Calvert's squad into the Elite 8 round and set up a match between two teams ranked in top 4 of the eurosports.com Class AA poll to be played here Tuesday, May 7. First touch is set for 6 p.m. at Trojan Field.

#4 LC will battle the #2 Vidalia Indians (18-1). Vidalia fell to #1 St. Vincent's 6-3 in Savannah April 12 for its only loss. They defeated St. Vincent's 2-1 at home on Feb. 27.

Vidalia is the #2 seed from Region 2AA. St. Vincent's in the #1 seed from that region. The Indians advanced with a 6-0 win over Fitzgerald in Fitzgerald Wednesday night. They edged Dodge County 1-0 in round one.

The Herald Gazette will publish a tribute page to the Lady Trojans in the upcoming May 7 edition. You can salute the team - or your favorite player - with an advertisement. Call our office at 770.358.NEWS for more information.

Lamar County’s Tomiyah Alford was named the the first team Class AA all-state basketball team by the Atlanta Journal Constitution last week. [Full Story »] 

Saving their best performance for their last game, the LCMS Lady Trojans shut out Henderson Middle School of Jackson here 4-0 March 25 to win the CGMSAL district soccer championship. LCMS finished the year at 11-0-1 and outscored their opponents 71-3. LCMS is only in its second year of soccer competition. [Full Story »] 

UPDATE: LCMS took the title with a 4-0 win.

The LCMS Lady Trojans (9-0-1, 7-0-1) host Henderson Middle School of Jackson in the Central Georgia Middle School Athletic League championship game today at 5 p.m. at Trojan Field. Lamar finished atop the district standings with Henderson finishing second. Lamar beat Henderson here 6-0 Feb. 25. The two teams tied 2-2 last Monday in Jackson.

Going into the title game, the Lady Trojans have outscored opponents 67-3.

Four star recruit Justin Robinson, who committed to the University of Georgia over the weekend, has multiple Lamar County connections. Robinson is a 6-4, 210 pound wide receiver his coach compares to former NFL star Calvin Johnson. [Full Story »] 

LC’s Keilyn Tyus, a rising senior, was honored by the Macon Touchdown Club at its Spring Jamboree Feb. 18. UGA head coach Kirby Smart gave the keynote address. [Full Story »] 

The LC Lady Trojans (25-2) host the Lady Blue Devils of Model tonight in the Sweet 16 round of the GHSA Class AA state basketball playoffs. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. at the local gym. Get there early to get a seat.

Model, the #3 seed from Region 7AA, advanced to the Sweet 16 with a 49-36 first round win over KIPP, the #2 seed from Region 6AA. Region 7AA teams went 3-1 in the first round.

Lamar is the #1 seed from Region 5AA. Region 5AA teams did not fare as well as LC was the only winner. #2 Bremen got blasted by Banks County 52-29. #3 Callaway lost 47-45 to Elbert County while #4 Heard County got blown out by Rabun County 83-43.

A win tonight would propel LC into the Elite 8 round and a matchup with the winner between Dodge County and Josey. Second ranked Dodge obliterated Jeff Davis 76-44 in the first round while Josey beat Thomasville 48-22.

Lamar remains unranked. Washington County was the only Top 10 team to lose in the first round as they fell to Bryan County 39-31.
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CHECK BACK OFTEN FOR LIVE SCORING FROM THE GAME TONIGHT:

End 1st. qtr: LC: 4 Model: 19

Halftime: LC: 24 Model: 34

End 3rd. qtr. LC: 35 Model: 52

FINAL: LC: 57 Model: 67

Young track stars from the local primary and elementary schools who make up a team known as Georgia Horsepower had stellar results in the TFCUSA Indoor National Championships over the weekend in Birmingham. The speedsters range in age from 6-10 and are coached by LCHS track coach James Hickenbotham.

Makayla Watts, who is ranked #5 in the nation, won the 400 meters, breaking the meet record with a time of 68.48. [Full Story »] 

The Lamar Lady Trojans play in the title game of the Region 5AA girls basketball tournament Saturday which is the premiere event of what promises to be a super sports Saturday here.

The Lady Trojans eliminated Heard County 63-51 in the semifinals Thursday night behind 20 points from Taschanda Castlin and will face Bremen Saturday at 6 p.m. Bremen upset #2 seed Callaway in the semis.

The Trojans were eliminated in the first round.

There is also a full slate of action in the Trojan Cup soccer tournament Saturday with games at the LCMS field and Trojan Field beginning at 11 a.m.

The Trojans lost a heartbreaker on penalty kicks to Jackson Tuesday and face Jordan at 11 a.m. at Trojan Field.

The Lady Trojans topped Jackson 3-1 in round one and face Upson-Lee at 1:30 p.m. at the stadium.