Sports

By Walter Geiger

A good crowd by preseason standards was on hand at Trojan Field Friday night as Lamar opened the John Flath era with a scrimmage against Manchester. There was no live kicking or kick return action in the scrimmage.

Manchester finished 10-2 last season with both losses coming to eventual Class A state champion Macon County. The Blue Devils featured a strong running attack and have a stellar quarterback in Garrett Brown who is six feet, seven inches tall and has committed to play baseball at UGA. [Full Story »] 

The high school football season gets underway in just over six weeks and new Trojan head coach John Flath is busy preparing his team for his inaugural season at the LC helm. Lamar opens regular season play August 25 when the Northeast Raiders visit Trojan Field.

Flath was introduced here March 30 and hit the ground running. “Arriving after spring break afforded us the opportunity to become familiar with the upperclassmen. They are fine young men who found a way to win 21 games under three different staffs. That is a credit to them and the support of the community,” Flath said. [Full Story »] 

Three Lady Trojans participated in the Divarsity All-Star soccer game Saturday at Sprayberry High School.

Kayleigh Swanson, who took the place of the injured Don’A Traylor on the Blue team, got the first goal of the game on a shot from 30 yards out. [Full Story »] 

The LC Lady Trojans (16-4) defeated the Berrien County Lady Rebels (15-4-1) in the Sweet 16 round of the state Class AA soccer playoffs Tuesday night at Trojan Field. The final was 4-1. Hailey Hadsell and Tomiyah Alford each had two goals for LC

LC advanced to the second round with a 3-0 win over Coosa here April 25. They will play Harlem (18-1-1) Friday. A coin toss will determine the home team as both are #1 seeds.
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The GHSA state soccer playoffs get underway Tuesday with 32 teams, four from each region, advancing to the postseason.

The Lamar Lady Trojans (14-4) are region champs, a #1 seed and ranked #6 in the most recent Eurosports poll. They host Coosa (7-5-0) Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at Trojan Field. A win would send LC to round two where they would host the Bleckley County-Berrien County winner May 2.

Lamar advances 3-0.

The Trojans (9-9) are a #2 seed. They host Gordon Central (10-4-1) Wednesday at Trojan Field. Neither team is ranked. First touch is set for 5:30 p.m. A win would propel the Trojans to round two where they would face the Brooks County-Dublin winner May 3.

Admission to playoff games is $7 (set by GHSA) and sports fans are encouraged to support the LC teams in the postseason.

Soccer is a growing sport in the area and multiple other regional teams qualified for the playoffs as well. [Full Story »] 

Competing at Heard County Thursday, the Lamar County boys and girls track teams took the Region 5AA track and field championships. Many LC athletes will move on to state competition.

The LC Lady Trojans took possession of their fourth consecutive region championship trophy Friday following a 10-0 win over the Temple Wildcats at Trojan Field.

The game was ended via GHSA’s mercy rule when LC (10-3, 7-0) scored its 10th goal.

Rachel Patterson paced LC with three goals while Hailey Hadsell added two. [Full Story »] 

Former Lamar County High School soccer players are invited to Friday night’s contests with Temple for special alumni recognition and a coed pickup game after the varsity matches.

Soccer action at Trojan Field begins at 5:30 p.m. with the girls match. The Trojans play afterwards at 7:30 p.m.

“This is a time for our graduates to come back and be recognized between games. We may have an alumni game afterwards. It would be like a homecoming for soccer without all the pageantry. In the past 12 years, the program has grown and progressed into something the community can be proud of and I think it would be great to recognize those players from previous years who laid the foundation for the success we have had recently,” Lady Trojan coach Wayne Calvert said.

Former players interested in attending and/ or playing in an alumni game should contact Calvert at 770.358.8641 or e-mail tcalvert@lamar. k12.ga.us.

The LC Trojans (5-5, 3-2) got two wins last week over region foes in games played at Woodruff Farms in Columbus to keep their region title hopes alive.

Wednesday saw LC come back from a 2-0 first half deficit to notch a 3-2 win over regionleading Spencer (6-2, 3-1) 3-2. Dawson Davis and Bryce Garner got one goal each in regulation and Garner blasted home the winner with 1:30 left in the second, five-minute overtime period. [Full Story »] 

By Walter Geiger

The Lamar Lady Trojans (5-2, 2-0) notched two region wins on the soccer pitch last week as they tightened up their defense and allowed no goals to opponents. [Full Story »] 

The Lamar County Lady Trojans travel to Rome to take on Armuchee in the first round of the state basketball tournament Friday. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m

Lamar, coached by Brian Hampton, is 11-14. Armuchee, coached by Michelle Arp, is 12-14.

UPDATE: Armuchee eliminated LC 66-38. [Full Story »] 

The LC basketball teams closed regular season play with four losses and face difficult seedings as region tournament action begins this week.

The Lady Trojans (9-13, 4-6) are fifth in the six-team region. Heard County is atop the standings at 18-6, 8-2.

The Trojans (4-20, 1-9) are in last place in the region. Again, Heard reigns over the 5AA at 20-4, 10-0.

The Trojans did nothing to help themselves last week as they dropped two critical region contests, falling to Jordan 55-53 and getting blown out by Heard 56-27.

The Lady Trojans lost 51-44 at Jordan and then lost to Heard 55-39. [Full Story »] 

The Lamar County soccer teams open the 2017 with a scrimmage Wednesday at First Presbyterian in Macon. The girls play at 5:30 p.m. with boys action to follow at 7:30 p.m.

Trojan Cup action begins Feb. 6 with the Lamar teams tangling with Central Carrollton in round one. The Trojan roster has also been finalized.

UPDATE: The Trojans fell to FPD 4-3 while the Lady Trojans lost 7-1. [Full Story »]