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Trojan soccer standout Chase Bennett has signed a grant-in-aid to continue his athletic career at Middle Georgia State University.

Pictured at his signing ceremony last month at the College and Career Academy (top) are (l-r) brother, Cullen Bennett; father, Trey Bennett; mother, April Mapp; and brother, Conner Bennett.

Cullen Bennett is another former Trojan soccer star and also plays at Middle Georgia.

Successful soccer seasons for LC teams continue to pay off with postseason honors for individual players. Six Lady Trojans and four Trojans were named to the 4-AA all-region team as announced at the end of the season banquet.

The Lady Trojans earning all-region status were keeper Ashley Haddock; forwards Katie Jo Daniel and Hailey Hadsell; midfielders Payton Haddock and Kayleigh Swanson; and defender Tamara Nale.

The Trojans making the team were Jacob Mason, Bryce Garner, Steve Lopez and Loukas Plaxco.

Standout Trojan athlete L.J. Smith closed out his stellar LC career by placing third in the 110-meter intermediate hurdles at the Class AA state track championships last week.

Smith was clocked at 15.31:4 - less than half a second of the winning time.

Smith has signed a scholarship to play football at the University of West Georgia this fall.

Trojan running back/linebacker Juan Tucker signed a grant in aid Monday to attend North Georgia Sports Academy. The Mountaineers are coached by Tim Freeman.

NGSA is affiliated academically with North Georgia Technical College in Clarkesville. The school offers exposure to potential college recruits through an eight-game schedule played against college club teams and other sports academies.

The Lamar County soccer teams open postseason play this week in the first round of the Class AA GHSA state playoffs.

The Trojans (9-6, 6-2) are a #2 seed. They host Berrien County (7-7, 3-3) here Thursday at 5:30 p.m.

The Lady Trojans (11-4, 8-0), fresh off their third straight region title, are a #1 seed. They host Brooks County (0-10, 0-4) Friday at 5:30 p.m.

By Walter Geiger

The LC Lady Trojans topped Putnam County 3-0 April 12 in Eatonton to clinch their third straight Region 4AA title. Over the course of the season, Coach Wayne Calvert’s squad outscored region opponents 55-0. [Full Story »] 

The LC boys and girls tennis teams are in action at the region tournament today (Tuesday) in Cochran. The boys open with Putnam County while the girls tangle with NE Macon in the first round.

In the event of rain, those matches will be pushed back to Wednesday.

The Trojans are seeded third and led by senior singles players Connor Jett, Bobby Holmes and Cameron Lipps. Doubles teams are Jake Haddock and Gabe Parker, both juniors; and junior Parker Thaxton with freshman partner Eric Lipps or Adam Basso.

The Lady Trojans are led by senior Courtney Cochran and the doubles team of Kayla Hinkley and Hannah Banister.

The team is rounded out by singles players Brittney Dix and Marley Turner and the doubles team of Kimberley Hatfield with Mikayla Johnson. Also on the girls team are Kaira Thaxton, Grace Kunst, Ashley Finner, Chloe Clements and Veronica Mangrum. The girls are seeded fourth in the tournament.

The team is coached by David Strobel.

The Lamar County soccer teams each got easy 3-0 wins last Tuesday when Macon County, obviously a futbol hotbed, had to forfeit both games here because they could not find a bus driver.

The Trojans (8-4, 5-1) and Lady Trojans (9-3, 7-0) hosted Mount De Sales Tuesday and travel to Dublin Friday.

UPDATE: The Lamar girls lost to Mount de Sales Tuesday night 4-1. The LC boys lost 3-0.

The Lamar Lady Trojans won both their matches last week, including a big non-region win over previously undefeated Peach County at Trojan Field March 22.

“It was a great game between two evenly matched teams. Peach entered the game with a record of 9-0-1, including wins over strong teams like Mount De Sales. They had only given up three goals all season so we knew the game would be close and it would come down to a handful of key plays,” LC coach Wayne Calvert said. [Full Story »] 

The Lamar County Diamond Trojans notched two critical early season region wins last week, both of which came on the road. [Full Story »] 

The LC Lady Trojans opened Region 4AA soccer play with a 6-0 win over Bleckley County in Cochran Friday night. [Full Story »] 

he Trojans opened the 2016 season with a small Opening Day ceremony at Aldora Field. The Lamar County AJROTC Trojan Battalion presented the colors, McKenzi Oberg, a LCHS freshman and niece of head coach Mike Oberg, sang the national anthem, and former Trojan and US Navy Logistics Specialist, Tristen Buckner threw out the first pitch. Prior to the first pitch, the Trojans held their $10,000 raffle which was won by Lance Templeton. [Full Story »] 

The Lamar Lady Trojans held tough for a half but lost to the Pelham Lady Hornets 70-33 in the first round of the state playoffs Tuesday night.

The Trojans play at Thomasville tonight.

Lady Trojan standout Katie Jo Daniel has signed a National Letter of Intent to play soccer at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina.

Daniel has started for four years at LC and is a member of a strong recruiting class at L-M.