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Due to rain in the forecast and a wet field, today's second round state softball playoff doubleheader in Eastman has been postponed again. Lamar County and Dodge County will square off in the twin bill Thursday at 5 p.m and 7 p.m.. The 'if' game is set for Friday at 5 p.m.

The undefeated Lamar County Trojans (6-0) face a huge test tonight as they battle the third-ranked Callaway Cavaliers (5-1) on the road. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Callaway Stadium in Lagrange.

Callaway and LC are tied atop the region standings at 2-0. The Cavs have run off five straight wins after a season opening 10-7 loss to Opelika. They feature four-star running back Tank Bigsby who is committed to Auburn. Bigsby has been limited by an ankle injury in recent weeks. Callaway escaped Bremen (2-3) Friday night with a 20-14 victory with Bigsby on the bench. It is unknown if he will play tonight.

The Cavs are coached by Pete Wiggins who is in his 15th year and boasts an all-time record of 131-46.

While there will be no realtime scoring tonight, but check back here often for scoring updates from the game.

Callaway 6 LC 0

Callaway 12-0

Callaway 20-0

26-0

32-0

39-0

46-7

Sophomore pinch hitter Mariah Zavala got a bloop, two-out single in the top of the eighth inning to drive in the go ahead run Tuesday night to give LC a 3-2 lead over Chattooga in the nightcap of a playoff doubleheader at Aldora Field. Cayla Bishop then walloped a towering, three-run home run off the scoreboard in left center field to make it 6-2. LC went on to win it 6-3.

Paired with a 6-0 win in the first game, LC advanced to round two of the state playoffs next week.

The Trojans got a Herculean effort from pitcher Brinkley Yevak who went the distance in both games despite being hit in the hand by a pitch in her first at bat of the day. Though badly bruised and obviously in pain, Yevak pitched 15 innings, allowing only six hits and striking out 11.

After a poor first half, LC was tied 7-7 with time running out on homecoming night. Somebody needed to make a play. Diondre Blackmon made three. He had a touchdown saving interception in his own endzone. Then he ran a punt back 78 yards for a touchdown to put the Trojans ahead. Then, he thwarted Spencer's next drive with a second pick. LC went on to win 14-0 and remains undefeated at 6-0

The U.S. Army's Silver Wings parachute team jumped in with the game ball.

Realtime scoring from the sidelines and the results of the king and queen balloting:

Homecoming King: Aderrius Barron

Homecoming Queen: Trinity Fuller

End 1st qtr.: LC 0 Spencer 0

0:46 2nd qtr.: Spencer 7 LC 0: Spencer 32-yard TD pass. PAT good.

HALFTIME: 7-0

4:55 3rd qtr.: LC 7 Spencer 7: Keilyn Tyus three-yard TD run. Ethan Popham PAT.

3:44 4th qtr.: LC 14 Spencer 7: Diondre Blackmon 78-yard punt returm for TD. Popham PAT.

FINAL: LC 14 Spencer 7:

SCORES OF INTEREST:

Rock Springs 41 Horizon Christian 21

Callaway 20 Bremen 14

Peach County 38 Pike County 0

MP 38 Spalding 13

Starrs Mill 38 Griffin 35

Trion 12 Mt. Zion 6

Perry 22 Upson-Lee 15

Temple 56 Jordan 15

The LC Lady Trojans split two games last week and head into the region tournament today as the #3 seed. They play #2 seed Bremen at 2 p.m. at Heard County. #1 Heard battles #4 Callaway.

All four teams will go to state. The region tournament sets the seeds for the state tourney. Simply put, if LC beats Bremen, they get home field advantage for round one of the playoffs. All four region tourney games will be played today.

LC had a five-error inning in a 12-8 loss to Bremen here Sept. 17. Bremen got a walk-off 2-1 win there Oct. 27.

UPDATE: The Lady Trojans hit seven home runs this afternoon and topped Bremen 11-5. Kelyse Harris hit a grand slam. Ryla Traylor and Taylor Turner had two homers each while Cayla Bishop hit one out.

The win clinched home field advantage for LC for the first round of the state playoffs.

LC lost to Heard 7-5 in the regiont title game. They finished as the #2 seed and will host Chattooga in the first round of the state playoffs Tuesday.

The Lamar County Trojans ran their record to 5-0 by defeating the Jordan Red Jackets Friday at venerable Memorial Stadium in downtown Columbus in a sloppy, poorly-officiated contest.

Realtime scoring from the sidelines:

NOTES: LC quarterback Devin Bateman was out with a shoulder injury and may miss the rest of the season. Grayson Jett started. The game was in a lightning delay until 8:01 p.m. BROWNLEE suffered an ankle or foot injury during the game.

7:27 1st qtr. LC 8 Jordan 0: KT Brownlee 15-yard TD run. Jett run for two-pointer.

4:16 1st qtr.: LC 14 Jordan 0: Brownlee 62-yard TD run. Two pointer failed.

3:12 1st qtr.: LC 14 Jordan 7: Jordan 18-yard TD pass. PAT good.

END 1st qtr: 14-7

2:54 2nd qtr.: LC 14 Jordan 10: Jordan 28-yard FG.

0:42.3 2nd qtr.: LC 21 Jordan 10: Keilyn Tyus 3-yard TD run. Ethan Popham PAT.

HALFTIME LC 21 Jordan 10

END 3rd qtr.: LC 21 Jordan 10

10:53 4th qtr. LC 21 Jordan 16. Jordan 3-yard TD run. PAT failed.

3:56 4th qtr.: LC 28 Jordan 16: Tyus 50-yard interception return for TD. Popham PAT.

FINAL: LC 28 Jordan 16

Scores of interest:

Rock Springs 42 The Oaks 8

Callaway 34 Temple 6

Heard County 34 Spencer 8

Bremen 56 Cross Keys 0

The Lamar County Trojans ran their record to 4-0 with a 31-20 win over the Pike County Pirates Friday night in Zebulon in the Battle of Potato Creek. Pike fell to 2-2 with the loss.

Realtime scoring from the game from the sidelines:

6:41 1st qtr.: LC 6 PC 0: Devin Bateman 40-yd. TD pass to Ju'Corrie Zellner. PAT failed.

END 1st qtr.: LC 6 PC 0

1:25 2nd qtr.: LC 9 PC 0: Ethan Popham 21-yd. FG.

:38 2nd qtr. LC 9 PC 7: Jacob Reeves 17-yd. TD pass to Austin Bennett. PAT good.

HALFTIME: LC 9 PC 7

4:10 3rd qtr.: LC 17 PC 7: KT Brownlee 39-yd. TD run. Bateman pass to Keilyn Tyus for two-point PAT. KEY PLAY: PC's Reeves' fumble recovered by LC's Keilyn Tyus at PC 39.

:53 3rd qtr.: LC 24 PC 7: Bateman 45-yd. screen pass to Brownlee for TD. Popham PAT. KEY PLAY: LC' s Grayson Jett intercepted Reeves at the PC 45.

6:59 4th qtr.: LC 31 PC 7: Bateman to Zellner 16-yd. TD pass. Popham PAT.

6:40 4th qtr.: LC 31 PC 13: Reeves 35-yd. TD pass to Damien Lovelace. PAT failed.

4:10 4th qtr.: LC 31 Pike 20: Reeves 8-yd. TD pass to Bennett. PAT good.

FINAL: LC 31 PC 20

Scores of interest:

Rock Springs 42 Covenant 14

Central -Carrollton 33 Heard County 14

Fayette 27 Spalding 16

Griffin 47 Upson-Lee 7

NW Whitfield 31 Temple 7

Peach County 44 Mary Persons 13

Callaway 55 Troup County 45

LC was off Friday night in preparation for this week's Battle of Potato Creek in Zebulon. Pike County was also off.

Here are some scores of interest to Trojan fans:

Lovett 29 Mary Persons 27

Rock Springs 45 Cherokee Christian 6

Fitzgerald 52 Upson-Lee 48

Temple 22 Mt. Zion 16

Rockmart 47 Heard County 14

Griffin 7 Newnan 6

Callaway 69 Cross Keys 0

Bremen 10 Cedartown 7

Spencer 35 Schley County 31

The Lamar County Trojans ran their record to 3-0 Friday night with a 45-14 rout of ACE Friday night at Trojan Field. Lamar had not posted a 3-0 start since 2013.

Realtime scoring from the game was updated from the sidelines.

5:44 1st qtr.: LC 8 ACE 0: Ty Jones one-yard TD run. Joey Stratton run for two-point PAT.

1:21 1st qtr.: LC 16 ACE 0: Devin Bateman one-yard TD run. Ju'Corie Zellner pass to Keilyn Tyus for two-point PAT.

10:58 2nd qtr.: LC 22 ACE 0: Bateman 23-yard TD pass to Drew Stout. Ethan Popham PAT.

9:42 2nd qtr. LC 24 ACE 0: Safety on a muffed punt snap.

8:00 2nd qtr.: LC 31 ACE 0: KT Brownlee seven-yard TD run. Popham PAT.

6:26 2nd qtr.: LC 38 ACE 0: Brownlee 33-yard TD run. Popham PAT.

1:12 2nd qtr.: LC 45 ACE 0: Tyus 20-yard TD run. Josh Moore PAT.

HALFTIME: 45-0

4:14 3rd qtr.: LC 45 ACE 7: ACE three-yard TD run. PAT good.

5:00 4th qtr.: LC 45 ACE 14: ACE 11-yard TD pass. PAT good.

FINAL 45-14

SCORES OF INTEREST:

Rock Springs 26 Harvester Christian 8

Mt. Zion 22 Coosa 21

Upson-Lee 27 Harris County 14

Callaway 56 LaGrange 10

Pike County 19 Greenville 0

Hapeville Charter 61 Heard County 7

Spencer 21 Northside Columbus 14

Temple 35 Kendrick 0

Overcoming what may have been the sloppiest first half in the history of high school football, the Lamar County Trojans defeated the Greenville Patriots 27-0 Friday night to run their record to 2-0 on the young season. Quarterback Devin Bateman ran for two TDs while KT Brownlee had a long scoring jaunt and freshman speedster Ty Jones added a score.

Realtime scoring from the sidelines...

6:35 1st qtr.: LC 2 G'ville 0: Keilyn Tyus tackle in endzone.

End 1st qtr.: 2-0

HALFTIME: 2-0

9:21 3rd. qtr.: LC 8 G'ville 0: Devin Bateman one-yard TD run. PAT failed.

4:50 3rd qtr.: LC 14 G'ville 0: KT Brownlee 53-yd. TD run. Drew Stout pass to Ju'Corie Zellner for PAT.

END 3rd qtr.: 14-0

6:15 4th qtr.: LC 21 G'ville 0: Bateman 11-yd. TD run. Ethan Popham PAT.

3:014th qtr.: LC 27 G'ville 0: Ty Jones 13-yd. TD run. PAT blocked.

FINAL: 27-0

Scores of interest:

Fayette Co. 34 Pike County 21

Mary Persons 36 Jackson 29

Upson-Lee 28 Paulding Co. 27

Temple 55 Putnam Co. 21

ACE 35 Notre Dame Academy 21

The Lamar County Trojans host the Manchester Blue Devils in a controlled scrimmage tonight at Trojan Field. Kicoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

Check back often for updates on the action from the sidelines.

3:16 1st qtr.: LC 7 Manchester 0: Devin Bateman 45-yard TD pass to Keilyn Tyus. Josh Moore PAT.

10:37 2nd qtr.: LC 7 Manchester 6: Manchester 32-yard TD run.

7:52 2nd qtr.: Manchester 14 LC 7: Manchester 49-yard TD run.

0:01 2nd qtr.: Manchester 18 LC 7: Manchester 22-yard TD pass.

10:19 3rd qtr.: Manchester 18 LC 14: KT Brownlee 13-yard TD run. Moore PAT.

8:15 3rd. qtr.: LC 21 Manchester 18: Bateman 12-yard TD pass to Drew Stiut. Moore PAT.

0:32.90 3rd qtr.: Manchester 24 LC 21: Manchester two-yard TD run.two-yard TD .

FINAL 24-21

LC football fans will get a glimpse of the new look Trojans Friday night when LC hosts Manchester in a preseason scrimmage. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. at Trojan Field.

The scrimmage will mark the beginning of the Jeff Sloan era of LC football. Sloan was promoted to head coach early this year when the previous head man, John Flath, resigned. Sloan had been Flath’s defensive coordinator during Flath’s two-year tenure. [Full Story »] 

Coach Jeff Sloan and his staff closed out summer workouts Tuesday and are ready to officially kick of practice for the 2019 football season.

The Trojans finished a two-day padded camp at Lagrange Tuesday afternoon. Other teams participating were Upson-Lee, Westlake, Shaw and Hardaway.

The GHSA mandated five day acclimation period begins Thursday with the first day of practice in pads set for Aug. 1

LC’s last seven on seven passing event with Crawford County was held here July 18. “That went really well,” Sloan said. Picture day is set for Aug. 3 at 8 a.m.

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.