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The Lamar County Trojans (7-2, 4-0) knocked the wind out of the Monticello Hurricanes Friday night as they rolled to a 34-7 victory on the road across the river in Jasper County.

The Hurricanes (1-8, 1-3), believe it or not, are still in the race for the last playoff spot from Region 4AA. (Hello, GHSA. How can you legitimize that?)

Realtime scoring updates from the sidelines were provided by Walter Geiger. [Full Story »] 

The Lamar County Middle School Lady Trojans routed Carver Road of Spalding County 12-4 Tuesday to advance in the central Georgia middle school playoffs. LCMS remains undefeated.

The girls will play again Thursday at 5 p.m. against an opponent to be named after late action Tuesday.

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The Lamar County Trojans (5-2, 2-0) took care of business at Macon's Thompson Stadium Friday night as they outclassed the NE Macon Raiders (0-7, 0-2) 29-0..
Realtime scoring from the game was provided by Walter Geiger.

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In its long sports history, Lamar County High School had never won a region championship in softball but that changed last Thursday when the Lady Trojans edged out the Bleckley County Lady Royals 3-2 in Cochran.

Fastpitch softball had long attracted athletes in surrounding counties - Pike, in particular - but LC is catching up and catching up fast. The varsity team is laden with young talent and the undefeated middle school team promises to feed more high level players to the varsity in the coming years.

Many of these girls have honed their talent at the local recreation department and then moved on to club teams that play challenging travel schedules.

Oddly, the championship was decided with just one, mustwin game while the semifinals consisted of best of three series with Monticello that was played here. Region coaches chose that format.

The Lady Trojans split a Tuesday doubleheader with the Lady Canes then closed out the series with a Wednesday win.

The next day they made history.

The Lamar County Trojans beat the Bleckley County Royals in the region football opener Friday night at Trojan Field.

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The Lamar County Trojans (3-2) return to the gridiron Friday night when they host Bleckley County at Trojan Field. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

The Royals were off last week as were the Trojans. Bleckley is 1-4. Their lone win was a 13-0 decision over Hawkinsville. They have losses to Dodge County, West Laurens, Dublin and Berrien County. They have been outscored 136-49 over four games. In contrast, LC has outscored its opponents 103-77 while playing a non-region schedule of much larger schools.

Friday’s contest is the first of five straight region games for Coach Jamie Abrams and his team.

The Lamar County Trojans improved their record to 2-2 after a 27-14 win over the Ola Mustangs, a AAAAA school, Friday night at Trojan Field. Ola fell to 2-2.

Lamar travels to Alcovy next week. The Tigers are 0-4 and have been outscored 160-7 over that span. LC is off Oct. 2 then finally moves into Region 4AA competition Oct. 9 when they play host to the Bleckley County Royals.

Area scores of interest from Friday night:

Griffin 35 Hampton 7

Upson-Lee 40 Northside Columbus 17

Ware County 51 Richmond Hill 24

Mary Persons 16 LaGrange 13



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The day got off to a great start as the Middle School Trojans competed at the Taylor Davis Memorial - In honor of Taylor Davis (2012). They were led by coach Eddie Roberts and they ran past Upson-Lee Middle School. [Full Story »] 

The Lamar County Trojans called for a Red Out and broke out throwback red jerseys with black numerals outlined in white but yellow was the color of the night Friday at Trojan Field as LC dropped to 1-2 under a virtual avalanche of penalty flags as they fell to Mary Persons 20-7.

These were not bad calls by the officials; LC earned them all legitimately.

It appeared the pressure got to the Trojans. LC lost last year due to a controversy over lightning but, this year, LC, though out-athleted on the lines of scrimmage and well short of MP depth-wise, shot themselves in the foot in what was, otherwise, a competitive game.
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The Lamar County Trojans host the Mary Persons Bulldogs in the home opener Friday night at Trojan Field.

The two teams have always been rivals but this game took on added significance after last year’s debacle in Forsyth.

MP built a 29-13 lead but Lamar came roaring back and cut the margin to 29-27. The Trojans were lining up for a two-point conversion at the 1:53 mark of the third period when an MP administrator ran onto the field and halted the game due to lightning. Lightning was visible but well off in the distance.

The game never resumed though the lightning abated. LC never got to try the PAT, lost its appeal to the GHSA and the game went down as a 29-27 loss.

You can bet the bitter taste of highway robbery will be in the Trojans’ mouths when they take the field Friday night.

Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.

The LCMS Lady Trojans are 4-0 after winning a high-caliber tournament at Jones County then notching a win over powerhouse Clifton Ridge.

The locals won four straight Aug. 22 to take the tournament title. [Full Story »] 

The #7 Lamar County Trojans (1-1) went through long periods of struggle Friday night but still managed to pummel the Pike County Pirates 30-8 in the annual Battle of Potato Creek.

The game, worked by a struggling offiicating crew that never really took command of the game, may have been the longest regulation time contest in high school football history as it ran two hours and 49 minutes. It seemed there was a flag thrown on every play in the second half.

The dislike for each other among the combatants was obvious from the start. There were fisticuffs, borderline hits, one ejection and several instances of players taunting fans.


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