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Lady Trojan softball takes a turn for the worse

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Friday, September 4. 2009

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Erratic pitching in the first inning and sloppy defense in the second cost the Lamar County Lady Trojans their first home loss of the season as they fell to Upson-Lee 7-4 here last week.

The Lady Knights took advantage of three walks and a pair of hits to score four first inning runs. They added three unearned runs in the second inning thanks to four Lamar errors to lead 7-0.

The Lady Trojans and pitcher Abby Walker settled down after that and held Upson scoreless the rest of the way on two hits, a walk and a hit batter. Lamar whittled away at the seven run deficit but could not get the big hit to get enough runs to catch up. [Full Story »]

Trojans set to take on Mary Persons

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Friday, September 4. 2009

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After last week's triumph over the Spalding Jaguars, the Lamar County Trojans travel to Forsyth tonight for their first away game. The opponent? Mary Persons.

The Bulldogs take the field with an all-time record of 515 - 218 - 5, a winning percentage of 70.12%.

Last week M.P. took on Morgan County, winning 38 - 14. [Full Story »]

Trojans rip Jaguars 31-0

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Tuesday, September 1. 2009

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In perhaps the program’s biggest win in a decade, the Lamar County Trojans christened their new stadium with a 31-0 throttling of the Spalding Jaguars Friday night.

The shutout win was all the more sweet in that several Spalding players boasted in the days leading up to kickoff that they would hang 50 points on the new Trojan Field scoreboard.

The stands were a sea of blue as a capacity crowd answered the team’s call for a Blueout.
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Lamar’s Cross Country team wins awards

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Tuesday, September 1. 2009

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For the first time in its four year history, the high school cross country team won a regular season award as the boys finished third to earn a trophy at the Spalding Invitational in Griffin behind the host school and LaGrange.

Senior David Henry (20:01) led the way for Lamar, finishing 19th overall to earn a spot as a top 20 medalist in the race. Seniors Daniel Huggins (20:40) and Walker Ozier (20:42) followed Henry.

Senior Brandon Cowart (22:45), sophomore Andre Dalianas (22:58), freshman Patrick Powers (24:23) and senior Marc English 25:52 also competed for Lamar. [Full Story »]

Trojans christen new field with 31-0 rout of Jags

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Friday, August 28. 2009

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9:02 1st. Lamar 7-0: Devin Couch, 70-yd. int. return for first ever TD at Trojan Field. Daniel Huggins PAT.

0:23 1st. Lamar 14-0: Mike Bloodser 8-yd. TD pass to Maurice Bloodser. Huggins PAT.

4:10 2nd. Lamar 17-0: Huggins 18-yd FG. First FG in Trojan Field history.

0:07 2nd. Lamar 24-0: Mike Bloodser 15-yd TD pass to Jarvis Merritt. Huggins PAT.

7:45 4th. Lamar 31-0: Rodnique Brown 15-yd. int. return for TD. Huggins PAT.

FINAL: LAMAR 31 SPALDING 0 [Full Story »]

Lady Trojans win home opener

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Thursday, August 27. 2009

Freshman McKay Hickman came home with the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Lady Trojans won their softball home opener 4-3 over Jackson last week. The win avenged a loss to the Lady Devils in the Spalding Invitational tournament.

Hickman, courtesy running for catcher Megan Carter, started the extra inning at second base per high school softball extra inning rules and advanced to third base on a bunt by Chloe Hubbard. Tyler Burnette popped out to second base. The Jackson second baseman tried to double Hickman off third but threw wildly, allowing Hickman to come home with the game winner.

The Lady Devils led the game 2-0 through five innings. Jessi McDaniel led off the Lamar half of the fifth with a triple and scored on Abby Walker's double. Walker scored on Hailey McKneely's double and McKneely scored the go ahead run on a base hit by Katelyn Robinson. [Full Story »]

Trojans sell advance varsity football tickets

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Tuesday, August 25. 2009

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If you're going to see the Lamar County Trojans play football this fall, you can avoid the lines at the ticket window by purchasing your tickets in advance and save two bucks per ticket in the process.
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Ladies scrimmage a success

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Friday, August 21. 2009

The Lamar County Lady Trojans opened the 2009 softball season in fine fashion outlasting AAA Mary Persons 2-1 in a pre-season scrimmage in Forsyth last Wednesday.

Lamar began the regular season over the weekend with the Spalding Invitation Tournament in Griffin where they played five games in two days. Results from the tournament were not available at press time.

Abby Walker pitched five strong innings for the win, allowing no earned runs, to lead Lamar over the Lady Bulldogs. Freshman Tamara Watts pitched a pair of scoreless innings to close out the game and get the save. [Full Story »]

Cross country team runs in Griffin opener Saturday

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Tuesday, August 18. 2009

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The high school's cross country team looks to make another run at the state meet when they open the season this Saturday at the Spalding Invitational in Griffin beginning at 9 a.m.

Top returning runners on the boys team include four seniors. David Henry, Walker Ozier, Daniel Huggins and Brandon Cowart will lead the field with very stiff competition going on in pre-season workouts for the fifth and final spot on the varsity roster.
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Trojans jump off to a good start but fall 13-8

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Friday, August 14. 2009

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With the sun high overhead and a home stadium full the Lamar County High School Trojan football team kicked off their 2009 season against Rutland.

The game began with a patriotic and exhilarating parachute exhibition by Fort Benning's official parachute demonstration team - the Silver Wings. [Full Story »]

LCCHS Trojans 2009 Football Schedule

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Wednesday, August 12. 2009

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To see the 2009 season schedule read full article.... [Full Story »]

Ready to run Buggython?

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Tuesday, August 11. 2009

The 32nd annual Buggython Road Race, which traditionally kicks off Saturday's events for Buggy Days, will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. Pre-registrations are being taken now for the race which benefits local school athletics and is sponsored by local businesses. [Full Story »]

Vick urges youth to avoid perils of dog fighting

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Monday, August 10. 2009

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Dustin Meadows of Barnesville, Ga. (shown in photo), arrives with his dog Jack Jack for a pit bull training class which teaches basic dog care but was turned away because Michael Vick was at the meeting, Sat., August 8, 2009, in Atlanta.

Vick arrived at a suburban Atlanta community center to talk to inner-city youths about how to deal with potentially violent dogs. The former Atlanta Falcons quarterback entered the New Life Community Center through a back entrance Saturday for an event put on by the Humane Society of the United States. (AP Photo/John Amis)
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Trojan spirit on display at Soap Game

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Saturday, August 8. 2009

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A good crowd was on hand for the Soap Game scrimmage August 7 at the new Trojan Field. [Full Story »]

Trojans' game ball to arrive by parachute

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Thursday, August 6. 2009

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At the Friday, Aug. 14 scrimmage game against Rutland, Fort Benning's official parachute demonstration team - the Silver Wings - will jump into Trojan Field at approximately 6:30 p.m., demonstrating their elite parachuting skills while delivering the game ball to Trojan head coach Jason Strickland at the 50 yard line. [Full Story »]