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Page 2B, The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, November 6,2019 Lee County XC Trojans compete in State Championship temperature dropped no ticeably. All season the runners pleaded for the day when is the heat go ing to let up. Weeks after we thought the weather would have cooperated the temperatures finally dropped. Actually, prior to the cold front moving in the temperature was a muggy 85 degrees. An hour later it was around 55 degrees, a stark dif ference. Arriving in Carrollton the temperature was in the low 40s with a substantial wind. Armed with gloves and many layers to warm up in the boys team took the line. 212 runners toed the line that crisp fall morning. The course is spectator friendly and it almost feels like the runners are orbiting around the fans. Sully Shelton of Harrison High School was the first runner to cross the line in a time of 16:11. He helped lead Harrison High School to win 1st in the team competition in a close point battle with Pope High School finishing 2nd by 4 points. Lee County maintained their strong pack formation and maintained a com petitive spread between runners 1-5. Lee County High School Placement: Place, Name, Time 110th - Benjamin Phil lips, 19:05 114th - Will Tomlin son, 19:08 128th - Edward Os trander, 19:23 133rd - Alex Collins, 19:28 174th - Walker Pinson, 20:33 182nd - Burt Roberts, 20:44 192nd - Seth Tomlin son, 21:05 The Lady Trojans were next on the line. The wind stopped as they were running warm up strides giving them almost perfect running conditions, even if that was not what they were used to. The Lee County runners that just finished shared their perspec tives on the course and offered insight as to when to push and when to maintain. 222 runners charged off the line at the sound of the starting gun. 1st place overall went to Kayla Gholar of Richmond Hill, with a time of 18:27. The 1st place overall team was Cambridge High School. The Lady Trojans ran strong and finished the season well. Lee County High School Placement: Place, Name, Time 66th - Emily Phillips, 22:00 99th - Alea Bochette, 22:57 111th - Vicki Roberts, 23:28 156th - Eady Hall, 25:24 172nd - Rebecca Bow ers, 25:57 191st - Emma Bailey, 26:48 193rd - Teagan Balia, 26:57 The Lee County Cross Country team is grad uating five seniors: Re becca Bowers, Benjamin Phillips, Walker Pinson, Austin Lee, and Vicki Roberts. All five of these seniors hold an im portant part of the Lee County Cross Country Team and they will be greatly missed next year. We wish them well and hope they come back a visit us next year, like our two surprise visitors at the State Meet. It has been a great season and the coaches all look for ward to the next. Thank you to all our supporters who traveled to cheer for the Lee County Trojan Cross Country team as they competed in the State Meet. Submitted Photo On Saturday, November 2,2019, the LCHS Varsity Competitive Cheerleading Team competed at Worth County’s 24th Annual Last Chance Cheer Classic. They placed first in the 6A Division. Pictured are (front row) Lydia Chavers, (second row) Jayla Creamer, Morgan Bennett, Maria Cerrone, Lizzy Davis, Allie Mason, Emma Charles Hancock and Kilee Dobson, (third row) Jessica Wombough, Ava Cosper, Lilly Peppers, McKenzie Darrow, Kaylie Willis, Gracee Blanchard, Lanie Biery, (fourth row) Coach Shaleeia Thompson; Baylee McCarthy, Trinity Mallard, Ansley Paine, Alii Beaver, and Head Coach Donna Jones. wind picked up, and then the sky opened. It poured and poured as we all sat in our cars waiting for the lightning to subside. When there was a small break in the weather we bolted from our cars, splashing through the fields complete ly saturated with rain, and gathered in the portable lock er room for the final instructions on race day logistics. While we were having our meeting the filled with hard work, learning to push the boundaries of physical and mental strength, and practice executing racing technique. The one resounding lesson that every runner must learn is to expect and anticipate the unexpected. Well on the very last prac tice before the State com petition the sky darkened, By Jennifer Perkins The Lee County High School Trojan Cross Country teams trav eled to Carrollton High School to compete in the GHSA 6A State Cham pionship on Friday, November 1, 2019. The State Championship race is limited to the top seven runners from both the boys and girls team. The top seven was decided using the results of the Region race, completed the week before. The Varsi ty Boys and Girls team both had strong seasons, culminating with a 1st place Region finish for the Boys and a close 2nd place finish for the Girls. The State Meet was a celebration of a season Corner of Hwy. 195 and Hwy. 377 - Lee St. Mon- Sun 8:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m., Open Sunday Submitted Photo Reed Payne, 11 years old, killed his first buck with his Papa on November 1. It was an 11 point buck, weighed 200 pounds and was killed in Terrell County. LEE COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT 2020 BASKETBALL SEASON REGISTER AT LCRD OFFICE 100-B Starksville Ave N - Leesburg, GA -31763 (entrance is located on the left-side of the tag office building) Call 229-759-6047 for more information. Find us on Facebook Lee County Parks and Recreation Visit our website at Hvww.leecountyga.com JEREMY MOREY DIRECTOR JMOREY@LEE.GA.US TRACY SMITH ADMIN ASSISTANT TRACY.SMITH@LEE.GA.US PLEASE NOTE!! Child MUST be present to be fitted for their uniform. A copy of the participant’s birth certificate MUST be provided in order to complete registration. INTERESTED IN COACHING? The Lee County Recreation Department is always looking for quality volunteers to mentor our young athletes!!! If you are interested in coaching a youth sports team, please give us a call or email us for more information. B A S K E T B A L L REGISTRATION DATES NOV 4th - NOV 8th MONDAY - FRIDAY 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm NOV 9th SATURDAY 11:00 am - 1:00 pm NOV 11th - NOV 15th MONDAY - FRIDAY 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm ****REGISTER ONLINE**** AT WWW.LEECOUNTYGA.COM B A S K E T B A REGISTRATION FEE $68.00* *$20.00 late fee will be added after Nov. 15th (if spots are available) INCLUDES: JERSEY & SHORTS AGE GROUPS (FOR BOYS AND GIRLS) 5-6 7-8 9- 10 11-12 13- 14 L L *Age control date is child’s age on September 1st, 2019. (YOU WILL STILL NEED TO BRING YOUR CHILD BY OUR OFFICE FOR FITTING) Trojans, from page 1B Roberts, Phillip Tran, Josh Roberts, Anthony McGrady, and Quavian Carter each had 4 tack les. Jaron Willis would also record two sacks. Josh Roberts and Jere miah Robinson would have 1 sack each. The defense would play much better this week and hopefully will continue that improve ment in this week’s Region Championship. Kyle Toole would finish the night 15 for 24 with 143 yards passing. Preston Simmons would finish the night 6 rush es for 11 yards. Caleb McDowell would have 5 rushes for 38 yards, and Toole had 7 rushes for 33 yards. The offense will be tested again this week. The Coffee defense has been stingy so far this year. However I would put my money on Kyle and the boys to right the ship to give Lee its third straight region champi onship. This Friday is not only for the region Title, but it will be Senior night, so get there a little early and help us honor all the Trojan seniors. Kickoff is set for 7:30 and let’s not forget there is no love lost between these two programs. Lee defeated the Trojans just two years ago for its first State Football Title. So I hope to see every one at Trojan Field this Friday night and support your Trojans. Lee has a reputation for having the best fans in 6-A football, and we will need every one this Friday. So, as always, Go Trojans.
