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1B %Jje lieralti <©a?ette Tuesday, February 9,2021
SPORTS
LC's Horton returns
as UK strength coach
Kentucky
head coach
Mark Stoops
announced last
week that Barnes-
ville native and
LC grad Rafael
Horton would
return to the program as
assistant strength and
conditioning coach.
For the past two years,
Horton was at West
Virginia as assistant head
coach for strength and
conditioning. He has held
a similar job at
Troy.
“I’m excited
to be back at
UK. To me, it’s
all about the
players and I’m
looking forward
to working and develop
ing this team and, most
importantly, helping
them reach their goals,”
Horton said.
Horton is the son of
Bennie and Vivadon Hor
ton of Barnesville.
LC basketball splits
at Northeast Macon
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
In the only roundball
action of last week, the
LC basketball teams split
games played at North
east Macon
Friday.
In the opener,
the Lady Tro
jans (16-4, 9-1)
solidified their
hold on first
place in the
region with a 51-
40 win. Tamya
Blasingame lit up the
Raiders for 26 points to
lead LC. Also in double
figures was Shakiria Fos
ter with 13.
Other scorers were
Zaria Fletcher (7), Zakiria
Foster (2), Journi Harris
(2) and Janiyah Akins (1).
The Lady Trojans are
now ranked #5 in Class
AA.
In the nightcap, the
Trojans (5-16, 3-7) fell
90-42. CJ Allen was the
only Trojan to hit double
figures with 10 points.
Other scorers were
Alex Aberna
thy (9), Ravick
Talmadge (6),
Ty Head (5),
Josh Driver (5),
Braden Ma-
sionet (4) and
Devin Bateman
(3).
LC travels
to Washington County
tonight and hosts SW
Macon Friday in the last
scheduled game of the
regular season.
The state playoffs
begin Feb. 23-24 and the
Lady Trojans could host
games in the first three
rounds if they can remain
atop the region stand
ings.
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THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
Freshman Samiya Smith (1) fires off a shot during LC’s 3-1
loss to Harris County in the sleet Saturday afternoon. Smith
had Lamar’s only goal in Lamar’s final game of the Trojan Cup
tournament.
Highlanders drop baseball opener
Chattahoochee Val
ley Community College
scored four runs in the
bottom of the eighth
inning to break open a
tight game and pull away
for the 7-2 victory over
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Gordon State College
Feb. 2 in the 2021 season-
opener for both teams.
CVCC (1-0) scored
single runs in the second
and third innings to build
an early 2-0 lead, but GSC
bounced back with a run
in the top of the seventh
to make it 2-1.
After CVCC added an
other run in the bottom
of the seventh, GSC (0-1)
answered with a run in
the eighth inning to cut
the Pirates’ advantage to
3-2.
But CVCC delivered
the knockout blow with
the four-run eighth to
seal the victory, spoil
ing new GSC head coach
Kent Rollins’s debut.
GSC managed just two
hits on the afternoon as
Adam Alicea-Brooks and
Carson Renz each had
one. Renz’s hit came on
an RBI double for the
Highlanders.
The Highlanders are
back in action on Febru
ary 12 when they travel
to Southern Union State
Community College (Ala.)
for a doubleheader.
GSC will be home for
the first time on February
13 when the University
of South Carolina-Salka-
hatchie comes to Barnes
ville for a twin bill. First
pitch is set for 1 p.m.
LC soccer hosts
Trojan Cup tourney
The annual Trojan
Cup soccer tournament
closed out Saturday with
multiple games played at
two venues here in a cold
drizzle that occasionally
turned to sleet.
Trinity
Christian beat
Putnam County
to win the
girls’ title while
Putnam County
beat Harris
County to take
home the boys’
crown.
The Trojans finished
the tourney with a 1-1-1
mark. They opened the
week last Monday with
an 8-0 loss to Putnam.
In round two, they tied
Trinity Christian 2-2. Josh
Moore had two goals
while Justin Brannan had
an assist.
On Saturday, LC beat
Jones County 4-0. Bran-
nan and Moore had two
goals each. Brannan had
one assist as did Joe
Davis, Jay’D Lucier and
Daniel Navarro.
The Lady Trojans
started tour
ney play with
a 4-0 win over
Putnam. Kaylah
Grammer, Cara
Bishop, Alaina
Cato and Madi
son Smith each
had goals for LC.
In round two,
LC lost 5-1 to Trinity as
Armani Flewellen got the
lone goal for the locals.
On Saturday, LC fell
to Harris County 3-1.
Samiya Smith got LC’s
only goal.
Lamar has this week
to regroup before trav
eling to East Laurens
Friday night.
LC wrestling sending
huge contingent to
state championships
WALTER GEIGER
news@barnesville.com
The LC wrestling team
hosted the area tradition-
als here last Thursday
and emerged with a large
contingent of qualifiers
for state. The state tradi
tional meet begins today
at the Macon Coliseum.
The Trojans are
sending 10 boys who
won their weight clas
sifications and two who
finished as runners-up.
The champions ad
vancing (weight class)
are Nathan Layton
(106), Hunter Hammock
(113), Sam Blevins (126),
Braydon Pines (132),
Elias Browning (138),
Levi Banks (145), Chaz
Hammock (152), Cayden
Sloan (160), Travis Jones
(170), and Christian Bos
tic (195).
Runners up advancing
are Kendall Jones (182)
and James Gilroy (220).
Eight Lady Trojans
also qualified and will
go to state. They are
Breanna Turner, Mariyah
Zavala, Kate English,
Autumn Vaughn, Geisel
Williams, Elizabeth
Schrieber, Leia English
and Heather St. Clair.
Lamar’s Daylan Cauthen (17) crashes into the Jones
County keeper after a run on the net Saturday. Lamar topped
Jones 4-0 and finished 1 -1 -1 in the Trojan Cup tournament.
Saturday’s games were played in a cold rain that occasionally
turned to sleet.
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