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SPORTS
#7 Lady Trojans
get two region wins
THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER
Vaughn signs with Rattlers
Trojans standout Connor Vaughn signed a scholarship to continue his football career at Alderson Broaddus University in
Philippi, West Virginia Friday. The Rattlers are coached by Travis Everhart. Vaughn was a stalwart on the offensive and defensive
lines for LC and served as long snapper.
Pictured are (l-r) Durwin Vaughn, Connor Vaughn, Kristy Vaughn and Dawson Vaughn.
The LC Lady Trojans,
ranked #7 in the latest
eurosports.com Class AA
poll, notched two region
wins on the local soccer
pitch last week.
On Tuesday, LC host
ed Monticello in a cold,
driving rain and rolled to
a 6-0 win. Freshman Cara
Bishop led LC with
two goals while
Kaylah Gram-
mer, Alaina Cato,
Vanessia Byrd and
Samiya Smith had
one goal each.
Paige Mayfield had
one save in the net for
Lamar.
On Friday, the Lady
Trojans routed Washing
ton County 10-0. Bishop
again had two goals as
did Grammer and Samiya
Smith. Scoring single
goals were Cato, Byrd,
Macy Smith and Maci-
Lauren Lanier.
Mayfield again had
one save for LC. Bishop,
Cato and Samiya Smith
each had assists for the
locals.
LC travels to NE Ma
con tonight and battles
#6 Bleckley County
on the road in
Cochran Friday
night. Both are
region matches.
Junior varsity:
The Lady
Trojan JV team
traveled to Jones County
Wednesday and won
10-0. Samiya Smith had
the hat trick with three
points to lead LC. Bishop
and Mackenzie Sher-
ritt had two goals each
while Ally Bloxham, Byrd
and Lanier had one goal
apiece.
Diamond Trojans fall
to Eagles, Gryphons
The LC Diamond Tro
jans (1-5) dropped two
non-region games in high
school baseball ac
tion last week.
On Monday,
Lamar lost a tight
contest on the
road at ACE 4-3.
Ayden Hollis took
the loss in relief of
Rhett Blount. Hollis had
two hits and drove in two
runs. Bayle English drove
in LC’s third run. Tanner
Patterson added one hit
for the locals.
On Thursday, the
Diamond Trojans hosted
Crawford County and
came out on the
wrong end of an
11-2 score after
giving up five runs
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first. LC managed
only five hits and
committed four
errors.
LC hosted ACE Mon
day and travels to Wash
ington County today in
region action. WACO
comes here Thursday.
Middle school soccer goes two for four
After a two-week
break due to a COV1D
outbreak among the
girls team that halted
practice, the LCMS soc
cer teams got back in
action last week.
On Monday, they
traveled to Jackson to
take on the Henderson
Tigers. In the opener,
the Lady Trojans fell 3-0
Four saves in goal by
Ella Bleu Leverett kept
things from being even
worse.
In the nightcap, the
Trojans lost 3-1. The
only goal for the locals
came off the prolific
foot of Caleb
Miller on
an assist
by Hayden
Cherry.
On
Wednes
day, LCMS
traveled to
Macon to do
battle with
ACE Academy. The Tro
jans opened the evening
with a thrilling 3-2 win.
Miller had the hat trick
for the locals, scoring
all three goals. Collect
ing assists
were Kaden
Carter,
Jordan Mc
Intosh and
Axel Garcia.
Miller
now has 16
goals after
just five
games.
In the second match,
Leverett scored on a
header from inside the
box with just under nine
minutes remaining and
the Lady Trojans held
on for a 1-0 win over the
previously undefeated
Gryphons. Chelsea
Roberts had two criti
cal saves in the net for
LCMS down the stretch.
Both the Trojans and
Lady Trojans are 4-1 for
the season. They played
host to Fort Valley Mon
day and welcome Byron
to the local soccer com
plex Wednesday.
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