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1B ®Ijt lirralti <©a?fttf Tuesday, March 16,2021 SPORTS LCMS soccer rolls to four division wins The LCMS soccer teams rolled to four MGMSAL wins last week. Both teams are 5-1 with their only losses coming on the road at Henderson earlier in the season. On March 8, LCMS hosted Ft. Valley at the LC soccer complex. In the opener, the Lady Trojans recorded a 6-1 win. Jenny Beverly and Ava Bushby had two goals each for LC while Makaiya How ard and Giada Ritch each added single goals. In game two, the Tro jans took a narrow, 2-1 win. Kaden Carter and Caleb Miller had goals for LC while Axel Garcia and Tanner Garvin added assists. On March 10, the locals traveled to Byron. In the first game, the Lady Trojans won 6-0. Bushby and Ritch each had two goals and two as sists. M’Kenzie Smith had a goal and two assists while Ava Lonberg added a single goal. In game two, the Trojans prevailed 5-1. Miller and Carter had two goals each while Jordan Mc Intosh had one. Carter also had two assists while Hayden Cherry and Garrison Selph had one each. The teams played at Upson-Lee Monday night and host Jones County Wednesday. First touch is set for 5 p.m. Diamond Trojans take three losses The LC Diamond Trojans (1-8) took three losses last week, two of them being region con tests. On Monday, ACE topped LC 10-5 at Aldora Park. The Gry phons blew it open in the fourth, scoring six runs. The Trojans outhit ACE 8-6 but com mitted four errors. Na thaniel Tidwell had three hits for LC while Rhett Blount drove in a run. On Tuesday, the Tro jans went to Washington County and got blown out 14-0. The locals man aged only two hits and had three errors. On Friday, Washington County came to Aldora Park and the Trojans built a 6-1 lead after three innings, led 9-2 after five and 11-5 after six but WACO got eight runs in the top of the seventh to take a 13-11 win. Each team had 11 hits. WACO had seven errors to only two for LC. Blount drove in three runs to pace the Trojan attack The Trojans host SW Macon today, travel to Taylor County Wednes day and to SW Macon Friday. % % PHOTOS: WALTER GEIGER/THE HERALD GAZETTE LC soccer sweeps Bleckley The LC varsity soccer teams traveled to Cochran Friday night and brought home two wins. The girls won 7-3 while the boys prevailed 3-1 Daniel Navarro (top) is an assist leader for the Trojans. Iniyah Walker (bottom) is a steady senior leader for the Lady Trojans. Boys make it a sweep; #7 Lady Trojans upset #6 Royals on the road The LC Lady Trojans (6-3, 4-0), ranked #7 in the March 8 eurosports, com soccer poll, upset #6 Bleckley County Friday night on the road in Co chran. The Trojans won the second match of the night for an LC sweep. The girls match was tied 2-2 at the half but LC outscored the Royals 5-1 in the second half to take a 7-3 win. Freshmen Cara Bishop and Samiya Smith each had two goals and one assist to pace LC. Vanessia Byrd had one goal and three assists. Adding single goals were Alaina Cato and Maci-Lauren Lanier. Deshunna Bowles added an assist for Lamar.Paige Mayfield had four saves in the net for LC. “The Bleckley crowd got loud and rowdy cheering on their team. It was the perfect atmo sphere for a big region game. It was 3-3 with 15 minutes left and it felt like we caught our second wind. 1 felt like some of our freshmen grew up Friday night. This is by far the best Bleckley County team 1 have ever seen,” Trojan coach Wayne Calvert said. In the nightcap, the Trojans (34-1, 2-1) brought home a 3-1 win. JT Moore had two goals while Josh Moore had one. Mikey Hernadez and Matthew Ctibor each had assists. Lamar hosts Dodge County Friday at the LC soccer complex. Peek named DOT district engineer Tyler Peek of Barnesville has been named district engineer for District 3 DOT. He replaces Michael Presley who retired March 1. Peek is a registered professional en gineer and holds a degree in civil engi neering from Georgia Tech. 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