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6A ®J)£ Iftralti <©a?£tt£ Tuesday, April 6,2021 SPORTS THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER Trojans clinch region crown Josh Moore (8) gets a crossing pass by two Monticello defenders during a 5-0 win at the LC soccer complex April 1. The win cliched first place in Region 3AA for LC and a #1 seed in the GHSA soccer playoffs which begin April 22. The Trojans are 8-4-1 overall and 7-1 in region play. Gordon women's soccer opens spring season The Gordon State College women’s soccer team opened its 2021 spring campaign with an emphatic victory over Georgia Collegiate Ath letic Association (GCAA) rival Andrew College here Friday night as the Highlanders cruised 14-0. The game began as a cagey affair as both teams sought to find their legs early in the season. As the first half progressed, the High landers began to assert their dominance result ing in six goals scored by six different freshmen. After the intermission, GSC maintained their control of the game by pouring in eight more goals and the end result was a 30-shot attack that resulted in 14 goals on 11 assists for the Highland ers. Freshman Sophia Kotopka (Riverview, Fla. / East Bay HS) led GSC with three goals, her first hat trick in a Highlander uniform. Fellow freshmen Bailey Arnold (Bethlehem, Ga. / Apalachee HS) and Madison Schmuck- er (Cape Coral, Fla. / Ida S. Baker HS) along with sophomore Keerston Hambrick (Douglasville, Ga. / Alexander HS) each started their season with two goals. A quintet of freshmen - Aniah Rasool (Ruskin, Fla. / Lennard HS), Au drey Pavik (Ken- nesaw, Ga. / Harrison HS), Emma Lovell (Tave- nier, Fla. / Coral Shores HS), Lourdes Tomp kins (Stephens, Ga. / Oglethorpe Co. HS) and Payton Asher (Cape Coral, Fla. / Ida S. Baker HS) each scored for GSC to bring the tally of goal scorers to nine. Seven of those nine Highlanders also played the role of provider as they assisted their teammates on goals. Mallory McCarth- ney (Griffin, Ga. / Spald ing HS) maintained the shutout in goal for GSC. With the victory, GSC opens the regular season with an overall mark of 1-0 and also 1-0 in GCAA play, which the Highlanders will look to build upon when they host another GCAA foe in Abraham Baldwin Agri cultural College (ABAC) on Wednesday, April 7 at 6 p.m. ET. Admission is free and face masks are recommended. Diamond Trojans can’t dodge Dodge LCMS Trojans atop standings The LC Diamond Tro jans lost 5-1 to the Dodge County Indians March 30 at Aldora Field in the only baseball action of last week. LC managed only five hits and had two errors. Tanner Patterson took the loss for LC. Caden Dewitt pitched in relief. The Trojans are 4-12 on the season. MGMSAL The LCMS Trojans notched three wins last week to run their record to 10-1-1. Coach Chaz Ellerbee’s squad is atop the Middle Georgia Middle School Athletic League standings with two games left to play in the regular season. On March 29, the Trojans topped ACE 4-0 behind two goals from Axel Garcia. Caleb Miller added a goal and an as sist as did Kaden Carter. Hayden Cherry also had an assist while Aiden Romero recorded 12 saves in goal for the Trojans. On April 1, LCMS got two wins over Jones County. The Trojans rolled in game one 7-0. The second match was to play out the final 28 minutes of a match post poned the previous week by lightning with the local up 1-0. LCMS won that match 3-1. Miller finished the day with six goals while Jordan McIntosh had two. Carter and Garcia had single goals. Carter added two assists as did Garrison Selph. Cherry Markiviyon Dugger, Tan ner Garvin and Cameron Bloxham each had one assist for LCMS. In girls action, the Lady Trojans slept through the first 15 minutes of the match with ACE and trailed 3-0 before closing the gap to 3-2 late in the game but the comeback fell short. Ava Lonberg had both goals for the locals while Chelsea Roberts had three saves in goal. On Thursday, the Lady Trojans ripped Jones County behind a five- goal, breakout perfor mance from sixth grader M’Kenzie Smith. Lonberg and Ella Bleu Leverett had single goals for LCMS. Ava Bushby had two assists while Roberts had one save in goal. LCMS is off this week for spring break. They play at Fort Valley April 12 and host Monroe County April 15. The top four teams advance to the playoffs April 17 at Monroe County. THE HERALD GAZETTE/WALTER GEIGER Trojans peaking at the right time Lamar County’s Daniel Navarro (18) maneuvers through three Monticello defenders during a 5-0 win April 1 that clinched the Region 3AA title for LC. Navarro had a key assist in the win for LC which also clinched a #1 seed in the state soccer playoffs which begin April 22. Trojans clinch Region 3AA title WALTER GEIGER news@barnesville.com The Lamar County Trojans notched two wins last week to clinch the Region 3AA soccer title and a #1 seed and home field advantage in the state play offs which begin April 22. Lamar is off this week for spring break. The Trojans, coached by Ed and Ricci Jules, are 84-1 overall and 7-1 in region play. Their clos est region competitor is Monticello at 4-2 and the Trojans cruised past them Thursday night to take the crown. Last week began with a 10-0 win over NE Ma con. Chip Crawford and Justin Brannan each had three goals to pace LC. Jay’D Lucier added two goals while Daylan Cau- then and Ethan Popham had one goal each. On Thursday, the Trojans topped Monti cello 5-0 in a game that was rescheduled from earlier in the season due to COV1D. Brannan had two goals to lead LC. Josh Moore, Michael Hernandez and Cauthen added single goals for Lamar. Moore had two as sists while Joe Davis and Daniel Navarro had one apiece. After the week off, the Trojans host ACE April 13. The regular season finale is April 16 when Bleckley County comes to town. #6 LC Lady Trojans atop region standings The LC Lady Trojans (9-3, 7-0) are atop the Region 3AA standings with one region game re maining on the regular season schedule. LC is off this week for spring break. In their only match last week, the Lady Trojans trav eled to Wash ington County Monday and came away with a 6-2 win. Kaylah Gram- mer and Vanessia Byrd had two goals each to lead LC. Alaina Cato and Samiya Smith each had a goal to round out the scoring. Grammer, Cato, Byrd and Smith each had one assist while Paige Mayfield logged two saves in goal for LC. The Lady Trojans return to the pitch April 13 when ACE comes to town for a non-region tilt. LC can clinch the re gion crown when Bleck ley County (11-2, 6-1) comes here April 16. Time to celebrate Jordan McIntosh (6) of the LCMS Trojans flexes as he celebrates his second goal of the match during a 7-0 win over Jones County at the LC soccer complex April 1. Smiling along with him is defender Broxton Lanier (7). The Trojans are 10-1 -1 and atop the division standings as the regular season winds down. SERVING THE PUBLIC SINCE 1867 • NOMINATED FOR PULITZER PRIZE Print And Online Access II)t itralii daiette barnesville.com SUBSCRIBE REAL NEWS REAL NEWSPAPER All Subscriptions include... • Print edition • eEdition • Breaking news 24/7 All for only $30 a year or $5 a month 770.358.NEWS (6397); circulation@barnesville.com; 509 Greenwood Street • P.O. Box 220, Barnesville, GA 30204