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By Kevin Eckleberry Sports EditorLa Grange News
He tried to get up, to get back to his linebacker position, but it wasn’t happening.
The Callaway Cavaliers were playing the Carver Tigers late last season...
Tournament is halfway home It’s anybody’s ballgame.
After two days of the West Point Lake Battle, a field that began with 100 of the world’s best bass fishermen has been whittled down to 50, and any of those men still has a realistic shot at finishing first and claiming the $100,000 prize.
Aaron Martens leads the field through two days with a combined weight of 24 pounds, 14 ounces, and the man in 50th place, Kelly Jordon, is just 10 pounds behind.
The remaining comp...
Troup sweeps doubleheader COVINGTON - The Troup Tigers are a team built on strong pitching, but in the opening round of the state playoffs, it was the offense stealing the show.
With Jonathan Foster and Dalton Hadley combining for three home runs, the Tigers rolled to a series sweep of Eastside in a first-round Class AAAA series.
Foster hit a grand slam in Game 1 that helped the Tigers erase a deficit, and he finished with a whopping nine RBIs in the two games.
Hadl...
Callaway forces Game 3 The Callaway Cavaliers bounced back from a Game 1 loss to thump Southeast Bulloch 13-2 in the second game of their state-playoff series.
The teams are scheduled to play a decisive third game at noon today.
The location of the game has been changed from Callaway to Troup High.
The Cavaliers were hoping to take control of the series with a win in Game 1, and they figured to be in good shape with their ace Kane Keith on the mound, but they wer...
Playoff time for Cavs It’s game day for the Callaway Cavaliers.
After a banner regular season, the Cavaliers will begin their stay in the Class AAA state playoffs when they host Southeast Bulloch today.
The teams will play a doubleheader beginning at 4:30 p.m., and if the teams split those games, a third and deciding game will be Saturday at noon.
Callaway (20-6) finished second in Region 4-AAA to earn a home playoff series, while Southeast Bulloch (17-7) is...
Former champ hopes to make move Two years ago, Steve Kennedy charged out of the gate with a 22-pound bag, and that propelled the Auburn native to a victory in a Bassmasters Elite Series event on West Point Lake.
If Kennedy is going to repeat that feat, he’s going to have to come from behind.
On the opening day of the West Point Lake Battle, Kennedy brought in a full five-pound bag, but they all added up to just seven pounds, six ounces, leaving him in 48th-place, and more ...
Day 1 in the books It was shaping up to be a lost day for Keith Combs.
Combs, a Texas native, is one of the 100 anglers competing in the West Point Lake Battle, the fourth event on the Bassmasters Elite Series, and for much of Thursday it was looking like he was going to end up at the bottom of the leader board.
As the clock ticked past 1 p.m., Combs had yet to bring in one fish that he could send to the scales, and he only had a little more than an hour left ...
Playoff time for Cavaliers It’s game day for the Callaway Cavaliers.
After a banner regular season, the Cavaliers will begin their stay in the Class AAA state playoffs when they host Southeast Bulloch today.
The teams will play a doubleheader beginning at 4:30 p.m., and if the teams split those games, a third and deciding game will be Saturday at noon.
Callaway (20-6) finished second in Region 4-AAA to earn a home playoff series, while Southeast Bulloch (17-7) is the...
Season ends for LaGrange The state-tournament run came to a close for the LaGrange High boys’ tennis team on Thursday.
Facing the rival Columbus Blue Devils, the Grangers lost three matches and won just one to fall short in their Class AAAA quarterfinal matchup.
The Grangers, who finished third in Region 5-AAAA, had won two consecutive matches on the road to make it to the final eight, but they met their match in a strong Columbus team.
LaGrange’s lone win came at ...
Troup ready for playoffs They’re not the Atlanta Braves.
When the Braves score a run, it’s more often than not the result of a home run delivered by one of the team’s big boppers.
The Troup Tigers do it in different ways.
For the Braves, hitting three home runs in a game is just another day at the office.
For the Tigers, hitting three home runs, well that’s a season’s worth of long balls.
Troup’s Jonathan Foster has hit three home runs for the Tigers, and no one ...
End of the road for LaGrange seniors It’s the end of the road for the LaGrange High girls’ soccer team, as well as a gifted group of seniors who accomplished a whole lot during their four years with the program.
Facing Lanier in the opening round of the Class AAAA state playoffs, LaGrange was unable to get much going en route to a 4-0 loss.
The Lady Grangers finished with a 10-7 record, and they’d won eight of nine games before meeting their match on Tuesday.
The game marked t...
Grangers falter at state Chestatee is one of the favorites to win it all in Class AAAA, and it showed why on Wednesday during the first round of the state tournament.
Facing the visiting LaGrange Grangers, the War Eagles broke open a close game at the half to win 6-0.
LaGrange, which earned its state berth by finishing fourth in Region 5-AAAA, hung tough in the first half and was down 1-0 at the break.
In the second half, though, Chestatee scored five more goals to...
LaGrange tennis team makes semis They’re final-four bound.
The LaGrange Lady Grangers took care of Lanier on Wednesday at McCluskey Tennis Center to earn their invitation to the semifinals of the Class AAAA state tennis tournament.
Julia Shirley and Euna Oh clinched the victory for LaGrange with a hard-fought win at number two doubles.
The teams split the first two sets, and Shirley and Oh pulled out a 6-4 victory in the third set to give LaGrange the decisive third victor...
LaGrange athletes run off to state A handful of LaGrange High athletes are racing off to the state finals.
A state sectional was held in Carrollton on Saturday, and there were 16 competitors in each event, with the top eight finishers in each event advancing to the state finals.
On the boys’ and girls’ sides combined, LaGrange had athletes qualify in 10 different events for the finals.
Demoton Boyd qualified in three events, and Andrew Coggins, Sam Bowie and Sarah Bearden ea...
Soccer playoffs begin There may not be a more dangerous number four seed in the state than the LaGrange High girls’ soccer team.
The Lady Grangers have been red-hot late in the season, and they’ve won eight of their past nine games heading into their state-tournament opener this week.
The Grangers are also playing well, and they will be a tough number four seed as well.
Both LaGrange teams finished fourth in a powerful Region 5-AAAA.
Also this week, Callaway Hi...
Playoff time for Cavs, Tigers It’s playoff time.
With the regular season in the rearview mirror, the Callaway Cavaliers and Troup Tigers will make the transition to the state playoffs this week.
The first round is on tap for Friday and Saturday, with 32 teams in each of the state’s six classifications hoping to move on to the second round and inch a step closer to a state championship.
Teams will play doubleheaders on Friday, with the if necessary games set for Saturday...
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