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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...
Troup ready for next round The Troup Tigers have this road routine down pat.
The Tigers (19-11) have played 13 playoff games on the road the past two seasons, and they’ve won 12 of them.
Four of those wins have come this season, including a pair of victories over Cass on Wednesday in the second round of the Class AAAA state playoffs.
Troup will try to keep that road success coming next week when it faces Veterans in a quarterfinal matchup.
That series will begin on ...
Callaway ready for Game 3 They’ve been here before.
In the opening round of the Class AAA state playoffs against Southeast Bulloch, the Callaway Cavaliers survived a Game 3 to keep their season alive.
If the Cavaliers are going to keep playing beyond today, they’ll have to win another Game 3.
Callaway and Dodge County split a doubleheader on Wednesday, setting up today’s third and deciding game.
The game will be played at 4 p.m. in Eastman.
“We feel like we’ve be...
Cavs ready for second-round test It’s not how you start, but how you finish that matters.
In their opening-round playoff series against Southeast Bulloch, the Callaway Cavaliers were beaten 7-0 in the first game.
The Cavaliers shrugged off that loss to win the second game 13-2, and they finished off the series victory with a 5-2 victory on Monday.
That win moves the Cavaliers (22-7) into the second round of the playoffs, and their next opponent will be Dodge County (17-9),...
Game day for Troup On the final weekend of the regular season, the Troup Tigers scored two runs in three games.
They managed to beat Adairsville 1-0, but they lost to the Callaway Cavaliers 3-0 and to the Northside Patriots 2-1.
As the Tigers turned the page to the state playoffs, though, they found their offensive footing, and bats that were ice-cold a few days before were suddenly red-hot.
Facing Eastside in the first round of the Class AAAA state playoffs,...
Boyd has memorable final meet As he stretched for the finish line, LaGrange High’s Demoton Boyd didn’t know if he’d just wrapped up his high-school career with an amazing win, or if he was going to have to settle for second place.
In the finals of the 200-meter run on Saturday in Jefferson, Boyd and Ryan Clark of Banneker were locked in a dramatic head-to-head showdown.
For the final 50 meters, the two sprinters were side-by-side, and when they crossed the finish line th...
Huge state meet for Coggins He was biding his time.
LaGrange High’s Andrew Coggins was competing in the finals of the 800-meter run at the state track meet on Saturday in Jefferson, and for the first of two laps of the race, he was in the middle of the pack.
That was by design, as Coggins figured he’d be able to race to the front of the pack on the second lap and hold off the field.
“I sort of developed a strategy of running with the pack the first lap, and then the l...
Bowie takes fifth at state Sam Bowie’s state meet got off to a disappointing start.
Competing in the 1,600-meter run on Thursday, the LaGrange High freshman got caught in the pack, and he was unable to break out on the way to a 10th-place finish in the 16-person field.
Bowie crossed the finish line more than 10 seconds behind the race winner.
“I got boxed in,” Bowie said. “I didn’t have a great race.”
Fortunately for Bowie, he still had one more race to run, and he ...
LaGrange netters earn shot at title The countdown to a championship is at one.
The LaGrange High girls’ tennis team, after handling West Laurens on Monday, is now just one victory away from winning a state championship.
LaGrange (21-3) will face either Marist or Dalton in the Class AAAA state-championship match on Saturday at the Clayton County International Park.
After winning their first three state matches at home, the Lady Grangers were on the road on Monday in Dublin, bu...
Callaway wins Game 3 With Nick O’Berry making a big-time splash in his return to the starting rotation, the Callaway Cavaliers are headed to the second round of the state playoffs.
O’Berry, the left-handed throwing junior, hadn’t started a game in more than two weeks while he rested an injured shoulder.
At the time, Callaway head coach Dusty Hubbard wasn’t sure if O’Berry would pitch again this season.
O’Berry pitched one inning in a game Friday night, though, ...
Reese saves best for last Skeet Reese saved the best for last.
Needing to come through with a big sack of fish to climb to the top of the leaderboard in the West Point Lake Battle, Reese made it happen in a big way.
The California native brought in five bass weighing more than 15 pounds on Sunday at Pyne Road Park, and that was enough to give him the top spot in the Bassmaster Elite Series event.
The tournament started on Thursday with 100 fishermen, and by Sunday, ...
Big day for LaGrange track team It was a wet, windy, cool and basically awful weekend in Jefferson, but the conditions didn’t bother LaGrange’s Demoton Boyd and Andrew Coggins.
In fact, the two Granger runners thrived in the nasty conditions.
Boyd and Coggins each brought home a first-place trophy from the state track and field meet, and their performances helped the Grangers finish second in Class AAAA behind Marist.
“It was about 50 degrees, a 15 m.p.h. win, and I bet i...
Cavaliers set for Game 3 After dropping Game 1 of their Class AAA playoff series against Southeast Bulloch on Friday, the Callaway Cavaliers came charging back in the second game to keep their season alive.
Now the Cavaliers will try to finish off the series victory when they host Southeast Bulloch at 2:30 p.m. today.
The game was originally going to be played Saturday, but it was rained out, pushing it back to today.
Southeast Bulloch opened the series with a 7-0 ...
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...
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