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Tigers earn spot in semifinals
KATHLEEN - They’re back. The Troup Tigers swept past Veterans High in a quarterfinal series on Wednesday to earn an invitation to the state semifinals for the second straight season. Troup (21-11) won both games of Wednesday’s doubleheader by the same 4-1 score to improve to 6-0 in the playoffs this season, with all of those wins coming on the road. Redan, which beat Locust Grove in the quarterfinals, will host Troup on Monday in one of two...
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Troup pitching standout is well-rested
Jacob Ozley has had an extraordinary season for the Troup Tigers. Through the regular season and two playoff series, the left-handed Ozley has a 6-2 record and a microscopic earned run average of 1.04. Yet through four playoff games, Ozley has only pitched four innings. Garrett McClurg and Jarred Adams have been Troup’s two starting pitchers in the playoffs, and Ozley has been the first guy out of the bullpen. If Troup had gone to a Game 3...
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Tigers look to take another step
The Troup Tigers don’t shy away from championship talk, and head coach Craig Garner has no problem with that. The Tigers aren’t overlooking anyone in the state playoffs, but the players believe they have what it takes to win it all, and they won’t hesitate to say it. “On our best days, I honestly think we’re unstoppable,” Troup senior catcher Cody Doughman said. “We can make it to the state championship. I really think so.” Garner said he e...
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LaGrange athletes shine at state
LaGrange High’s Sarah Bearden looked right at home on the state’s biggest stage. The junior distance runner secured a pair of fourth-place finishes at the state track and field meet in Albany. Bearden took fourth place in the 1,600-meter run, and she matched that result in the 3,200-meter run. LaGrange’s Breanna Grant also returned home with a medal after finishing sixth in the triple jump. Bearden’s performance capped a tremendous 2012-20...
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LaGrange falls in state finals
JONESBORO - They finally met their match. Facing Marist in the Class AAAA state-championship tennis match on Saturday, the LaGrange Lady Grangers lost 3-0, putting an end to a magnificent season. LaGrange finished with a 21-4 record that included a region championship and four victories in the state tournament. LaGrange beat West Laurens 3-2 to earn its invitation to the state finals, and it took on a strong Marist team at the Clayton Count...
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Troup's Buckner signs with CVCC
When Lakeithin Buckner got hot, there wasn’t much an opposing defense could do. The Troup High shooting guard had the ability to score points in bunches, and it’s something he did often over the years. During a game against LaGrange last season, Buckner scored 32 points, including 21 points in the second half, and he had 10 straight points during one stretch. After the game, which the Grangers won, LaGrange coach Mike Pauley marveled at Buc...
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LaGrange players sign
Kwame Brown is ready for the next step. After a banner stint as a basketball player at LaGrange High, Brown is taking his talent to Mississippi where he’ll join the team at Meridian Community College. Brown took a visit last week, he was offered an athletic scholarship by the coach, and he made it official on Friday when he signed a letter of intent during a ceremony at LaGrange High. Two of Brown’s teammates, Demarcus Turnbough and Rudra K...
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Wildcat wins state titles
Dawson Street Christian School’s Shaquille Tiggs closed out an extraordinary high-school athletic career with a bang. Competing in the GISA Class A state track meet in Albany, Tiggs walked away with three first-place medals, and he finished as the high-point earner in his classification. Tiggs pulled off the double in the two sprinting events, capturing first place in the 100-meter dash and the 200-meter dash. Tiggs also won the long jump. ...
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Season ends for Cavaliers
It was another successful season for the Callaway Cavaliers, but as far as head coach Dusty Hubbard is concerned, it ended way too soon. The Cavaliers finished with a stellar 23-9 record, they were second in their region, and they won a playoff series. Yet the Cavaliers fell short of the goal Hubbard said everyone is striving for, a state championship. “One team is going to meet that goal,” Hubbard said. “It’s hard to get. You have to be lu...
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Doubles teams getting it done
In the case of LaGrange High’s doubles teams, two heads are definitely better than one. The Lady Grangers are playing for a state championship this weekend, and the two doubles teams are a key reason why. Throughout the regular season, the region tournament and the state tournament, LaGrange’s doubles teams have been close to unbeatable. In fact during the state tournament, they have been unbeatable, with both teams rolling to 4-0 records. ...
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LaGrange playing for a championship
There’s one more mountain to climb. The LaGrange High girls’ tennis team has conquered every challenger it has faced so far in the Class AAAA state tournament. The Lady Grangers have beaten Stephens County, Chamblee, Lanier and West Laurens, and their reward is a trip to the state-championship match where they’ll take on Marist. The match is set to get under way today at 11:30 a.m. at the Clayton County International Park. It has already b...
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Troup rallies to win series
WHITE- They had no doubt. The Troup Tigers were down by a run as they came to the plate for their final at-bat in Game 2 of their playoff series against the Cass Colonels, and their belief in themselves never wavered. “We had plenty of confidence,” Troup catcher Jonathan Foster said. “We’ve been in this situation before, so we knew how to get pumped up. When (Brandon Butts) had the leadoff double, we knew.” Sure enough, Butts’ double kick-s...
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Troup blanks Cass in Game 1
WHITE - Garrett McClurg made it look easy. Facing the Cass Colonels on Wednesday in the opening game of a Class AAAA state-playoff series, the Troup High pitcher threw five dominant innings to help his team cruise to a 6-0 victory. Jacob Ozley pitched the final two innings, and Jonathan Foster led the offensive effort with a home run, his second of the playoffs. McClurg and Ozley combined for a three-hitter with nine strikeouts. McClurg re...
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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 ...
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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...
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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),...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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