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Lowndes tennis beats Cook
VALDOSTA —The Lowndes varsity tennis teams each claimed 5-0 victories over Cook High School on Tuesday afternoon. The Lowndes girls won in straight sets, while the boys’ team won a hard-fought match, which featured two individual matches going into the third sets.
The Lowndes tennis teams will begin region play against crosstown rival Valdosta on Tuesday at Harry B. Anderson Tennis Center (McKey Park).
Lowndes girls soccer ties TCC
THOMASVILLE — The Lowndes girls soccer team earned a 1-1 tie with Thomas County Central Tuesday night.
Hanna Jo Isaacson scored Lowndes’ only goal, coming just 20 seconds into the match when she dribbled down the left side and drilled the ball into the upper right corner of the net. TCC evened the score at 1-1 with a goal in the 25th minute.
Lowndes baseball falls to Thomasville
THOMASVILLE — The Lowndes baseball dropped its second-straight game Tuesday night, falling to Thomasville 3-1. With the loss, the Vikings are now 0-2 on the season. Lowndes will look for win No. 1 on the season Friday night against Hoover (Ala.).
Lowndes boys soccer beats TCC, 5-2
Thomasville — The Lowndes boys soccer team claimed its first victory of the season Tuesday night. The Vikings beat Thomas County Central 5-2 to earn the victory. In the win, Chrsitian Carmarillo scored a hat-trick, claiming three scores in the game. Yuri Guimaraes and Chris Wilmot each scored a goal.
The Vikings led 1-0 after the first half, but quickly fell behind 2-1 in the second half. Lowndes eventually recovered, scoring the final four goals of the contest. Lowndes hosts Coffee Feb. 28.
VSU’s Groves named Pitcher of the Week
VALDOSTA — Valdosta State baseball pitcher Steven Groves was named the Gulf South Conference Pitcher of the Week, according to an announcement by the league office. Groves led VSU to its first shutout of the season in a 2-0 victory over Georgia Southwestern.
Georgia Christian advances to final four
DASHER — Georgia Christian’s boys basketball team will compete in the GISA Class A semifinals on Thursday in Milledgeville. The Generals will face Dawson Street at 2:30 p.m.
Georgia Christian started the playoffs with a 57-41 win over David Emanuel in the first round. Then Ryan King’s two free throws with 0.3 seconds left gave the Generals a 48-46 victory over Nathaniel Greene in the quarterfinals. Georgia Christian’s girls lost their first round game, 44-38.
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Comeback falls short
A five-run seventh inning wasn’t enough to carry the Valdosta State Blazers past reigning national champion UC-San Diego on Day One of the NCAA Softball Championship Tournament in Louisville.
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Four Blazers garner All-America honors
Just before the Valdosta State softball team loaded onto the team bus to head to Bellarmine University for its Day 1 matchup with the University of California-San Diego, three Blazers were informed they were All-Americans.
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Title quest begins today
The only thing standing in the way of Valdosta State’s quest for claiming a first-ever softball national championship is four games.
The Blazers (52-4) will play the first of those games today at 12:30 p.m. in Louisville, the site of this year’s National Championship Tournament and the site of the Division II Spring Sports Festival. -
Vikings wrap up spring football practice
The Lowndes football team wrapped up spring practice with its annual spring game on Tuesday at Martin Stadium.
It was an informal game. No score was kept, and the clock was turned off. The offensive and defensive units rotated on each series — with the varsity and junior varsity squads each getting plenty of snaps — and nearly every player participating in spring practice got to play. Lowndes used six different quarterbacks (two with the varsity offense), and 18 different players got to carry the ball. Ten players caught at least one pass. -
Lowndes’ LaRenick Rollins heading to Brewton-Parker
On Monday, Lowndes High’s LaRenick Rollins signed a letter of intent to wrestle for Brewton-Parker College next year.
Rollins looks forward to the opportunity to wrestle in college.
“Very excited,” he said. “(Signing) was just one step closer to going to college. I’m so happy.” -
Lowndes Middle coach suffers burns in accident
Ed Mitchell, a coach at Lowndes Middle School, suffered second- and third-degree burns in a cooking accident at his house on Saturday.
Mitchell was airlifted to a burn center in Augusta on Saturday night, and had surgery on Sunday morning. -
Column: ‘All eyes forward’ while learning from the past
Following his team’s 2-0 win over Florida Southern on Saturday, which clinched the South Super Regional Championship, Valdosta State head softball coach Thomas Macera was asked if his team will look back at the 2010 national tournament as a reference moving forward to this year’s national tournament.
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South Region champions!
For the second consecutive day, Natalia Morozova was the hero for the Valdosta State softball team.
On Friday night, Morozova’s RBI double in the 16th inning carried the Blazers past the Florida Southern Moccasins. On Saturday, it was Morozova’s two-run home run in the top of the fourth inning that carried the Blazers to a 2-0 win and a trip to the NCAA Division II National Tournament. -
Lowndes tennis team falls in semifinals
Lowndes’ girls tennis team fell 3-0 to Roswell in the Class AAAAA state semifinals on Saturday at the Clayton County International Park.
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Blazers win South Region, advance to national tournament
The Valdosta State softball team is headed back to the national tournament. The top-ranked Blazers advanced to their second National Championship Tournament in three years Saturday behind a 2-0 win over Florida Southern in game 2 of the South Super Regional Tournament.
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