Tennessee-Georgia All-Star Classic Series

By:Jessie Merciers
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Mark your calendars now for the annual Tennessee-Georgia All-Star Series, sponsored by the Sportsman’s Warehouse.The All-Star series will match up graduates of the Class of 2008 in a dozen counties each in Southeast Tennessee and Northwest Georgia.

More than 300 athletes were invited to participate in the series last June and even more will be invited this year.

The series will begin on Saturday, June 7 at 7:30 p.m. with the Football Classic at Chattanooga’s Finley Stadium.

This will be the fifth Football Classic and the third held at Finley. The series was evened up at 2-2 after a last-minute touchdown gave Team Georgia a 14-13 win last June.

The scene shifts to AT&T Field, the home of the Chattanooga Lookouts, on Monday, June 9 for the Senior Baseball Classic. First pitch of the nine-inning game is schduled for 6 p.m.

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Coty Stephens Will Attend Covenant College

By:Justin Wallin
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Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe cross-county runner Coty Stephens is kicking up his heels about continuing his career with Covenant College.

Stephens is the fifth runner to earn a scholarship in the past four years at LFO.

He said he set his goals to reach the next level and never looked back.

“From the beginning of the year I planned to get better and better,” he said. “Then I decided I wanted to get a scholarship.”

Stephens said now that he has committed to running at Covenant he is excited about the “new experience.”

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Gordon Lee Baseball Continues On To Quarterfinals

By:Jessie Merciers
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Even coaches sometimes don’t mind admitting to being wrong.

When his Gordon Lee Trojans won a wild first-round playoff series at Lakeview Academy last weekend, head coach Greg Payne said he “couldn’t be more proud of this team.”

That was until Thursday when his Trojans knocked out top-ranked Aquinas, 8-6, in the third and deciding game of their best 2-of-3, second-round, Class A baseball series in Augusta.

“I guess I was wrong with what I said then,” Payne said. “What they did today exceeds what they did last week. These guys just keep surprising people, but I don’t know if they are even surprising themselves anymore.

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Florida State’s Mickey Andrews Visited LFO

By:Justin Wallin
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Florida State’s Mickey Andrews Says ‘Best Ability is Dependability’

Florida State Associate head coach Mickey Andrews has been a part of greatness for much of his football career as a player and as a coach.

As a player, he played on National Championship teams in 1961 and 1964 under Paul “Bear” Bryant at Alabama .

In 1971, he coached Livingston State (now West Alabama ) to a NAIA National Football Championship.

In addition, the Florida State defensive coordinator has directed squads that spearheaded National Championships in 1993 and 1999, and have often been the nation’s leader in defense.

Thursday night he spoke to more than 300 people and layers at the 2008 Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Spring Football banquet at the Colonnade in Catoosa County.

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Gordon Lee Baseball

By:Jessie Merciers
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The Gordon Lee Trojans didn’t swing the bats as well today as they did this past Friday, but they swung them well enough to earn a split against top-ranked Aquinas in the second round of the Class A state playoffs in Augusta on Wednesday.

Aquinas (27-3) took game one 9-3, but the Trojans (19- salvaged the nightcap, winning 11-6 and handing the Irish their first loss of the year against another Class A team.

Gordon Lee head coach Greg Payne elected to save senior ace Zack DeBord until the second game to avoid a matchup with Aquinas ace Andrew Foushee.

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LFO’s Collins Signs With Motlow Basketball

By:Justin Wallin
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For the first time in a long time, Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe senior Natalie Collins will play for a basketball coach other than the Lady Warriors’ Wayne Weaver.

Collins’ career began on Weaver’s rec team, and Tuesday afternoon at LFO she signed papers to continue it next season at Motlow State Community College.

“I’ve coached Natalie since she was 6 years old,” Weaver said. “She’s worked hard and been a great asset to our program. She’s a great shooter and a great defender. She’s done anything you could ask of a kid and been a great example to our other players. It’s going to be impossible to replace Natalie.”

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Warriors Upcoming Football Power Houses

By:Justin Wallin
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The LFO Warriors finished there last season with a 2-8 record, which is the best that they have had in two years, in the 7-AAAA region. After the Warriors played there spring game on May 9th, 2008 at Tommy Cash Stadium it really looks like the Warriors have hit the weight room hard during this off season and look forward to a bigger and better season.

After the spring game on May 9th the Warriors really have some powerhouses that well be giving the other area teams alot of trouble this coming football season. Some of these powerhouses include:

• LaGreg Burns
• Cody Cox
• Logan Fields
• Derrick Laney
• Drew Lemons

So you better go ahead and buy your season tickets for the all the Warriors home games at Tommy Cash Stadium for the coming up season because the team is looking for a bigger and better season this year and it looks like they have what it takes to get the season off to a good start. For more information on the team go to lfofootball.com

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