Sports Editor

The Landmark Lady War Eagles lost to Pace Academy

in softball last Thursday, 12-0. Landmark has six returning

seniors and two sophomores, the rest of the team is

freshmen. Though the maturity level is spread out, the team is

building experience by playing against tough competition. The

competition continued into the weekend as Landmark took part in

the Shaw tournament. The Lady War Eagles played five games in

two days, only winning one game. They defeated Brookstone by

a score of 9-4. Their losses came against Harris County,

Pacelli Catholic, Westside and Columbus. Most of the losses were

only by a run or two and Coach Bozeman said that the quality

of their opponents is important to the development of his team.

Senior catcher Tarah Blondeau was scorching the ball over

the weekend, going 10 for 15 at the tournament. Heather McCord

did a majority of the pitching, while Andi Stipe and first

baseman Kristen May played well throughout the tournament.

Landmark plays at Lovett High School on Thursday.

The Lady Chiefs played in the Rockdale Tournament over

the weekend, placing third out of a 12 team field. The Lady

Chiefs started off by shutting out the Cedar Shoals Lady Jaguars,

15-0 on Friday night. They put on a clinic, nailing 13 hits overall

and scoring 12 in the fourth inning. Jennifer Ward, Emily

Langbehn, Abby King, Megan Mulcahey, Candace Moore and Abby

Stone all reached base twice in the wild fourth inning.

The Lady Chiefs lost to Salem High School, 4-1.

Candace Moore hita single and scored the lone McIntosh run when

Sabrina McCord singled in the first inning.

In their next game against Dacula, the Lady Chiefs won

6-5. Abby Stone knocked in Candace Moore in the first

and fifth inning, while Britte Hardy, Abby Stone and Candace

Moore all hit well.

The Lady Chiefs then went on to face the Duluth Cats,

probably the stiffest competition they faced in the tournament. The score

was tied 0-0 in the third an d Duluth pulled to a 2-0 lead in the

bottom of the fourth. The Chief rallied at the top of the fifth, when

Brooke and Abby King both singled, advancing on a Megan

Mulcahey single and scoring on singles from Candace Moore and Britte

Hardy. The game was tied 2-2 in the top of the seventh, when the

Lady Chiefs bats came alive. They recorded five hits, including a

triple by Hardy and a double by Ward. The Lady Chiefs scored four

runs in the wild seventh and cruised to a 6-2 victory.

The Lady Chiefs luck ran out though, in their fourth contest

of the day, against Rockdale County. There was a 0-0 tie at the end

of regulation and international tie- breaker rules were put into

play. The tie-breaker rules place a runner on second base for each

team. Both teams scored one run in the inning and Rockdale scored

agin in the eighth. A contoversial call at third base ended the

Lady Chiefs hopes and they lost 2-1. The Lady Chiefs will play

Fayette County at 6 p.m.on Tuesday at McCurry Park as well as

Starr's Mill at 5 p.m.on Wednesday and Newnan at 6 p.m. on

Thursday. Both games will be played at Meade Field.

Speaking of Starr's Mill, the Lady Panthers crushed

Cedar Grove 15-0 in three innings, last Thursday. On Monday, they

took on Creekside and handed them a 13-1 loss in five innings.

The competition gets a little stiffer this week as they face Sandy

Creek, Tuesday and McIntosh on Wednesday

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