The Newnan Lady Cougars faced Lovejoy on Friday

night and defeated them 6-1. The game started slowly but under the

leadership of seniors Anne Barrow and Karen Hembree, the

offense got underway. Hembree scored the first goal, putting the ball

just over the Lovejoy keeper. Barrow nailed the second goal from

about 45 yards out. However, Lovejoy capitalized on a break away

right before halftime, cutting the Newnan lead in half. The

Lady Cougars were more aggressive in the second half.

Sophomore Amanda Morton, who assisted Hembree's goal then assisted

Sister Edge's two goals of the evening. Morton also finished

off a ball played by Marci Pike. The scoring was not over yet,

with five minutes remaining Karen Hembree punched in a loose

ball in front of the net.

Newnan outshot Lovejoy 36 to 3 and continued to get

outstanding play from Erica Crutchfield, Tiffany Sellen, Stephanie

Flagg and Crystal Owens.

Newnan hosted second ranked McIntosh on Tuesday night

and just could not keep up. The Lady Chiefs capitalized anytime

the Lady Cougars let their guard down, beating them by a score

of 9-0. Keeper Katie Smith stopped several point blank shots

while senior Elizabeth McEntire and sophomore Patricia

Ballantyne kept the game close early. Newnan will travel to

Sharpsburg to face East Coweta on Saturday. McIntosh will host Walton

on Friday at 6 p.m.

The Starr's Mill girls handled the Sandy Creek Lady

Patriots with ease on Tuesday, defeating them 15-0. The Lady

Panthers controlled the tempo for most of the game, virtually

slicing through the defense. Ten different people scored for Starr's

Mill, including usual goalie Rachel Sproul. Alison Graham

scored twice in nine minutes, Brady Ragan had two goals and

Janet Burke had a hat trick. The Lady Panthers will host fifth

ranked Woodward Academy at the soccer complex on Hwy.74 at

5:30 p.m. on Friday.

The Fayette County boys traveled to Griffin on Tuesday

night, expecting a physical game. The game lived up to it's

expectations. There were two red cards and five yellow cards issued. The

Tigers were only issued one yellow card. Fayette County led 1-0 at the

half and then went up 2-0 early in the second half. Griffin scored

next but Fayette iced it right at the end with their third goal.

Todd Edwards headed in a Nick Zatezalo throw in and

Trevor Bowman headed in a free kick from Brent Turner. Brent

Turner also scored off of a free kick. Fayette County outshot Griffin

20-9 and JB Wood remained in the net for the entire game,

recording seven saves.

Fayette County will host Lovejoy on Friday night at 7

p.m. and highlights from Tuesday's win will be shown on The

High School Sports Show on WAGA Channel 5 at 10:30 a.m. on

Saturday morning.

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