The Lady Tiger

Soccer teams defeated the Lady Wild cats from Lovejoy by a score of 12-0

in both the Varsity and Junior Varsity games last week. This game was

the Varsity team's Home and Sub-Region opener. They came out strong and

were up 4-0 after seven and a half minutes. Crystal Rene de Cotret and

Megan Wolfe got one goal a piece while Ashley Kirkwood notched two goals.

After that,

the Lady Tigers started to empty their bench and scored three more goals

to finish the half 7-0. Normal starting goalkeeper Cassie Coggins came

on as a field player to score two goals before the half and Jennifer Puckett

got the other.

The Lady Tigers

found the net five more times in the second half with goals by Coggins,

Kirkwood, Puckett, and two by Rene de Cotret. In all, the Tigers shelled

the Lady Wildcats with a 51-0 edge in shots. In all, Kirkwood, Rene de

Cotret, and Coggins each had a hat trick.

The Junior

Varsity started the night at 5:30 with a resounding 12-0 victory in which

they did not face a Lovejoy shot or corner kick. The score was 6-0 at

the half after a hat trick by Freshman Rachel McBride. Six other Lady

Tigers scored one goal apiece to bring the final to 12-0. This was the

third game of the Junior Varsity season. They had previously beaten LaGrange

9-0 and lost to Upson-Lee 6-1.

On Friday night

the Lady Tiger varsity team took to the pitch in Tiger Stadium to face

the Jonesboro Lady Cardinals. In the end, they took home a lot of missed

opportunities, as well as a great deal of mud and rain water. Both teams

were looking to establish themselves against quality in-state opposition.

The Lady Tigers

were without three players: 2000 All-region defender Rachel Frazier (Qudraceps),

Freshman forward Megan Wolfe (illness), and Senior Diana Petro who had

suffered a torn ACL in practice.

The field conditions

at Tiger Stadium were less than could be desired, as the week of home

games and rain had done obvious damage to the field. The JV game was played

through constant rain in the first half. A respite came from the rain

in the second half of the Junior Varsity game but it picked back up as

soon as the Varsity game commenced.

The first half

was very even, play alternated halves of the field frequently. Tiger goalkeeper,

Coggins, was hardly troubled on the two shots Jonesboro managed. Christine

Wix fired one shot for the Tigers that required a fine diving save from

the Jonesboro net-minder. It seemed that the two foes were feeling each

other out.

The second

half was a different story. The Tigers took eight shots on the Cardinal

net versus one against the Tigers. The Tigers kept the pressure on and

for long periods, the Cardinals failed to reach half-field. However, try

as the Tigers did, their earlier goal scoring woes continued. Early in

the second half the Tigers lost Crystal Rene de Cotret, one of their leading

scorers this season with three goals in four games, to a concussion. Still,

the Lady Tigers pressed and pressed, but a goal would not come. The second

half ended with the score still 0-0 and overtime ahead.

In the first

overtime, the Tigers continued to press but by this point the field had

turned more into a swimming pool than a soccer field. Standing water was

all over the field and both teams had trouble moving the ball with any

accuracy or control. Both sides managed a few opportunities but none that

amounted to any goals. After the two ten minute overtime periods, the

game ended deadlocked at no goals for either side. The Tigers held the

edge in shots 10-4 and corner kicks 8-0 but couldn't get the one statistic

that really matters, a goal.

Lady Tiger

Head Coach Allen Leonard said after the game, "This was one of those

games where every person on the team came out and left everything they

had on the field. It's unfortunate that we just couldn't hit the back

of the net."

The tie left

the Lady Tigers at 3-1-1 for the season moving into the toughest Stretch

of games before spring break. The Lady Tigers faced North Gwinnett last

night at 7 p.m. in Tiger Stadium and will travel to take on Sprayberry

on Saturday at 3 p.m.

The Fayette

County boys team went undefeated and unscored upon in the Newnan Cougar

Classic to retain the title of tournament champions for the second consecutive

year. The Tigers defeated teams from Wetumpka, Al (7-0), Gadsden (5-0)

and Oak Mountain (2-0).

The Tigers

used the tournament as a tune-up for regular season play which began Tuesday

with an 11-0 win over North Clayton. While goal scoring resulted from

strong performances by strikers Alex Crawford, Eric Vogl, Ryan Terry and

midfielder Adam Lester, it was the ability to shutout other teams which

made these wins decisive. Defenders Chris Kelley, Tyler House, Brian Collier,

Rosman Deas and David Zak blanketed opposing offenses effectively allowing

few real goal scoring opportunities. Standout play by senior keeper Matt

Hunnewell preserved the shutouts with several spectacular saves.

The boys will

host Lovejoy on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

In other action

this week, Starr's Mill's boys hosted Mt. Zion, Jonesboro last night and

will host Forest Park at 6 p.m. on Friday. McIntosh's boys and girls hosted

Riverdale on Tuesday and will play at Newnan on Friday. The girls will

play at 5:30 p.m. and the boys will play at 7:30 p.m.

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