The LCHS Wrestling team took second place in the area on Saturday and is set to send 13 wrestlers to compete at sectionals on the boys’ side along with the team’s entire lineup of wrestlers on the girls’ side.

Already a dominant post player, Kate Jackson now tortures defenses from the outside as well, as displayed against Dawson on Tuesday, when she knocked down a trio of threes in the first half.

Austin Marshall (right) and the rest of the Lumpkin County High School wrestling squad are readying themselves for Traditional Area.

Freshman Cal Faulkner takes on the contact and drives to the basket against two Dawson defenders during Tuesday’s win over the Tigers. Lumpkin notched its first win over their rivals in five years behind a second-half takeover by Faulkner, who scored 15 of his 23 points in the second-half.

Lexi Pierce drives past her would-be defender en route to the basket. Head coach David Dowse said that the aggressive tendencies that teams use to try and stop the Indians oftentimes just propels Lumpkin’s great guard play into some of its biggest strengths.

Lumpkin County High School JROTC Cadet Liv Lusky

Lumpkin wrestler T.J. Payne maintains complete control of his opponent on the mat, eventually holding on for a decisive 2-1 win in his match on Saturday.

The LCHS Girls Basketball squad celebrates with Breigh Rice (center) following their 72-10 trouncing of West Hall where Rice scored the final points of the game to mark her first career varsity basket.

Senior Chloe Carver eyes her opponent before eventually pinning him to seal the win and third place finish in the region for the Indians. Carver made quick work of her opponent, getting the first round pin and earning the maximum amount of points for her team, which needed it to edge out the Trojans, 39-37.

Lumpkin senior Jones Harris puts up a shot with eight seconds left in regulation against West Hall on Friday. Harris was fouled on the play, heading to the line where he converted both free throws to give the Indians a late two-point lead.