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LC Miners player/coach John Daley is ready to get back into the batter’s box after delays from the coronavirus pandemic pushed back the start of the 2020 Clayton League Senior Softball season.

LC Miners player/coach John Daley is ready to get back into the batter’s box after delays from the coronavirus pandemic pushed back the start of the 2020 Clayton League Senior Softball season.

Senior softball team cautious about beginning season June 3

GREG FINAN JR.
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the sports world hard for both young and old. High school, middle school and Parks & Rec sports were cancelled after rising concerns about the spread of the coronavirus.
Lumpkin wrestler Sam Irwin takes a shot on his opponent’s leg in the finals match of the GHSA State Wrestling Championship this past season.

Lumpkin wrestler Sam Irwin takes a shot on his opponent’s leg in the finals match of the GHSA State Wrestling Championship this past season.

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Lumpkin wrestler Irwin signs with Reinhardt University

GREG FINAN JR.
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Since he first stepped on the wrestling mat at a camp for kids as a rising sixth grader, Sam Irwin was hooked on the sport. “I first started wrestling the summer before I was a sixth grader at Coach Matthews’ camp for kids and was instantly hooked,” said Irwin.
LEFT: Lumpkin bass fishing team duo Harris Taylor and Avery Mills show off their bounty after a day on the lake during a tournament this season. RIGHT: Bass fishing team duo Kyle Trammell and Garrett Harris celebrate a sixth place finish at a tournament this past season.

LEFT: Lumpkin bass fishing team duo Harris Taylor and Avery Mills show off their bounty after a day on the lake during a tournament this season. RIGHT: Bass fishing team duo Kyle Trammell and Garrett Harris celebrate a sixth place finish at a tournament this past season.

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Fishing teams can now compete in GHSA sport

GREG FINAN JR.
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
The LCHS bass fishing team may finally start to reel in some recognition for all the hard work that its members have put into the sport of tournament fishing over the past two seasons after it was announced by the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) that bass fishing will be an officially...
New LCHS boys basketball coach Michael Parker (left) was heavily influenced by his 12 years with retired coach Jeff Steele.

New LCHS boys basketball coach Michael Parker (left) was heavily influenced by his 12 years with retired coach Jeff Steele.

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Parker to be new Lumpkin boys basketball head coach

GREG FINAN JR.
Thursday, April 23, 2020
For years Michael Parker has been on the sidelines studying and learning about the game of basketball in hopes of one day becoming a head coach.
Holly Foster scoops up the ball for the Truett McConnell University Lady Bears. She and her sister Hope have made quite the mark on collegiate lacrosse fields since they learned how to play the game two years ago.

Holly Foster scoops up the ball for the Truett McConnell University Lady Bears. She and her sister Hope have made quite the mark on collegiate lacrosse fields since they learned how to play the game two years ago.

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Foster twins make their mark on TMU lacrosse team

GREG FINAN JR.
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
When Hope and Holly Foster stepped onto any field or court during their time as multi-sport athletes for LCHS, they brought a fiercely competitive mindset and the intense physicality needed to impose their will on opposing teams and players.
Allie Procter stands on top of the podium after winning her third straight Youth Georgia Wrestling State Championship title recently. Procter, 8, racked up three wins by pin versus her male opponents to secure her third straight championship title.

Allie Procter stands on top of the podium after winning her third straight Youth Georgia Wrestling State Championship title recently. Procter, 8, racked up three wins by pin versus her male opponents to secure her third straight championship title.

Local girls wrestler wins third state title

GREG FINAN JR.
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
When Allie Procter was just five-years-old she made history when she became the first female wrestler to ever win the Youth Georgia State Championship title. That was 2017.
Former Lumpkin County basketball player Dakota Sullens poses with her JV team in her first season as White County JV head girls basketball coach. The former Lumpkin standout has coached at White County for the past two seasons.

Former Lumpkin County basketball player Dakota Sullens poses with her JV team in her first season as White County JV head girls basketball coach. The former Lumpkin standout has coached at White County for the past two seasons.

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Former Lumpkin standout transitions from basketball player to coach

GREG FINAN JR.
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Former LCHS and Piedmont College women’s basketball standout Dakota Sullens is hoping that she can teach some valuable lessons for on and off the court to her players as she prepares to embark on her third season as assistant girls basketball coach at White County High School.
LEFT: Caroline Cunningham celebrates her State Championship title with Lumpkin County Youth Wrestling Club coach Tristin Duckworth and her wrestling idol Kaylee Seabolt. RIGHT: Caleb Yorkey shows off his State Champion belt and medal after an overtime win in the finals. Yorkey became the first USA wrestling champion for Lumpkin County in years.

LEFT: Caroline Cunningham celebrates her State Championship title with Lumpkin County Youth Wrestling Club coach Tristin Duckworth and her wrestling idol Kaylee Seabolt. RIGHT: Caleb Yorkey shows off his State Champion belt and medal after an overtime win in the finals. Yorkey became the first USA wrestling champion for Lumpkin County in years.

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Youth Wrestling Club enjoys successful year

GREG FINAN JR.
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Lumpkin County Youth Wrestling Club coach and former LCHS standout wrestler Tristin Duckworth will tell anyone who will listen just how successful the team’s 2019 season went. “The season was nothing short of spectacular,” said Duckworth. “I am proud of every kid on the team.