LCHS Softball head coach Joseph Jones and his coaching staff held a camp last week for elementary school aged softball players to come hone their skills and most importantly, develop a love for the sport of softball.
Campers scramble through the gauntlet as a high-intensity version of soccer-dodge-ball tests their agility at the community soccer camp at Lumpkin County High School last week.
Recent Lumpkin graduate Chloe Carver signed with Montreat College to be a part of the school’s first ever women’s wrestling team. Carver was a mainstay with Lumpkin for three years, wrestling against both boys and girls, helping to build the girls wrestling program at Lumpkin. Now she looks to do the same as a part of Montreat’s first recruiting class of women wrestlers.
Hunter Cooper awaits the pitch at third base during Lumpkin’s summer game against Union on Tuesday. The rising senior looks to be one of the team’s leaders for next season as Lumpkin prepares to field a fairly young team.
Lumpkin fishers Lyndsey and Audrey Gailey made up one of two Lumpkin teams who qualified for the B.A.S.S. Nation state tournaments on Lake Hartwell this past weekend.
Things are picking up for the summer at Lumpkin County Parks and Rec as the department gears up to put on their annual sports and art summer camps this month.
Members of the Lumpkin County High School Bass Fishing team competed in three different leagues of bass fishing this season, with the majority of the team competing in Georgia High School Fishing (GHSF). Pictured are head coach Joseph Jones, sisters Audrey and Lyndsey Gailey, Levi Self, Cooper McDonald, Jake Barrett, Scooter Ligon and Tyler Boggs.
LEFT: Lumpkin outfielder Brooke Temples recently signed with Andrew College to play softball at the next level. RIGHT: Emmie Graham delivers a pitch during this past season for the Indians. Graham is now set to play for Andrew College next season.
The UNG Softball team opened its National Championship campaign with a bang, scoring eight runs in its first game to take an 8-2 victory over Adelphi University on Thursday, before rolling over Auburn-Montgomery 8-0 on Friday. The Nighthawks say their season come to an end in the Final Four on Sunday, losing twice to Cal State Dominguez Hills.
After being held in check for most of the day, the Nighthawks exploded, first on the field, then in celebration as Mariah Wicker (right) hugs teammate Madison Simmons after her teammate scored from first to give UNG its first lead of the day in extra innings of the season-determining game. Now the squad is headed to Denver for the NCAA Division II National Championship.
