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Lassiter Girls Stop Walton in Lacrosse

The Lady Trojans will face Milton for the state title; Pope and Walton baseball play quarterfinal rubber matches today.

The lacrosse battle of East Cobb lived up to the billing on Tuesday.

The Lassiter girls led Walton 10-5 at halftime, then hung on in the final minutes of the match to claim a 13-11 win over Walton in the semifinals of the Georgia High School Association Class 6A tournament.

Lassiter which lost big to Walton earlier in the season, faces top-ranked Milton on Saturday in the finals.

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The Walton and Pope baseball teams were playing at home Tuesday in quarterfinals doubleheaders, and both earned splits, forcing decisive games today.

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Walton defeated Tift County 8-0 in its opener in Class 6A but lost 2-1 on a walkoff sacrifice fly. Today's third game, also at Walton, starts at 4 p.m.

In Class 5A, Pope also won the first game of the day, bouncing Evans 10-2. But the Greyhounds fell 11-6 in the nightcap. Today's clinching game at Pope begins at 4:30 p.m.


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