Sports

Lassiter, Kell Grab Playoff Wins

The Trojans' boys soccer and lacrosse teams and the Lady Longhorn lacrosse team advance.

Three Northeast Cobb high sports teams advanced in the Georgia High School Association playoffs Tuesday.

The busiest and most successful school was :

  • The boys lacrosse team reached the AAAAA quarterfinals with a dominant home win over , 12-4. A big third quarter extended the Trojans’ 5-1 halftime lead to 11-3, according to the Lassiter Athletics Twitter feed. They’ll be home Friday night against East Coweta.
  • The boys soccer team also was dominant, rolling to a 4-1 win at in the AAAAA playoffs. The Warriors scored first, The Marietta Daily Journal reported, but the Trojans got first-half goals from Clay Dimick, Brandon Barbero and Will Robinson and a clincher from Robbie Cutchin with 12 minutes left in the win. They’ll play at in the quarterfinals Friday.
  • The boys tennis team’s season came to an end with a 3-1 quarterfinal loss at home to Alpharetta. “This was the best season for our varsity boys in many years,” reads a note on the Lassiter Tennis website. “Way to go, Trojans!”

teams went 1-1 Tuesday:

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  • The boys soccer team lost at home to Starr’s Mill in the AAAA tournament.
  • The girls lacrosse team triumphed in a high-scoring home game against South Forsyth, 17-12, to reach the A-AAAA quarterfinals. The Lady Longhorns will play at McIntosh or be home against Decatur on Friday.

The girls lacrosse teams from and also played Tuesday, but both suffered season-ending losses on the road in Johns Creek. Sprayberry lost to , 19-9, and Pope fell to .

The continues tonight with baseball, lacrosse and soccer.

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Lassiter and Pope host baseball doubleheaders. The Trojans play in a best-of-three series at 5 p.m., while the Greyhounds take on Northgate at 4:15.

The Lassiter girls are at home against in the AAAAA lacrosse playoffs at 8 p.m., and Pope's boys host in the A-AAAA playoffs at 7:30.

In girls soccer, Lassiter is home at 6 p.m. against , and Pope hosts McIntosh at 5:30. Kell, meanwhile, travels to Fayette County to play Whitewater at 6:30.


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