Sports

Walton, Kell Compete in 7-on-7 Event at Lassiter

And other youth sports items of note in East Cobb, Northeast Cobb and Marietta.

Football season has come early for several Cobb schools this weekend, but it's not the familiar 11-a-side variety. 

Instead, it's a 7-on-7 event that got underway Friday at and continues through Saturday. 

Teams from Walton and Kell are a competing for a spot in next week's national tournament in Hoover, AL. The homestanding Trojans of Lassiter have already qualified. 

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Here's more information on the Lassiter event, including schedules and links to live and archived broadcasts. 

NASA Team Reaches National Tourney

The East Cobb-based North Atlanta Soccer Association's girls '12 Elite II team is preparing for the U.S. Youth Soccer Association national tournament that starts July 25 in Phoenix. 

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The NASA squad recently won the Region III USYSA tournament in Murfreesboro, TN, and it will be the second consecutive time it has qualified for the national tournament. 

Among the stars are Walton's Brooke Theobald and Abby Lutzenkirchen of Lassiter. 

Softball Tryouts for Lassiter, Sprayberry 

Tryouts for the Lassiter middle school fastpitch softball program began this week, but three additional tryout sessions are scheduled for this Sunday, July 17 at 6 p.m. as well as Wednesday at 4 p.m. and next Sunday, July 24, also at 6 p.m. at Lassiter High School. 

Because of construction at the school, access is through the football field entrance. For information contact Dave Zinnershine at 770-971-8828 or 770-480-4426 or dzpca@mindspring.com.

The Sprayberry Jr. Jacket softball tryouts are Monday and Tuesday, at 7 p.m. each day, at the Sprayberry High field. Rising fifth- through eighth-graders are invited. For information call Michael Gentile at lmgmag@gmail.com.


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