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 Section B
 Thursday, February 2, 2006


 Lady Trojans Soccer team


shines in district tournament


 The Hamilton County Lady Trojans Soc-
cer team traveled to Tallahassee for a first
round district playoff game with Florida
High. The upset minded Trojans were
seeded third and faced the Florida High
team for the third time this year. The
Lady Trojans were defeated by the Semi-
noles 8-0 in their first meeting and 6-1 in a
home game earlier this year. The Lady
Trojans have steadily improved through-
out the year.
 According to Coach Byrd, "I felt our
team had an excellent opportunity to win
our first district playoff game. We were
hoping to spread out their defense and
create more of an offensive threat than we
have in the past."
 The game started on a very wet and
windy field, but it did not dampen the
play of the lady Tro-
jans. The first 20
minutes was a see-
saw battle with both We had an
teams trying.to es- year and
tablish ball control proud of
and field position. and W
Robbielyn Roberson and
and Mary Hannah achieved
Gaver applied a lot of very yoI
pressure on the Semi- and I exl
nole goalie and there the dist
were several collisions te i
with the FSU goal UpCOmi
keeper. The ball was want to
wet and slippery but parent
the FSU keeper was able high S
to keep the ball out of for th(
the net. Coach
 The Lady Trojans de-
 fense, led by sweeper
 Katie Allen, played with
 a lot of intensity and prevented the Semi-
 noles from penetrating the goal area. By
 the 20-minute water break, the lady Tro-
 jans were in the game of their lives with
 the score 0-0.
 "We were certainly pleased with the
 way the girls began the game and we en-
 coiu aged their ti o'cofitinute to play hard,"
 -aid assistant coach Tommy Smith.
 The next ten minutes of play proved to
 seal the fate of the game. The Seminoles
 kicked the ball into the goalie box and it
 was properly cleared by fullback Lyndsey
 Burnam. The ball bounced out about 30
 yards from the goal and a Seminole mid-
 fielder miss-kicked the ball up into the air.
 The wind, which was blowing toward our
 goal, blew the ball past the outstretched
 arms of our goalie Roxanne Zamora and
 into our goal.


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 "It was a very lucky and cheap goal. It
 was not a shot at the goal but it went in,"
 said Coach Byrd.
 The goal got the Lady Trojans out of
 their game plan. The Seminoles continued
 to apply pressure that resulted in another
 opportunity to score when one of their
 forwards dribbled the ball past Trojan
 goalie Zamora and made a hard shot for
 an obvious goal to the right side of the
 goal. However, defender Alli Kennedy
 stretched out to get a foot on the ball and
 cleared it out of the goal.
 "She did a great job stopping that goal..
 That play kept the game in reach and
 seemed to put some life back into our
 girls," stated Coach Selph.
 After a spirited halftime speech by
 Coach Byrd, the Lady
 Trojans did not allow an-
 other goal and played
excellent very well for the remain-
 der of the match. The
 Sa very best opportunity for a
 our girls goal in the second half
hat we came when Trojan cen-
SWe are a ter mid-fielder Kendal
 S tea Newsome made a pass
ung ta through to a streaking
ect to win Roberson with a de-
rict in the fender following for a
ng years. I one on one break with
thank the the Seminole goalie.
 d the As Roberson reached
S and the goalie box, the
chOOl Staff defender brought her
uir support down from behind
1Chris Byrd for an obvious
 penalty kick, but the
 referee did not
 make the call and awarded the ball to
 the lady Seminoles. The fans and the side-
 line could not believe the call, or lack there
 of. It was apparent that the Seminole play-
 er had knocked Roberson down to prevent
 a shot and he really cannot understand
 how the referee missed the call according
 to Coach Byrd..
 The game became a little bit more physi-
 ,cal from that point on. .Trojan:midrfielder
 Shana Campbell and a Seminole player
 were both going for the ball and collided.
 Both players fell to the ground and the
 Seminole player began kicking Campbell
 on the back. The FSU player was ejected
 from the game and the Seminoles had to
 play the remaining 20 minutes of the game
 a player short. The Trojan coaches decided
 to go for the win and pushed several


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Soccer


Sign-up


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 Soccer sign-up is no\ tunderway for 'xtbov''.
 and girls 14 years old and younger. For more ;
 information call 792-3098 or 303-1145.



Ten Star All Star Basketball Camp


 Applications are now being evaluated
for The Ten Star All Star Summer Basket-
ball Camp. The Camp is by invitation
only. Boys and girls ages 10 through 19
are eligible to apply.
 Past participants include Michael Jor-
dan, Tim Duncan, Vince Carter, Jerry
Stackhouse, Grant Hill and Antawn Jami-
son. Players from 50 states and 18 foreign


countries attended the 2005 camp. College
Basketball Scholarships are possible for
players selected to the All-American
Team.
 Camps are located in B'abson Park, Fla.,
Gainesville, Ga., and several other areas
of the United States.
 For a free brochure call 704-373-0873 at
anytime.


Eighth grader Kristin Parks, shown above, is one of many youngsters that will return next
year for the Lady Trojans. Hamilton County will lose one player to graduation this year,
Roxanne Zamora.


 The junior varsity soccer .. --
 team had a great year
 considering that this was
their first year. Coach h ByrdS
 arrival at varsity level of. ....
several of these young ladies. I*a .


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