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                           Section B
                 Thursday, July 8, 2010


All Area


softball


team


Hamilton


hoopsters


wrap up


season


Submitted


Hamilton County pitcher/shortstop Megan Snipes was named to the first team Jasper News All-Area softball team.
Photo: Corey Davis


Player of the Year
  Lindsey Hamlin, Lafayette, Sr.-Hamlin
did it all on the field for the Hornets,
whether it was on the mound, at second
base or in the batters box. During the sea-
son, Hamlin, who signed with Santa Fe
College, became the schools all-time sea-
son home run leader surpassing the great
Natalie Land.

Coach of the Year:
  Derek Garland, Lafayette-Garland took
a fairly young group of girls all the way
to the schools first ever state title game
appearance. With a demanding schedule
that featured games against Suwannee
(20-10), Columbia (20 wins), Madison
County (playoff), Santa Fe (20 wins, play-
offs) and Williston (20 wins, Final Four
participant), Lafayette struggled early on
starting 1-3 before limping into the play-
offs at 11-10.

First team
  Jamie Summers, Suwannee, Jr., OF-
.357, 23 RBIs, 6 walks, 8 doubles
  Jessie Tenbroeck, Suwannee, Fr., INF-
.432, 15 walks, 8 doubles


  Stacy McClelland, Lafayette, Soph.,
UT- .434, 25 RBIs, 14 doubles, 10 walks, 2-
2 on the mound, 1.52 ERA, 26 Ks, 12
walks
  Lindsey Hamlin, Lafayette, Sr. UT-.414,
32 RBIs, 7 HR, 13 doubles, 9-4 on the
mound with 71 Ks, 37 walks, 3.37 ERA
  Lindsay O'Steen, Lafayette, Fr., INF-
.375, 29 RBIs, 13 doubles
  Brittney Shearer, Suwannee, Jr., INF-
.379, 17 RBIs, 3 doubles
  Kali Sharpe, Lafayette, Soph., C-.313,
31 RBIs, 9 doubles, 2 HR
  Bailey Edwards, Lafayette, Fr., INF-
.348, 20 RBIs
  Megan Snipes, Hamilton, Soph., INF-
.486, 7 RBIs, 13 doubles

Second team
  Emily Carter, Hamilton, Jr., INF-.390,
11 RBIs, 9 stolen bases
  Blake Daniels, Hamilton, Jr., INF-.375,
10 stolen bases, 9 RBIs
  Tinsley Smith, Suwannee, Soph., UT-
.337, 14 RBIs, 7 doubles, 8-6 on the
mound with 1.79 ERA with 102 Ks and 41
walks.
  Marshanna Boyette, Suwannee, Jr., UT-


.282, 10 RBIs, 3 doubles, 8-4 on the
mound with 2.76 ERA with 55 Ks and 51
walks.
  Nicole Roper, Suwannee, Soph., OF,-
.333, 6 RBIs, 12 walks
  Maegan Olson, Suwannee, Jr., INF-
.317, 16 RBIs, 12 walks, 5 doubles
  Cartaesha Macklin, Lafayette, Jr., OF-
.243, 9 RBIs, 0 errors
  Kaleigh Law, Lafayette, Fr., C-.250, 18
RBIs
  Paige Fenneman, Hamilton, Soph.,
INF-.281, 4 errors

Honorable Mention
  Hamilton: Jamee Daniels, Courtney
Moody
  Suwannee: Destiny Perrin, Emily Ross
  Lafayette: Julia Barnes
  Melody: Paige Rodriquez


  Criteria: Players were observed through
games and stats were sent in from the coach-
es to come up with the following all-area
teams. Branford chose not to send any stats,
therefore no one was nominated.


  The Hamilton County
High summer boys basket-
ball team attended Fellow-
ship of Christian Athletes
team camp July 24-26 in
Cochran, GA.
  The players enjoyed their
time of playing games, at-
tending chapel services,
and hanging out together.
Although with 8 games in
the first day and a half,
there wasn't much energy
left for the "hanging out"
part of it.
  Coach Patrick Murphy
reports that the behavior of
the students was good and
that the team as a whole
represented   Hamilton
County well.
  As for the basketball
games against Georgia
high schools, that part
went pretty well, too. The
Trojans ended up going 6-3
for the camp. There was no
tournament, just "pool"
play. Games consisted of
two 18 minute running-
clock halves except for the
final two minutes of the
game.
  The Trojans began camp
Thursday afternoon with a
win over Putnam County
61-48 on the strength of
some good   free throw
shooting (made 11 of 13
foul shots).
  A  few   hours  later,
Hamilton took on Taylor
County, GA and battled
hard. Unfortunately, it was
not enough against Taylor
as Hamilton lost 46-34.
  Taylor would go on to an
undefeated record at camp
and end as the best overall
team for the weekend.
Hamilton gave them their
second toughest game of
the camp, behind TCC.
  Later that night, Hamil-
ton lost to Jones County,
GA 51-40, giving Hamilton
a 1-2 record for the first
day of camp.
  Things changed for the
better on Friday, however,
as the Trojans rolled over
Thomas County Central's
#2 team 45-34. In their sec-
ond game of the day,
Hamilton faced Thomas
County Central's #1 team
and only trailed by 5 with 5
minutes to go. Unfortu-
nately, they could keep it
no closer for the rest of the
game, and ended up losing
53-36 to the team with the
second  best record  in
camp.
  Hamilton  didn't quit,
though, and went on to
win   three consecutive
games on Friday, starting
with a 20 point win over
Lowndes High's JV team.
They followed that up with
a 68-33 win over Colquitt
County and ended the day
with a win over Bleckley
County #2 by five points.
After day  2 of camp,
Hamilton had a 5-3 overall
record.
  By Saturday, the players
were   exhausted   and
played only one game,
winning on a buzzer beat-
ing three point shot over
Colquitt 44-43. It was a nice
ending for a fun camp and
gave the Trojans a 14-4
summer record at this
point in the summer.
  "The  summer record
may not count but it's nice
to see the guys working
hard and enjoying their
summer so far" said coach
Patrick Murphy.