Sometimes the hardest goal to score is the first.

That was the case last week when the Greenbrier boys soccer team played host to the Hardaway Hawks in the first round of the Class AAAA state tournament.

The top-seeded Wolfpack had a number of chances to score in the first half, but it took a Luke Waechter penalty kick with less than five minutes left in the half to get on the board. The Wolfpack scored three more times in the second half and rolled to the 4-0 win.

“You’re always looking for the first one,” Wolfpack head coach Chip Warren said.

It didn’t take long for the Lakeside High School boys tennis team to advance to the second round of the Class AAAA Boys State Tennis Tournament on Wednesday morning.

A day after the Lakeside girls team advanced to the second round of the state tournament with a 5-0 win over Lee County, the Panthers made short work of Northside-Warner Robins, winning 3-0.

“It’s good. We’re excited to be in the second round,” said Panthers head coach Miranda Whitmire, whose squad entered as the No. 2 team from Region 2. “The next match, no matter who we
play, is going to be tough.”

Monday

SCISA playoffs first round

Augusta Christian, TBD

Tuesday

SCISA playoffs first round (if needed)

Friday

AAA state playoffs first round

Harlem at Eastside or Spalding, TBD

AAAA state playoffs first round

Greenbrier, Evans host (TDB)

GISA playoffs first round and SCISA playoffs second round

Saturday

GISA playoffs first round and SCISA playoffs second round (if needed)

Monday

Alan Troutman didn’t just sign a letter of intent to become a lacrosse player. He signed on to become the foundation of a program.

On Tuesday afternoon, the Greenbrier High School senior inked the paperwork that will send him to Emmanuel College, just outside of Atlanta, to become the first-year program’s goalie.

It was a visit to the school among other things that helped him make up his mind.

“I looked over other offers and talked with family and decided that Emmanuel would be best for me,” Troutman said.