LRD 10U Girls Take Title

The Lyons Recreation Department's 10U girls softball team claimed the State Championship in Moultrie in the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association tournament in June. They went undefeated in the tournament to bring home the title. Lyons took on Lee County in the first round of the tournament and rolled to a 19-2 win. That moved them on to face off with Coffee County. In that game Lyons kept it going as they put 17 more runs on the board to win the game 17-3. In the semifinals of the tournament LRD played against Murray County. This was a close game, but Lyons pulled out the win, 17-14, to advance to the Championship Game as the undefeated team.

In the semifinals of the losers' bracket Swainsboro squeaked by Murray County, 13-12, to advance to take on Lyons in the Championship. The title game was another close one, but the girls from Lyons took a one-run win over Swainsboro. Lyons won the game 14-13 to earn their State Championship.