From staff reports

The Carrollton High School girls golf team captured first place at the Region 6-AAA Tournament on Monday at Cherokee Country Club in Cedartown.

The Lady Trojans, who are the defending Class AAA state champions, shot a 155. The second-place team, Cass, finished 35 strokes behind Carrollton with a 190. Both teams earn a spot at the state tournament, which the Lady Trojans won last season with a 183.

“The Cass coach even looked at our score and said, ‘Oh my God, your girls seem primed and ready for state,’” Carrollton coach Scott Morris said. “I knew we were going to play well going into this. Sure enough, even though we had all the strange weather conditions, they didn’t complain about it.”

Playing through the cold, rain and wind, the Lady Trojans dominated, scoring four of the top seven individual scores. Sarah Butts was the low-medalist with an even-par 73. The runner-up was Jordan Pence, who shot an 82.

Maggie Holmes had a 96 for Carrollton and Anna Schoerner shot a 97.

“This is the first time I’ve had a ladies team where all four players shot under 100,” Morris said. “There were four teams that didn’t have a lady shoot under 100.”

Haralson County finished fifth with a score of 205. Central came in seventh with a 230 and Villa Rica finished in eighth with a 281.

The girls state tournament will be held May 5 at Hawk’s Ridge Country Club.

In other golf action:

The Carrollton High School boys golf team finished fourth out of eight teams at the LaGrange Invitational on Monday. The Trojans shot a 358, finishing behind Smith Station (332), Star’s Mill (334) and LaGrange (338).

David Shoemaker was Carrollton’s low-scorer with an 87. Andrew Porubiansky shot an 88, Grant Parian had a 91 and Jamie Swindle shot a 92.

Taylor Fulbright had to withdraw after seven holes when he injured his wrist. Fulbright had a two-over par at the time.

Prep Soccer

Carrollton boys 4, Villa Rica 0: Michael Derbecker scored all four goals as the Trojans won their final Region 6-AAA contest of the season Monday.

The game started Friday evening, but was suspended with 11 minutes left in the first half due to the lightning with Carrollton (13-1, 6-0 Region 6-AAA) leading 1-0.

Derbecker scored Monday with eight minutes left in the first half off an assist from Jordan McDonald to give the Trojans a 2-0 lead.

Derbecker teamed up with Bill Rucker for two more goals in the second half.

Carrollton boys 4, Peachtree Ridge 1: Jordan McDonald scored a pair of goals as the Trojans won on the road Saturday.

After falling behind 1-0 midway through the first half, Carrollton exploded for three goals to take a 3-1 lead into halftime. Michael Derbecker got the Trojans on the scoreboard with an unassisted goal before McDonald scored twice. Bill Rucker picked up the assist on McDonald’s first goal, while Taylor Stone got the assist on the second goal.

Edgar Martinez had the only goal of the second half, scoring off a free kick with 12 minutes remaining.

Prep Baseball

Central JV 7, Bremen 3: Josh Brandenburg went 3-for-4 at the plate to lead the Lions offensively. Zack Simpkins (2-for-3) and Cam Eison (2-for-4) also had multiple-hit performances for Central.

Bobby Morris picked up the win on the mound, while Joseph Alley and Paul Williams each pitched in relief.

Prep Swimming

The Carrollton Bluefins successfully defended their title at the 2008 Winter League Championship meet at Lakeshore Natatorium on April 11-12.

The Bluefins defeated eight other teams from around the state, using their depth in numbers and ability to overcome the smaller teams. Some of the bigger teams that the Bluefins usually swim against were not there that weekend due to spring break.

The Bluefins finished the meet with 819.50 points, with Baldwin County  coming in second at 382.50. Douglas County rounded out the top three with 214 points. Sixty-two percent of the Bluefins’ swimmers set a best time, which marks a year-high for the team.

The Bluefins were led by several high point winners: Connor Pierce, 15-18 boys; Kelly Fazio, 13-14 girls; and Ellie Hesterlee, 7-8 girls. Other all-star performers were: Ashley Williamson, 6-and-under girls; Trey Tanner, 6-and-under boys; Harper Minor and Lilly Schulenburg, 7-8 girls; Donald Sener and Jaxson Crews, 7-8 boys; Megan Hooper, 11-12 girls; Cameron Back and Asher van Zanten, 11-12 boys; Kate Fazio, 13-14 girls; Jacob Smith, Evan Harte, Sean Morin and Joshua Grover, 13-14 boys; and Allison Gordon, 15-18 boys.

The following swimmers swam all-best times for the meet: Molly Anderson, Cameron Back, Savannah Blackman, Lexi Brown, MacKenzie Buck, Jaxson Crews, Cade Crews, Caitlin Dickie, Mack Dickie, Ella Gray, Russell Ives, Charlie Lanier, Maddie Leavitt, Ty Montemoino, Elizabeth Robinson, Donald Sener, Trey Tanner, Zachary Taylor, Savannah Thornton and Hailey White.

The Bluefins will be in action again in two weeks when they travel to Rockdale County and Marietta.