Coach Chase Horne has been appointed as the new head soccer coach for our Ramblers. Coach Horne grew up playing soccer for LaFayette all of his life. He took the field for LaFayette Middle and High School. Horne has always had a passion for soccer. “ I remember watching my brother play when I was young and I wanted to be just like those guys.”

Horne has a real love for the game of soccer one of his most memorable moments was when he played his last game on Senior Night in Jack King Stadium. With that memory still in his mind and heart, he knew that, eventually, he had to come back and be a part of the team. Horne hasn’t yet become familiar with the teams we have in our region and is working on getting to know all the new younger players. However, he does notice that his team has amazing chemistry and will “run through a brick wall for each other”. Coach Horne also has the honor of working with many Juniors that he coached while they were in middle school. Horne says, “We will be a force to be reckoned with this year”, and he is looking forward to seeing how far the guys can go!

The LaFayette Ramblers Wrestling team is full of talent and there are very few weak links. This has led to high expectations for a successful 2021 season. The team is loaded with young talent. There are 14 freshmen, and 2 are expected to be at the State Tournament. Those Freshman are Jacob Hamilton at 106 and Levi Ledford at 138. The Sophomores are represented by only one wrestler, Jonah Neal but he brings a lot to the table. He has shown improvement and will continue to grow and get better. For our Juniors, Caleb Zwiger has been a big superstar for the team and shall continue to be next year as a senior. The Senior class is loaded with talent. Carson Lanier is returning from a broken leg from last season, and gets better every wrestling match. We expect to see some great highlights from him this season. Hunter Deal is expected to place top 6 at the state tournament as he keeps getting wins for the Ramblers. David Patterson was going to take off this year, but he didn’t and he has been a huge impact. Karson Ledford and Avery Sullivan both only have one loss and have been huge for the team. Avery and Karson are expected to be at the top after the state tournament. Make sure to show your support to our LaFayette Wrestlers as they move toward a big showing in the State Tournament in Macon, GA next week.

The LaFayette Rambler Basketball team played at home Tuesday night, January 26th vs. Sonoraville. The whole game it had seemed like the Ramblers were on fire, especially after losing to them a week before. Junior standout Junior Barber really stepped up in this game, scoring 18 points and Senior DeCameron Porter and Junior Aidan Hadaway each had a great game in the paint, grabbing a combined total of 32 rebounds and blocking 5 shots. The highlight of the game came as there were two minutes left, and Junior Aidan Hadaway dribbled the ball up the court as the Sonorville defender was draped on him. He dribbles the ball behind his back and made his defender fall completely down. Some incredible dribbling skills from Aidan. The final score of the game was 54-43 in favor of the Ramblers. The LaFayette Ramblers are looking to continue their run to being #1 in the region, hosting Coahulla Creek, on Tuesday, February 2.

Stat Summary:

Stats vs Sonoraville

Junior Barber- 18 Points - 4 Rebounds

DeCameron Porter- 17 Points - 17 Rebounds - 5 Blocks

Aidan Hadaway- 10 Points - 15 Rebounds

Zach Barrett- 4 Points -4 Rebounds

Jordan Kennerly- 3 Points - 5 Rebounds

Jaylon Ramsey- 2 Points

This past week and yesterday the Lady Ramblers have been on the court playing multiple games.

They began the week's games with a loss to a very good Sonoraville girls team. It was a tough loss but the Lady Ramblers bounced back next game with a win against Ringgold.

Latyah Barber and Mykeria Johnson together scored 44 points with a 60-54 region win.

The team went on to play later on that week vs Adairsville, where they managed to pull out a win 61-51. This win showcased their ability to compete in Region 6-AAA.

STAT SUMMARY

Latyah Barber- 24 Points and 5 Rebounds

Mykeria Johnson- 10 Points and 6 Rebounds

Haven Yancy- 8 Points and 1 Rebound

Heather Tucker- 3 Points and 5 Rebounds

Haynie Gilstrap- 2 Points and 2 Rebounds

Michaela Baker- 2 Points and 1 Rebound

Girls Stats vs. Ringgold:

Latyah Barber- 23 Points 7 Rebounds 3 Steals

Mykeria Johnson- 21 Points 4 Rebounds 4 Blocks

Haven Yancy- 6 Points 1 Rebound

Savanna Hall- 3 Points 3 Rebounds

Fanny Barber- 5 Points 2 Rebounds

Heather Tucker- 2 Points 2 Rebounds 6 steals

Michaela Baker- 12 Rebounds

Girls Stats vs. Adairsville:

Mykeria Johnson- 22 Points - 6 Rebounds - 4 steals

Latyah Barber- 16 Points - 2 Rebounds - 9 steals

Haven Yancy- 9 Points - 2 Rebounds

Savanna Hall 8 Points - 6 Rebounds

Heather Tucker- 4 Points - 4 Rebounds

Michaela Baker- 2 Points - 2 Rebounds

Latyah Barber- 10 Points - 6 Rebounds

Mykeria Johnson- 9 Points - 2 Rebounds

Fanny Barber- 3 Points - 2 Rebounds

Jenna Baker- 3 Points - 3 Rebounds

Michaela Baker- 2 Points - 2 Rebounds

Haven Yancy- 2 Points

Heather Tucker- 1 Point - 1 Rebound

The LaFayette boys soccer team came out firing to start off versus a weak Chattooga Indians defense. Daniel Lopez, scored 5 goals and banged a nice 30 yard goal off a free kick. Kevin Kremb added to that with 2 goals of his own, one in the first half and one in the second. Alex Holloway added 2 goals of his own and Micah Newsom added 1 more to complete the mercy rule, as the Ramblers won 10-0.

The LaFayette Girls soccer team traveled down to Chattooga to play some great soccer in very cold weather. The Lady Ramblers won the game 3 -0 with Bianca Rogers, senior, scoring 2 goals, and Dakota Tabor, a sophomore, scoring 1, and Natalia Dennis with 2 assists. Shelley Warren, our goalkeeper, maintained a strong defense in the goal box with 4 saves.

The boys varsity basketball team has had a pretty tough schedule of 4 games in one week. Starting the week against Sonoraville the Ramblers took a surprising loss at Sonoraville on Monday with the score of 65-40. The Ramblers were truly fired up after this loss against Sonorville and went on to play Ringgold the next night. Lafayette ended up winning against Ringgold with a score of 74-41. The momentum from the Ringgold victory propelled them into another region win at Adairsville later that week whom they defeated by a score of 80-61.

Still hungry for more, the team got ready to play North Murray on the Mountaineer’s home court. The ramblers went on to beat North Murray that Saturday afternoon 66-40. The Ramblers are on a role and not looking to be stopped by anyone!