Starr's Mill

Starr’s Mill scored 34 points before the half in their win over Coosa last Friday and added seven more in the third quarter to cruise to a 41-0 victory.

It was expected that Sandy Creek, the reigning Class AAAA state champions, would come out and make a statement against one of their county rivals in the season opener. And they did.

Mike Earwood is gone, but not forgotten. He’s not even that far away, coaching over at Our Lady of Mercy (close enough for his friends from Starr’s Mill to come cheer him on as he got his first win last Saturday), but for the first time since Starr’s Mill fielded a football team, the Panthers have a new head coach.

Several local baseball players were selected by Major League teams in the annual amateur baseball draft earlier this week.

Leading the pack was shortstop Cartier Goodrum of Fayette County High School, picked 71st overall by the Minnesota Twins. His scouting report indicates the he has “plenty of speed and some raw power from both sides of the plate.”

Taken 137th overall by the Florida Marlins was Alvin Toles, an outfielder from Sandy Creek High School. Georgia Tech pitcher Andrew Robinson, a former Starr’s Mill standout, was drafted 363rd by the Houston Astros.

East Coweta High School knew it had an ace in pitcher Cam Bedrosian.
He now has made the jump to elite status, having been drafted 29th overall by the Los Angeles Angels in the 2010 Major League Baseball amateur draft.
Bedrosian has “outstanding stuff” including a mid-90s fastball and a solid slider, and he has a good feel for pitching, according to his MLB scouting report. At six feet tall, he doesn’t have a traditional pitcher’s height, but any lack in that department is more than made up with a heavy dose of competitiveness and mound smarts, according to the scouting report.

The 2010 Girls All – Region Soccer Team for 5-AAAA was announced this afternoon and local girls are all over the team.

Fresh from watching the Starr’s Mill boys upset victory over top ranked McIntosh last night, the Starr’s Mill Lady Panthers told head coach Deanise Myers they wanted to bring home a title too.

Mission accomplished.

And you thought it was a rivalry before.

The Starr’s Mill boys captured their first state title since 2000 with a 4-2 win in penalty kicks on McIntosh’s home turf, after 80 minutes of scoreless play in regulation and two five minute overtimes that left the teams knotted at 0-0.

The all area girls lacrosse team for area 1-AAAA was announced this week and there are a number of local players on the list.

Starr’s Mill’s Stuart Pope (16) celebrates after scoring the decisive kick in the AAAA semifinal against McIntosh. Photo/Bryan McDermott/photosbymcd.com