LaFayette’s annual egg hunt slated for Sat., March 27
Celebrate the arrival of spring with the annual City of LaFayette Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 27, at the Ross Abney Complex located at 101 First St., LaFayette.
There will be approximately 12,000 eggs to hunt for the young ones at this free event. Bring your own basket.
Bring the camera to take photos of the kids with the bunny.
All attendees are asked to follow CDC Guidelines during the egg hunt by practicing social distancing, keeping hands clean and wearing a mask while around others.
Extra precautions will be taken to make sure to maintain social distancing by hosting the egg hunt in separate times and in a larger space.
Donate a prize basket
Individuals or businesses who would like to sponsor a basket for the egg hunt may deliver their donations to The Crushed Tomato on the downtown LaFayette Square and at City Hall at 207 S. Duke St., LaFayette.
Children who find the prize eggs will be awarded with a donated basket.
After a frustrating start to the beginning of the week, the LFO Warriors closed things out in a big way with their first victory of the season on Saturday.
Rome 6, LFO 2
LFO led 2-0 going into the fourth inning last Tuesday, but the Wolves tied the game with solo runs in the fourth and fifth innings before scoring twice in each of the final two frames to claim the victory. The game was played at Edwards Park in Dalton.
Gage Kelley scored the first run for the Warriors on an error in the bottom of the second and Will Carroll delivered a sacrifice fly in the third inning to plate Josh McAfee.
Matthew Shields started on the mound and pitched the first 3.2 innings. He gave up one earned run on four hits and a walk with six strikeouts. Carroll, McAfee and Nyko Simpson all pitched in relief with Carroll being pinned with the loss.
McAfee, Kelley, Simpson,
Malachi Powell and Tres Brown each had singles for LFO.
Northwest 4, LFO 0
The Warriors had their bats silenced by Bruin pitcher Cade Fisher in Fort Oglethorpe on Wednesday.
Fisher, who has already committed to the University of Florida, gave up just one single in seven innings of work, did not walk a batter and finished with 16 strikeouts.
McAfee had the lone hit for LFO.
Carroll started and pitched 3.1 innings for the Warriors, allowing two earned runs on two hits and four walks with six strikeouts. Malachi Powell pitched 1.2 innings, giving up two hits and fanning one batter, while McAfee threw two innings of relief. He allowed one earned run on one hit and one walk and finished with two strikeouts.
Dalton 5, LFO 3
Facing yet another higher classification team, LFO