Smith and McGowan are Y-101 MVP's  Jeannie Smith and Aryn McGowan are Toombs County Middle School softball teammates. However, during the summer the two were on different Lyons All-Star teams. Smith pitched in the Lyons Midget Girls' District 1 championship run and for her pitching efforts in the state tourney she was named on Y-101 Radio's play-by-play broadcast the Lyons MVP. McGowan was the starting shortstop on the Lyons Mite team that finished fourth in the state. Aryn had some big hits and made some outstanding defensive plays to earn her Y-101 MVP award. Aryn, who will be in six grade, recently earned a spot on the Lady Bullpups team.  Aryn talks about her summer success Video       Beasley is a Y-101 MVP For his outstanding play in the Boys Midget Tournament held at Partin Park, Jeremy Beasley, of Lyons, was chosen as the Y-101 Most Valuable Player of the Tournament. Jeremy pitched very well against a tough Moultrie team and also had a couple of hits in the game. Y-101 Game Story  Jeremy is still playing baseball with the Montgomery County Mudcats and his team recently won a tourney in Blacksheer. Beasley's baseball season will end when he begins Toombs County Middle School football practice on August 11th. Jeremy talks about pitching against some big guys this summer. Video      Vidalia Midget Girls rule state tourney In a tournament loaded with quality teams the Vidalia 11-12 year old Midget Girls went undefeated and beat Swainsboro, Murray County and Douglas twice, including 5-2 in the championship game, to win the GPRA State Tourney played at Ed Smith in Vidalia. Vidalia scored three runs in the first inning and Alison Edenfield and her defense kept Douglas from having a big offensive inning in Saturday's noontime championship game. Watch highlights and interviews  Video  Vidalia beat Douglas 5-3 in the first round. Watch highlights of that game Video   More Rec Ball Lyons Mites finish fourth at state The 9-10 year old Mite Girls wrapped up their fine summer by finishing fourth at the GRPA State Tournament in Waycross. The Girls lost their first game on Friday to Wayne County, the eventual state champion. Then they beat Liberty County 13-7. Their season came to an end with a 12-7 extra inning loss to Moultrie. Also this summer the Girls won the District 1 championship and they finished third in the Lyons Youth Tournament. Coach Jeff McGowan talks about Friday's action Audio The Lyons Mite Girls softball team traveled down to Waycross and defeated Ware County 6-2 in the opening round of the state tourney.  Listen to the girls talk about their win Audio Coach Jeff McGowan discusses the girl's victory Audio Two close defeats end Lyons Midget Girls season The 11-12 year old Lyons Midget Girls ran into some tough pitching on the second day of the GPRA State Tournament. Murray County defeated Lyons 4-2 in the winners bracket and Douglas ended Lyons season with a 5-1 victory. Y-101 Story  Y-101 play-by-play of the Murray County game Audio  Watch highlights of both games Video The Lyons Midgets Girls District 1 championship team was all revved up to open the state tourney at Ed Smith. However, Monroe County their opponent, decided not to show up for the game or to participate in the tourney. So, Lyons wins in the first round by a forfeit. On Friday at noon Lyons will play Murray County on Y-101 Radio. Local Midgets split on 2nd day of state tourney For a second straight day Vidalia won its game in the Midget Boys State Tourney at Partin Park while Lyons was eliminated by Swainsboro 15-14. Watch highlights of Lyons 11-run third inning in which Bailey Salter doubled in two runs and Logan Martin and Jamar Smith hit back-to-back home runs Video Vidalia beat Wayne County 13-7. Watch highlights and interviews Video   The Midget Boys State Tourney opened at Partin Park with Vidalia beating Summerville 5-0 and Lyons dropping an 11-3 decision to defending Midget champ Moultrie. Y-101 Story  Listen to Y-101 Radio's play-by-play of the Lyons game Audio  Watch highlights of the Vidalia game with interviews Video The Lyons and Vidalia Midget Boys baseball teams are both participating in the GPRA State Tournament at Partin Park. Listen to the Lyons Boys talk about their third place finish at a tourney in Swainsboro Audio  Watch the Vidalia Boys practice and talk about their second place finish at the District 1 Tourney Video  More Rec Ball Lyons Mite Girls get ready for state The District 1 champion Lyons Mite Girls softball team is getting ready for a second straight trip to the state tournament. Last year the Mites won one of three state tourney games played at Partin Park. Lyons will open up on July 10 at 5 p.m. versus the host team Ware County. Y-101 Story  Watch the girls work on their defense Video    The Lyons Midget Boys baseball team, which will be hosting the state tournament July 9-12, finished third in a tournament in Swainsboro. The boys hit some home runs and went 3-2 in the tourney beating Hinesville, Soperton and Wayne County. Y-101 Story      Lyons Midget Girls win District 1 Title  and get ready for state Y-101 Story   The 11-12 year old Lyons Midget Girls softball team beat Vidalia 9-2, in Swainsboro, to win the District 1 championship. Y-101 Story  Bobby George talks to the girls and their coaches after the win Audio  Watch the Girls in action from the first Vidalia game Video    A 9-2 win over Vidalia moved the Lyons Midget Girls into the championship game of the District 1 Tournament in Swainsboro. Jeannie Smith pitched a two-hitter with five strikeouts and Roxie Land went 3-for-3. Y-101 Story Lyons Mite Girls win district, Mite Boys season ends  The Lyons Mite Girls reeled off three straight wins on Tuesday, including a double-header defeat of Dublin (8-7, 8-5), to win the district championship. The Lyons Mite Boys beat Dublin #2 13-1, but then their season came to an end with an 11-8 loss to Statesboro #1. Y-101 Story The Lyons Midget Girls defeated Effingham 10-4 while the Junior Girls beat Swainsboro 12-4, but their season came to an end with an 11-3 loss to Vidalia in the championship matchup.   Dublin #1 defeated Lyons 10-5 in a winners bracket game at the Mite district tourney in Dublin despite a two-home run effort by Tyler Luke. Lyons will play on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. on Y-101. Y-101 Story  Also, the Lyons Mite Girls defeated Vidalia 18-5, the Lyons Midget Girls whipped Thomson 18-3, The Lyons Midget Boys lost to Vidalia 8-4, the Lyons Junior Boys lost to Thomson 9-5 and the Lyons Junior Girls beat Waynesboro 16-1 and lost to Vidalia 8-0. Watch highlights of the Lyons Mite Girls and the Junior Girls from Ed Smith Video   The Lyons Mite Boys baseball team opened district play in Dublin by winning a close game and one by a rout. Lyons nipped Twin Cities 4-3 and shutout Statesboro #2 16-0. Lyons will play its next game on Monday at 6 p.m. on Y-101 Radio. Y-101 Story  The Lyons Mites talk about their sweep in Dublin Video Listen to Y-101's play-by-play of the Twin City game Audio Part 1  Audio Part 2  Statesboro game Audio Also, Swainsboro edged the Lyons Junior Boys 2-1, Dublin beat the Lyons Midget Boys 11-1 and Dublin beat the Lyons Mite Girls 16-7. Lyons Pee Wees bow out Two losses on the second day of the Lyons Youth Tournament eliminated The Lyons Uppercuts on Wednesday. Lyons lost to Soperton 9-5 and to Jeff Davis 17-4. Watch highlights of the Soperton game Video     The 7 and 8 year old Pee Wees opened up play at Partin Park and Lyons, dressed like the Florida Gators, beat Montgomery County 13-5 and Glennville 22-14. Y-101 Story  Watch highlights of the Glennville game Video  Everett homers twice as Lyons Mite Boys finish 3rd  Lyons RCF Ben Everett homered twice in a 3-for-3 game, however, Appling's Vernon Dasher also hit a solo homer and two RBI doubles including a walk-off two-bagger in the sixth to give Appling a 6-5 win over Lyons. Everett hit a solo homer in the first to put Lyons up 1-0 and a two-run home run in the fifth to give his team a 5-3 lead. Appling scored one in the fifth and two in the sixth to pull out the victory. Lyons went 3-2 in the Lyons Youth Tournament earning them the third place trophy. Y-101 Story  Watch the boys talk about their experience Video  Listen to Y-101 Radio's play-by-play of the game Audio  More Rec Ball Lyons Mite Boys advance to Final 3 A 15-11 win over Ware County advanced the Lyons Mite Boys into the final three of the Lyons Youth Tournament. Y-101 Story Y-101 Radio's play-by-play Audio  Watch the boys talk about their big win Video  Lyons lost to Wayne County 22-1 in the winners bracket final. Watch highlights of the Wayne County game  Video    The Lyons Mite Boys opened play in the Lyons Youth Tourney by beating Waynesboro and Statesboro. Watch highlights, with interviews, of the Statesboro game Video   Lyons Mite Girls finish third Trailing Dodge 3-0 going to the bottom of the third, the Lyons Mite Girls softball team scored five runs on RBI hits by Bailey Bryson, Courtney Moore and Brittany Rollins. However, Dodge tied the game at five in the fifth and then scored two in the sixth to beat Lyons 7-5. Lyons finished third in the tourney. Check out the girls talking about the game and their trophy Video  Listen to Y-101 Radio's play-by-play of the game Audio   Lyons Mites split on second day  The local girls battled powerhouse Wayne County in a winners bracket game and lead 4-2 after two innings and 6-5 after three. However, Wayne broke away in the late innings and knocked off Lyons 21-12. Y-101 Story  Lyons will play on Friday at 6 p.m. on Y-101 Radio Watch highlights Video  The Lyons Mite Girls battled Soperton on Thursday and turned a 12-12 game into a 20-15 victory. Lyons is now 3-0 in the Lyons Youth Tournament. Watch the girls talk about their victory Video The Lyons 9-10 year old Mite Girls opened up their play in the Lyons Youth Tournament with a 16-0 win over Long County and a 15-0 victory over Swainsboro and both games were decided in three innings. Y-101 Story   Junior Boys knocked out of tourney Wayne County broke open a 3-3 game by scoring eight straight runs to defeat Lyons 11-3 in five innings and knock the home town boys out of the Lyons Youth Tourney. Y-101 Story    The Lyons Junior Boys split their two Saturday games in the Lyons Youth Tournament. Appling beat Lyons 18-12 in a two hour and thirty four minute marathon. Berry Alridge went 2-for-4 with three runs batted in and Efrain Quintero went 2-for-3 with two RBI's. In the second game, in the losers bracket, Jackson Warnock pitched Lyons to a 6-1 win over Jeff Davis. Warnock pitches one-hitter in Junior Boys win Jackson Warnock pitched a five-inning one-hitter as the Lyons Junior Boys opened up play in the Lyons Youth Tourney with an 11-0 win over in over Ware County. Warnock had a no-hitter going until Ethan Todd  broke it up with a double with one down in the fourth. Y-101  Listen to Y-101's play-by-play of the game with color commentary from Robert George Audio      Lyons Midget Boys drop two on Saturday  The Lyons Midget Boys dropped two contrasting games on Saturday in the Lyons Youth Tournament. Swainsboro beat Lyons 3-2 in a winners bracket game and then Jeff Davis Gold out slugged Lyons 16-10, which knocked the local boys out of the tourney.    The Lyons Midget Boys opened up play in the Lyons Tournament by scoring three runs in the bottom of the fifth to nip Jeff Davis Blue 8-5. Lyons led the game 3-0 and 5-3, however, each time JD Blue battled back and tied the game. Jarvis Smith stroked a two-run hit and Brandon Dowd singled in one run in the decisive fifth inning. Cole Dowd went 3-for-3 with a first inning two-run single and a RBI hit in the third. Bailey Salter also had two hits including a second inning double. Y-101 Story  Listen to Y-101's play-by-play of the game with color commentary from Robert George Audio  Lyons Midget Girls are eliminated from tourney The Lyons Midget Girls were eliminated from the Lyons Youth Tourney after a 9-6 loss to Vidalia. Lyons did defeat Jeff Davis 15-0 in three innings. Jeannie Smith pitched a no-hitter with four strikeouts and she also hit a grand slam. Y-101 Story The 11-12 year old Midget Girls division opened up play in the Lyons Youth Tourney and Lyons started the tourney with a 16-1 three inning win over Metter. Watch highlights Video  Swainsboro beat Lyons 9-4 in round two Lyons Jr. Girls are eliminated from tournament Vidalia built up a 10-1 lead in route to a 12-4 victory over Lyons which knocked the home team out of the double-elimination tourney. Tyrea Holloway led Vidalia with three hits, Ashley Polke and Megan Hayes each had two hits for Lyons. Watch highlights Video  In practice game action in Metter- the Mite Girls won 15-0 and 4-0, the Midget Girls won 18-7 and 11-5, the Mite Boys lost 18-7 and won 4-2, the Midget Boys won 9-6 and lost 12-10 and the Junior Boys won 7-0 and lost 7-6.  The Lyons Junior Girls opened up the Lyons Youth Tournament by beating Reidsville 23-3. Appling beat Lyons 8-0 in the second round.  Y-101 Story  Watch highlights of Lyons' first round victory Video Mites take on Appling Preparations for the Lyons Youth Tournament continued at Partin Park with matchups between Lyons and Appling County. Y-101 Story Watch Mite Boys and Girls action Video   Lyons All-Stars win 7 of 8 games For the second time the Lyons All-Stars won seven of eight practice games at Partin Park. The 11-12 year old Midget Girls and Boys swept a pair of games from Evans County. The Girls were led by Ginny Smith (pictured above left) who struck out six and hit an inside the park home run in a 18-1 win. Lyons won game two 15-0. The Boys winning pitcher was Jeremy Beasley (above right) who threw from the mound for the first time as an All-Star. Lyons won game one 18-3 and took the second game 8-2. The Mite Boys swept their games from Evans County and the Junior Boys split a pair with Metter. Y-101 Story Watch highlights of the Midget Boys and Girls and the Junior Boys  Video    All-Star season begins at Partin Park The All-Star season opened at Partin Park with the Mite Boys and Girls and the Midget Boys all sweeping their double headers. The Junior Girls split their games with Metter. Y-101 Story  Watch action of all four teams Video A's and Indians share Midget Boy's title  The 11-12 year old Midget Boy's baseball title will be shared by the A's and the Indians. The Indians, who started off the season 0-3, won six straight and nipped the A's 6-5 giving both teams 8-4 records and first place trophies. Y-101 Story  Watch highlights of this close and well played game Video     2007 Season Mite Girls State Tournament Results  District Tournaments Results    All-Stars with coach  The Lyons Midgets are learning a new game  Last year they were facing the pitching machine, this season it is live pitching- but the Lyons 12 and under boys are starting to win games.  Audio Story   Josh Mimbs   Chris Mobley Tiffany Fowler  Lyons Junior Girls eliminated in nail biter The Lyons Junior Girls were knocked out of the Lyons Youth Tournament by Vidalia in a 9-8 nail biter. Lyons scored eight runs in the fourth to take an 8-2 lead. Megan Hayes singled in two runs, Skylar Moore singled in one and Ashley Polk drove in three with a bases loaded triple. Vidalia scored six in the fourth to tie the game and Vidalia won the game in the bottom of the sixth with a bases loaded walk by Kim Goethe. Kortney Williams, who tripled to lead of the frame, scored the game winning run. Game story with interview with Megan Hayes  Audio Earlier in the tourney, Lyons beat Claxton 13-0 and Metter 11-3 and lost to Appling 11-2.   Audio story on Lyons' first three games   Remembering 1993- Lyons Mite Boys and Girls win state titles    1993 Mite Boys got hot in tourney The 1993 Lyons Mite Boys got hot in the state tournament and won four straight games to take the state title. In the championship celebration head coach Bobby George (pictured left) took a Gatorade bath.  Y-101 story   Picture Gallery  1993 Lyons Mite Girls won it all These eight, nine and 10 year old girls (pictured to the left) came together and had a big summer back in 1993. Lyons beat Vidalia 22-7 to take the state championship. Listen to some of the girls reminisce in this Y-101 story.  Picture Gallery