Cobb Girls Soccer Teams Advance

Some of the Cobb-based favorites in the Georgia High School Class AAAAAA girls soccer tournament easily won their first round games on Tuesday.

No. 1 Harrison had the easiest time of all, thumping Valdosta 10-0. The Lady Hoyas will play at home again next Tuesday against East Coweta.

Lassiter, Walton and Hillgrove also shut out their first-round opponents. The Lady Trojans got both goals from Breanne Thompson in a 2-0 win over Grayson, while the Lady Raiders downed Dacula 3-0.

Hillgrove also won by a 3-0 score over Camden County.

More on those games from The Marietta Daily Journal.

Next Tuesday, Walton plays host to South Forsyth, Lassiter is at home against North Gwinnett and Hillgrove travels to Newnan. Douglas County, which defeated Alcovy 2-1, faces Lowndes, which eliminated Kennesaw Mountain 2-1.

North Cobb lost 3-2 to Tift County.

In Class AAAAA, Pope blanked North Atlanta 1-0 to advance to a second-round game next Tuesday at Flowery Branch. Tonight, Allatoona plays at home against Heritage of Conyers.

Alexander defeated Johnson of Gainesville 1-0 to advance to a second-round meeting in the Class AAAA tournament against Marist, which trounced Cass 10-0.