SPORTS ROUNDUP: Lee County High girls soccer wins playoff opener

Lee High girls soccer team wins

LEESBURG — The Lee County High School girls soccer team won their first round game in the GHSA playoff.

Lee defeated Alcovy High School by a 2-1 score.

Goals for Lee were scored by Annah Norman and Carsen Griffin.

Lee will play at home at Trojan Field on Tuesday in the second round.

Patra Parris transfers to GSW

AMERICUS — Georgia Southwestern State University head women’s basketball coach Kelly Britsky announced the signing of 6-foot-1 junior transfer Patra Parris from Andrew College for the 2017-18 season.

“We are so thrilled to have Patra ‘Pat’ as a part of our Hurricane Family,” Britsky said. “She is not only an outstanding basketball player but a great person. She will bring size and experience to our post game this year.”

Parris, a native of Bainbridge, Ga., averaged 15.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, shot 46 percent from the field and started all 29 games for Coach Courtney Pritchett in 2016-17.

As a freshman, Parris played for Coach Lea Henry at Darton State College where she average nine points and four rebounds while shooting 54 percent from the field.

Parris scored 715 points during her junior college career and earned two Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Women’s Player of the Week awards during the 2016-2017 season, as well as a spot on the All-Region team.

Parris wrapped up her prep career by being named First Team All-Region, All-Area and All-State as a senior at Bainbridge High School. Selected to the Albany Herald Super 6, she averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds per contest her senior year to lead Bainbridge to a 21-8 season and an appearance in the Georgia High School Association Class AAAA state tournament.

“The sky is the limit for Pat,” Britsky said. “She is already working hard to make the transition to the Peach Belt Conference and I am eager to see the things she will do as a Hurricane.”

Parris has volunteered over 200 hours with Touching the Lines Sports, a mentoring and character education program for at risk youth. She intends to major in education to continue making an impact in the lives of young people.

Mets place LF Cespedes on DL

NEW YORK — The New York Mets placed left fielder Yoenis Cespedes on the 10-day disabled list with a hamstring injury, the team announced on Friday.

The move comes one day after Cespedes left a game while running out a fourth-inning double against the Atlanta Braves. He pulled up after rounding first base and limped into second before departing with what the club termed a strained left hamstring.

Cespedes just returned to the lineup on Wednesday after a previous injury to the same hamstring kept him out for three games.

Cespedes is batting .270 with six homers and 10 RBIs this season.

New York recalled left-handed reliever Sean Gilmartin from Triple-A Las Vegas to fill the roster opening.

Gilmartin, 26, appeared in one game earlier this for season for the Mets, pitching two-thirds of a scoreless inning. He is 3-3 with a 3.69 ERA in 65 major league appearances (two starts).