SPORTS January 17,2024 Section B VHS vs. Toombs Fri. 6: 00p. m.( A) RTCA vs. MemorialDay Fri. 6:00 p.m. (A) MCHS vs. ECI Fri. 6:00 p.m.(H) Treutlenvs. Hawkinsville Fri. 6:00p.m. (A) January31,2024 SPORT SPORTS January 31, 2024 Section B RTCAvs. John Hancock Aca. Thurs6:00 p.m. (A) Memorial Day vs. RTCA Friday. 6: 00 p. m. (H) TCHS vs. Toombs Co. Fri. 6: 00 p. m.( H) MCHSvs. Telfair Co. Fri. 6: 00 p. m.( H) Treutlenvs. WilcoxCo. Sat. 6: 00p.m.(H) Treutlenvs. Swainsboro Sat. 5: 00p. m.( A) Everything you need to know about To get your Courtesy of BPC Brewton-Parker Men’s Basketball pro-gram traveled to West Point,Ga., to take on Point (Ga.) for a Southern States Athletic Conference matchup. The Barons (6-10, 2-6 SSAC) downed the Skyhawks (610, 08 SSAC) convinc-ingly witha79-50 roadvictory. How It Happened |First Half TheBaronsbusted thedoorsopen with an 110 run in the first sixminutes led by Lance Smith with eight points, capping the run off with a shot from deep at the 14:13 mark. Point responded with a run of their own, scoring 10 unanswered over thenext three minutes to cut the deficit to justone. AtreyfromZailanBlue moved BPC into a fourpoint lead with 11:10on the clock, butthe Skyhawks leveled the game less than 60secondslaterfora14-14score.Brewton- Parker shifted back into adoublefigured lead overthefollowing threeminutes with nine points coming from beyondthearc to lead 25-14. Aftermoving toa14-point deficitwith 4: 10 to play, Point fought its way back into a single-digitdeficitwitha10-5stretchinthe final moments, but the Barons capped the half with atreyfrom Smith for a 3526 lead at the break. Lance Smith scored a season-high 34 points while snagging a teamleading seven rebounds and dishing out four assists as well, followed by Burroughs with 13 points. Advance delivered, By Loran Smith Please see Barons Fly page 3B ByLoranSmith By Loran Smith Courtetsyof TCTHSH Courtesy of TCHS Two Toombs County MatDawgs from comfort TwoT years ago, the ToombTsCountyMatDawags watched the State Dual Cham-pionships frfom the comfofrt of t b F ti qu m their living rooms, having been narrowly defeated by Fannin County in the Sec-tional Duals under a different qualifying format. Last year marked a significant improve-ment for the MatDawgs, as they reached the consolation finals at the 2023 State Dual Championships, only to be edged out again by Fannin County. They finished as the ALL YOUR LOCAL SPORTS As the seconds evaporated from the scoreboardclockintheMercedesDome in Atlanta alittle more than amonth ago, I watched Kirby Smart, bitterly disap-pointed, stride across theplaying field with measured alacrity to congratulate Alabama’s Nick Sabanonvictory. Already, even while nearing the en-trance to theBulldog lockerroom, Iwas hearing fans talk about “ getting robbed.” Theysawthatthetelevision crew failed to replay an Alabama pass receptionwhich appeared to have been dropped but ruled a catch. A former network announcer sent atext myway, “You guys got screwed.” What didKirby do? He took the high road which he always does. That was the way it was in2017 when Tyler Sim-mons blocked a ‘Bama punt and the Big Ten officiating crew flagged him for being offsides. The crewlateradmitted theyhadmissedthe call. The following Monday, following the heartbreaking loss, Iflew with Kirby toCharlotteforatrophy presentation by the American Football Coaches Asso-ciation. On the way up he was lament-ing the outcome of the play. He and the coaches had underscored with the great-est emphasiswith Simmons that the op-portunity was there, buthesimplycould notbeoffsides. Kirby’spositiontodayisthesameas it was a half dozen years ago. The game wasover. Thescorewouldneverchange. No amount of carping or evidence will everchangeit. Ole timersinTuscaloosamay claim that Pat Hodgson’s knees were on the ground in Sanford Stadium in 1965 on the heralded fleaflicker play that led to theclassicupsetofAlabamabetween the hedges on national television. The Georgia position on that call wasthat the rule said that forany catch to be legal there had to be “possession and control.” Conclusion wasthat if the ball had fallen to the turf, it wouldhave beenanincompletepass. One ofthe most controversial rul-ings in SEC history came in the 1966 Florida-Florida Stategamewhen aSem-inole pass receiver named Lane Fenner caught a touchdown pass that would have won the game, butan officialruled Fennerwas out of bounds. Afterthe game, FSU partisans pro-duced still photos that confirmed Fenner was well inbounds. Did Bill Peterson, the Seminole coach ever howl andgripe! He carriedthosestill photos about in his brief case andtookgreatdelightinshow-hhitamwasdoneinby a Please see AA State page 2B 3rd place AA dual team in Georgia. This year, heading into the State Dual Champion- Courtesy of Toombs County High School Call 537-3131 Thefirst competi-tion of the New Year for the MatDawgs had them traveling to Brunswick High School to competein the Port City Nigel Hamilton Memorial Tournament. The tour-nament is an annual tournament held in honor of Nigel Hamil-ton. Nigelwasa stand-out wrestler under now Brunswick head coach Tommy Bartolotta while coaching at Glynn Academy and then transferred to Camden County. The MatDawgs were able to secure a 4th place finish as a team, placing 11 of the 14 wrestlers entered intothetop5.The top 3 teams at the tourna-ment were powerhouse Camden County in first place, Glynn Acad-emy in second place, and Richmond Hill in third place. “I knew with the teams attend-ing thatwe would have some battles. These teams are some of the bestinthestate andI was proud of our team for the fight they had.”, said Coach Allen of the tournament. The MatDawgs head to Vidalia on Fri-day, January12,2024 for the Area Duals. Thiswill bein the old Vidalia gym and wres-tling beginsat3:30 pm. Come out and support the MatDawgs as they begintheir journeyto the State Dual Champi-onships! Individual Results: 113– Jahir Lopez placed5th 132 –Dylan Vetter placed 5th 138 –Tyson Brant-ley placed4th 144 –DabvnWad-ley placed 4th 150–SladeLan-drum placed 6th 157–MichaleJones placed 4th 165–GailanWilds placed 4th 165 – Alex Otero placed 5th 175 – Levi Worth placed5th 190 – Hayden Roy placed5th 285 – Brock Nobles placed 2nd The Steg in winter is now the pw lace to be unless youhave a fireplace, fire-wood, and a TV iVn den. EveEn if all f of that is fingertips, you aremiss-ing ifyfou yourwaya basketbatll arenaand becomeimmersed envnironment softf-spoken Mike frofmover, r findf ianto oftfen asa Bulldogbag sketbtall withpoignant enthusiasmin theVIV P whiw ch most substantial UGA supAporters, “ We got us a basketbtall fafns havejoined aboutfans— whiwle theymaynyot knowasw theysometimesthink theydo, cer-tainlypick onselfless redeeminghustleandsecondeffort f . Theyryecognizecompetitors whohave a isdeep and abaiding. Whitehasa fighyts forfthe isasunselfish asIcanremember Expertlyutyilizing hehasliterallycobbledtogetherateam whwich playsunselfishly, yand astandardthat shouldbring Georgia basketbtall dividends forf thefu-ture. The “ Whitemantra,” however, is to engender loftyoffresults here and now. w Get into the SEC tournament, make it to theregionals and ontothe Towina reflectshu-mility, yintensity, yand WiWth tohis operandiisto defensfethe y ofplayinggood wantingto whewnthe competitionhastheball. therub-ber Defenfsive savavy definevs Thisteam thisteamwill goafter loose ballslike an otterdiving fora muskrat. Theymake toinheated someof is a result of trying so hard. Theygo toposition toscore defensfe, shotdli place you have in your Even at your are miss-ing something if you don’t find your way into Georgia’s aging basketball arena and become immersed into the environment that the soft-spoken Mike White has wrought. The long season is far from over, and heartbreak could find its way into the mix. The ever-present fickle-ness of sports often brings about, but as a bearded Bulldog basketball aficionado said aloud with poignant enthusiasm in the VIP lounge which accommodates the most supporters, basketball coach.” Seasoned observers give the coach high marks, and passionate fans have joined in. One thing about fans— while they may not know as much as they sometimes think they do, they cer-tainly pick up on selfless attitude and redeeming hustle and second effort. They recognize competitors who have heart that is deep abiding. Mike White has a team that constantly fights and scraps for the ball and is as unselfish as I can remember in Stegeman. Expertly utilizing the portal, he has literally cobbled together a team which believes, plays unselfishly, and is developing a standard that should bring basketball for the fu-ture. White mantra,” lofty results the regionals on to the big dance. To win a championship, first you must think big. The Bulldog coach reflects hu-mility, intensity, and intellect. With him there is an unfailing underscoring of fundamentals. Central to his modus operandi is to give defense the highest priority. Some of playing good defense is attitude, wanting to be good when the competition has the ball. Make the rub-ber burn. Defensive savvy defines cham-pionship teams. This team will get in your face, this team will go after balls like otter diving for a They make mistakes, hard not to in heated competi-tion, but some of the plethora of miscues They go all out to position themselves to score a basket, make a steal on defense, blocka Courtesy of VHS The Vidalia High School tennis teams kicked of their season at Southeast Bulloch last week with the boys coming away with a big win. The Lady Indians fell in their season opener. The Lady Indians dropped their opener to Southeast Bulloch by the score of 5- 0. The boys came out on top 4- 1 in their first matches of the year. Boys won at 1st Doubles Jame-son Rollen and Sukumar Paidi; 2nd Singles, Danny Richardson; 3rd Singles, Larsen Carter; and 2nd Doubles, Ryker Hutto and Stone Smith. Vidalia was at Savan-nah Arts on Tuesday of this week after presstime, and will be back in action on Thursday at Screven County at 4: 00 p. m. NateLandon, Aidan Ell Courtesy of BPC Brewton-Parker Women’s Wrestling competed at the Tornado Open hosted by NCAA Division II King (Tenn.) on Sunday. Jorie Richardson highlights the Lady Barons’ lineupasshecaptured ith136poundweight Courtetsyof VHVSH Saturday, y January27y , fofur Vi-daliaHigh SchoolChess TeaTm theEast whiwch playa-ers frfom schools Emanuel, Courtesy of VHS On January 27, 2024, four members of the Vi-dalia High School Chess Team competed at the East Georgia State College Chess Tourna-ment, which involved 31 play-ers from in L to R: Ethan Hart, Nate Landon, Ellis, and Nathan Britton. TooT mbs, mond co Britton w Place wi losses. Et sophomor Please see Chess page 2B Toombs, Bulloch, and Rich-mond counties. VHS sophomore Nathan won Individual First with 5 wins and no Ethan Hart, another sophomore, was the champion Mike Branch Sports Editor sports1advance@ gmail.com It was a good week for the Viking basketball teams of Treutlen County High School as they swept Tel-fair County and Jenkins Please see Vikings page 2B County last week. Girls vs. Telfair The Lady Vikings took the win over the Lady Tro-jans on Tuesday at home. They held a 1413 lead at the end of the first quarter SPORTS January 17,2024 Section B VHS vs. Toombs Fri. 6: 00p. m.( A) RTCA vs. MemorialDay Fri. 6:00 p.m. (A) MCHS vs. ECI Fri. 6:00 p.m.(H) Treutlenvs. Hawkinsville Fri. 6:00p.m. (A) January31,2024 SPORT SPORTS January 31, 2024 Section B RTCAvs. John Hancock Aca. Thurs6:00 p.m. (A) Memorial Day vs. RTCA Friday. 6: 00 p. m. (H) TCHS vs. Toombs Co. Fri. 6: 00 p. m.( H) MCHSvs. Telfair Co. Fri. 6: 00 p. m.( H) Treutlenvs. WilcoxCo. Sat. 6: 00p.m.(H) Treutlenvs. Swainsboro Sat. 5: 00p. m.( A) Everything you need to know about To get your Courtesy of BPC Brewton-Parker Men’s Basketball pro-gram traveled to West Point,Ga., to take on Point (Ga.) for a Southern States Athletic Conference matchup. The Barons (6-10, 2-6 SSAC) downed the Skyhawks (610, 08 SSAC) convinc-ingly witha79-50 roadvictory. How It Happened |First Half TheBaronsbusted thedoorsopen with an 110 run in the first sixminutes led by Lance Smith with eight points, capping the run off with a shot from deep at the 14:13 mark. Point responded with a run of their own, scoring 10 unanswered over thenext three minutes to cut the deficit to justone. AtreyfromZailanBlue moved BPC into a fourpoint lead with 11:10on the clock, butthe Skyhawks leveled the game less than 60secondslaterfora14-14score.Brewton- Parker shifted back into adoublefigured lead overthefollowing threeminutes with nine points coming from beyondthearc to lead 25-14. Aftermoving toa14-point deficitwith 4: 10 to play, Point fought its way back into a single-digitdeficitwitha10-5stretchinthe final moments, but the Barons capped the half with atreyfrom Smith for a 3526 lead at the break. Lance Smith scored a season-high 34 points while snagging a teamleading seven rebounds and dishing out four assists as well, followed by Burroughs with 13 points. Advance delivered, By Loran Smith Please see Barons Fly page 3B ByLoranSmith By Loran Smith Courtetsyof TCTHSH Courtesy of TCHS Two Toombs County MatDawgs from comfort TwoT years ago, the ToombTsCountyMatDawags watched the State Dual Cham-pionships frfom the comfofrt of t b F ti qu m their living rooms, having been narrowly defeated by Fannin County in the Sec-tional Duals under a different qualifying format. Last year marked a significant improve-ment for the MatDawgs, as they reached the consolation finals at the 2023 State Dual Championships, only to be edged out again by Fannin County. They finished as the ALL YOUR LOCAL SPORTS As the seconds evaporated from the scoreboardclockintheMercedesDome in Atlanta alittle more than amonth ago, I watched Kirby Smart, bitterly disap-pointed, stride across theplaying field with measured alacrity to congratulate Alabama’s Nick Sabanonvictory. Already, even while nearing the en-trance to theBulldog lockerroom, Iwas hearing fans talk about “ getting robbed.” Theysawthatthetelevision crew failed to replay an Alabama pass receptionwhich appeared to have been dropped but ruled a catch. A former network announcer sent atext myway, “You guys got screwed.” What didKirby do? He took the high road which he always does. That was the way it was in2017 when Tyler Sim-mons blocked a ‘Bama punt and the Big Ten officiating crew flagged him for being offsides. The crewlateradmitted theyhadmissedthe call. The following Monday, following the heartbreaking loss, Iflew with Kirby toCharlotteforatrophy presentation by the American Football Coaches Asso-ciation. On the way up he was lament-ing the outcome of the play. He and the coaches had underscored with the great-est emphasiswith Simmons that the op-portunity was there, buthesimplycould notbeoffsides. Kirby’spositiontodayisthesameas it was a half dozen years ago. The game wasover. Thescorewouldneverchange. No amount of carping or evidence will everchangeit. Ole timersinTuscaloosamay claim that Pat Hodgson’s knees were on the ground in Sanford Stadium in 1965 on the heralded fleaflicker play that led to theclassicupsetofAlabamabetween the hedges on national television. The Georgia position on that call wasthat the rule said that forany catch to be legal there had to be “possession and control.” Conclusion wasthat if the ball had fallen to the turf, it wouldhave beenanincompletepass. One ofthe most controversial rul-ings in SEC history came in the 1966 Florida-Florida Stategamewhen aSem-inole pass receiver named Lane Fenner caught a touchdown pass that would have won the game, butan officialruled Fennerwas out of bounds. Afterthe game, FSU partisans pro-duced still photos that confirmed Fenner was well inbounds. Did Bill Peterson, the Seminole coach ever howl andgripe! He carriedthosestill photos about in his brief case andtookgreatdelightinshow-hhitamwasdoneinby a Please see AA State page 2B 3rd place AA dual team in Georgia. This year, heading into the State Dual Champion- Courtesy of Toombs County High School Call 537-3131 Thefirst competi-tion of the New Year for the MatDawgs had them traveling to Brunswick High School to competein the Port City Nigel Hamilton Memorial Tournament. The tour-nament is an annual tournament held in honor of Nigel Hamil-ton. Nigelwasa stand-out wrestler under now Brunswick head coach Tommy Bartolotta while coaching at Glynn Academy and then transferred to Camden County. The MatDawgs were able to secure a 4th place finish as a team, placing 11 of the 14 wrestlers entered intothetop5.The top 3 teams at the tourna-ment were powerhouse Camden County in first place, Glynn Acad-emy in second place, and Richmond Hill in third place. “I knew with the teams attend-ing thatwe would have some battles. These teams are some of the bestinthestate andI was proud of our team for the fight they had.”, said Coach Allen of the tournament. The MatDawgs head to Vidalia on Fri-day, January12,2024 for the Area Duals. Thiswill bein the old Vidalia gym and wres-tling beginsat3:30 pm. Come out and support the MatDawgs as they begintheir journeyto the State Dual Champi-onships! Individual Results: 113– Jahir Lopez placed5th 132 –Dylan Vetter placed 5th 138 –Tyson Brant-ley placed4th 144 –DabvnWad-ley placed 4th 150–SladeLan-drum placed 6th 157–MichaleJones placed 4th 165–GailanWilds placed 4th 165 – Alex Otero placed 5th 175 – Levi Worth placed5th 190 – Hayden Roy placed5th 285 – Brock Nobles placed 2nd The Steg in winter is now the pw lace to be unless youhave a fireplace, fire-wood, and a TV iVn den. EveEn if all f of that is fingertips, you aremiss-ing ifyfou yourwaya basketbatll arenaand becomeimmersed envnironment softf-spoken Mike frofmover, r findf ianto oftfen asa Bulldogbag sketbtall withpoignant enthusiasmin theVIV P whiw ch most substantial UGA supAporters, “ We got us a basketbtall fafns havejoined aboutfans— whiwle theymaynyot knowasw theysometimesthink theydo, cer-tainlypick onselfless redeeminghustleandsecondeffort f . Theyryecognizecompetitors whohave a isdeep and abaiding. Whitehasa fighyts forfthe isasunselfish asIcanremember Expertlyutyilizing hehasliterallycobbledtogetherateam whwich playsunselfishly, yand astandardthat shouldbring Georgia basketbtall dividends forf thefu-ture. The “ Whitemantra,” however, is to engender loftyoffresults here and now. w Get into the SEC tournament, make it to theregionals and ontothe Towina reflectshu-mility, yintensity, yand WiWth tohis operandiisto defensfethe y ofplayinggood wantingto whewnthe competitionhastheball. therub-ber Defenfsive savavy definevs Thisteam thisteamwill goafter loose ballslike an otterdiving fora muskrat. Theymake toinheated someof is a result of trying so hard. Theygo toposition toscore defensfe, shotdli place you have in your Even at your are miss-ing something if you don’t find your way into Georgia’s aging basketball arena and become immersed into the environment that the soft-spoken Mike White has wrought. The long season is far from over, and heartbreak could find its way into the mix. The ever-present fickle-ness of sports often brings about, but as a bearded Bulldog basketball aficionado said aloud with poignant enthusiasm in the VIP lounge which accommodates the most supporters, basketball coach.” Seasoned observers give the coach high marks, and passionate fans have joined in. One thing about fans— while they may not know as much as they sometimes think they do, they cer-tainly pick up on selfless attitude and redeeming hustle and second effort. They recognize competitors who have heart that is deep abiding. Mike White has a team that constantly fights and scraps for the ball and is as unselfish as I can remember in Stegeman. Expertly utilizing the portal, he has literally cobbled together a team which believes, plays unselfishly, and is developing a standard that should bring basketball for the fu-ture. White mantra,” lofty results the regionals on to the big dance. To win a championship, first you must think big. The Bulldog coach reflects hu-mility, intensity, and intellect. With him there is an unfailing underscoring of fundamentals. Central to his modus operandi is to give defense the highest priority. Some of playing good defense is attitude, wanting to be good when the competition has the ball. Make the rub-ber burn. Defensive savvy defines cham-pionship teams. This team will get in your face, this team will go after balls like otter diving for a They make mistakes, hard not to in heated competi-tion, but some of the plethora of miscues They go all out to position themselves to score a basket, make a steal on defense, blocka Courtesy of VHS The Vidalia High School tennis teams kicked of their season at Southeast Bulloch last week with the boys coming away with a big win. The Lady Indians fell in their season opener. The Lady Indians dropped their opener to Southeast Bulloch by the score of 5- 0. The boys came out on top 4- 1 in their first matches of the year. Boys won at 1st Doubles Jame-son Rollen and Sukumar Paidi; 2nd Singles, Danny Richardson; 3rd Singles, Larsen Carter; and 2nd Doubles, Ryker Hutto and Stone Smith. Vidalia was at Savan-nah Arts on Tuesday of this week after presstime, and will be back in action on Thursday at Screven County at 4: 00 p. m. NateLandon, Aidan Ell Courtesy of BPC Brewton-Parker Women’s Wrestling competed at the Tornado Open hosted by NCAA Division II King (Tenn.) on Sunday. Jorie Richardson highlights the Lady Barons’ lineupasshecaptured ith136poundweight Courtetsyof VHVSH Saturday, y January27y , fofur Vi-daliaHigh SchoolChess TeaTm theEast whiwch playa-ers frfom schools Emanuel, Courtesy of VHS On January 27, 2024, four members of the Vi-dalia High School Chess Team competed at the East Georgia State College Chess Tourna-ment, which involved 31 play-ers from in L to R: Ethan Hart, Nate Landon, Ellis, and Nathan Britton. TooT mbs, mond co Britton w Place wi losses. Et sophomor Please see Chess page 2B Toombs, Bulloch, and Rich-mond counties. VHS sophomore Nathan won Individual First with 5 wins and no Ethan Hart, another sophomore, was the champion Mike Branch Sports Editor sports1advance@ gmail.com It was a good week for the Viking basketball teams of Treutlen County High School as they swept Tel-fair County and Jenkins Please see Vikings page 2B County last week. Girls vs. Telfair The Lady Vikings took the win over the Lady Tro-jans on Tuesday at home. They held a 1413 lead at the end of the first quarter
HONORING HIS LEGACY – During the recent Technical College System of Georgia State Board meeting, the Board honored Southeastern Technical College President Larry Calhoun for his dedication to the state’s technical colleges and the legacy he leaves behind. L to R: TCSG Commissioner Greg Dozier, Larry Calhoun, TCSG Board Chair Buzz Law.
A COMMUNITY CELEBRATES - Thriftway Galaxy Foods Celebrated 30 years of serving their customers at their current location with free hotdogs, give-a-ways and storewide savings! Michael Grimes and family thank all their friends and customers for their support for the past 30 years!
UNITING THE COMMUNITY – The Keep It Clean, Vidalia! initiative has united citizens in the community, as everyone works together to keep litter from spreading throughout the city.
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