SPORTS January 17,2024 Section B VHS vs. Toombs Fri. 6: 00 p. m. (A) RTCA vs. MemorialDay Fri. 6: 00 p. m. (A) MCHS vs. ECI Fri. 6:00 p.m.(H) Treutlen vs. Hawkinsville Fri. 6:00 p.m. (A) SPORTS SPORT January 31, 2024 Section B RTCA vs. John HancockAca. Thurs 6:00 p.m. (A) Memorial Day vs. RTCA Friday. 6: 00 p. m. ( H) TCHS vs. ToombsCo. Fri. 6: 00 p. m. ( H) MCHSvs. Telfair Co. Fri. 6: 00 p. m. ( H) Treutlen vs. Wilcox Co. Sat. 6: 00 p. m. ( H) Treutlen vs. Swainsboro Sat. 5: 00 p. m. (A) Everything you need to know about To get your Courtesy of BPC Advance delivered, Brewton-ParkerMen’s Basketball pro-gram traveled to West Point, Ga.,to takeon Point (Ga.) for aSouthern States Athletic Conferencematchup. The Barons (610, 26SSAC) downed the Skyhawks(610, 08SSAC) convinc-ingly with a 79-50 road victory. How It Happened |First Half TheBaronsbustedthedoorsopen with an 110run in the first sixminutesled by LanceSmith with eight points, capping the runoff witha shotfromdeep at the 14:13 mark. Point responded with arun of their own,scoring10unansweredover the next three minutes to cutthe deficit to justone. Atrey from Zailan Blue moved BPC into afour-point leadwith 11:10ontheclock, but the Skyhawks leveled the game lessthan 60secondslater for a1414 score. Brewton-Parker shifted back intoadouble-figured lead over the following three minutes with ninepointscomingfrom beyondthe arc to lead 2514. After moving to a 14point deficit with 4:10toplay, Pointfoughtitswaybackintoa singledigit deficit with a105stretch in the final moments, but the Barons capped the half with atrey fromSmith fora 35-26lead at the break. Lance Smith scored a seasonhigh 34 points while snagging a team-leading seven rebounds and dishing out four assists as well, followed by Burroughs with 13 points. The Steg in winter is now the place of that is at your fingertips, you are miss-ing something if you don’t find your way into Georgia’s aging basketball arena and that the soft-spoken Mike The long season is far from over, and heartbreak By Loran Smith Asthe seconds evaporated from the scoreboard clockintheMercedesDome in Atlanta alittle more than amonth ago, I watched KirbySmart,bitterlydisap-pointed, stride across the playingfield with measured alacrity to congratulate Alabama’sNick Sabanonvictory. Already, even while nearing the en-trance to the Bulldog locker room, I was hearing fans talk about“ getting robbed.” They saw that the television crew failed to replayanAlabamapass receptionwhich appeared to have been dropped but ruled acatch. A formernetwork announcer sent atext my way, “You guys got screwed.” What did Kirby do? He took the highroad which he always does. Thatwastheway it was in2017 when Tyler Sim-mons blockeda ‘Bama punt and the Big Ten officiating crewflagged himforbeingoffsides. The crew later admitted they hadmissed the call. Thefollowing Monday,following the heartbreaking loss, Iflew with Kirby to Charlotteforatrophy presentation by the American FootballCoaches Asso-ciation. On the way up he was lament-ing theoutcome oftheplay. He and the coaches had underscored withthegreat-est emphasis with Simmons that the op-portunity wasthere,buthesimplycould not be offsides. Kirby’spositiontodayis the same as it was ahalf dozen years ago. Thegame was over. The score would never change. No amountof carping or evidencewill everchange it. lim Please see Barons Fly page 3B By Loran Smith to be unless you have a fireplace, fire-wood, and a TV in your den. Even if all become immersed into the environment White has wrought. 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 have joined in. One thing about fans— while they may not know as much as pick up on selfless attitude and redeeming hustle and second effort. They recognize competitors who have heart that is deep and abiding. and is as unselfish as I can remember in Stegeman. Expertly utilizing the portal, unselfishly, gdeveloping gasketballdividedfGeorgia basketballdividedf Courtesy of TCHS Toombs County MatDawgs from the comfort of the bee Fan tion qual mark Two years ago, the watched the State Dual Cham-pionships 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 3rd place AA dual team in Georgia. This year, heading into the State Dual Champion- ALL YOUR LOCAL SPORTS Please see AA State page 2B Call 537-3131 The first competi-tion oftheNewYear for the MatDawgs had them traveling to Brunswick High School to compete in the Port City Nigel Hamilton Memorial Courtesy of Toombs County High School Brunswick head coach Tommy Bartolotta while coaching at Glynn Academy and then transferred to Camden County. The MatDawgs wereable to securea 4th place finish as a team,placing 11 of the 14 wrestlers entered ht5Thetop emy in secondplace, and Richmond Hill in third place. “I knew with the teams attend-ing that we would have some battles. These teams are some of the best in thestate and I was proud of ourteam for the fight they had.”, saidCoach Allen ofthe tournament. Thiswillbeintheold Vidalia gym and wres-tling begins at 3: 30 pm. Comeout and support the MatDawgs as they begin theirjourney to the State Dual Champi-onships! Individual Results: 113 –Jahir Lopez placed5th 132 – DylanVetter ld5th leyplaced4th 150 – Slade Lan-drum placed 6th 157–MichaleJones placed 4th 165 –Gailan Wilds placed 4th 165 – Alex Otero placed 5th 175 –LeviWorth placed 5th 190 – Hayden Roy placed 5th bl the most substantial UGA supporters, “ We got us a basketball coach.” Seasoned observers give the coach high marks, and passionate fans they sometimes think they do, they cer-tainly Mike White has a team that constantly fights and scraps for the ball he has literally cobbled together a team which believes, plays and is developing a standard that should bring Georgia Courtesy of VHS 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 scoreof50 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 presstimeand SPORTS January 17,2024 Section B VHS vs. Toombs Fri. 6: 00 p. m. (A) RTCA vs. MemorialDay Fri. 6: 00 p. m. (A) MCHS vs. ECI Fri. 6:00 p.m.(H) Treutlen vs. Hawkinsville Fri. 6:00 p.m. (A) SPORTS SPORT January 31, 2024 Section B RTCA vs. John HancockAca. Thurs 6:00 p.m. (A) Memorial Day vs. RTCA Friday. 6: 00 p. m. ( H) TCHS vs. ToombsCo. Fri. 6: 00 p. m. ( H) MCHSvs. Telfair Co. Fri. 6: 00 p. m. ( H) Treutlen vs. Wilcox Co. Sat. 6: 00 p. m. ( H) Treutlen vs. Swainsboro Sat. 5: 00 p. m. (A) Everything you need to know about To get your Courtesy of BPC Advance delivered, Brewton-ParkerMen’s Basketball pro-gram traveled to West Point, Ga.,to takeon Point (Ga.) for aSouthern States Athletic Conferencematchup. The Barons (610, 26SSAC) downed the Skyhawks(610, 08SSAC) convinc-ingly with a 79-50 road victory. How It Happened |First Half TheBaronsbustedthedoorsopen with an 110run in the first sixminutesled by LanceSmith with eight points, capping the runoff witha shotfromdeep at the 14:13 mark. Point responded with arun of their own,scoring10unansweredover the next three minutes to cutthe deficit to justone. Atrey from Zailan Blue moved BPC into afour-point leadwith 11:10ontheclock, but the Skyhawks leveled the game lessthan 60secondslater for a1414 score. Brewton-Parker shifted back intoadouble-figured lead over the following three minutes with ninepointscomingfrom beyondthe arc to lead 2514. After moving to a 14point deficit with 4:10toplay, Pointfoughtitswaybackintoa singledigit deficit with a105stretch in the final moments, but the Barons capped the half with atrey fromSmith fora 35-26lead at the break. Lance Smith scored a seasonhigh 34 points while snagging a team-leading seven rebounds and dishing out four assists as well, followed by Burroughs with 13 points. The Steg in winter is now the place of that is at your fingertips, you are miss-ing something if you don’t find your way into Georgia’s aging basketball arena and that the soft-spoken Mike The long season is far from over, and heartbreak By Loran Smith Asthe seconds evaporated from the scoreboard clockintheMercedesDome in Atlanta alittle more than amonth ago, I watched KirbySmart,bitterlydisap-pointed, stride across the playingfield with measured alacrity to congratulate Alabama’sNick Sabanonvictory. Already, even while nearing the en-trance to the Bulldog locker room, I was hearing fans talk about“ getting robbed.” They saw that the television crew failed to replayanAlabamapass receptionwhich appeared to have been dropped but ruled acatch. A formernetwork announcer sent atext my way, “You guys got screwed.” What did Kirby do? He took the highroad which he always does. Thatwastheway it was in2017 when Tyler Sim-mons blockeda ‘Bama punt and the Big Ten officiating crewflagged himforbeingoffsides. The crew later admitted they hadmissed the call. Thefollowing Monday,following the heartbreaking loss, Iflew with Kirby to Charlotteforatrophy presentation by the American FootballCoaches Asso-ciation. On the way up he was lament-ing theoutcome oftheplay. He and the coaches had underscored withthegreat-est emphasis with Simmons that the op-portunity wasthere,buthesimplycould not be offsides. Kirby’spositiontodayis the same as it was ahalf dozen years ago. Thegame was over. The score would never change. No amountof carping or evidencewill everchange it. lim Please see Barons Fly page 3B By Loran Smith to be unless you have a fireplace, fire-wood, and a TV in your den. Even if all become immersed into the environment White has wrought. 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 have joined in. One thing about fans— while they may not know as much as pick up on selfless attitude and redeeming hustle and second effort. They recognize competitors who have heart that is deep and abiding. and is as unselfish as I can remember in Stegeman. Expertly utilizing the portal, unselfishly, gdeveloping gasketballdividedfGeorgia basketballdividedf Courtesy of TCHS Toombs County MatDawgs from the comfort of the bee Fan tion qual mark Two years ago, the watched the State Dual Cham-pionships 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 3rd place AA dual team in Georgia. This year, heading into the State Dual Champion- ALL YOUR LOCAL SPORTS Please see AA State page 2B Call 537-3131 The first competi-tion oftheNewYear for the MatDawgs had them traveling to Brunswick High School to compete in the Port City Nigel Hamilton Memorial Courtesy of Toombs County High School Brunswick head coach Tommy Bartolotta while coaching at Glynn Academy and then transferred to Camden County. The MatDawgs wereable to securea 4th place finish as a team,placing 11 of the 14 wrestlers entered ht5Thetop emy in secondplace, and Richmond Hill in third place. “I knew with the teams attend-ing that we would have some battles. These teams are some of the best in thestate and I was proud of ourteam for the fight they had.”, saidCoach Allen ofthe tournament. Thiswillbeintheold Vidalia gym and wres-tling begins at 3: 30 pm. Comeout and support the MatDawgs as they begin theirjourney to the State Dual Champi-onships! Individual Results: 113 –Jahir Lopez placed5th 132 – DylanVetter ld5th leyplaced4th 150 – Slade Lan-drum placed 6th 157–MichaleJones placed 4th 165 –Gailan Wilds placed 4th 165 – Alex Otero placed 5th 175 –LeviWorth placed 5th 190 – Hayden Roy placed 5th bl the most substantial UGA supporters, “ We got us a basketball coach.” Seasoned observers give the coach high marks, and passionate fans they sometimes think they do, they cer-tainly Mike White has a team that constantly fights and scraps for the ball he has literally cobbled together a team which believes, plays and is developing a standard that should bring Georgia Courtesy of VHS 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 scoreof50 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 presstimeand
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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