Newspaper Page Text
The ADVANCE, February 3,2021 /Page 4B
(Eift Aiiuancg
Indians Run In Alabama Toombs Season Winding Down
The Vidalia High
School Indians track &
field teams competed in
the Last Chance Invita
tional #2, held in Birming
ham, AL, on Friday, Janu
ary 29. This annual event
was split into six different
sessions over two days due
to COVID-19 restrictions,
but that did not stop the
track & field team of seven
boys and four girls from
bringing home some hard
ware.
Sarah Owen was the
first competitor of the
night and ran a personal
best in the 3200m with a
time of 12:22, placing 2nd.
Within an hour she re
turned to the track for the
1600m placing 6th with a
time of 5:50. Luke Palmer
had a solid performance in
the 3200m and 1600m as
well.
Myesha Hall had an
outstanding meet. Hall
jumped 35'5" in the triple
jump dominating the com
petition. She struggled to
find the board in long
jump but still managed to
pull off the win while
jumping off the wrong
foot. Coach Mandy God-
bee said, “Her athletic abil
ity and drive for excellence
exceeds all other competi
tors in her field.”
Michael Madison re
turned to the track with a
huge opening win in the
60m dash with a time of
7:11. Bryce Davis placed
5th in the 60m and 4th in
the long jump with a jump
Loran
continued from page 3B
is older by 18 years and some
would say his wizened expe
rience might neutralize Ma-
homes raw talent. However,
that view emanates mostly
from Tampa Bay partisans.
The rooting interest
here is solidly in the Chief’s
comer—owing to the fact
that Bulldog Mecole Hard
man’s name is on the Kanas
city roster. Who could not
admire the handiwork of
Tom Brady, however? His
spectacular career is without
peer, but he has enough Su
per Bowl rings. Let Mecole
and his teammates enjoy
having a ring for each hand.
Mahomes fits the mo
bile profile as much as any
quarterback in the game. He
can throw on the run with
the greatest of deftness. Per
haps, his greatest ability is
his escapability. He always
seems to be able to extricate
himself from trouble. He can
turn a likely 15-yard loss into
a 20-yard gain.
When Peyton Man
ning was in Athens to video
tape a segment for “Peyton’s
Places” with Georgia’s Fran
Tarkenton, they talked about
the game moving from the
drop back quarterback style
of play. Tarkenton is credited
with being the originator of
the mobile quarterback con
cept but he was buying time,
trying to avoid a big yardage
loss by taking a sack. He has
always been a philosophical
proponent of being profi
cient at “running the football
and stopping the ran” as the
best route to victory.
In addition to originat
ing the mobile quarterback
in the NFL, Tarkenton also
has a link with the develop
ment of the concept of the
West Coast offense which
came about during his years
with the Giants in the days
of Allie Sherman, known for
his innovative and complex
passing schemes. Tarkenton
and former Giant quarter
back, Y. A. tittle, came up
with a short passing game
offense, owing to the fact
that New York had limited
talent on the offensive roster.
Yet, the Giants always led the
league in passing.
For all of his creativity
on the field and his innova
tive play, the sad fact remains
that Tarkenton was unable
to win a Super Bowl ring in
three attempts, this statistical
ignominy only exceeded by
Jim Kelly’s 0-4 Super Bowl
record when he was quarter-
backing the Buffalo Bills.
There is no explanation
as to why Tarkenton and
Kelly could not win a ring in
seven collective opportuni
ties and that Tom Brady has
the good fortune to claim six
rings and now playing for a
seventh.
DERRICK’S
AUTOMOTIVE
New Location
139 Ben Wilson Rd Vidalia
912-380-4110
of20'00. These two sprint
ers teamed up with Chris
tian Williams and Mar-
quell Middleton for the
4x200m placing 3rd.
Kaitlyn Allen, Michael
Blount and Jace Gabbard
had good showings in the
800m run while Jakerra
McRae, Marquell Middle-
ton and Christian Williams
all ran well in the 400m.
Godbee added, “This
small group of athletes
have worked very hard
throughout the off season,
and met a standard to qual
ify for this highly competi
tive meet. It is a bonus
meet for Georgia athletes
to get to compete in an in
door meet before our regu
lar season kicks off Febru
ary 26, in Fitzgerald.”
I have had the good for
tune to discuss this subject
of winning and losing cham
pionships with a number of
sports titans. Ted Williams,
for example, never won a
World Series ring while Yogi
Berra won 10, playing for
the New York Yankees. Joe
DiMaggio won nine.
Williams always
thought his body ofwork de
fined this career and scoffed
at the talk of the “Curse of
the Bambino” saying that
was a latent media concoc
tion. “We never heard any
thing about any curse when
I was playing,” he told me
a couple of years before he
died.
Sports have always been
imbued with fickleness.
How can Orville Moody win
the U. S. Open golf champi
onship and Sam Snead not?
I once asked Roger Staubach
if he had any sympathy for
hard luck guys who never
win a ring. “No,” he said with
out hesitation. “It’s a game
and they are all big boys.” In
other words, a “let the chips
fall where they may,” mantra.
You have to be cold
blooded in sports. In compe
tition, you have to hold con
tempt for your opponent.
Football, for sure, is not an
egalitarian enterprise.
By Mike Branch
Sports Editor
sports 7 advance@gmaii. com
The Toombs County
High School basketball team
faced off with rival Vidalia
on Tuesday of last week,
East Laurens on Friday and
then Metter on Saturday.
The Lady Bulldogs won 2-3
games while the boys fell in
all three.
Girls vs. Vidalia
The Lady Bulldogs got
the big Region and rivalry
win over Vidalia on Tuesday
of last week. Toombs
jumped out to an 18-8 lead
over the Lady Indians and
led 37-23 in the second pe
riod of the game.
TCHS pulled away and
took the win 66-47 over
VHS.
Boys vs. VHS
VHS held a 15-5 lead at
the end of the first period,
and pushed that lead to 33-9
The Treutlen County
High School basketball
teams had a busy week as
they took on Dooly County
on Monday, Hawkinsville on
Tuesday, the boys played
Wheeler County on Friday,
and then both teams played
Wilcox County on Saturday.
The boys won two of their
four games, while the girls
dropped all three of theirs.
Then on Monday of this
week the Lady Vikings face
the Lady Eagles of Mont
gomery County.
Treutlen vs. Dooly
The girls lost a tough
game to the Lady Bobcats of
Dooly County. Dooly ran
away with a 47-17 victory.
In the boys contest
Dooly took the Region win
over the Vikings, 61 -43.
Treutlen vs. Hawkinsville
Against the Red Devils
of Hawkinsville the Lady Vi
kings did a bit better on of
fense, but it was still not
enough as they fell, 43-27.
The boys on the other
hand, had a solid game and
picked up the Region victory.
They won over the Red Dev
ils, 50-31.
by the end of the first half of
the game.
In the third period the
Bulldogs finally got a bit of
offense going, but they still
trailed 50-25 heading to the
fourth. VHS took the win,
69-36.
TCHS vs. E. Laurens
The Lady Bulldogs had
a tough run against the Lady
Falcons of East Laurens on
Friday at home. East Lau
rens ran away with a 69-36
win over TCHS.
In the boys game the
Bulldogs kept it close, but
fell just four points short to
the Falcons. Toombs
dropped the game 52-48 in
the Region contest.
Girls vs. Metter
The TCHS girls rolled
to a win over the Lady Ti
gers of Metter at home on
Saturday. Toombs took the
early lead and picked up the
win, 51-25.
Boys vs. Metter
Boys vs. Wheeler
Treutlen lost their game
against the Bulldogs in the
Region rivalry game.
Wheeler came out on top,
68-60.
Treutlen vs. Wilcox
In the final games of the
week the Lady Vikings lost
their game against the Lady
Patriots, 54-25.
The boys had a good
game and got the win. Wil
cox jumped out to a 21-7 lead
by the end of the first period,
but in the second the Vikings
came storming back to close
It took overtime for this
game to be decided, but it
was Metter that came out on
top. Toombs led 10-7 at the
end of the first, and pushed
that lead to 25-18 by half
time.
In the third Metter
came back and took the lead
38-37 heading to the fourth.
Toombs tied the game late
to send it to overtime, 51-
51. In the first overtime both
teams managed 8 points
sending it to double over
time tied at 59-59. In the
second overtime Metter
came out on top, winning
the game 67-63.
The Lady Bulldogs are
10-10 on the year and are
6-5 in the Region while the
boys are 4-16 and are 2-9 in
Region play. This week
Toombs will play their last
regular season games on Fri
day when they travel to
Woodville-Tompkins at
6:00 p.m.
the lead to 31-28.
In the third Treutlen
outscored Wilcox 18-8 to go
on top, 46-39. They held on
and got the win, 64-55.
Girls vs. Montgomery
On Monday of this week
MCHS got the win over the
Lady Vikings. MCHS won
59-28 over Treutlen.
On Tuesday of this week
Treutlen hosted Hawkins
ville after presstime and will
be back in action on Friday
when Johnson County
comes to town at 6:00 p.m.
ATTENTION
The City of Alamo is currently accepting sealed
bids for the resurfacing of streets associated with
the 2021 LMIG. The following sections of streets
are: (1) end of E. First Ave. (off Snow Hill Rd)
and (2) W. Lucille (section between N. Pine St.
and N. Broad St.). Sealed bids need to be turned
in by February 15, 2021, at 5:00 P.M. The sealed
bids can be addressed to the Alamo City Hall,
PO BOX 646, Alamo, GA 30411. If you have any
questions, please contact the City hall at (912)
568-7153. Thank you.
Two Region Wins For Vikings
Public Notice
The Heart of Georgia Altamaha
Workforce Development Board will
hold a conference call Tuesday,
February 9, 2021,10:30 a.m.
To join the meeting call: 669-224-3412
- enter code 978-763-925.
The meeting is open to the public.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Program.
Auxiliary aids and services are available
upon request to individuals with disabilities.
Grand Jury Notice
The Montgomery County
Grand jury scheduled for
February 1, 2021, has been continued
per order from Chief Judge Sarah Wall
of the Oconee Judicial Circuit.
If your name was chosen to appear on
this date for the grand jury, you will
not need to appear. If you have any
questions, please give me a call at the
below phone number.
Tammy C. Foskey
Clerk of Superior Court
Montgomery County, Georgia
P. O. Box 311, Mount Vernon, GA 30445
Phone Number: 912-583-4401
Public Notice
Pursuant to O.C.G.A. 21-2-131(l)(A), the following qualifying fees
were set by the City of Santa Claus City Council during the special
City Council meeting of January 29, 2021.
Municipal Office Qualifying Fee
City Council Member- At Large $18.00
City Council Member- At Large $18.00
Qualifying will be held at Toombs County Registrars’ Office, Lyons,
GA, beginning on Monday, August 16, 2021 and ending on Wednesday,
August 18, 2021. The hours for qualifying each day will be from
9:00 A.M. - 4:30 RM. The General Election will be held on Tuesday,
November 2, 2021.
NOTICE
The County Commissioners of Montgomery
County, Georgia, pursuant to Article IX, Sec
tion 2, Paragraph 1, of the Constitution of the
State of Georgia, hereby give notice of their
intention to amend Article II, Timber Opera
tions Ordinance, of Chapter 8, Business and
Business Regulations of the Code of Montgom
ery County, Georgia. A copy of the proposed
amendment is on file in the Office of the
Clerk, Montgomery County Superior Court,
for the purpose of examination and inspection
by the public. The Clerk of Court shall furnish
anyone, upon written request, a copy of the
proposed amendment. For the public’s conve
nience, a copy of the proposed amendment can
be found on the County’s website: www.mont-
gomerycountyga.gov.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, GEORGIA,
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Lelatid Adams, Chairman