Newspaper Page Text
Stye Aiiuance
The ADVANCE, March 10,2021/Page 2B
Loran
continued from page 1B
bilities, but Steve recalls
Doc’s fiery pre-game,
win-one-for-the-Gipper,
speeches on game day.
Ayers could summon tears
with his emotional exhor
tations, somewhat like a
seasoned actor on cue. “I
think Doc’s grandmother
died three times during
my freshman year,” Steve
chuckled.
Greer had a contribut
ing hand in helping recruit
two of Georgia’s greatest
players—Herschel Walker
and Terry Hoage. Mike
Cavan was on the point in
recruiting Herschel, but
Greer, his closest friend,
kept him company in
Wrightsville where they
hung out enough weeks
and months that they
could have been required
to pay taxes.
With Hoage, Greer
and Cavan got a tout from
a faculty colleague of Ter
ry’s father at Sam Hous
ton State in Huntsville,
Texas. A native Georgian,
Dick Payne, was a distin
guished faculty member
at the Texas based school
and kept sending word to
Athens that none of the
Texas schools had shown
an interest in Hoage.
“Terry’s high school
coach told us that Terry
likely would enroll at an
Ivy League school,” Greer
recalled. After a brief film
session, Greer and Cavan
were quickly moved to ea
gerly recommend Hoage
to Vince Dooley, the head
coach.
In the space of two
months in the spring of
1980, the Cavan-Greer
team had helped Georgia
land the most recruited
player in the country and
the least recruited. Both
would be elected to the
College Football Hall of
Fame.
At the dedication of
the field to Dooley in the
fall of 2019, Hoage, not
a sentimentalist by na
ture, warmly embraced
Greer and thanked him for
changing his life.
Earlier this week, I
stopped by Steve and Su
san’s house and left them a
bottle of Terry’s best wine,
“The Hedge.” Hoage gets
the same emotional kick
from making good wine
that Greer has always got
ten from shooting a shot
gun.
Steve Greer and Terry
Hoage. Two All-American
boys who made All-Amer
ica teams in college and
passionately followed ex
tracurricular pursuits for
ultimate fulfillment in life.
Hear! Hear! Damn Good
Dawgs.
MCHS
continued from page 1B
wearing an Eagle uniform
while 14 state titles have
been claimed over the
years by Eagles.
The track will be used
by the current student ath
letes at MCHS, but it was
certainly the hard work
and dedication of former
track athletes that paved
the way for this great facil
ity to come to fruition.
Athletic Director and
Head Track Coach Tim
Suttles said, “This has been
a long term process. Our
school board has talked
and planned for the last
decade, and we had just
been waiting on the financ
ing to be right. There have
been so many people that
have been involved in this
process and we are just so
excited to be able to have
this great facility.
“We are thankful to ev
eryone that has been a part
of this, and there are so
many people to thank for
all the hard work. And to
be able to honor one of the
former MCHS greats, and
to hopefully have many
more that will get to use
this new track is awesome.
“We have five home
varsity meets, four home
middle-school meets and
we will be hosting the Re
gion Track Meet in April.
And it is a testament to the
quality of this new facility.
We didn't even have to of
fer to host the Region
Meet, all the other coaches
asked us to do it, and that
shows what we have put
together here.”
Montgomery County
School Superintendent
Hugh Right stated, “We
are very excited about this
new facility. We are also
thankful that it is all paid
for, just like the new school,
that is a big plus. We know
out community is proud of
this just as we are.
“This truly has been a
community effort. From
the Commissioners, the
School Board, the Tran-
portation Department, to
all the local people that put
in time to help work out
here. We even had the
Mayor out here driving a
tractor working. Everyone
we asked graciously came
out and did all that they
could to help out.
“This has been a true
community effort, and we
are excited to have been
able to do this for them,
and for all of our great kids
and student athletes.”
MARCH SUPER EVENT
USA
Select Commercial
Mowers
March 1 - March 31
Offer valid on X-ONE, SUPER S, SUPER 88,
SUPER Z, and SUPER Z HYPERDRIVE product
lines. OFFER valid on units retailed between
3/1/21 and 3/31/21. May NOT be used in conjunc
tion with other promotions unless otherwise
stated. Offer valid in USA only.
Photo by Mike Branch
Sarah Owen took the win in the 5k women's race.
Vidalia
Vidalia
Vidalia
Vidalia
Vidalia
Vidalia
Vidalia
Vidalia
Vidalia
Photo by Mike Branch
Moses Williams was declared the winner of the 1 Ok race
on race day.
Chick-Fil-A Holds Road Race
By Mike Branch
Sports Editor
sports 7 advance@gmail. com
Chick-Fil-A hosted
their 5k - 10k Road Race
last Saturday with pro
ceeds going to a worthy
cause, the Paul Anderson
Youth Home and Win-
Shape Camps. There was
also a 1-mile fun run held
during the event.
Vice President of
PAYH Betty Burris said,
“We are excited today. We
have enjoyed watching
our guys come across that
finish line and do so well.
They are excited and are
proud of the accomplish
ments that they have
achieved. We are thankful
for all of what this race
has provided for us and
we can't thank everyone
involved enough.”
Local Chick-Fil-A
owner Brit McDade
added, “Feels great to do
all that we can. We have
had a great turnout, and
this community contin
ues to amaze me. We want
to thank all of our spon
sors for doing all they can
for these two great causes.
It is just a great event.
The PAYH boys have
been wonderful out here
today, and the WinShape
camps are another great
cause. We think that we
are going to again this
year raise around $ 15,000
for each organization.”
The winner of the
10k race was Darren
Crook with a time of
38:53. Second place went
to Connor Gardiner and
third place to Moses Wil
liams. Macy Todd won
the female 10k.
Williams was named
the winner at the race on
Saturday, but the website
with official times reor
dered places after race
day.
In the 5k race Axel
Sierra won the overall
with a time of 17:37.
Sarah Owen won the fe
male 5k with a time of
20:41.
Army Specialist Mo
ses Williams from Ft.
Stewart took third in the
10k race. He said, “It was
a bit cold out today, but it
was a good day out here. I
have been running a
while, and ran really good
out here today. I had a
good time, and enjoy do
ing these races that help
out the communities.”
5k race winner Sarah
Owen of Vidalia High
School stated, “I think I
had a good day. It also
helped with a bit of confi
dence for the rest of the
track season. It was a bit
windy out today and that
kind of got me out here a
bit. It feels good to give
back to the community
and to help out these
causes.”
TCHS Soccer In Top 10
By Mike Branch
Sports Editor
sports 7 advance@gmail. com
The Toombs County
High School soccer teams
have both cracked into
the top 10 in the state
with the boys sitting at #9
and the girls holding the
#10 spot. The Bulldogs
played just one match last
week with the girls rolling
over Jeff Davis and the
boys dropping a one goal
game to the #7 team in
the state.
Girls
The TCHS girls had
no problems with the
Lady Yellow Jackets. It
was a close contest in the
first half with Toombs
leading 1-0 heading to
halftime, but in the sec
ond half of the game the
Lady Bulldogs exploded
with three goals on their
way to a 3-0 Region win.
Toombs got two goals
from Anyadi Colmenares,
and one each from Ange
les Tinoco and Rilyn
Fitzgerald.
Boys
In the boys game it
was a defensive battle
with both top 10 teams
&
10X20
UNITS AVAILABLE
lUIONTFORT
GROUP
(912) 293-1243
playing well. The game
was knotted at 0-0 at half
time, but in the second
half the Jackets managed
to find the back of the net
as they took a 1-0 lead
over Toombs. Toombs
couldn't answer and fell
to Jeff Davis 1-0.
This week TCHS was
at home against the Ti
gers of Swainsboro on
Tuesday after presstime
and will be back in action
on Friday as they host Ba
con County with the girls
game starting at 5:00 p.m.
and the boys to follow.
A 25 minute program about the City of Vidalia featuring
City Manager Nick Overstreet and special guests. Tune in
the second Tuesday of each month at 8:05 AM.
WYUM
t B
Copies now available
From the
PORCH
ip 25 AMBER LANIER’NAGLE
A collection of
personal essays
from author Amber
Nagle’s weekly
column published
in The Advance
“Nagle writes with Southern flavor and charm,
capturing the rhythms of her life with grace ancl
artistry.” - Audrey Andersen
Get your copy at