The Advance. (Vidalia, Ga.) 2003-current, September 01, 2021, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextFRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS MCHS vs. Treutlen 7:30 in Mt. Vernon All game broadcasts streamed live at Listen to on 101.7 FM WYUM www.southeastgeorgiatoday.com RTCA VS. Edmund Burke 7:30 in Waynesboro Listen to on NewsTalk 970 AM 105.3 FM - WVOP TCHS VS. Bleckley Co. 7:30 in Lyons Listen to on 100.9 FM WLYU VHS vs. ECI 7:30 in Vidalia Listen to on 97.7 FM WTCQ Treutlen vs. Montgomery Co. 7:30 in Mt. Vernon Listen to on 101.7 FM WYUM VHA vs. Twiggs Academy 7:30 in vidalia Wheeler VS. Portal 7:30 in Portal September 1,2021 ®l|e Aiuance Section B Loran Smith Jake Camarda By Loran Smith With Jake Camarda being named to the Associated Press preseason All- America team, there was an immedi ate flashback to Georgia’s most ac- complished punters of the past. There are many storied kickers to have worn the Red and Black, dat ing back the thirties when William Cole man Hartman was the incum bent. Those long in the tooth with a re call of Hartman’s career would be per suaded that Hartman had to have the strongest leg of all UGA punters. His calf muscles were bigger than a small pine sapling which, perhaps, explains how he was able to punt a football a record 82 yards against Tulane in 1937. Hartman said his kick went out of bounds “on the fly” at the Tulane six-yard-line, which means that, add ing 15 yards behind the line of scrim mage, his punt traveled 97 yards in the air, making it unquestionably the longest punt in Georgia history from toe to turf—or from kick to next con tact, either a returner’s hands or terra firma. When Spike Jones broke Hart man’s record with an 87-yard wind aided kick against Auburn in 1967, the old coach lobbied for an asterisk by Spike’s name in the record book be cause of gusting winds that afternoon. The line of scrimmage was the Georgia ten-yard line. Spike stood five yards deep in the end zone. In addition to an assist from the wind, Spike was the beneficiary of the most fortuitous bounce and roll a punter could experi ence. The ball tumbled perfectly. “I don’t think Coach Hartman ever forgave me for breaking his re cord,” says Jones, who spent eight years playing in the National Football League. Jones’ name appears in the Bulldog record book five times in first or second place in various punting cat egories. He was certainly one of the Bulldogs’ greatest punters. Hartman’s name remains in the record book for the most punts in a game, 14 versus Auburn in 1937. Please see Loran page 3B KLUSsiB Gardner-Webb Statesboro, 6:00 p.m. ESPN3 Northern Illinois Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. ACC Network Clemson Charlotte, NC, 7:30 p.m. ABC Eagles Roll Over Portal Photo by Mike Branch Brandon Denmark finds his way into the corner of the end zone for an Eagle touch down as MCHS pulls away from Portal, By Mike Branch Sports Editor sports 7 advance@gmail.com The Montgomery County Eagles football team rolled to a big 56-15 win over the Panthers of Portal at home on Friday of last week. The Eagles spread the ball around in the running game, but racked up a total of 338 yards in the rushing game. The Eagles also got to show off their new lighting system that was finished being installed earlier in the week. The Eagles put in all new LED programma ble lights and were able to use them for the entrance and after the many touch down that they scored in the game. They will provide a better setup during foot ball games, for band performances, and for the soccer programs, and everything else that the school holds on Brogdon Field. Halfway through the first quarter of the game the Eagles were already out to a 7-0 lead over the Panthers. With just over six minutes to go in the first, the Eagles started at their own 26-yard line after a punt from Portal. A good run by quarterback Bo Davidson moved it out to the 47-yard line, and then Brandon Denmark went across midfield to the 39 of the Panthers. Davidson took it to the 24-yard line, and then Rome Thornton put it in from there for a touchdown. Nishawn Wise went in for the two-point conversion to make the score 15-0 with 2:13 left in the first. In the second quarter of the game the Panthers fumbled the ball at their own 24-yard line with the Eagles jump ing on it, setting them up with great field position for their next possession. Den mark had a solid run all the way to the 5-yard line. Two plays later big Talik Jackson punched through the middle of the line for a touchdown with 8:16 left in the half. They added the extra point by Jackson Cartwright for a 22-0 lead. On Portal’s next drive Jackson had a sack that ended the Panthers drive and gave the ball to MCHS at the 34-yard line. Samari Madison had a solid run to the 18-yard line, and another run by Da vidson made it lst-and-goal at the 7-yard line. Two plays later a pass from David son to Denmark made it 29-0 with 4:26 left in the half. Portal did move the ball well late in the half as they worked it inside the red zone and to the 9-yard line. The Eagles made a big stop on 4th-and-l, giving MCHS the ball back out at the 15-yard line. The Eagles tried to get in for one more score, making it all the way to the Please see MCHS page 2B Photo by Mike Branch Ellie Graham throws across for an out as the Lady Crusaders host Gatewood Acad emy's Lady Gators. Lady Crusaders Keep Winning By Mike Branch Sports Editor sports 7 advance@gmail. com The Lady Crusaders softball team of Robert Toombs Christian Acad emy took on Windsor Academy on Monday of last week and then faced off with Gatewood Academy on Tuesday and took wins in both games. Those wins moved them to 7-0 on the season. vs. Windsor At Windsor on Mon day RTCA got a big game from Railee Thomas as she knocked in four runs for the Cru saders. RTCA took the early lead with three runs in the top of the first inning. They added two more in the third to take a 5-0 lead. Windsor got on the board in the bottom of the third with one run, and then added three more in the fourth to close the RTCA lead to 5-4. But five more runs in the top of the fifth in ning broke the game open for RTCA as they pushed their lead to 10- 4. Each team scored one more run in the sev enth inning, but RTCA took the win, 11-5 over Windsor. Thomas had three hits to go with her four RBI’s, and Madison Wil liams also added three hits and two RBI’s, vs. Gatewood In the bottom of the first inning in Lyons RTCA plated the first run of the game. Ellie Graham reached on an infield hit, and then moved all the way to third on a throwing er ror. Morgan Newsome hit in Graham with a sac rifice. In the top of the Please see RTCA page 4B VHS Gets Win Over Bacon By Mike Branch Sports Editor sports 7 advance@gmail. com The Vidalia High School soft- ball team got one game in last week around the weather as they picked up a big Region win over Bacon County in Alma. VHS got the first run of the game in the top of the first inning on an RBI single by Madison Starr that drove in Alii Taufmann. Bailey Holland was hit by a pitch and had to come out of the game with Tym- ber Harris taking her spot. Harris then scored on a hit by Bralie Carey and an errant throw. That put VHS on top 3-0. Bacon got a runner to third base in the first, but Starr, who was pitch ing, got out of the jam. Bacon did manage to get two runs across in the bottom of the third inning on a couple of VHS errors, closing the lead to 3-2. Bacon tied the game in Please see VHS page 3B SOFTBALL MCHS vs. Dublin Thur. 5:30 p.m. (H) RTCA vs. Twiggs Aca. Thur. 4:00 p.m. (A) TCHS vs. Vidalia Thur. 5:45 p.m. (A) VHS vs. Toombs Thur. 5:45 p.m. (H) Treutlen vs. Telfair Co. Thur. 5:30 p.m. (A) Wheeler vs. Johnson Co. Thur. 5:30 p.m. (H)