The Advance. (Vidalia, Ga.) 2003-current, September 22, 2021, Image 17

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Newspaper Page Text(Eift Aiiuancg The ADVANCE, September 22,2021 /Page 3B Indians Over Richmond Academy Loran J continued frorr continued from page IB By John IV. Conner A young and agressive Vidalia team ignored the high grass in Frank Inman Stadium in front of Rich mond Academy also called the Academy of Richmond County in Augusta and outhit and outhustled the Class AAA Musketeers to claim their first win in 2021. The Indian defense al lowed Richmond Acad emy some yardage; but when the Musketeers got into the shadow of the Vi dalia goal line, Vidalia just shut them down. After two weeks on the road, the Indians will host the Stockbridge Ti gers, a team out of Region 4-AAAAA that enters the game with a 2-2 record. The Tigers own victories over Southwest Dekalb and Locust Grove. Their losses were to Douglas County and Jones County last Friday night. Jones County beat the Tigers 42-9; but the Tigers turned the ball over five times, three times while driving into Jones County territory. Stockbridge cer tainly has good athletes. Friday’s game will be the first meeting between Vidalia and Stockbridge in each school’s football his Photo by John W. Conner Vidalia's defensive unit appears to be "all in" with Coach Britt Ingle in Augusta during the Indians' 22-3 win over Class AAA Richmond Academy. quarter. A trick play on the PAT failed when running back A.J. McLendon was tackled short of the goal line. Vidalia’s defense forced consecutive fum bles in Richmond Acad emy territory on the Mus keteers’ next two posses sions; but a combination of penalties and tough de fense by the home team stopped Vidalia’s offense. The Indians scored a second time late in the sec ond quarter, this time by air. tory. Vidalia got on the scoreboard first when quarterback Bryce Davis weaved his way through the Musketeer defense to make it 6-0 with just 29 seconds left in the first Davis hit sophomore receiver Antonio Barron on a tunnel screen at the Musketeer 23 and raced untouched into the end zone. Tate McDaniel’s ex tra point sailed left of the goalpost to keep the score at 12-0. Richmond Academy scored on their next pos session. Junior QB Jack Murphy, who led his team to a region champ oinship last year and gave the Indi ans trouble in Vidalia, started hitting his receivers on flat passes and drove his Jeff Davis Middle School team into field goal posi tion, where Reid Barfield kicked a 25-yarder to cut Vidalia’s lead to 12-3 at halftime. After Vidalia line backer Zach Howard drew an audible “Ooohhh” from the crowd after scoring a big hit on a Richmond run ning back, the Indian de fense came up big again. This time they stopped ARC on fourth down by pressuring Murphy into an errant pass on fourth down that fell incomplete inside the Vidalia 5-yard line. Vidalia responded with a time consuming drive that ended midway through the fourth quarter with Tate McDaniel’s 36- yard field goal to increase the lead to 15-3. The Indians put the game away on their next drive. After forcing a Mus keteer punt to midfield, Darrell Brown put the fin ishing touches on the vic tory when he scored Vida lia’s final TD on a short run. McDaniel’s extra point made the final 22-3. _ 6 r II never is as emotional as Munson was. Scott can be graphi cally clever as he was in a game at Missouri when running back Brendan Douglas experienced a col lision at the goal line which resulted in the Bulldog back flipping over the would be tacklers and land ing on his feet in the end zone. Scott said on the air, “Give him six for the score and a 10 for the flip.” Very descriptive and apropos. A very balanced and levelheaded type, Scott has considerable blue collar, lunch pail influence in his career. He is always on time, he underscores the fundamentals of his busi ness—he always gives you the down and distance— and never becomes flum moxed by a new player go ing on the field with an unrecognized number. He is not given to outbursts; he never carps about broadcast booth inadequa cies or fusses about travel conditions—even in pri vate. The thing about this loyal Bulldog that I appre ciate the most is that the many iconic Munson calls that continue to be played as part of the Georgia broadcast does not rankle Scott Howard. If I were a betting man, I would wager that there are not two announcers in the country, more than likely, none, who would be comfortable with a situa tion such as that. Espe cially after Munson’s last active year dates back a de cade and a half. Much of that is that Georgia’s current play-by- play announcer is not ego driven. He is not only fa miliar with Munson’s leg end, he enjoys and em braces Munson’s memory and unforgettable mo ments. He assesses it as he does with the Braves cele brated announcers Skip Caray and Pete Van Wie- ren. “It is sad,” Howard says, “that they are not with us anymore, but I’m glad their memories and their voices are still with us through their calls.” When his family moved to Nashville, Scott remembers hearing Larry calling Vanderbilt football and basketball games. He also recalls seeing Mun son’s fishing show on tele vision. Scott, a very passion ate family man, has a very dry sense of humor; his hobby is his work and his focus is giving every Geor gia broadcast his best ef fort. He will never short change those who tune in. There is no job out there he aspires to hold, no big league position for him to pursue. The lights of Athens are bright enough for him, and his network affiliation is the only one he wants. There’s nothing out there that would turn his head. He enjoys his laidback lifestyle in a col lege town and appreciates the distinction of being the “Voice of the Dawgs.” A dedicated profes sional, Scott’s portfolio in cludes a positive attitude, a seasoned work ethic and a personality devoid of ego. One more thing: He is a Damn Good Dawg. Treutlen Drops 2 Games By Mike Branch Sports Editor sports 7 advance@gmail. com The Treutlen County High School softball team played two games last week and dropped both of them. The Lady Vikings fell to the Irish of Dublin on Monday and then to the Bulldogs of Wheeler County on Tuesday. Vs. Dublin Against Dublin, the Irish jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning. They added two more in the second to go ahead 5-0 before Treutlen got on the board in the bottom of the second with one run. Treutlen closed the lead to 5-3 in the third in- October 16, 2021 8:00 am ning, but five runs in the top of the fourth and five more in the fifth gave the game to Dublin by the score of 15-3. Vs. Wheeler Against the Wheeler County Bulldogs, Treutlen did a bit better at the plate with Marlee McCoy lead ing the way with three hits. But Wheeler came out on top in this game. They won the game 8-4 over the Vi kings. Treutlen is now 2-9 on the season. They took on East Laurens on Monday of this week after press time, and will be back in action on Thursday against Johnson County in Wrightsville at 5:30 p.m. IIII increases Oct 1st $20-5-13 a ■ mj j. li£j6 Money & W Metals Awarded 93 collins St. Hazlehurst, GA 31539 FORME TO LIVE IS CHRIST BY GARY TOOLE Now if Apostle Paul was down here now they would say that he’s suicidal and depressed, because he said, “For me to live is Christ and die is to gain,” which means good and something better. He also said, that if only in this life we have a hope in Jesus then we are among all men most miserable, but he went on to let us know that our real hope in Christ was in eternal life in heaven. Now most preachers preach right the opposite. Paul’s true focus was on eternal life in Heaven. These liberal preachers talk about what Jesus said and then actually preach quite the opposite. They talk about Paul but don’t dare quote those scriptures I just told you that Paul said. So they do not preach the true gospel. They preach their gospel. Now don’t get your overalls in a wad when I say this truth about some folk’s god celebrity, uncle Joel and not the one in the bible. Where Paul said in Phillipians 1:21, “For me to live is Christ,” which means he didn’t care about any of the things of this world. He was living to serve Christ only. And then he said, “But to die is gain.” Some say that he was suicidal. That he wanted to die. Yes, when God called because as he said in another passage, “I am in a twixt. To go but rather to stay.” Now uncle Joel preaches a total contradiction to Paul. His is more like, “For me to live is Joel!” To promote himself and his ministry, but to die is gain would not be part of his vocabulary. And his ministry is all about this modern day and way. Focus on here. The here and now. Not the here after. Not much about heaven. Where Paul said, “If only in this life we have a hope in Christ then we are among all men most miserable.” Which his conclusion was hope in Heaven. Not on this earth. Well, uncle Joel certainly don’t agree with that. Not really because his preaching or better his motivational philosophy puts emphasis of hope in this life. Sugar and spice and everything nice, but it just ain’t that way! Can you say amen? PD. ADV.