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The ADVANCE, September 29,2021 /Page 3B
RTCA Battles With SGA
RTCA
continued from page IB
win on Monday of this
week over FPCA with a no
hitter from pitcher Mere
dith Durden.
vs. FPCA
RTCA rolled to an easy
win over FPCA on Tues
day of last week. Durden,
Emily Edwards and Railee
Thomas led the way with 2
RBI's each in the win.
Charlee Ely gave up just
one hit in the circle.
RTCA was in complete
control after the first in
ning as they put 16 runs on
the board. They did that
with a combination of hits,
errors by FPCA and walks.
After they had racked up
By Mike Branch
Sports Editor
sports 7 advance@gmaii. com
The Wheeler County
High School softball team
took on Toombs County
and Telfair County last week.
The Lady Bulldogs of
Wheeler fell in both games.
Vs. Toombs
It was a close game be
tween the two Bulldog teams
on Wednesday in Lyons last
week. Toombs took the early
lead with two runs in the
the needed runs to win the
game by the run rule after
three innings, Head Coach
Brian Fitzgerald showed
good sportsmanship as he
had runners leave the bag
early to record outs to help
end the inning.
In the second inning
RTCA added four more
runs as they again tried to
limit their damage done.
That put RTCA on top 20-
0.
RTCA held in the top
of the third to take the win,
20-0 over FPCA.
vs. Bulloch
On Thursday the Lady
Crusaders fell to Bulloch
Academy. Bulloch led the
game 1-0 after the first in
ning, but the RTCA de
fense held them scoreless
bottom of the second inning.
Wheeler closed the lead
to 2-1 with a run in the top of
the fifth inning, but Toombs
answered with two runs in
the bottom of the frame to
lead 4-1. Wheeler scored a
final run in the top of the
seventh inning to make the
final score 4-2 with Toombs
taking the win.
Vs. Telfair
Telfair broke the game
open in the bottom of the
first inning with five runs.
They added three more in
over the next three innings.
In the bottom of the
fifth Bulloch put three
more runs on the board,
and then added two more
in the sixth inning. That
gave Bulloch the win, 6-0
over the Crusaders,
vs. FPCA
On Monday of this
week Durden threw a no
hitter on the way to an
other big win over FPCA.
This time RTCA scored 14
runs in the top of the first
inning to take control of
the game. They added two
more in the second inning
on the way to a 16-0 run
rule win.
This week RTCA will
be at Trinity on Thursday
at 4:30 p.m.
the second inning to push
their lead to 8-0. Telfair
scored one run in each of the
third and fourth innings on
the way to a 10-0 win over
Wheeler.
Wheeler is 9-7 on the
season with just a few games
left to play. This week they
hosted Dublin on Monday
and hosted Wilcox County
on Tuesday after presstime.
They will be at Hawkinsville
on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
They will close out the regu
lar season on Tuesday of
next week at Johnson
County.
By Mike Branch
Sports Editor
sports 7 advance@gmail. com
The Robert Toombs
Christian Academy Cru
saders football team
took on Southwest Geor
gia Academy last Friday
night on the road in a
very high scoring game.
The two teams com
bined for a total of 112
points.
RTCA kept the game
close in the first quarter,
but in the second SGA
pulled away and RTCA
couldn’t make up the
difference.
RTCA got on the
board first with a 56-
yard run by Jashaun
Powell early in the first
quarter. They missed the
extra point but led the
game 6-0.
SGA took the lead
on a 38-yard run and
added on the PAT for a
7-6 lead over the Cru
saders. They extended
that lead to 14-6 on an
other long run halfway
through the first quarter.
RTCA tied the game
at 14-14 when Powell
broke free for a 57-yard
run. RTCA added the
two-point conversion to
tie the game. RTCA went
back on top late in the
first quarter with a
3-yard touchdown run
by Hunter Ennis to cap
off a drive. They went
again for the two-point
conversion, but this time
were kept out of the end
zone but led the game
20-14.
SGA added one
more touchdown in the
first quarter as they went
in from 34 yards out and
added the extra point to
hold a 21-20 lead at the
end of the first.
In the second quar
ter it was all SGA. They
added three more touch
downs on runs of 15
yards, 28 yards, and 3
yards to push their lead
to 41-20 by the end of
the first half.
RTCA and SGA
traded scores in the third
period with RTCA scor
ing on a 25-yard pass
from TJ Stanley to Tripp
Durden and on a 60-yard
kickoff return by Dur
den. SGA scored on a
52-yard run and on a
7-yard run. That made
the score 54-33, but
SGA added one more in
the third to hold a 60-33
lead heading to the
fourth quarter.
SGA scored one
time in the fourth, but
RTCA added two touch
downs on a 9-yard pass
from Stanley to Powell
and on a 5-yard Ennis
run. That made the final
score of the game 66-46.
The teams combined
for a total of 1,012 yards
in the game.
RTCA Head Coach
Jacob Lord said, "Our of
fense was clicking on the
night. Jashaun Powell
had a heck of a night for
us totaling 3 TD's. 2
Rushing (173 yards) and
1 Reception (32 yards).
With a total of 205 for
the night. Jashaun's rush
ing night wouldn't have
been possible without
the Big Hogs up front.
Freshman Cameron Hin
son, Junior Kenny An
derson, Freshman
Bishop Lampp, Sopho
more Hunter Sikes and
Freshman Gage Brantley.
The Offensive Line
helped us Rush for a to
tal of 285 yards on Fri
day Night.
“Tripp Durden led
the team in receiving
with 73 yards and also
had an 8 5-yard Kickoff
Return for a TD. Total
ing 158 Total All Pur
pose Yards. Freshman TJ
Stanley finished the
night going 10/17 with
147 passing yards, 2
Touchdown passes and 1
interception.
“We continue to im
prove weekly. Now we
just must put all 3 phases
of the game together,
and what better week to
do that than Homecom
ing week.”
RTCA will host St.
Andrews for Homecom
ing this week with kick
off scheduled for 7:30
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