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August 31,2022
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Section B
Is Golf
Returning
To The
Area
By Mike Branch
Sports Editor
sports 7 advance@gmail.com
For several years now the Toombs
County area has lacked a golf course. Af
ter Rocky Creek and Hawk’s Point shut
down there has been a definite need for
a course in the area. Not just for the rec
reational aspect, but it is also a big part
of charity events, and it helps to bring
more business to the community. Well,
all of that may be changing, and chang
ing soon.
The City of Vidalia has been work
ing over the past five years to get the
grants and funding to be able to bring
golf back to the community.
Mayor Doug Roper said, “Getting
golf back in Vidalia has been an ongoing
process for over five years with both
prior councils and private citizens trying
to find a solution. For almost two years,
our current council has been working
diligently on this issue while at the same
time applying for and receiving grants to
support this project. With those funds
in place and exhausting every effort to
revive either of our prior courses, the
time has come to move forward and
bring golf back to our great community.”
The City of Vidalia is seeking to
construct a new 18-hole golf course that
will be owned by the City of Vidalia and
overseen and operated by an authority
of appointed individuals by the Mayor
and City Council of Vidalia.
The city realizes the importance of
golf as a recreation opportunity for pa
trons of all ages along with the signifi
cance of golf in high school sports. The
City of Vidalia is seeking a Golf Course
Architect to design and build an 18-hole
municipal golf course on its property to
include all 18 holes, a practice range, a
putting green, a cart/equipment shelter,
and a pro shop.
The golf course will be designed to
include irrigation that will be supplied
by the city’s water system. An eight-inch
line will be utilized to supply a water
source to where the water will be
pumped out and irrigated throughout
the course.
The Golf Course Architect will also
coordinate with the Authority regarding
the construction of cart bridges that will
be required to cross streams to accom
modate safe play and movement of golf
ers.
The city will be taking applications
for this position up until September 30.
After that date the city will then open all
bids and begin moving into the next
steps of this project.
This will be a big project for the city,
and it is something that this community
needs. With the pedigree ofVidalia High
School golf, and the big changes that
Toombs County High School has made
for their golf program this will be some
thing that will help both of those pro
grams. Robert Toombs Christian Acad
emy also has a golf program as does
Montgomery County and Heritage
Academy. All schools should be able to
benefit from this project as well.
It will also be beneficial for the
many charities such as the Sweet Onion
Classic, the United Way Golf Tourna
ment, and the many other businesses
and nonprofits that will be able to hold
events there. The amount of money that
has been raised for this community
through charity golf events, and the fi
nancial benefits that they have provided
over the years has been tremendous.
There are still many questions that
will be answered as the project moves
forward, but at the moment this is very
promising news for the area.
Eagles Roll Over Warren
By Mike Branch
Sports Editor
sports 7 advance@gmail.com
The Eagles football team
of Montgomery County High
School hosted the Screaming
Devils of Warren County last
Friday night and ran away
with the win.
The MCHS defense
forced a punt with just 2:46
left in the first quarter. It was
a short punt, and the Eagles
took over at the Warren 34-
yard line. Just two plays later
Cameron Wallace went in
from 33 yards out for a touch
down, but there was a flag on
the play bringing the score
back.
Jamun Coglin and Jamar-
ion Henderson both had
good runs to get the ball to
the 27-yard line. On the next
play quarterback Tristan Bell
found Marquis Martin, who
made a nice leaping catch for
the touchdown with 53 sec
onds to go in the first. They
missed the extra point, but
MCHS led 6-0.
Late in the first half War
ren County scored their only
touchdown of the game with
just 30 seconds to go. They
tacked on the two-point con
version to take an 8-6 lead.
But on the ensuing kickoff,
Wallace broke free and took it
to the house for an Eagle
touchdown. Mario Ortega
added the extra point to put
MCHS on top 13-8 at half
time.
In the third quarter with
just over nine minutes on the
clock Wallace broke free for a
50-yard touchdown run to
add to the Eagles’ lead.
Ortega added the extra point
to make it 20-8.
Then with 5:20 to go in
the third, Jamarion Hender
son took it five yards to cap
off a drive. Ortega put the
PAT through, and the Eagles
led 27-8.
MCHS scored one more
touchdown in the game, this
one on a 35-yard run by Mar
tin. They missed the extra
point but led 33-8. The Ea
gles defense kept Warren out
of the end zone to win the
game by that score.
MCHS was led by Wal
lace with 103 yards rushing,
but as a team the Eagles had
182 total yards on the ground.
This week Montgomery
will be in Butler to take on
Taylor County with kickoff at
7:30 p.m.
Photo by Mike Branch
Marquis Martin makes a leaping catch and goes in for the first
touchdown of fhe game as fhe Eagles hosfed Warren County.
Vidalia Dominates Beach
Courtesy of VHS
The Vidalia High School Indians
moved to 2-0 on the year with a domi
nating win over the Beach Bulldogs 48-0
on Friday night at Buck Cravey Field.
The Senior Night victory was the first
shutout since 2019, giving the Indians a
2-0 start for the first time since 2018. A
downpour marred the senior night cele
bration, but that didn’t stop several In
dian seniors from turning in outstanding
performances.
The Indians dominated on both
sides of the ball, racking up 298 yards of
offense on a wet field, while the quick
and hard-striking defense held the Bull
dogs to just 118 total yards. Eight differ
ent Indians carried the ball, with Anto
nio Barron leading the way with 77 yards
on six carries and a touchdown, for a
12.8-yard average.
Barron got the Indians on the board
first with a run from 10 yards out on the
game’s opening drive. The Indians then
lined up in the “swinging gate” forma
tion and got the ball to senior Tre Ad
ams, who scored the two-point conver
sion to give Vidalia a 7-0 lead just a little
over three minutes into the game.
On the ensuing kickoff, Adam
Crutchfield’s kick deflected off a Bull
dog and into the hands of another se
nior, Samarion Oglesby, and the Indians
were back in business. Two minutes and
sixteen seconds later, the Indians were
back in the endzone when quarterback
Jackson Berry hit Jacaree Washington on
a 40-yard pass; and following Berry’s
2-pt pass to senior Kaleb Bennett, the
Indians led 16-0 with 5:58 to go in the
opening quarter. Starting in just his sec
ond varsity game, Berry finished the
night 6 of 9 for 87-yards and one touch
down.
The Indians' Special Teams contin
ued to come up big on the following
kickoff when a Beach receiver misplayed
Crutchfield’s kick, and Tre Adams recov
ered the ball, setting up the Indians’ next
score. That score came with 2:55 to go
in the quarter when yet another senior,
Ahmelion Jones, took it in from 8-yards
out to give the Indians a 22-0 lead after a
failed 2-point try
Beach got their first offensive pos
session of the game with just under
three-minutes to go in the opening quar
ter. But a stingy defense led by Ronald
Pointer (6 total tackles) and senior Trace
Thompson (6 total tackles/2 for a loss
and a forced fumble) kept the Bulldogs
in check all night. The Indian defense
allowed just 67-total yards on the ground
while coming up with a defensive score
in the 3rd-quarter.
The Indians got their 4th and final
score of the half when Trace Thompson
Please see VHS page 6B
Toombs Defense Key Over Wheeler
By Mike Branch
Sports Editor
sports 7 advance@gmail.com
The Toombs County High School
Bulldogs football team hosted the Bull
dogs of Wheeler County High School on
Friday night in The Pit. Toombs defense
was able to control the explosive offense
of Wheeler and keep them off the board.
Wheeler came into the game as the #8
team in Single A and were ranked for the
first time in over 20 years. The Toombs
defense was able to hold Wheeler to just
34 total yards of offense on the night.
Toombs had two touchdowns called
back early on penalties and then came up
just short on a fourth-down conversion.
After forcing a punt by Wheeler,
Toombs began to move the ball down the
field. Passes from Caden Marsh to Lag-
onza Harward and to Wil Watts moved
the ball to the Wheeler 15-yard line. But
Wheeler’s defense held and took the ball
over on downs at their 18-yard line.
Toombs got on the board with 1:21
to go in the first half on a 31-yard pass
from Marsh to Hayward. Angel Morales
kicked the extra point to make it 7-0. And
that was the score heading into halftime.
In the third quarter the TCHS de
fense got another stop and gave the of
fense the ball in good field position at the
Wheeler 41-yard line. Tamarien McAr
thur moved the ball down to the 27-yard
line on a good run. A penalty against
Please see TCHS page 6B
Photo by Mike Branch
Tank Morris dives over the pile as Toombs gets on the scoreboard against the Wheeler
County Bulldogs.