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Still, he set all the re
cords, took his Minnesota
Vikings to three Super
Bowls which made his
coach, Bud Grant, pro
claim that Tarkenton was
the toughest and most
competitive quarterback
ever. “A quarterback’s
greatest ability is durabil
ity,” Grant told me at the
Viking headquarters in
Minneapolis a few years
ago. No NFL quarterback
was more durable than
Tarkenton.
“Stetson is a fine SEC
quarterback, but the crit
ics focus on his height and
his arm strength. He led
his team to the national
championship. What
more do you want in a
quarterback? I don’t care
how good a quarterback
looks in warmups, I don’t
rate him off the charts for
his arm strength. I prefer
to rate him on his ability to
make plays, to understand
the game of football and to
win games. This kid has all
those qualities,” Tarkenton
says.
The chip, by the way,
in Tarkenton’s view is us
ing the brain to master it
all. You must have talent
in football, yes, but the key
to succeeding in this game
for a quarterback is the
brain not a cannon arm.
Tarkenton, a multi
millionaire, studies quar
terbacks, but he also stud
ies titans in business and
can rattle off the names of
brilliant CEO’s who were
not college graduates. “Bill
Gates didn’t finish college,”
he says. “Steve Jobs, the
co-founder of Apple, was
a college dropout, Michael
Dell of Dell Technologies
was also a dropout. What
did these billionaires all
have in common? They
had the chip. They didn’t
need a college education.
“The one I find to be
so intriguing is Sam Wal
ton. He started his first
Wal-Mart store at age 51
and died at 74, the rich
est man in the world. He
developed the biggest
company in the world, an
unbelievable empire in 25
years. Mr. Sam did go to
college, but nobody had a
greater chip than he did.
“The best quarter
backs in history had the
chip. Guys like John Uni-
tas, Joe Montana, Tom
Brady all were late draff
picks but they had the
chip. Just look at their re
cords.
“I think Stetson Ben
nett has the chip and have
no reason to think this
young man cannot play
in the National Football
League.”
Appling Defeats VHS
By Mike Branch
Sports Editor
sports 7 advance@gmail. com
The Vidalia High
School Indians softball
team played just one game
last week as they took on
the defending AAA State
Champions, and now Re
gion 3AA foes, the Pirates
of Appling County. Ap
pling kept the Indians off
balance all day at the plate,
holding VHS scoreless for
the first time this season.
Appling took the lead
in the bottom of the first
inning on a solo home run.
They added a run in the
bottom of the second in
ning to push the lead to
2-0, and then a 2-RBI dou
ble made it 4-0.
In the fifth inning Ap
pling loaded the bases and
added two more runs for a
6-0 lead. The Pirates plated
two more runs in the game
as they took the win, 8-0.
This week Vidalia will
be at Pierce County on
Thursday at 6:00 p.m.
LRD Disc Golf League
By Mike Branch
Sports Editor
sports 7 advance@gmaii.com
Lyons Recreation De
partment will be hosting a
Disc Golf League at Partin
Park. The League will be
held on Saturdays with a
starting time of 10:00 a.m.
Players will need to have
their own equipment.
The league will follow
PDGA rules and will have
live scoring through the
UDISC app. Players will
be at Pavilion 6 near hole
#1 for sign in prior to the
10:00 a.m. starting time
each Saturday. Players
must sign in through the
UDISC app.
To learn more, check
out the Lyons Recreation
Department on Facebook,
and visit their UDISC
league page at Lyons Rec
reation Disc Golf Club.
For more information
emails can be sent to
rbrewer(a)lyonsga.org or
rhettharris987(a)gmail.
com.
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Heritage Makes Comeback
By Mike Branch
Sports Editor
sports 7 advance@gmail. com
It was a comeback for
the Eagles of Vidalia Her
itage Academy’s football
team last Friday night on
the road in Roopville
against the Stallions of
Holy Ground Baptist
Academy.
In the first half of the
game the Eagles fell be
hind and were trailing
22-8 at halftime. By the
three-minute mark of the
third quarter, though,
Heritage had closed the
gap to 28-22. They tied
the game at 28-28 with
less than a minute left in
the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter
of the game both teams
battled but with just a few
seconds still on the clock
the Eagles went in for a
touchdown and picked
up the win, 42-36 over
the Stallions.
Heritage is now 2-0
on the year. This week
they will take on Baker
County on the road in
Newton with kickoff at
7:30 p.m.
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to make it 56-8 at the end
of the 3rd quarter.
Playing the 4th quar
ter under a running clock,
Pinewood got their only
offensive score of the
game on a Wesley Tip-
pins 2-yard run with 4:07
to go in the game to make
the final score 56-16.
Barron finished the
night with six carries for
127 yards on the ground,
with two touchdowns,
and 6 for 6 through the
air for 108 yards and two
touchdowns. Berry was 7
for 13 for 122 yards
through the air, with a
touchdown and an inter
ception, while A.J.
McLendon rushed for
122 yards on nine carries
and one touchdown. Ka-
leb Bennett led all receiv
ers with four catches and
128 yards, and two touch
downs.
The Indians will hit
the road for the first time
this season when they
travel to Dexter to take
on the West Laurens
Raiders on Friday night,
beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Photo by Wesley Woods
Emmerson Powell fires over fo first base as the Lady Bulldogs take on Brantley County.
TCHS Softball Drops Two
By Mike Branch
Sports Editor
sports 7 advance@gmail.com
The Toombs County
High School Lady Bull
dogs softball team took on
Brantley County and
Pierce County last week
and fell in both games.
Vs. Brantley
Toombs County Lady
Dawgs lost the lead late in
a 5-3 defeat to Brantley
County on Tuesday. The
dawgs were up 1-0 going
into the sixth inning but
gave up three runs. Then
they came back and tied it
up 3-3 in the bottom of the
frame, but in the seventh,
Brantley was able to score
two more to take a 5-3
lead.
The Lady Dawgs got
things started in the sec
ond inning. Shay Stringer
drove in one on an RBI
single.
Stringer was in the
pitcher's circle for The
Lady Dawgs. The south
paw allowed four hits and
three runs over six innings,
striking out four and walk
ing one. Krista Cantwell
threw one inning out of
the bullpen and gave up
two runs.
Toombs County Var
sity Lady Dawgs collected
nine hits. Stringer and Au
tumn Jarriel both had mul
tiple hits for Toombs
County. Stringer went
3-for-3 at the plate to lead
the Dawgs.
Vs. Pierce
It was a tough game
for Toombs at home on
Thursday as they fell to the
Bears of Pierce. Toombs
couldn’t get much going
on offense, while the Bears
put five runs on the board
to win the game 5-0 over
Toombs.
This week Toombs
was at Treutlen County on
Tuesday after presstime.
They will be back in action
on Thursday at Tattnall
County at 6:00 p.m. On
Friday they will take part
in the Jeff Davis Tourna
ment as they will play
Lanier County at 4:30 p.m.
and then Irwin County at
8:00 p.m.
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