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The ADVANCE, September 7,2022/Page 4B (Eift Aiiuancg Wheeler Falls To Bryan RTCA Loses To Portal By Mike Branch Sports Editor sports 7 advance@gmail. com It was a tough week for the Bulldogs football team of Wheeler County High School as they ran into a very tough Bryan County team. Wheeler hosted the Redskins on Friday night of last week and fell 40-13. The Treutlen County High School Vikings foot ball team took on the Blue Tide of Long County on Thursday night of last week in Soperton. Treutlen fell in the game 60-14, and it was the first loss for the Vikings ever to Long County. Long jumped out to an early lead in the first quarter of the game as they put four touchdowns on the board. They scored their first one on a run of 46 yards, the second came on a run of 50 yards, the Bryan County took the lead in the first quar ter, 6-0. Wheeler got on the board and took a 7-0 lead in the second quarter of the game, but Bryan answered and added a touchdown on an 11-yard run to go ahead 14-7. Bryan made it 20-7 on a long pass play and then 26-7 on a long run. In the third quarter the third on a 60-yard run, and the final on a 2-yard run. That put them on top 28-0 at the end of the first quarter. Treutlen got on the board in the second quar ter with 3:40 on the clock. The touchdown came on a 24-yard pass from Jor dan Coney to Kolby McLendon. This was the first touchdown of the season for the Vikings. They added the extra point to close the lead to 28-7. Long added one more Redskins got a fumble re covery for a touchdown to push their lead to 34-7. Both teams scored one more time to make the final score 40-13 with Bryan County taking the win. This week the Bull dogs of Wheeler will host rival Montgomery County on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. touchdown before the end of the first half to head into the locker rooms with the Tide on top 36-7. In the second half of the game Long added three more rushing touch downs on their way to the 60-14 win. The final score from Treutlen came on a 16-yard pass from Coney to Cooper Brantley. Treutlen is off this week and will be back in action next week when the face Toombs County in Soperton with kickoff at 7:30 p.m. The Robert Toombs Christian Academy Cru saders fell to the GHSA Class A Portal Panthers Thursday night in Portal 28-23. The start of the game was delayed for al most two hours due to lighting in the area. The Panthers opened the scoring on a 52-yard touchdown run by Quar terback Elijah Coleman. The PAT was good for a 7-0 Portal lead at the end of the first quarter. After a drive by the Crusaders stalled, Kicker Justin Bowers kicked a 15-yard field goal with 11:50 left in the second period to make the score 7-3 Panthers. Portal answered with another Coleman touch down run from just 2-yards out. The PAT was successful for a 14-3 lead. The Panthers increased their lead on their next offensive possession to 21-3 on an Amir Jackson touchdown from 34-yards out at the 9:11 mark. The Crusaders cut the Panthers' lead to 21- 10 with 7:08 remaining in the half when Quarter back T.J. Stanley hit Jashaun Powell in the en- dzone from 7-yards out. Kicker Hayden Meeks made the PAT. RTCA recovered the en suing kickoff but was un able to score for a 21-qo Portal lead at halftime. RTCA received the second half kickoff and started the scoring with 9:56 on the clock on a 5-yard rush by Justin Powell. Bowers kicked the PAT. Portal led to 21 - 17 at the end of the quar ter. The Crusaders took the lead with 8:30 left for the first time in the game 23-21 when Justin Powell scored his second touch down of the night from two yards out. The PAT was no good. Portal took the lead back when Coleman ran from 46-yards out. PAT was good for a 28-23 lead. RTCA tried to come back in the game once more, but Stanley was in tercepted with 4:50 left. The Crusaders forced the Panthers to punt on fourth down with time running down. RTCA got the ball back on offense from their own 3-yard line, but Stanley fumbled the ball and the Panthers recovered with just :30 seconds remaining, se curing the 28-23 victory. The Crusaders fall to 1-2 for the season and play their first home game this Friday night hosting Briarwood Acad emy. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. Lady Crusaders Fall To Brentwood Vikings Get First Points Photo by Mike Branch Charlee Ely was in the circle for the Montgomery County Eagles softball team as they hosted East Laurens last Wednesday. The Falcons of East Laurens took the win 9-0. NEED A SMOKE ALARM? CALL THE UIDALIA FIRE DEPARTMENT 912-537-4141 By Mike Branch Sports Editor sports 7 advance@gmail.com The Robert Toombs Christian Academy Lady Crusaders softball team played one game last week against the War Ea gles of Brentwood. It was a close game with Brent wood pulling ahead late. RTCA got on the board first with a run in the top of the second in ning and then added to that lead in the fifth with one more to take a 2-0 lead. Brentwood plated a run in the bottom of the fifth inning to close the lead to 2-1. In the bottom of the sixth inning Brentwood added two more runs to pull ahead, 3-2, on RTCA. RTCA was not able to score in the top of the seventh inning as Brent wood got the win, 3-2. This week RTCA played Pinewood on Tuesday after presstime. They will not be back in action until Monday of next week when they host Edmund Burke at 5:30 p.m. Photo by BPC Katelyn Ladner winds up on a free kick as the Lady Barons try to fight off CIU CIU Defeats Lady Barons Courtesy of BPC Brewton-Parker Wom en’s Soccer traveled to Co lumbia, S.C. to take on Co lumbia International on NOTICE OF PROPERTY TAX INCREASE The City of Vidalia has tentatively adopted a millage rate equal to 2021 millage rate for City of Vidalia (Toombs) of 4.16 for ALL City of Vidalia citizens. This will require an in crease in property taxes by 3.53 percent for Vidalia / Toombs residents and 16.01 percent for Vidalia / Montgomery residents. All concerned citizens are invited to the third public hearing on this tax increase to be held at the Municipal Annex, 302 First Street East, Vidalia, GA on Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. The final millage rate will be adopted following the public hearing (approximately 12:30 p.m.) The tentative increase will result in increases of 142 mills and 574 mills, respectively. Without this tentative tax increase, the millage rates will be no more than 4.016 mills and 3.586. The proposed tax increase for a home with a fair market value of $100,000 would be $5.68 / $22.96 respectively. Monday evening. The Lady Barons (0-2) con ceded a pair of second-half goals to fall to the Rams (2-0-1) in a heartbreaker on the road. “The girls fought hard tonight, but the result was not what we wanted,” In terim Head Coach Phillip Borde said. “We will con tinue to work in order to get the positive results we are looking for.” CIU opened the match outshooting BPC 8-5 with Kelsie Stapler managing to thwart five shots on goal from the Rams. The Lady Barons were able to break through the scoreless tie in the 34th minute as Katelyn Ladner managed to slot home the opening goal with the as sist coming from Chloe Bailey. Brewton-Parker was able to keep the Rams away for the remainder of the half despite the four- shot advantage for Colum bia International. The Rams continued to apply offensive pressure to the Lady Barons’ de fense as they produced six shots versus BPC’s three in the first 27 minutes of the second half. CIU managed to back two goals within moments of each other, scoring in the 74th and 76th minute to take a 2-1 lead. BPC struggled to pro duce an attack for the match's final minutes, re cording just two shots to close out the match. Ladner nets her first goal of the season with Bailey notching her first assist of the 2022 cam paign. Ladner led BPC with three total shots and a pair on frame. The Lady Barons were outdone of fensively as the Rams held a 22-11 advantage in over all attempts and an 8-4 edge in shots on goal. Defensively, Stapler notched six saves for the evening. Brewton-Parker will remain on the road for the next pair of matches begin ning with a contest at No. 6-ranked Keiser (Fla.) on Thursday.