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October 26,2022
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Section B
By Loran Smith
Loran
Smith
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Trippi
The immigration stories of the 19th
century are fascinating. People from the
old countries of Europe, primarily came
to America, the
land of opportu
nity, with little
more than the
clothes on their
backs.
There were
a few require
ments, mainly
that you had to
have a connec
tion, a spon
sor who could
vouch for your
honesty and in
tegrity. Not everybody was processed
through Ellis Island. Some had to return
to their country of origin.
It was not a bed of roses when they
got here. They worked in coal mines and
steel mills, for example. It was exhaust
ing and physically intimidating. Most
survived by underscoring family togeth
erness and the work ethic.
I remember seeing a sign at Ellis Is
land when it was opened as a museum in
1976 which read: “(In the old country)
I heard that the streets of America were
paved with gold. When I got here, I dis
covered that was not true. They were not
even paved, and when they were paved, I
paved them.”
Those early immigrants, however,
were free to worship as they pleased.
They could run for political office, and
they could own property-options which
many did not have back from where they
departed.
The story of Georgia football great,
Charley Trippi, is a treatise on the posi
tives of immigration. Trippi’s Sicilian
parents settled in Pittston, Pa., where his
father became a coal miner, happy to be
in the U. S. with a job, earning his daily
bread by the sweat of his brow.
When his son asked about playing
football, his father emphatically said,
“No. You’ll get your leg broke, and I will
break the other one.” Most everybody
knows the rest of the story. Trippi epito
mized the American dream. Come here,
work your backside off, keep your nose
clean and the results should be redeem
ing. In Trippi’s case, they were dramatic.
His ability to play a game fluently
with the best not only brought him suc
cess, it brought him headlines and op
portunity he could not have imagined
when he was growing up.
That Trippi was gifted is obvious.
He was a natural, and he had exceptional
competitive instincts that made him
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Homecoming At Heritage
Photo by Mike Branch
(L to R): Prince Jacob Dean, Princess Julia O'Neal, Queen Lily Williams, and King John
Smith.
By Mike Branch
Sports Editor
sports 7 advance@gmail.com
It was Homecoming for the Eagles
of Vidalia Heritage Academy last Friday
night as they took on the Eagles of Sher
wood Christian Academy. It was a
shootout with Sherwood coming out
on top by just four points. There was a
total of 112 points scored in the game.
During halftime of the game Heri
tage brought out the Homecoming
Court and crowned a new King and
Queen and Prince and Princess. John
Smith was crowned as the 2022 Home
coming King and Lily Williams was
crowned the new Homecoming Queen.
Jacob Dean was crowned Homecoming
Prince and Julia O'Neal was crowned
Homecoming Princess.
Sherwood got on the board first less
than two minutes into the game. They
added the extra point to go up 7-0 on
VHA. On their next possesstion they
hit a big 45-yard pass to the VHA 15-
yard line, but on the next play Ethan
Sikes intercepted a pass and went 85
yards for a Heritage touchdown. Ledger
Curl added the two-point conversion to
put VHA up 8-7 with just over nine
minutes left to play in the first quarter.
With 7:37 left in the first Sherwood
was again in the end zone for a score.
They hit the PAT to go back on top 14-
8.
Heritage answered on their next
drive with a 30-yard touchdown pass
from John Smith to Sikes with 4:04 left
in the first. VHA did not get the two-
point try so the game was tied at 14-14.
With 2:52 left in the first Sherwood
was back in the end zone for a touch-
Please see VHA page 9B
VHS Makes Sweet 16
By Mike Branch
Sports Editor
sports 7 advance@gmail.com
The Vidalia High School
Indians softball team took
part in the GHSA AA State
Super Regionals last week in
Hazlehurst. Vidalia played
two games against Washing
ton County and two against
the #1 team in the State, Jeff
Davis. VHS won both of their
games over Washington, but
lost in both matchups with
the Yellow Jackets as they
ended their season in the
Sweet 16. VHS finished the
year with a 17-13-1 record
and they were 9-6 in Region
play.
vs. Washington
On Tuesday of last week
the Indians played their first
game of the Super Regionals
at 2:00 p.m. against Washing
ton County's Golden Hawks.
VHS took the lead in the top
of the first inning with one
run.
They blew the game
open in the top of the
second
with 15
more
runs to
take a 16-0
lead over the
Hawks. VHS
held them score
less in the second
and third to take
the win by the run
rule, 16-0.
vs. JD
Up next for VHS
was the #1 team in the state,
Jeff Davis. Vidalia gave it their
all and lost by just one run.
Jeff Davis scored the only
run of the game in the bottom
of the third inning. VHS had
a chance in the second in
ning, but a big double play by
the Jackets ended the VHS
threat.
VHS had another runner
on base in the sixth inning
but couldn't come through
with the
big hits to
drive her
in. Jeff Da
vis held on to
take the win, 1-0
over VHS, send
ing the Indians into
the losers' bracket.
vs. Washington
It was another blow
out win for the Indians
against the Hawks on
Wednesday. VHS jumped
out with three runs in the top
of the first inning to take the
early lead. They added three
more in the second inning
and two in the third to hold
an 8-0 lead.
In the top of the fourth
inning VHS scored seven
more to push their lead to 15-
0. They held in the bottom of
the frame to take the win by
that score.
vs. JD
The win over Washing
ton again matched up the In
dians with Jeff Davis, this
time in the Sweet 16. VHS
had to beat Jeff Davis twice to
make it to the State Tourna
ment in Columbus, but the
Jackets took the first game to
close out the season for Vida
lia.
Jeff Davis plated two runs
in the bottom of the first in
ning as they went ahead early.
Neither team scored over the
next two innings, but in the
bottom of the fourth the Jack
ets added seven more runs to
pull ahead 9-0 over VHS.
The Indians were not
able to score in the fifth in
ning as Jeff Davis took the
game by the run rule, 9-0.
TCHS Volleyball Makes Sweet 16
Courtesy of TCHS
The Toombs County High
School volleyball team battled
thir way to the Sweet 16 in the
GHSA AA State Tournament
as they defeated Richmond
County Technical Career and
Magnet School in the first
round. In the Sweet 16 the Bull
dogs fell to the Academy of
Classical Education or ACE
Charter in Macon on Saturday
to end their season.
vs. Richmond Co.
The Toombs County vol
leyball team traveled to Augusta
on Wednesday of last week to
play in the first round of the
State Tournament against Rich
mond County Technical Ca
reer and Magnet School.
After a slow start and being
down 0-5 in the first set, the
Lady Net Dogs turned it on
and picked up the victory win
ning three straight sets. The
turnaround started when McK
enzie Kilgore served 5 straight
service points for the Net Dogs
to make it 6-5. From there, the
Dogs would win the first set 25-
23. The second and third sets
were all Toombs County with
the Dogs winning 25-13 and
25-11.
Kilgore finished the night
with 8 service points and 1 ace,
but it was the first five points
that provided the spark that
Toombs needed to advance to
the second round.
Anabel Cruz ended the day
with 13 service points, 5 aces,
11 assists, and 2 digs. Vivianna
Rodriguez had 15 service
points with 3 aces. Zariaha
Newkirk had 9 service points, 2
aces, 1 block, 3 digs, and 7 kills.
Others that contributed on the
afternoon were Sarah Morris (5
kills), Anna Patrick (4 kills, 1
block, and 1 assist), Martasia
Burton (9 assists), Makayla
Brewton (3 digs and 1 kill),
KortneyMahone (3 digs and 1
ace), Scarlett Stanley (3 service
points, 1 ace, and 2 kills), Ari-
anna Hill (2 kills), and Maddie
Brown (1 Dig and 1 kill),
vs. ACE Charter
The Toombs County Lady
Net Dogs season ended on Sat
urday in a tough match-up
against the Academy of Classi
cal Education or ACE Charter
in Macon on Saturday. ACE
Charter won 3-2 in best-of-5
sets that could have gone either
way with the set scores ending
up 24-26 25-15 13-25 26-24,
and 14-16. Coach Brodnax and
Coach Goodwin were ex
tremely proud of the effort that
the Lady Net Dogs played with
on the day.
Leaders for the Dogs on
Saturday were Seniors, Zariaha
Newkirk (9 service points, 4
aces, 14 digs, and 15 kills), Vivi
anna Rodriguez (11 service
points, 5 aces, and 4 digs),
Kortney Mahone (4 service
points and 9 digs) and Sarah
Morris (2 digs). Alayah Servin
wasn’t able to play. Thank you
Seniors for all you have done
and the 4-peat to the Sweet 16.
Other contributors on Sat
urday were made by Anabel
Cruz (9 service points, 5 aces,
14 assists, and 1 dig), Martasia
Burton (11 assists, 1 dig, and 1
kill), Scarlett Stanley (1 Dig
and 2 kills) Makayla Brewton
(11 service points, 3 aces, 1 dig,
and 1 kill), Makenzie Kilgore
(4 service points, 2 aces, 1
block, and 2 kills), Arianna Hill
(3 service points, 1 block, and 3
kills), and Anna Patrick (4
blocks, 1 assist, 1 dig, and 12
kills). Madison Brown did not
play
TCHS finished the year
with a 23-15 record and were
10-4 in the Region.