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The ADVANCE, November 9, 2022/Page 3B
(L to R, Front): Mary-Claire Wolfe, Britton Botelho, Nicole Acosta; (Middle): Kylie Acosta,
Maecon Boatright, Caroline Thompson, Evi White; (Back): Addie Thompson, Marly Dis-
muke, Rachel Threlkeld, Emmie Davis, Kailen Brantley, Madaline Wolfe, and Maggie
Bowers.
RTCA Cheer Headed To State
Loran
continued from page 1B
Kirby. He is driven and in
defatigable. He will always
do his part. Georgia fans, I
believe, see this, which is
why they are eager to pro
vide the support that gives
the Bulldogs an advantage
on game day. But there is
an underlying point that
should not be overlooked:
Recruiting. Kirby will al
ways be about recruiting.
You don’t think that
those top-rated recruits
didn’t take note of the
crowd’s vocal support last
Saturday? They want to
play in that type of atmo
sphere. Fans can take cred
it for effecting a recruiting
assist when they provide
the kind of impactful
cheering they provided
last Saturday.
Recruits also not
ed the fan’s reaction to
a drenching rain. Fans,
soaked to the bone, were
not bothered in the least.
They danced in the aisles
and treated the rain as
showers of blessings.
The pre-game hype
was as overwhelming as it
could possibly have been.
Everybody, including the
TV analysts, had become
enamored with offense;
and while Kirby Smart
will tell you without hesi
tation, he wants his of
fense to be as explosive as
it possibly can be—that
he wants to sign the best
quarterbacks and receiv
ers—he will always main
tain enduring passion to
field a big play defense
which features a dominat
ing line of scrimmage.
There are good coach
es everywhere, and if they
have outstanding players
to work with, they can
succeed. With all the hype
the week of the game with
Tennessee, I kept thinking
about the fact that with
Smart’s defensive creden
tials and that of his co
defensive coordinators—
Will Muschamp and
Glenn Schumann—that if
anyone could find a way to
neutralize Tennessee’s fast
paced offense, it would be
this threesome.
They don’t boast,
they smirk at fallen foes,
they don’t call attention to
themselves—all they do
is coach. For them, it is all
about players and funda
mentals. When they woke
up Sunday morning, they
put Tennessee in the rear
view mirror. The focus,
starting with that first cup
of coffee, was Mississippi
State.
I don’t see how there
could be a more business
like approach to coaching
college football than what
takes place at Georgia. It is
a teaching and leadership
exercise, designed to com
municate with the players.
With the players, there is
never any trash talking,
never any talk that can
come back to haunt the
team.
Where Georgia is
today, is a result of many
plusses, the main one be
ing the leadership of the
head coach. He is on top
of everything. He is never
condescending, which is
why when he asked the
fans help out, they were
ready, willing and able.
Having said that,
conventional wisdom re
minds us that nothing or
no coach has an exclusive
magic potion. The in
tense competition and the
abundance of well-trained
high school talent makes
winning a championship
tougher and tougher each
fall.
The Dawgs are on top,
and nobody will work
harder than Kirby Smart
to keep them there.
Courtesy ot RTCA
Robert Toombs
Christian Academy's Var
sity Competition Cheer
leaders are heading to
State on November 12 in
Columbus.
The Lady Crusaders
have had a great season so
far. They have competed
in seven competitions
throughout the season and
have finished first place in
five out of the seven.
"We are excited for the
girls as we prepare for this
final week of cheer before
State. They are a special
group who have put in the
hard work all season,” said
Coach Maddie Adams.
Coach Robin Nance
added, “This talented
group has been together
since elementary school as
competitive gymnasts,
and Maddie and I couldn’t
be more proud to be able
to start and finish with
them on this amazing
journey!"
RTCA
continued from page 1B
Stanley to Justin Powell
with five minutes to go in
the first half of the game.
With the PAT, it was 29-0
with RTCA well out in
front.
With just a few sec
onds to go in the first half
Stanley found Jayden
Toole for a 20-yard touch
down completion.
Hayden Meeks added the
extra point to make it
36-0 heading to halftime.
There was a running
clock in the entire second
half with RTCA well out
in front. In the third quar
ter with 5:30 on the
clock, Toole came up
with an interception for
the Crusaders. That led
to a touchdown pass from
Stanley to Tripp Durden
with 1:30 left in the third.
Meeks added the extra
point to make it 43-0 with
RTCA in complete con
trol.
In the fourth quarter
the Matadors finally got
on the board on a pass
with eight minutes left in
the game. They failed on
the two-point conver
sion, but RTCA was still
in front 43-6.
Neither team scored
over the remainder of the
game as RTCA was able
to get in a lot of younger
players. The Crusaders
took the win 43-6 over
Memorial to take the Re
gion Title.
RTCA has a bye this
week in the first round of
the GIAA State A Play
offs. Next week RTCA
will play the winner of
the Fullington Academy
and Grace Christian
game. RTCA will play the
winner of that game in
the Final 4 of the playoffs
at home at 7:30 p.m.
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ECI Wins Over MCHS
By Mike Branch
Sports Editor
sports 7 advance@gmail.com
The Eagles of Mont
gomery County High
School hosted the Bull
dogs of Emanuel County
Institute last Friday night
in Mt. Vernon. ECI took
the win over MCHS 34-
14, but the Eagles still
snuck into the playoffs
and will take on Wilcox
County this Friday night
in Rochelle at 7:30 p.m.
Against ECI the Bull
dogs got on the board
first with just under nine
minute to go in the first
quarter. They added the
extra point to lead 7-0.
ECI added a second
touchdown early in the
second quarter as they
pushed their lead to 14-0
over MCHS.
The Bulldogs were in
complete control as they
made it 21-0 with six
minutes to go in the first
half of the game. They
tacked on one more
touchdown before the
end of the first half to
hold a 28-0 lead.
MCHS scored their
first touchdown of the
game with six minutes
left in the third quarter to
close the lead to 28-7,
and then made it 28-14
with around eight min
utes to go in the game.
ECI added another
late touchdown with one
minute to go as they took
the win 34-14 over
MCHS.
Again the Eagles will
play in the first round of
the GHSA State Playoffs
this week at Wilcox
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REGRET
BY GARY TOOLE
When I was
coming up
quite often I
would hear
old timers
say, “Now,
that’s water
under
the bridge,”
or “There’s
no need to cry over spilt milk.”
Oh, how true those old prov
erbs are,
because we can’t change the
past, but we can change our
selves and go on for God.
Amen! They say that the big
gest word in the dictionary is
“If.” If I had done this and if I
had done that and if I had done
the other, then everything
would have been just perfect.
Wrong! Because it don’t mat
ter if you do everything that
seems right and perfect in your
sight, things are going to go
wrong and life doesn’t always
turn out the way we plan it, but
with God’s help we must go on.
My father has always fret
ted himself down through the
years over the fact that he
wasted 15 years before he ac
cepted the call to preach. Well,
whether it’s 15 minutes, 15
days, 15 months or 15 years, it’s
still as they said, “Water under
the bridge.” Time you can
never get back and worrying
over it is just another one of
satan’s distractions to cause us
to look back in regret instead of
looking forward in faith.
Amen! Living a life of regret is
just another weight to hinder
our successful walk with Christ
and the bible says for us to lay
aside every weight and the sins
that would so easily beset us
and run the race with patience.
You see, weights may not start
out to be sin, but they can be
come sin.
Regret is a very negative
thought that is counter produc
tive to faith, because faith is
positive. We can’t change the
past but by faith we can change
the future. Let us sup on the
nectar of precious, wonderful
sweet memories of the past and
in the name of Jesus command
satan to keep bitter reminders
of past mistakes to himself and
go on with God. Can you say
amen?
PD.ADV.