Newspaper Page Text
The ADVANCE, December 28, 2022/Page 4B
(Eift Aiiuancg
Review
continued from page 3B
The RTCA Competition Cheerleaders - (L to R, Front): Addie Thompson (12th), Brittan
Botelho (12th), Mary Claire Wolfe (12th), Nicole Acosta (12th), Marly Dismuke (11th),
Rachel Threlkeld (11th), and Carolina Thompson (11th); (Back): Evi White (10th), Mag
gie Bowen (8th), Marlie Dismuke (9th), Emmie Davis (11th), Kylie Acosta (10th), Kailen
Brantley (8th), Madaline Wolfe (9th), and Maecon Boatright (8th),
illsi |
' ■
i y
!r ■ v
s| J
: W • I
lr"v :,J
VRD 8U Soccer State Champions - (L to R, Front): Blaze Boston, Gabriel Strickland, Jese
Cervantes, Freddy Fondren, Karson Tanner, Brody Boston; (Middle): Bryson Taylor, Land-
on Brownlee, Levi Carabollo, Solomon Johnson, Jaxson Snead, Brock Page; (Back):
Coaches Justin Russell, Freddy Fondren, and Brandon Boston
n a
J- 1 # 1
WKk H \ It
I v: i
Wwm j 1 f^rnsr-w
W%t , , Js.-- . j-
SA 1Lr,fw,'’ ML
J
A
Him
; | Jk HI
} | yjg is
| ft I \|J
1
Photo by Mike Branch
The State Champion Vidalia Indians - (L to R, Front): Tucker McDonald, Conner Whited,
Cason Banks, Carson Ricks, Kaleb Bennett, Morgan Moye, Walker Moncus, Ty Carter;
(Back): Trainer Blake Brooks, Coach Ben Beck, Coach Tucker Allmond, Andrew Norfleet,
Jordan Walden, Hughes Graham, Kevin Cox, Ty Dailey, Bryson Whited, Chandler Cor
bett, Dawson Stewart, Haygen Brantley, Caden Spivey, Bryce Davis, Bryce Morley, Tuck
er Coleman, Head Coach Brent Korn, Coach Chris Dykes, and Coach Rhett Carter.
dians needed to finish no
lower than second place
in the 4x400m. Unfortu
nately, the Indians fell
short and ended the meet
and the year in second
place, nine points behind
Pace Academy The Vida
lia Girls also had a good
showing in the State
Meet finishing fifth.
“The team motto this
season was "Be Trans
formed,” and that is just
what they did in every
single event!” Said Vida
lia Head Coach Mandy
Godbee. “This team
thrives on competition,
and they were so hungry
for a championship.
They fought hard and
were in the lead for the
entire meet, up until the
next to the last event.
Pace had three guys place
in the 3,200m, and we
just could not overcome
their accumulation of
points in that one event.”
The Pit
Past players and
friends of former Toombs
County Coach and Ath
letic Director Jacky Jones
gathered at the monthly
Toombs County Board
of Education meeting on
Thursday, June 9, where
Championships at Hugh
Mills Stadium. The boys
brought home the State
Championship, and the
girls came away as the
State Runners-up. Xavier
Brantley was the High
Point Athlete for the
boys State Meet and
Marly Bell was the High
Point Athlete for the girls
State Meet.
RTCA
Robert Toombs
Christian Academy’s var
sity boys and girls track
teams competed at the
GISA State Meet hosted
by Strong Rock Christian
Academy. The varsity
girls fell short at State
but finished strong with
a State Runner Up tro
phy. The varsity boys put
together three solid days
to bring home the AA
State Championship by
one point.
The Crusaders were
down by two points go
ing into the 200m and
senior Jackson Newton
and sophomore Aaron
Hankerson took home
first and third place,
which pushed the Cru
saders to a five-point lead
going into the last race.
The Crusaders had to
finish fifth place or
higher to claim the State
Championship, and they
did just that.
Head Track Coach,
Jacob Wilkinson, said,
“Any time you can leave a
meet with two trophies
and compete the way we
did, you can’t help but
not be proud of these
athletes. The majority of
these athletes play other
spring sports, but here at
State you could see their
drive and determination
to get that trophy. I love
our school and students,
and I am so proud to fin
ish the season with a
State Championship and
Runner Up.”
VHS
At the beginning of
the season, the Vidalia
High School Boys Track
Team was projected to
finish 10th in AA by
MileSplit. But two
months and a Region
Championship later, the
Indians just about pulled
off one of the great up
sets in GHSA Track his
tory. Down just three
points heading into the
last event of the GHSA
State Track Meet, the In-
LYONS RECREATION
DEPAPRTMENT
ESPORTS LEAGUE
LRD has joined forces with GGLeagues, an online esports gaming
company, to bring in a new program that offers players a safe and fun
way to participate in a community activity from home. While we are not
going worldwide, we are going statewide by participating in the
Georgia Esports Rec League through GGLeagues. Details for the
upcoming Winter season are below!
Winter 2023
Registration Ends: January 16th
Season: January 23rd - March 17th
Cost: $15 Season Pass (Only 50 Passes Available)
Divisions: Ages 8-12,13-18,18+
A Season Pass allows you access to 13 games during
the Winter 2023 season. Game times are staggered
throughout the week to allow for multiple games to be
played per week by a single player. Check out our
Facebook and GGLeagues Page for more information
and to register!
For more information and to
register, visit
^linktr.ee/LyonsRecreation
or scan our QR Code
§ SCAN ME
fl!
U
lllllllllllllll
Jones was honored by
Board members and Su
perintendent Barry
Waller.
The longtime coach
of football, baseball and
girls’ basketball, was pre
sented a memorial home
plate from the Jacky
Jones Baseball Stadium,
which was demolished in
2020 to help increase
parking space at Booster
Stadium. Waller also an
nounced to Jones that
there would also be a
plaque placed in the ex
act coordinates of the lo
cation of home plate at
the former field.
“Our Board has men
tioned a couple times
lately they wished to
honor a very special and
beloved person in our
community, who has
been very special to our
school system as well for
many, many years, and
tonight we get to do
that,” Waller told attend
ees.
The banner that
hung on the scoreboard
at the old field was also
presented to Jones. A
bronze commemorative
home plate will be placed
in the exact coordinates
of the home plate at the
former field. The plate
will be inscribed with a
brief history of the Jacky
Jones Field from 1965-
2020.
Following these an
nouncements, Waller
surprised Jones by hav
ing the Board members
vote on a motion to re
name the field at Booster
Stadium, which was
unanimously passed. The
field will now be known
as Jacky Jones Field at
Booster Stadium.
Summer Ball
Three youth teams
from Vidalia and Lyons
claimed Georgia Recre
ation and Parks Associa
tion Championships over
the summer.
LRD 8U
The Lyons Recre
ation Department 8U
boys baseball team
fought their way through
the losers’ bracket to
bring home the State
Championship.
Lyons had to beat the
undefeated Camden
team twice to win the ti
tle, and they did just that.
Lyons easily won the first
game 16-4 to force a
Game 2. In that second
game Lyons came out on
top 10-4, to win the State
Championship.
LRD 10U
The LRD 10U girls’ soft-
ball team claimed the
State Championship in
Moultrie in the Georgia
Recreation and Parks As
sociation tournament.
They went undefeated in
the tournament to bring
home the title.
In the semifinals of
the losers’ bracket
Swainsboro squeaked by
Murray County, 13-12,
to advance to take on Ly
ons in the Champion
ship. The title game was
another close one, but
the girls from Lyons took
a one-run win over
Swainsboro. Lyons won
the game 14-13 to earn
their State Champion
ship.
VRD 12U
The Vidalia Recre
ation Department’s 12U
baseball team brought
home the State Champi
onship in the Georgia
Recreation and Parks As
sociation tournament
held in Statesboro. The
VRD went undefeated in
the tournament to claim
their title.
VRD was in the semi
finals where they met up
with Wayne County. This
was the closest game of
the tournament for the
VRD boys, but they still
won by five runs. Vidalia
took the win 10-5 over
Wayne to move into the
Championship Game.
Wayne County
worked back through the
losers’ bracket to get the
rematch with Vidalia, but
in this game VRD
blanked Wayne as they
won 8-0 to take the title.
Soap Box
The Southeast Geor
gia Soap Box Derby was
in Akron, OH, in July for
the FirstEnergy All-
American Soap Box
Derby World Champion
ships. More than 300
boys and girls from
across the country par
ticipated in the 84th
FirstEnergy All-Ameri
can Soap Box Derby in
Akron for the chance to
win $36,000 in college
scholarships.
The Southeast Geor
gia Soap Box Derby got
to add another World
Champion to their totals
as Cash Driggers of Tar-
rytown raced his way
into the winners circle of
the Masters Division
Rally Race. Driggers beat
out Ronan Johnson of
Camano Island, WA, by
.075 seconds and Chris
Kovach of Meriden, CT,
by .09. Alyssa Head of
Lyons also took sixth
place in the race.
Aidyn Driggers had a
great showing as she
earned another second
place finish in the World
Championships. She had
taken second in the Rally
Super Stock Division last
year, and this year she
was second in the Local
Super Stock Division.
Eleni Fishcher of Colum
bus, OH, was the winner
of the race with Driggers
in second, and Garret
Minch of Cleveland, OH,
in third. Driggers also
took third place in the
All-Star Super Stock
Race.
TCHS Esports
It has been a big year
for the TCHS Bulldogs
Esports team as they
have claimed some huge
wins and worked their
way up to the #1 and #3
ranked teams in the State.
Fall 2022 marks the
third season of Splatoon
competition for PlayVS
affiliated esports leagues.
During this span, no one
has ever beaten the
Northview Titans. The
Titans have won the last
two PlayVS Eastern
League Championships,
which include schools
from the entire eastern
half of the United States,
and have never dropped
a game in the entire his
tory of their Splatoon
program. This impres
sive run came to an end
in Octrober as the
Toombs County High
School Bulldogs snapped
the Titans’ streak and ex
tended their own win
streak to 13 games.
The Bulldogs came
into Tuesday’s match un
defeated and enjoying an
11-game win streak
stretching back into the
preseason. The team, led
by seniors Adam Cope
land and Tyler James,
managed to take three
rounds off the Titans,
winning the best of three
series. Toombs finished
the regular season unde
feated.
RTCA Cheer
The RTCA competi
tion cheer squad earned
the GIAA State Champi
onship. GIAA, like for-
Please see Review page 8B
