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The ADVANCE, August 23, 2023/Page 4B
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RTCA
Lady Bulldogs Improving
By Mike Branch
Sports Editor
sports 7 advance@gmail.com
The Wheeler County
High School Lady Bull
dogs softball team picked
up two wins last week to
improve their record to 3-2
on the year. They lost just
one game on the week, on
Thursday to Wilcox
County. The two wins
were over Atkinson
County and Swainsboro.
vs. Swainsboro
Wheeler traveled to
the Lady Tigers of Swains
boro on Monday of last
week. Wheeler jumped out
with three runs in the top
of the first inning, but
Swainsboro answered with
five runs in the bottom of
the frame to take the lead,
5-3.
Wheeler tied the game
at 5-5 in the top of the
third inning, an then took
the lead in the top of the
fifth inning with two more
runs. That put the Bull
dogs up 7-5. Wheeler
plated one more run in the
top of the sixth inning to
give them an 8-5 lead.
Swainsboro did get a
run back in the bottom of
the sixth inning, but that
was all they could do as
Wheeler won the game
8-6.
vs. Atkinson
Again Wheeler took
the early lead, this time
with four runs in the top of
the first inning. Atkinson
plated one run in the bot
tom of the first, but an
other run for Wheeler in
the top of the second put
them on top 5-1.
Atkinson bounced
back in the bottom of the
second inning with five
runs to take a 6-5 lead over
Wheeeler. In the top of the
third inning the Lady Bull
dogs scored three more to
go ahead, 8-6. Wheeler
added one in the fourth in
ning, and then they plated
5 in the top of the fifth in
ning, putting them on top
14-6.
Atkinson scored two
in the fifth and one in the
seventh inning, but
Wheeler added one in the
sixth and another in the
seventh on the way to a
16-9 victory.
vs. Wilcox
Wilcox scored 2 in the
top of the first inning to go
ahead. Wheeler scored a
run in the bottom of the
second, but in the top of
the third inning Wilcox
added 5 more to take a 7-1
lead.
Wheeler did score two
in the fifth inning, but two
in the top of the sixth by
Wilcox made the score 9-3.
That score held as Wilcox
took the win over Wheeler.
This week Wheeler
hosted Dooly County on
Monday and Wilkinson
County came to town on
Tuesday, both after press
time. The will be back in
action on Wednesday at
Telfair County at 6:00
p.m., host Hawkinsville on
Thursday at 5:30 p.m., and
the play host to Johnson
County and Trinity Chris
tian on Saturday at 10:00
a.m. and at 2:00 p.m.
continued from page IB
left in the first half.
Pinewood added an
other touchdown to give
them a 24-7 lead with
four minutes to go in the
first half of action.
RTCA fumbled the
ball just a few plays in to
their next possession,
and Pinewood took the
ball down the field and
scored on the final play
of the first half. That
gave them a 32-7 lead
heading into halftime
with a successful two-
point conversion.
In the second half of
the game Pinewood
pushed their lead to 38-7
before the Crusaders
could find the end zone
again.
Hill had a big run
that set up an 11-yard
touchdown run by Right.
Meeks made it 38-14
with two minutes left in
the third quarter of the
game.
In the fourth quarter
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yard touchdown runs to
close the lead to 38-21
with 8:53 to play. RTCA
added one more score on
another Powell run from
near the goal line. That
made it 38-28 with just
1:24 to go in the game.
Pinewood held on to
win the game by that
score.
Top three offensive
players of the game were
Hayden Right with 48
pass yards, Justin Powell
with 104 rushing yards,
and David Hill with 109
rushing yards.
Coach Matt Meeks
said, "No, the final result
wasn't what we were
wanting or hoping for,
but we showed tremen
dous grit to fight and
battle for four quarters.
We actually won there
out of the four quarters.
We just made way too
many mistakes that Pine
wood capitalized on in
the second quarter that
put the game a little too
far out of reach for us.
I am extremely proud
of how the guys collected
themselves after half
time and how we pro
ceeded to attack the sec
ond half one play at a
time and matured tre
mendously through that
half. I feel extremely
good about how we
ended the game once we
settled in and regained
our composure.”
This week RTCA will
play host to Harvester
Christian on Friday night
with kickoff at 7:30 p.m.
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