August 30, 2023
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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
MCHS VS. Taylor Co. 7:30 in Mt. Vernon
RTCA VS. Portal Thur 7:30 in Lyons
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TCHS OFF
Listen to on 100.9 FM WLYU
VHS at Pinewood 7:30 in Bellville
Listen to on 97.7 FM WTCQ
VHA at Trinity Christian 7:30 in Griffin
Homecoming will be rescheduled
Wheeler at Bryan Co. 7:30 in Pembroke
Treutlen at Long Co. 7:30 in Ludowici
Listen toon 101.7 FM WYl?M
All game broadcasts streamed live at
www.southeastgeorgiatoday.com
tcbbroadcasting.com
Section B
Loran
Smith
Sonny
Seiler
At Sonny Seiler’s 90th birth
day celebration back in February at
the Oglethorpe Club there was the ul
timate social.
His trio of
doting daugh
ters— Swann,
Bess and
Sarah — and
brother Charles
made sure that
the guest list
included ex
actly whom
Sonny wanted
to show up; and
to remind him
that even though he was getting long
in the tooth, that he had a lot of good
days left: another sojourn between the
hedges, more opportunity to fish the
intercostal waterways of Savannah, an
other ride over Johnny Mercer’s Moon
River bridge, another day at his beach
house at Tybee, another night at the
Uga suite at the Georgia Center, road
games such as Jacksonville and God-
willing, another unforgettable outing
in the College Football Playoffs.
None of us would have considered
that he had seen his last Georgia foot
ball game, but sadly that is what hap
pened.
His memory banks were chock
ful of keepsakes that made him, along
Please see Loran page 12B
By Loran Smith
The Citadel
Statesboro, 6:00 p.m.
ESPN+
Louisville
Atlanta, Fri. 7:30 p.m.
ESPN
Tennessee-Martin
Athens, 6:00 p.m.
SEC Network
RTCA Soars Over Hawks;
Honors Past State Champions
By Mike Branch
Sports Editor
sports 7 advance@gmaii. com
Robert Toombs Chris
tian Academy faced the
Hawks of Harvester Chris
tian at home Friday night
and came out with a victory.
The final score was 48-12.
During the first quar
ter David Hill had two
touchdowns. The first was a
4-yard run and the second a
20- yard run. Hayden Meeks
hit the extra point on both
tries to give RTCA a 14-0
lead with 4:16 let in the first
quarter of the game.
Toward the end of the
first half, Harvester found
the end zone for the first
time. They failed on the ex
tra point, but that closed the
lead to 14-6.
Hill scored his third
touchdown of the game as
time was winding down in
the first half of action. Meeks
added the extra point to lead
21- 6 t halftime.
During halftime of the
game RTCA honored the an
niversary of three of their
State Championship teams.
It is the 50th anniversary of
the 1973 championship, the
20th anniversary of the 2003
champions, and the 10th an
niversary of the 2013 team.
All three teams were recog
nized during halftime.
In the second half on the
opening kickoff Elijah Baker
went 83-yards on the return
for the Crusaders' fourth
touchdown of the game.
Meeks added the PAT for a
28-65 lead.
Justin Powell then made
a 16 yard touchdown run
ending the third quarter for a
35-6 lead after the Meeks ex
tra point.
In the fourth quarter it
was 41-6 after a touchdown
by Baker from seven yards
Please see RTCA page 12B
Photo by William Ledford
50th Anniversary of the 1973 State Champions: Ricky Allmond, Johnny Dixon, Debbie Dees, Mar
shal Mosley, Head Coach Jimmy Alexander, Benny McLendon, Assistant Coach Kenny Johnson,
Assistant Coach Edwin Brantley, Randy Callahan, Mike Calhoun, Bob Webster, and Randy Rollins.
Photo by William Ledford
20th Anniversary of fhe 2003 State Champions: Nicole Alexander Dykes, Derek McLendon, Kailey
Dees, Kyle Pittman, Wil Ledford, Miles Cason, Clint Cooper, Jessica Taylor Osborne, Will Payne,
Jonathan Phelan, Matt Dixon, Head Coach LM Guy, Cason Guy, Coach James Griffin, Coach
Ricky Allmond, Mitchell Pittman, John Allmond, and Travis Coxwell.
Photo by William Ledford
10th Anniversary of the 2013 State Champions: Cason Guy, Tanner Guy, Head Coach Jacob
Wilkinson, Cheerleading Sponsor Jamie Wilkinson, Coach Steve Masterman-Smith, Coach Jared
Durden, Anna Williams, Brentt Anderson (holding Rainey Anderson), and Frankie Toole,
Lady Bulldogs Over Vidalia
Courtesy of TCHS
It was a tale of two games
for the Lady Bulldogs soft-
ball team of Toombs County
High School last week. They
had a tough game against
the Lady Pirates of Appling
County in Baxley on Tues
day but they bounced back
with a huge win on Thurs
day over Vidalia. The win
over Vidalia is believed to
be the first win for TCHS
over the Lady Indians since
the start of fast pitch soft-
ball in 2003.
vs. Appling
The Toombs County
Lady Bulldog Softball team
couldn’t keep up with Ap
pling County on Tuesday
falling 6-0 in their second
Region game of the year.
Appling County opened
the scoring in the first in
ning after an error that
scored a run, and they never
looked back from there.
They plated one more run
in the fourth and three in
the fifth to take a 5-0 lead.
Photo by Mike Branch
Toombs County's Shaylin
Stringer had a big game in
the circle as the Lady Bull
dogs defeated Vidalia.
They added one more in the
sixth inning on the way to
the 6-0 win.
Shay Stringer took the
loss for the Lady Dawgs.
The left-handed pitcher
went four and one-third in-
Please see TCHS page 12B
SOFTBALL
MCHS vs. MCA
Thur. 6:00 p.m. (A)
RTCA vs. Pinewood
Thur. 6:00 p.m. (H)
TCHS vs. Long Co., Pierce Co.
Wed. 5:30 p.m. (A); Thur. 6:00 p.m. (H)
VHS vs. Brantley Co.
Thur. 6:00 p.m. (H)
Treutlen vs. Wheeler Co.
Thur. 5:30 p.m. (H)
Wheeler vs. Treutlen Co.
Thur. 5:30 p.m. (A)
VHA OFF
