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She Aiiuancg The ADVANCE, August 30,2023/Page 4B Photo Courtesy of TCHS Hayden Roy has a big hole to run through as Toombs takes on Wheeler in Alamo, Toombs Rolls Over Wheeler Photo by Mike Branch Pearson O'Neal finds some running room for the Eagles as they battle with Central Christian in a high scoring game. Heritage Defeats Central Courtesy of TCHS On Friday night, the Toombs County High School Bulldog Football team hit the road for the second consecutive week, traveling to Alamo to face off with the Wheeler County High School Bull dogs. Both teams entered the contest 1-0 on the sea son. The Bulldogs from Toombs County were looking for their second 2-0 start in a row. Toombs County opened up the scoring on the night in the first quar ter when Hayden Roy scored on a 2-yard run with 5:07 left in the quar ter. Braylan Dietrich nailed the point-after-attempt to give the Dogs a 7-0 lead. The scoring drive was highlighted by a 29-yard pass from TJ Stanley to Mike Polke on a big third- down play. The Red Bullet de fense survived Wheeler County’s next drive even though they gave up three first downs, all via penal ties, before LaGonza Hey ward picked off a Wheeler County pass in the red zone to give the Dogs the ball back with 9:50 re maining in the half. The teams exchanged fumbles on their next drives, and then a huge 52-yard punt from Dietrich pinned Wheeler back deep in Toombs County territory. Toombs County forced another Wheeler fumble and recovered it on the Wheeler 18-yard line. Two plays later, Roy punched it in again on a 13-yard run ning play. The PAT made the score 14-0 with 6:23 remaining in the half. Wheeler County tried to move the ball through the air on their next pos session, but Keyshon De loach picked off a Wheeler County pass and scam pered 32 yards for another Toombs County touch down. Dietrich’s kick made it a 21-0 Toombs County lead with 5:22 remaining in the first half. On the ensuing kick off, the Bulldogs caused yet another Wheeler County fumble and took possession on the Wheeler County 21-yard line. After a 12-yard run by Kammari Williams, Roy added his third touchdown on the night with a 9-yard run. Dietrich thumped another point after to give Toombs a commanding 28-0 lead. TCHS added a fourth Hayden Roy touchdown with :39 left before the half to give Toombs a 35-0 halftime lead. On the opening drive of the second half, TJ Stan ley found Sophomore Gavin Fletcher on a 36- yard pass play for another Toombs County touch down. Stanley also scored on the ground on the next drive, giving Toombs County a 49-0 lead with 4:33 left in the third quar ter. Wheeler County did add a touchdown on the final play of the game with a 61-yard run to make the final score 49-6. Prior to the 61-yard run, The Red Bullet defense held Wheeler to 91 yards of to tal offense. Toombs County is off this week. Wheeler County will be on the road at Bryan County this Fri day night in Pembroke with kickoff at 7:30 p.m. By Mike Branch Sports Editor sports 7 advance@gmail. com It was a high scoring game for the Vidalia Heritage Academy foot ball Eagles last Friday night at home as they took on Central Chris tian's Crusaders. A total of 106 points were scored in the contest with VHA coming out on top. Heritage was stopped early near the goal line, but the defense stepped up and forced a punt. That set up VHA around the 50-yard line for their next possession. Hardy Franklin made a nice jug gling catch to the 35- yard line, and then just a few plays later a big run by Dylan Greene from 27 yards out put VHA on the board. They con verted on the two-point conversion to take an 8-0 lead with 2:20 left in the first quarter. Heritage had another big stop at midfield on defense, and then a run by Dalton Price moved it to the 32-yard line as the first quarter came to an end. In the second quar ter Heritage fumbled the ball with Central taking over at their 35-yard line. Central broke a long run with just over 10 minutes to play in the first half for a touch down. They did not get the PAT, and VHA led 8-6. Greene then came through with a 50-yard touchdown run with just under 10 minutes on the clock. VHA added the two-point conversion for a 16-6 lead. The teams kept rack ing up points over the next two and a half quar ters, but VHA came out on top in the contest. Heritage won the game over Central by the score of 66-40. This week Heritage will be in Griffin to take on the Lions of Trinity Christian School. Kick off will be at 7:30 p.m. NOTICE Due to Labor Day holiday the September Regular Meeting of the Wheeler County Board of Commissioners has been rescheduled for Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. in the Wheeler County Service Center at 16 W. Forest Ave., Alamo, Georgia. Toombs County Revolving Loan Funds Available The Toombs County Development Authority, on be half of Toombs County, is currently accepting pre applications for low interest funds under the Revolv ing Loan Program. Successful applicants will have demonstrated new job creation/retention, private capital investment, and provision of jobs to low and moderate income persons. Funds must be used only in the corporate limits of Toombs County. Eligible activities include: acquisition of real property; acqui sition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or installation of buildings; infrastructure, site im provements, and utilities; and commercial or indus trial buildings or structures and other commercial or industrial real property and improvements. Ineli gible borrowers include passive income companies, lending and investment institutions, unregulated media, speculative ventures and charitable organiza tions. To obtain a pre-application and to learn more about program requirements and eligibility, individuals may contact Michele Johnson at 912.537.4466 or mi- chelej@greatervidaliachamber.com. MPHI HOME SPECIALIST • Mold Treatments with Renewable Warranty • Foundation Waterproofing • • Encapsulation & Vapor Barriers • Crawl Space Repair Floor Joist & Sub-flooring Richie Warren 478-697-9198 rwarrenmphi@gmail.com SEWAGE SPIU NOTICE A discharge of untreated wastewater from the Vidalia sewer system occurred on: August 13th, 2023 at 5:30AM Approximately: 18,250 Gallons The Lift Station located off Center Dr. overflowed. The spill was due to a fallen tree disrupting power for the lift station. The area of the spill was cleaned and limed following the incident. Approximately 18,250 gallons spilled with a portion reaching a tributary of little Rocky Creek. The Toombs County Health Department the GA EPD, and the media have been notified of the spill. 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