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The ADVANCE, August 30, 2023/Page 13B
Photo by Mike Branch
Emma Humphrey fires over to first for an out early in the game against Toombs County.
Vidalia Wins Over Tattnall
By Mike Branch
Sports Editor
sports 7 advance@gmail. com
The Lady Indians
softball team of Vidalia
High School played two
games last week as they
took a win over Tattnall
County on Tuesday, but
then fell to Toombs
County in Lyons on
Thursday.
vs. Tattnall
Vidalia took the win
over the Lady Warriors
by the run rule at home
on Tuesday. VHS got the
scoring started with a run
in the bottom of the first
inning and added three
more in the second in
ning to push their lead to
4-0.
VHS plated three
more runs in the bottom
of the fourth inning to
take a 7-0 lead, and closed
the game out with three
runs in the fifth inning to
get the win, 10-0.
vs. Toombs
Vidalia was in Lyons
on Thursday and suffered
their second Region loss
of the season. It is also
believed to be the first
time that Toombs has
beaten Vidalia since
switching to fast pitch
softball in 2003.
Each team had had
runners on base, but
Toombs broke the game
open in the bottom of the
fourth inning. Toombs
got a runner on base on
an error, and that was fol
lowed by two hits to load
up the bases. Then a sin
gle into shallow right
field drove in two runs to
put TCHS on top 2-0.
Vidalia threatened in
the top of the sixth inning
as they loaded the bases,
but couldn't get the big
hit when they needed it.
Toombs held in the sev
enth inning to secure the
win, 2-0.
VHS is now 4-6 on
the season and they are
1-2 in Region play. This
week VHS hosted Ap
pling County on Tuesday
after presstime. They will
be back in action on
Thursday at home with
Brantley County coming
to town at 6:00 p.m.
Photo Courtesy of MCHS
The Eagles line up on offense against the Warren County Screaming Devils.
Eagles Fall To Warren Co.
Courtesy ot MCHS
The Montgomery
County High School Ea
gles football team trav
eled to Warrenton last
Friday night for a nonre
gion game against the
Warren County Scream
ing Devils to open their
2023 season.
MOCO jumped out
to a 7-0 lead when Da'lan
Fields returned the open
ing kickoff of the game 75
yards for a touchdown.
On the following posses
sion, MOCO picked off a
Warren County pass, and
then the Eagles went on
an 88 yard scoring drive
that was capped by a 10
yard touchdown pass
from quarterback Joseph
Owens to Jordyn Patter
son to make the lead 14-0
MOCO.
Warren County
scored two unanswered
touchdowns to tie the
game in the second quar
ter before Joseph Owens
threw his second touch
down pass of the game,
this time a 21 yard strike
to Marquis Martin to give
the Eagles a 21-14 lead.
The Screaming Devils
scored again in the sec
ond quarter to take a 22-
21 lead heading into half
time.
Warren County's
running game proved to
be too strong for the Ea
gles in the second half.
MOCO was able to put
together its last scoring
drive of the night in the
fourth quarter which was
capped off by a 2 yard
touchdown run by Jamun
Coglin. Warren was able
to dominate the second
half using their ground
game, and won by a score
of 53-28.
The Eagles were led
on offense by quarter
back Joseph Owens, who
ended the night with 11
completions on 20 at
tempts for 146 yards
passing and two passing
touchdowns. Receiver
Marquis Martin finished
the night with 6 catches
for 92 yards and a touch
down, while the leading
rusher was Jamun Coglin,
who carried the ball 10
times for 62 yards. The
Eagles were led on de
fense by Darius Wells and
Bray Williamson, who
each finished the night
with 8 tackles.
The Eagles have their
home opener this week
versus Taylor County
with kickoff at 7:30 p.m.
on Friday night.
Busy Week For Toombs
County Volleyball
BPC Soccer Underway
Courtesy of TCHS
The Toombs County
High School volleyball
team was in action last
week as they took on rival
Vidalia High School, and
then were on the road to
face New Hampstead and
Jenkins County.
vs. Vidalia
The JV team show
cased their skills by se
curing victories in two
sets, 25-15 and 25-23.
Their serving prowess
was evident, as they
racked up 16 aces during
the matches. Emma
Wright led the charge
with 8 service points, in
cluding 4 aces, while
Alivia Patrick contrib
uted with 5 service
points, all of which were
aces. Maggie Rodriguez
added 6 service points
and 2 aces. Not to be left
out, Kayla Ruan, Abby
White, Natalie Collins,
Elida Cruz, and Melinda
Fagan each delivered an
ace. It was a commend
able team effort at the
service line.
On the Varsity side,
the team demonstrated
exemplary cohesion and
talent across the board,
winning in three sets: 25-
17, 25-22, and 25-20.
Throughout the three
sets, the Lady Netdawgs
impressively recorded 20
kills and 13 aces while
limiting themselves to
just 7 service errors.
Some key perfor
mances included: Anna
Patrick with 6 service
points, 3 aces, and 6 kills.
Anabel Cruz, who
notched 7 service points,
3 aces, and provided 17
assists. Emma Wright had
8 service points and 2
aces. Arianna Hill con
tributed 6 service points,
3 aces, and 5 kills.
Makayla Brewton deliv
ered 7 service points and
4 kills. Scarlett Stanley
had 5 service points, 2
aces, and 3 notable digs.
McKenzie Kilgore
rounded off the game
with 4 kills.
vs. New Hampstead
In an evening of
mixed fortunes at New
Hampstead, the Lady
Netdawgs faced chal
lenges and victories.
They were edged out by
New Hampstead in a
tense three-set match
(21-25, 27-25, 11-15),
even after leading the
first set 21-16. However,
showing their resilience,
the team rebounded to
clinch a win against Jen
kins, taking the match in
consecutive sets (25-22
and 25-16).
During the face-off
against New Hampstead,
Anabel Cruz displayed an
all-around performance
with 9 service points, 5
aces, 6 assists, 4 digs, a
block, and a kill. Anna
Patrick also stood out
with 9 service points, 2
blocks, and 4 kills. Ari
anna Hill contributed 8
service points, 2 aces, 4
digs, and 4 kills, while
McKenzie Kilgore regis
tered 2 blocks and 3 kills,
vs. Jenkins
The match against
Jenkins witnessed contri
butions from across the
board. Service points
were amassed by several
players: Anabel and
Emma (7 each), Anna
and Arianna (5 each),
Makayla (4), and Scarlett
(3). On the aces front,
Emma led with 4, fol
lowed by Anabel and Ari
anna with 3 each, and
both Anna and Makayla
had 2. Anabel and Marta-
sia directed the game
with assists, securing 7
and 4, respectively. Anna
spearheaded the kills
with 6, joined by Makayla
with 4, McKenzie with 2,
and Anabel adding one
more to her tally.
Toombs was back in
action this week at Wind
sor Forest on Monday af
ter presstime against
Windsor Forest and
Groves. Tuesday, also af
ter presstime, they faced
Bradwell Institute and
Wayne County.
Courtesy of BPC
Brewton-Parker Col
lege's Men’s Soccer opened
its 2023 campaign with a
tight battle on home soil
against Freed-Hardeman,
and then were on the road at
SCAD.
vs. Freed-Hardeman
The Barons (1-0) were
challenged early as the Lions
(0-1) struck swiftly but man
aged to overcome adversity
with a leveling goal moments
later while following with a
second half score to secure
victory.
“The boys were excel
lent tonight, after going
down to 10 men so early on
they played with decisive
ness and composure,” Head
Coach Bob Neumann said.
“They demand a huge stan
dard of themselves even in
difficult situations. Genu
inely relentless for 90 min
utes.”
Freed-Hardeman broke
the game open early with a
goal at the 4:44 mark, taking
advantage of a well-placed
cross into the 18-yard box
for the swiff 1-0 advantage.
The Barons responded
well with a goal of their own
as George Collins set up Jor
dan de Souza Barclay on a
through-ball for the leveling
score in the eighth minute.
Unfortunately for BPC,
the Barons were left with a
man down as Andrea Abwe
was sent off for a handball
outside of the box. Jake Mc
Carthy came on for Danny
Guerra to fill in for the empty
net. McCarthy made an im
mediate impact with a total
of three saves on the Lions as
they held a narrow 6-4 ad
vantage in shots in the first
half.
BPC managed to pro
duce some offensive oppor
tunities but were held to just
one shot on frame, coming
from Manny Marin’s saved
header in the 31st minute.
Freed-Hardeman
opened the second half with
a 4-2 shot advantage over the
course of the first 23 minutes
until Brewton-Parker uti
lized a counterattack from
the duo of Landon Brafford
and Derventz Altidor to slot
home the go-ahead goal
from Altidor at the 68:07
mark.
BPC managed to battle
and hold onto the one-goal
edge over FHU despite giv
ing up a total of 11 shots in
the second half. Victor
Garces came in clutch late in
the 85th minute, notching a
defensive save on a shot
from the Lions to keep the
win alive.
The game eventually re
turned to level players as a
red card from the visitors
equalized at 10 men a side in
the 86th minute before BPC
secured the season-opening
win.
Freed-Hardeman con
trolled a 17-7 shot advantage
while also leading 8-3 in
shots on goal. Both de Souza
Barclay and Altidor slotted
home a goal each while Col-
fins and Brafford bagged as
sists. After replacing Abwe,
McCarthy came in to pro
duce a clean sheet perfor
mance for nearly 77 minutes
and totaled six saves in the
process. Thursday night’s
win marks the first season
opening victory for the Bar
ons since the 2020 cam
paign.
vs. SCAD
Brewton-Parker Men’s
Soccer traveled east to chal
lenge in-state foe SCAD-Sa-
vannah (Ga.) on Saturday
night for the first road con
test of the 2023 campaign.
The Barons (l-l)
slipped away from the Bees
(1-0-1) in the first half and
could not recover the gap,
falling in a 2-0 loss in Hard-
eeville, S.C.
“It’s a disappointing
one,” Head Coach Bob Neu
mann stated. “We weren’t
brave enough in the first half
and gave SCAD too many
opportunities in front of
goal. It’s a young group and
they will certainly learn from
this experience.”
“We have a big test com
ing Thursday with Truett,
and an opportunity to re
spond,” Neumann added.
Brewton-Parker opened
the game with the first shot
coming off the foot of Andre
Xavier at the 3:16 mark.
SCAD returned with four
shots over the next ten min
utes before the Barons could
muster a response in the
14th minute with Manny
Marin’s shot finding the
hands of Connor Friel in the
net.
After five total shots
from the Bees and three
saves Jake McCarthy, SCAD
eventually broke the score
less draw in the 33rd minute
with a goal from Ryan
Holmes. The Bees added to
the tally at the 40:47 mark
with another shot from
Holmes finding the back of
net for a two-goal edge.
The Barons were out
matched in the first half 11-2
in overall shots and 6-1 in
shots on goal.
The second half proved
to be more level between the
two sides as the final 45 min
utes resulted in scoreless ef
forts. BPC held a 6-5 shot
advantage over SCAD and
held a 3-2 shot on frame
edge.
Both George Collins
and Xavier had opportuni
ties saved from Friel early in
the half while a late-game at
tempt from Rayane Sid
Ahmed was thwarted as well.
SCAD-Savannah led
16-8 in total shots and 8-4 in
shots on goal. McCarthy
bagged six saves on the night,
edging out Friel by two. Col
lins and Xavier led the way
with two shots each and a
shot on goal as well. As a
team, BPC led 3-2 in cor
ners.
The Barons will head to
Cleveland, Ga. on Thursday
to take on Truett McConnell
(Ga.) for a 6 p.m. kickoff.
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