Page 4 - Wednesday, April 3, 2024
The Sylvania Times
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LADY GAMECOCKS GET BACK
ON TRACK, DOWN JOCO 3-1
After three consecutive losses, all in region
play, the SCHS soccer Lady Gamecocks of Terry
Markovcic got back on the winning track with a 3-1
win over Johnson County in Wrightsville on March
28. The win followed a 1-0 loss in Metter to the
region champion Lady Tigers two days before. With
no matches this week, the Red and White will finish
out the regular season next week as they hit the road
to face once-beaten Region 2-A D2 champion Portal
on April 9 and Savannah Christian on April 11. They
will go to East Laurens on April 15 for the first round
of the state playoffs.
An upside down final region standing list shows
Metter as region champion (6-2, 8-4), Bryan County
as runner-up (6-2, 8-5-1). The teams split during the
regular season with Metter winning 3-1 and Bryan
County 1-0. The Lady Tigers won the tiebreaker.
Claxton is third (5-3, 9-4-1), SCHS in fourth (2-6,
7-6), and Woodville-Tompkins out of the loop (1-7,
5-10). Region 3-A D1 crosses over to play Region
2-A Dlin the playoffs. Seedings for that region are
East Laurens (8-0, 16-0), Bleckley County (6-2,
9-7), Swainsboro (3-5, 4-10), and Jefferson County
(2-6, 3-9-1).
Having been shutout by Metter and scoring but
one in a loss to Woodville-Tompkins the Lady
Gamecocks went to Wrightsville on Thursday
looking to generate some offense. That offense was a
long time coming. At the 10:42 mark of the first half
SCHS finally got on the scoreboard, but on a Charlie
Brannen penalty kick. Not until 33:55 remained in
the second half did the Lady Gamecocks get on
the board from the field when Anna Kate Withrow
scored after a dribble. The Lady Trojans closed the
gap to 2-1 with 10:30 left when they were good on
a PK. Off an assist by Maddison Mitchell, Kaylin
Long ended any suspense when she scored with 2:00
remaining. Julia Dews recorded four saves. The Red
and White had four shots bounce off one of the bars
and lost a goal to a very questionable offsides call.
Homestanding Metter realistically clinched the
region title on their field turf on March 26 with their
1-0 win over SCHS. Scoreless for over 50 minutes,
MHS scored on a cross with 27:20 remaining in the
contest and made it stand up. Dews had seven saves.
Sophomore Maddison Mitchell drives by a Metter defender (photo by
Dana Doss)
Left: Freshman Anna Kate Withrow
kicks one off the forehead of a Metter
defender (photo by Jamie Warren)
Right: An unnamed referee seems to
be bracing himself for a kick in the
derriere from Lilly Doss. She did not
kick him (photo by Dana Doss)
SCMS SOCCER WINS
REGION CHAMPIONSHIP
Avenging their only loss of the season,
the SCMS Lady Gamecock soccer team
of GeeGee Pollock downed homestanding
Toombs County 2-0 Thursday to claim the
Southeast Georgia Middle School League
title. Track had its SGMSL region meet last
Monday and Tuesday at Toombs County as
well. With soccer and track done for the year,
all that remains is the baseball playoffs. The
diamond Gamecocks, as South mnners-up,
will host North Tattnall in the first round on
April 9. The second round is April 11 and the
championship April 13.
For the soccer team the win
was a “physically and mentally
challenging” match. Mica Shipes
and Adai Kullbert each scored a
goal and Caroline Kullberg had
nine saves despite leaving the
game briefly for an injury.
The region track meet in
Toombs County saw the girls
finish third and the boys sixth.
A’Ryiah Bames led the day with
a first place in the long jump (16-
4). Seconds went to Regan Evans
(400), Bames (100), Tristan
Maynor (100), and Remington
Deen (2400). Thirds went to
Rod’Nasia Morris (400), Allianne
Sturdivant (800), Bames (200),
and Sophie Graham (2400)
Baseball had a disappointing
week last week with 8-5 and 12-9
losses to Metter. In the two games
Luke Hall, Wyatt Brown, Haynes
Sell, and Cody Grovenstein had
multiple hits in both games with
Sell having three rbi including a
homer in Metter. Luke Stockwell
and Trevor Lane had good
innings on the mound.
SCMS finished the regular
season at 8-5-1 with a 3-3 region
record.
Sixth and seventh grade
baseball finished their season
at 7-5 with a win over Jenkins
County and a loss to Metter.
Jermaine Clare and Kayden
Evans were 3-3 on the day.
Evans had two triples and four
RBIs. Briley Williams, Adrain Garvin, and
DC Burke also had multiple hits on the day.
Burke, Case Oglesby, Adrian Garvin, Briley
Williams, and Evans all had good innings on
the mound.
Bloodied but certainly now bowed was SCMS goalie Caroline
Kullberg after a collision in the box. She missed scant minutes
to get "cleaned up" before returning to goal in the SCMS 2-0
win over Toombs County in the SGMSL title bout.
The Southeast Georgia Middle School League soccer champion SCMS Lady Gamecocks.
They are: (back row) Coach Marly Moore, Carlee Triplett, Piper Black, Kelcei Stewart,
Ella Withrow, Rain Cail, Ava Withrow, d. Washington, Harper Sheppard, and Coach
GeeGee Pollock. The front is Stella McBride, Mia Nel, Kassie Skinner, Elle Gentry,
Caroline Kullberg, Addi Kullberg, Shakiya Thomas, and Mica Shipes.
The 2024 Region 3-A D1 Champion Lady Gamecocks are Coach Pam Dixon, Coach
Lovey Sheppard, Kerrigan Bogart, Ryland Reynolds, Caroline Boswell, Lauryn
Herrington, Nicole Zheng, Garyn Howard, Jayla Lovett, Lyla Johnson, Emma Rose
Griner, and Coach Kyle Reynolds.
The 2024 Region 3-A D1 Champion Screven County Gamecocks are Tucker Thomas,
Lance Daniell, Aaron Snow, Whit Morgan, Reese Chandler, Michael Weaver, John
Boswell, Bo Doss, Kade Chandler, JD Hall, Josh Patel, and Noah Boykin (photo by Dana
Doss)
GAMECOCK TRACK
BACK IN CLAXTON
Traveling without their Lady
Gamecock teammates, the SCHS
Gamecock track team of Roy
Cooper went back to Claxton
last Thursday for Tiger Meet x
4. The Roosters were third from
among four teams with host
Claxton scoring 130, Portal 104,
SCHS 95, and Savannah High
47. SCHS will host its next meet
on April 11.
Freshman Luke Sowell and
senior Jayden Adams led the
individual awards for the Red
and White. Sowell won the 1600
(5:18.96) while Adams won the
3200 (12:28.00). Also winning
gold (no medals) was the 4x1
relay team of Jeremiah Hill, AB
Hilton, Jeremiah Anderson, and
TaCorey Grant (44.56). Gaining
silver were Braylan Brown
(300 hurdles), Jordan Gresham
(400), Hilton (100), and the 4x4
relay team of Gresham, Adams,
Sowell, and Josiah Williams.
Williams (400) and the 4x8
relay team of Adams, David
McFarland, Eugene Jackson,
and Isiah Robinson were third .
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