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The True Citizen, Wednesday, February 23, 2022 — Page 13
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Bears begin baseball
FROM THE COACH’S DESK
The Bears secured their spot
in the state playoffs after taking
down ARC and Hephzibah in
the region tournament and fall
ing to Thomson. They finished
third in the region.
In the 64-28 win against
ARC last Tuesday, the Bears
were led by Tykevian Hiers,
who had 13 points and 3 as
sists; Dantavian Allen, 16
points, 9 rebounds, 3 steals and
2 blocks; Edward Wimberly,
10 points, 8 rebounds and 3
blocks; Kinte Gross, 10 points
and 8 rebounds; and Kobe
Brown, 8 assists and 3 steals.
Thursday, on the road, the
Bears weren’t so lucky against
Thomson’s Bulldogs, losing
74-56.
Avian Allen posted 15
points, while Gross added 13
of his own. E. Wimberly had
10 points, 7 rebounds and 4
blocks.
The Bears finished the region
tourney with an 82-62 win
over Hephzibah’s Rebels, with
Hiers racking up 29 points,
including 4 three-pointers, 8
rebounds,6 assists and 2 steals.
Other leaders included Cassidy
Golden, 13 points and 3 blocks;
Gross, 11 points and 12 re
bounds; and Brown, 10 assists.
“We played well in the re
gion tourney,” said Bears head
coach Purvis Dukes, adding
that, defensively against ARC
and Hephzibah, the Bears were
as good as they have been in
years. “The Thomson game
got away from us in the sec
ond quarter as they went on a
good run. This league is good,
and hopefully the strength of
schedule will help us during
the playoffs. This is a new sea
son as we are back in the state
playoffs. The guys understand
that it’s win or go home.”
The Bears traveled to Fort
Valley for a first round matchup
against Peach County yester
day (Tuesday), but results were
not available at press time.
Lady Bears finish third in region,
begin run in state playoffs
FROM STAFF REPORTS
The Lady Bears dropped one
and picked up a win during
the region tourney semifinals,
earning a third place finish
and a slot in the first round of
state play.
Thomson managed to out-
basket the Lady Bears with
a final score of 46-38. Jalia
Johnson, who had 13 points
and 2 rebounds, and Alayla
Denmark, 7 points and 5 re
bounds, led the team’s effort.
Head coach Leslie Lawrence
said the girls struggled of
fensively during the first half
against Morgan County, giving
up 6 three-point shots.
“This led to a huge halftime
deficit,” she said, “however,
we sold out to our defensive
game plan and were able to
hold Morgan County score
less for over eight minutes
Lady Spartans end run
FROM STAFF REPORTS
A heartbreaking 35-29 loss
has ended the Lady Spartans’
run for a title.
The girls fell to Robert
Toombs Christian Academy
in the first round of the GISA
AA state playoffs, where they
battled to the end on their home
court last week, finishing the
season with a 15-10 record.
“We played as good on de
fense for three quarters as we
have throughout the season,
but were not able to get the job
done consistently on the offen
sive end of the court, said head
coach Daniel Hannah, adding
that he and assistant coach
Jamie Montgomery are proud
of this team and the effort they
have put in. He also noted that
fourteen out of fifteen players
will be returning, and the ma
jority of those are sophomores
and freshmen.
“Our lone senior this year,
Avery Wiggins, has been the
epitome of a leader by ex
ample with the way she has
carried herself at practice and
the energy she gives at every
opportunity,” Hannah said.
“We will miss her, but she will
always have a home at Murray
Gymnasium and with our team.
We are excited for the future of
our Lady Spartan program at
EBA and are already looking
forward to this summer to get
back to work.”
In their final game of the
season, the Lady Spartans
were led by Zaylor Baker,
Leila Eastmead and Wiggins,
who each contributed 7 points
apiece. Eastmead also had 11
rebounds and 2 steals. Fresh
man Ellee Mobley pulled down
9 rebounds on the night.
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consecutive between the third
and fourth quarters. I am proud
of our players for their efforts
in this game. Everyone con
tributed, and it was one of the
best halves we have played this
season.”
In the 43-40 win, Dy’mon
Webb posted 13 points, 6 re
bounds and 4 steals; Jemerya
Dixon, 9 points , 3 rebounds
and 2 steals; and
Danielle McClendon, 5
points, 8 rebounds and7 steals.
The Lady Bears played at
Central Macon doe the first
round of the state tourna
ment yesterday (Tuesday), but
results were not available at
press time.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
The Burke County Bears
baseball team began its season
with four wins. Highlights
from head coach Billy March-
man are listed below.
BCHSVS. AQUINAS, 7-2
Phillip Hodges got the win
for Burke County. He sur
rendered zero runs on one
hit over two innings, striking
out four and walking zero.
Marshall Flowers, Jahkari
Howard and Aiden Roberson
all put in work in relief out of
the bullpen, steering their team
towards the victory.
Dylan Dixon led the Bears
with three hits in four at bats.
BCHSVS. GROVETOWN,
11-1
The Bears stole the lead late
and defeated Grovetown 11-1
on Tuesday. The game was tied
at one with the Bears batting in
the bottom of the fourth when
an error scored one run for
Burke County.
Grovetown evened things up
at one in the top of the second
inning, but the Bears pulled
away for good with two runs
in the fourth inning. They
went on to score five runs in
the sixth inning. Jaidyn Foster,
Marshall Flowers and Dylan
Dixon each had RBIs in the
frame.
Flowers led the Bears to vic
tory on the mound. He lasted
three innings, allowing zero
hits and one run while striking
out one. Phillip Hodges threw
three innings in relief out of
the bullpen.
The Bears totaled 11 hits
in the game with Foster and
Myles Heatwole earning two
hits each, and the Bears as a
whole did not commit a single
error in the held.
BCHSVS. LAMAR COUNTY,
12-2
The Bears tallied five runs in
the fifth inning. The offensive
onslaught was led by Jahkari
Howard, Marshall Flowers,
Myles Heatwole and Beckam
Ramirez, all sending runners
across the plate with RBIs in
the inning.
Phillip Hodges was the win
ning pitcher for Burke County.
The hreballer surrendered two
runs on three hits over four in
nings, striking out seven and
walking one. Flowers threw
one inning in relief out of the
bullpen.
Brice Marchman smacked
one home run on the day.
Flowers led Burke County
Varsity Bears with two hits in
three at bats.
BCHSVS. JENKINS COUNTY,
21-5
The Bears got things started
in the first inning as Dylan
Dixon hit a solo homer.
Jahkari Howard got the win
for Burke County, going three
innings, allowing five runs on
four hits and striking out six.
Myles Heatwole threw one in
ning in relief out of the bullpen.
In addition to Dixon’s hom
er, the Bears smacked two
more on the day in the first in
ning. Howard put one out, and
Heatwole had a four-bagger
as well.
The Bears totaled 11 hits.
Dixon, Heatwole and Brice
Marchman each collected mul
tiple hits. Howard led with four
stolen bases as they ran wild on
the base paths with 12 stolen
bases total.
“We are off to a great start to
the 2022 season with winning
all four games the past two
weeks in non-region play,”
Marchman said. “We will
play on the road twice this
week: Emanuel County Insti
tute Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 5:30
p.m. and Friday, Feb. 25, at
Southeast Bulloch at 5:30 p.m.
Region play is coming soon so
hopefully we can continue to
improve this week and keep
finding ways to improve as a
team.”
Plant Vogtle expansion delayed again
DAVE WILLIAMS
Capitol Beat News Service
Georgia Power has encoun
tered additional delays in the
nuclear expansion at Plant
Vogtle that will delay the proj
ect an additional three to six
months.
The utility announced Feb.
17 that the first of two new
reactors at the plant won’t
be completed until the fourth
quarter of this year or the first
quarter of 2023. The second
reactor will follow in the third
or fourth quarter of next year.
The delays will add $920
million to the project’s cost,
more than doubling the original
projected price tag of $14 bil
lion when the Georgia Public
Service Commission first ap
proved the project in 2009.
While the first new reactor
was 99% complete as of Jan. 31
and the entire project was 96%
complete, detailed documenta
tion required by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission is
holding up the process.
“Our priority is, has been
and will continue to be bring
ing Vogtle Units 3 & 4 safely
online - to ‘get it right’ - so that
we can provide Georgia with
a reliable carbon-free energy
resource for the next 60 to 80
years,” Georgia Power spokes
man Jeff Wilson said.
The Vogtle expansion has
been hit with a series of sched
uling delays and cost overruns
since work began, prompting
environmental and consumer
advocates to criticize the proj
ect as a waste of money that
should have been spent pursu
ing renewable energy.
Key factors in the delays
were the bankruptcy of original
prime contractor Westinghouse
Electric and, later, disruptions
in the schedule due to the
impact of COVID-19 on the
construction workforce.
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