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The True Citizen, Wednesday, September 14, 2022 — Page 13
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Alyssa Rabun making a play at the plate versus Thomson
BCHS Homecoming Week
at home. The Lady Bears lost
to Thomson 3-8. The game
started off rough for the Bears
with Thomson scoring four
runs in the top of the first. The
Bulldogs also played lock-
down defense, only allowing
the Lady Bears to score in one
inning.
For Burke County, their star
offensive player was Maddox
Russell, who drove in two of
their three runs in the bottom of
the sixth inning. Defensively,
Arliyah Crumbley and Ashlee
Ray split duties on the mound,
striking out three in total and
recording twenty-one first
pitch strikes.
Continued from front
Next week is a big one for
the Lady Bears as they get the
chance to prove themselves in
region play. They play New
Flampstead at home on Tues
day and South Bulloch at home
on Thursday. In preparation
for these two games, they
will travel to Lakeside High
on Monday for a non-region
match up with the Panthers.
Burke County High School
is celebrating Homecoming
Week (September 12-16),
and students recently selected
their 2022-2023 Homecoming
Court. One of the senior repre
sentatives will be named queen
during halftime Friday Night.
In celebration of Homecoming,
Burke County will be hosting
several fun events leading up
to the big game.
The Burke County High
School Powder Puff Game
will be held in the Bear Den
on Wednesday, September 14
at 5:00 p.m. The Homecoming
Parade will be held in Down
town Waynesboro at 5:00 p.m.
on Thursday, September 15.
To end the week, the Home
coming football game will be
against Oconee County in the
Bear Den at 7:30 PM.
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The BCHS Lady Bears soft-
ball team played two games
last week against Lincoln
County and Thomson. A vic
tory versus Lincoln County
helped to bring their overall
record to 8-6.
On Wednesday, September
7, they won a thriller in Lin
coln County. The Lady Bears
struck early, scoring in the first
inning. However, by the sixth,
they found themselves down
3-5. BCHS scored four runs in
the top of the six which led to
them winning 7-6.
Arliyah Crumbley continued
her stellar season, leading the
Bears at the plate with three
hits and two RBIs while si
multaneously pitching four and
one-third innings and record
ing two strikeouts. Familiar
names like Brylie Mallard and
Maddox Russell contributed
as well, recording one RBI
apiece. What Crumbley started
on the mound, Ashlee Ray fin
ished. She pitched the remain
ing two and two thirds innings,
recording two strikeouts and
nine first pitch strikes.
Their second game of the
week was played the next day
Bears
Back row, (l-r), Kennedi Dukes, Logan Brady, Layla Nunnally, Logan Wright, Kiyah Thomas,
Braylin Fare, Tommie Conner, Jani Johnson and, Gloriahna Roberson. Front row, (l-r), Senior
% representatives, Da’Nasia Bonner, Kaitlin Taylor, Jasmin Golphin, Savannah Salemi, Ny’Keria
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cial teams.
“The thing we’ve been able
to do is sell our best kids on
how important it is and they’re
doing a really good job of get
ting after it,” Parker said. “Try
ing to get after the punts, get
after a held goal, doing a good
job on our return teams and
our coverage teams. I thought
that was the difference in the
Thomson game and I definitely
thought it was the difference in
the Evans game.”
Burke’s offense scored four
touchdowns of their own with
senior running back Charlie
Dorsey scoring on a 2-yard run
on the Bears’ first possession of
the night. Gray scored on a 45-
yard pass from senior quarter
back Marshall Flowers late in
the first quarter for his second
touchdown on the night.
Even the Bears’ non-starters
got in on the action with back
up quarterback Jensen Brantley
outrunning the entire Knights’
defense to score on an 80-yard
run and freshman quarterback
Sean Vandiver getting into the
endzone on a 2-yard dive.
Burke County’s defense did
its part, holding the Knights to
159 yards of total offense. Ev
ans had less than 100 yards on
the ground and in the air. Junior
linebacker Brandon Lively led
the team with 14 tackles, 3 of
them for a loss.
The win over the previously
unbeaten AAAAAA Evans
(2-1) garnered the Bears (3-
0) with media attention from
around the state. The Bears
moved up one spot to num
ber 8 in the A AAA rankings.
Eyes will be on Burke County
again this weekend when the
fourth-ranked Oconee County
Warriors travel to the Bear Den
for homecoming.
“When you play good people
you kind of draw some interest.
This Friday will be a statewide
game of interest. Evans has
several kids that have several
[scholarship] offers. We know
Thomson is one of the teams
that is favored in AA, so our
schedule has really put the
spotlight on us,” Parker said.
“Our kids have performed well.
If you want people to talk about
you, then you’ve got to give
them something to talk about.
Up to this point, we’ve done a
pretty good job of that.”
The 3-1 Warriors will put
their own reputation on the
line Friday and Parker expects
another game with a playoff-
like atmosphere.
“They’re pretty doggone
good. They’re ranked in the top
10 in AAA. The last couple of
years, they’ve been right there
in the playoffs, so this is not
something unexpected. I knew
when we scheduled them, they
would bring a good football
team in here,” Parker said.
Friday’s game was not all
positive, however. The Bears
lost starting sophomore offen
sive lineman Venute Gross to
a season-ending injury. Senior
Donta Williams left the game
early with a knee injury and
will most likely be out for sev
eral weeks according to Parker.
“It was an expensive win,”
he said.
There are numerous home
coming activities this week.
The Homecoming Parade will
make its way through down
town Waynesboro on Thurs
day, Sept. 15, beginning at 5
pm. Kickoff for Friday’s game
against Oconee County is set
for 7:30 pm.
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