In a 2-8 2014 season the Toombs County Bulldogs yielded 34 points per game. In the upcoming 2015 season the Dawgs will be trying to chop that number down significantly. TCHS should have more quality depth on the defensive line and at linebacker and will field a secondary with more experience than last season. Slideshow Landon Cowart, the Dawgs leading tackler in 2013, has returned after a season at Robert Toombs beefing…
For the seventh straight summer Manny Johnson, who has been a high school, college, club and USA volleyball coach, has traveled from California to Lyons to work with the Toombs County Net Dawgs. The week long camp is an all day event and the girls learn the intricacies of the sport. On Wednesday the morning subject matter was rotations. Coach Manny’s camps have helped TCHS make the state playoffs the last…
The Toombs County High School Red Coat Marching Band is holding it’s annual band camp. The hours are long- 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the temperature is hot- in the upper 90’s. Sixty-five Red Coats are learning new songs and steps. The theme this football season will be songs about fire. Slideshow
Jake Davis, a recent Toombs County High School graduate, ended his GRPA swimming career by winning two state titles in Tifton. Davis, who specialized in the freestyle stroke for the Bulldogs, won the 50 and 100-yard freestyle races. Jake has been swimming in the GRPA State meet since 2007 and this was the first time he has won a state title. His best finish prior was second. Watch both races In the…
The Toombs County Bulldogs have moved into their new locker room and they have started lifting in their new weight room. Check out the lifting and a slideshow
You’ve watched the progress from a far. Now you can check the “New” Toombs County High School. Principal Chris Bell gives you a tour of the class rooms, Coach Chuck Hill shows you the 2,000 seat home for TCHS basketball and you get to see the spectacular two-level auditorium. Take the Tour and check out a slideshow
The Lyons Mite Girls have fun while they are playing hard and that formula proved successful as they finished second in the District 1 Tournament and third in the GRPA State Tournament in Effingham County. The girls compete on the field and dance in the dugout between innings. On the first day of the tourney Lyons beat Coffee County 15-11 and they lost to the eventual state champion Moultrie…
The Harris brothers, Cameron and Trevon, started and ended the bottom of the sixth inning with big hits as the Lyons Flea Boys baseball team edged Vidalia 3-2 to win the GRPA 8 and under State Tournament. Cameron (2-for-3), the leadoff hitter, doubled and moved to third base on a Gage Brantley grounder and he scored when his older brother Trevon drove a pitch to center field for a walk-off…