Month: April 2017

Brothers Tristan Lynn and Ricardo Santana are wrapping up an amazing sports school year. With their success at the GHSA State Sectional Track Meet in Fitzgerald the two will end up competing for state championships in a combined four different sports. In the fall the two, along with younger brother Martin Santana, led the TCHS cross country team to a Region 2 championship and a third place finish in the…

The Toombs County Bulldogs put together three straight five-run innings to end their first round GHSA State Tournament series with Laney High School, in Augusta, with a 15-0 win in the minimum three innings. Toombs took game one 14-3 in six innings. Y-101 Story Martin Stephens, who went 3-for-4 in the series with three walks, ended the long day and night with a two-run triple with two down in the…

For the second straight playoff appearance the Toombs County Bulldogs, as the number four team out of Region 2, defeated a region champion in a doubleheader sweep on the road in the opening round of the GHSA State Playoffs. In 2014 TCHS swept Bleckley County thanks to two fine pitching performances by seniors James Ethredge and Jeremy Beasley and three years later senior starters D.R. Meadows and Lane Adams threw…

The Toombs County Bulldogs ended the season playing their best ball. The Dawgs won their final six games including five straight in Region 2 to make the playoffs as the fourth team out of the region. In the opening round, beginning Friday at 4 p.m. on Y-101 Radio and streamed on Mixlr, Toombs County is matched against the Region 4 champion Laney Wildcats. Laney avenged a 12-1 loss at Harlem…

The Region 2 champion Toombs County Bulldogs opened up the GHSA AA State Tournament with a 3-1 home win over Westside-Augusta. The 13-2 Dawgs will play host to Putnam County on Wednesday, May 3. Putnam (14-2-2) is the number two team from Region 8. The Eagles shutout Therrell 8-0 in the opening round. Team captain Jose Cerras opened the scoring with a goal in which he beat the keeper, in…

The Toombs County Lady Bulldogs did something that few soccer teams have done this season. They shut out Glenn Hills senior Jazmine Santiago for a half. The striker is averaging 4.2 goals per game this season and in her career she has only been shutout by two opponents. This season she has scored at least one goal in every game including six in one match and five goals in five…

The Toombs County Bulldogs wrapped up their regular season with a sixth straight victory. However, an easy win turned into a challenging one. TCHS appeared to be in route to a second straight run-rule decision as the Bulldogs scored the first 10 runs by the end of the top of the fourth. But, the final three innings belonged to Southeast Bulloch. The Yellow Jackets scored the final eight runs. But…

The Toombs County Bulldogs survived a seven-game Region 2 losing streak by winning their last five games to finish with a 7-7  region record earning them their first trip to the GHSA State Playoffs since the 2014 season. A 13-0, five inning win at Swainsboro sealed a trip to Augusta to play Laney High School in the opening round of the state tourney beginning on Friday, April 28. The Metter…

Combine a 7-0 Toombs County home victory over Swainsboro with Benedictine’s 11-2 win over Metter and the Bulldogs could be one win away from making the GHSA State Playoffs. If the Dawgs beat Swainsboro on Thursday in Swainsboro and Benedictine takes care of Metter on the same day at Metter than Toombs County goes to the post season with a 7-7 region record. If not and the two teams finish…

In their first 21 games the Toombs County Bulldogs hit two home runs. In the second inning of their Region 2 game at Vidalia the Dawgs hit two more homers in back-to-back at bats by Martin Stephens and D.R. Meadows. Toombs also hit three doubles and stroked a season-high 14 hits in a 9-1 win which pushed the Bulldogs region record to 5-7 with two games remaining against Swainsboro. Toombs County…