Four Appling County pitchers struck out a combined 13 Toombs County Bulldogs in a non-region game in Baxley. Meanwhile on offense the Pirates scored four runs in the fourth in their 5-2 win. Y-101 play-by-play Right-hand starter Shawn Brown pitched 4 1/3 innings and struck out 10 Dawgs. He was tough to hit in any two-strike count. Cole Graham singled hitting the first pitch he saw from Brown in the first…
The Toombs County High School soccer teams won back-to-back road matches at Claxton and Bryan County. The Lady Bulldogs shutout Claxton 3-0 last Thursday and then on Tuesday in Region 2 play they scored six first half goals in a 9-0 victory. Crystal Morales scored a pair of goals on two free kicks and Ashley Venegas also scored twice. The Bulldogs turned a 1-1 tie into a 3-1 victory at…
Due to rain, in Twin City, the Toombs County Middle School Bullpups and ECI played only played four of their scheduled seven innings. However, the Pups had plenty of time to pull out a 6-1 win. Toombs was coming off a 13-3 loss to William James in Statesboro the day before. Will Watts pitched all four innings for the Bullpups and he allowed three hits with two strikeouts and one…
The Telfiar County Trojans scored two runs off Toombs County Bulldog pitching on a cloudy Monday in McRae and both runs which were scored in the first and seventh were on bases loaded walks. The first free pass put the Trojans up 1-0 and the second one ended the game and lifted Telfair to a 2-1 win. Y-101 Play-by-play The Bulldogs who were averaging 10 runs and nearly 10 hits per…
Landon Gupton scored the game-winning run in the top of the seventh inning on a pass ball and Alex Gordy worked a three up, three down frame in the bottom of the inning to lead the Toombs County junior varsity to an 8-7 season-opening win at Tattnall County. Gordy pitched 1 2/3 innings and allowed two hits and one earned run with two strikeouts and two walks to pick up…
The Toombs County Bulldogs and the Tattnall County Warriors each entered their Saturday matchup in Reidsville with 2-0 records. When the seven inning game ended the Bulldogs had stroked 14 hits and yielded only four in an 8-1 victory. Sophomore Chase Musselman pitched a complete game and he did not allow an earned run. He struck out three and walked four and at one point in the middle of the…
For the third straight Saturday Toombs County senior Ricardo Santana (132 pounds) defeated Fitzgerald’s Chance Miller 7-1 in a first place match meaning for the third straight year Santana is a GHSA State Champion. Ricardo is Toombs County’s first three-time state champ. Bryan Benton won four state championships for the Dawgs and Derrick MIncey, Bradley Benton and Demery Hawkins each won two. Y-101 interview with head coach Bill Benton …
Three Toombs County High School wrestlers will be competing for a state championship on Saturday at the Macon Centreplex. Senior Ricardo Santana will try to become the first Bulldog to be a three-time state champ while senior Rolando Tinoco and junior Jose Balderas will be trying to win their first. Martin Santana and Devante Willis were each defeated in the semifinals. Santana will take on Fitzgerald’s Chance Miller for the…
In 2009 the Toombs County Bulldogs needed a big two-out, two-run hit from Taylor Dowd in the seventh inning to beat Coffee on the road 7-6. Ten years later the 2A Bulldogs didn’t need a clutch late inning hit to defeat the 6A Trojans, instead they took care of business with a four-run first and two-run fifth in their 10-3 victory. Y-101 play-by-play Senior Cole Graham started the game on the…
After one day of wrestling at the GHSA State Tournament in the Macon Centreplex five Toombs County Bulldogs have advanced to the semifinals. Jose Balderas, Martin Santana, Ricardo Santana, Devante Willis and Rolando Tinoco. Cruz Arredondo, Aaeral Rodriquez and Isaiah Wright are all in the consolation bracket with chance to finish third in the weight classes. 106 pounds- Jose Balderas pinned Screven County’s Mason Monte 53 seconds into the first…