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The 2019 Jeff Davis Duals, featured 28 teams from Georgia and South Carolina, and the Toombs County Mat Dawgs brought home a first place trophy in the Silver division. The tournament started out with four pools of seven teams and ended with Gold, Silver and Bronze pools. The Bulldogs came away with the Silver division championship going 3-0 in the medal round. The Mat Dawgs started the medal round wrestling…

After loosing their first four games of the season Toombs County Bulldog head basketball coach Telvin Thomas altered his strategy in game 5. In a Region 2 home game against Bryan County he went with two units of five players and the result was more defensive pressure, four double-digit scorers and a 77-28 win over the Redskins. The first unit consisted of Cameron Williams, who led that group with 14…

Former Toombs County Bulldog basketball and football player Demetrius Taylor who graduated in 2013 is still playing ball and he is also coaching. Demetrius plays for the Middle Georgia Pits in the ABA and he coaches middle school players in AAU tournaments. The ABA is made up of teams spread all across the country. The Pits, based in Warner Robins, play in the Southeast Region against teams from Georgia, Alabama…

After going 1-2 in non-region games the Toombs County Lady Bulldogs opened up Region 2 play with a 52-35 loss at Jeff Davis. Amya Bullard led TCHS with 10 points, K.K. Mobley scored 9, Ashunti Campbell 6, Diamond Logan and Nika Davis 4 and Ziahya Griffin 2.  Ziahya Griffin shoots for two

C.J. Parker scored 26 points and Murray State signee Jaqueze Kirby added 18 as the Jeff Davis Yellow Jackets improved to 4-0 amd 1-0 in Region 2 with an 82-64 win over the Toombs County Bulldogs in Hazlehurst. The Bulldogs are 0-4 and 0-1. Julian Mann came off the bench and hit three 3-pointers and sank 7-of-9 free throw to lead the Bulldogs with 22 points. D.J. McKinney nailed two…

The Toombs County Middle School Bullpups excelled on defense and on the glass in their 45-25 home win over Claxton. The Bullpups are 4-0. Jesus Quintero topped Toombs with 17 points. Caden Marsh added 12 points, Domminick Eason had 6, Jordan Jones and JuJu Cutler each scored 4 and Lagonza Hayward chipped in 3.

In their last two games the Toombs County Middle School Lady Bullpups got off to a slow start and they had to rally in the end just to make the games close. In a home game against Claxton the girls opened up scoring 14 straight and then they yielded two points before reeling off 18 straight in a 42-10 victory. Aniya McKinney led TCHS with 21 points, Anna Patrick scored…

Toombs County baseball fans have long dreamed of having a facility like the one they visit each season when the Bulldogs play at Jeff Davis and softball fans have wished for a home they don’t have to share with the middle school. Meanwhile, track and field athletes have been desiring a track which they can run on that is similar to what they compete on when they travel to meets…

The Toombs County Middle School Bullpups were running and finishing at the hoop which helped them score 2.7 points per minute in their 65-43 home win over Montgomery County. If the boys were playing a 48 minute NBA game- at that pace- they would score 130 points. Jesus Quintero scored a career-high 31 points. In the first quarter he made two 3-pointers and scored 8 points. In the second he…

For almost three quarters the Toombs County Middle School Lady Bullpups trailed by double-digits with the largest deficit being 19-2 at half. Suddenly at the end if the third quarter and all through the fourth the girls rallied eventually losing by just one-point to visiting Montgomery County 22-21. Romia Morris scored 9 of her 10 points in the fourth quarter and Aniyah McKinnon added 7 second half points. Moore added…