Month: December 2016

The Toombs County Bulldog wrestling team finished third in the Hook’ EM Clash at Lambert High School near Suwanee. Six Dawgs made it to the semifinals on Thursday and four of them finished in third place in their weight class. Cruz Arredondo, Ricardo Santana, Gage Clark and Ervin Mincey all took third place. Carson Roberts finished fifth and Martin Santana (non scoring competitor) and Rolondo Tinoco placed sixth. The Bulldogs…

Back on November 26 the Toombs County High School basketball teams swept Jenkins County in Lyons. The Lady Bulldogs won by 13 and the Dawgs by 16. In the rematch. on a neutral floor in the Metter Tournament, the Lady Bulldogs won 31-26 while the Bulldogs lost 66-62. The two girls teams played the first 9 1/2 minutes of their game without committing a foul. Christine Mobley, who scored 8…

After one exciting day of the Hook’ EM Holiday Classic the Double A Toombs County High School wrestling team leads a bunch of much bigger schools in the team standings. The Dawgs lead 7A Pope by four points and 6A Pope by six. Six Bulldog wrestlers are in the semifinals on Friday with a chance to win their weight class: . Cruz Arredondo (106 pounds)- bye, pin, 5-4 win Ricardo…

The Toombs County Bulldogs first game, after an eight day Christmas break, was against 6A Bradwell Institute on a neutral floor at Metter. The Tigers had already beaten Savannah High by 28 points, Camden County by 24 and Long County by 32. Bradwell outscored Toombs County 28-16 in the third quarter to open up a 10 point lead an a 62-54 advantage going to the fourth quarter. However, the final…

The Toombs County High School wrestlers dominated the individual tournament of their Bulldog Brawl, on Friday, just like they did on Thursday when they won the dual tournament. The Bulldog varsity team had 13 of their 14 weight classes finish in the top three as they scored 74 points more than second place Irwin County. The Dawgs junior varsity squad placed seven wrestlers in the top three and finished fourth….

Prior to the start of the 2016 high school football season Lane Adams had never played the sport for the Toombs County Bulldogs or Bullpups. The baseball second baseman joined the team during the summer. First he was a punter. Than he became a starting wide receiver and later a starting defensive back. After his only season as a football Bulldog Lane was named First Team All-State by the Atlanta…

The Toombs County Bulldog wrestling team rolled through the first day of he Bulldog Brawl by winning five duals by wide margins. The Dawgs beat Swainsboro 81-0, East Laurens 69-10, Appling County 62-4, Irwin County 58-17 and Turner County 50-18. The junior varsity Bulldogs went 3-2 against the varsity competition. The second day of the Bulldog Brawl features an individual tourney beginning at 9 a.m. on Friday in the Toombs…

In your senior season you are expected step up and lead your team to a victory and that is exactly what four Toombs County seniors did in a non-region home doubleheader sweep against Appling County. In the Bulldogs 68-63 victory Jalen Mobley (18 points), L.J. Sims (16 points) and D.R. Meadows (11 points) combined to score all 17 of TCHS’s fourth quarter points and they made 9-of-10 free throws in…

Toombs County kids wrestlers  Kylee Edwards and Slade McDonald were two among many youngsters who competed in Toombs Christmas Classic in the Toombs County Middle School Gym. Slade is an experienced wresltler, but for 10 year old Kylee this is her first season of competing on the mat. In the past she had done pageants and cheerleading. Kylee’s older brother Adam is a member of the Toombs County High School…

Five days after Thanksgiving, the Toombs County Bulldogs pulled out a four point win at Long County. Eight days away from Christmas, the Blue Tide hit some big shots late in the fourth quarter to take a 66-60 victory in Lyons. Coming off a 35 point home loss to Bacon County, the Bulldogs looked more like themselves against Long. L.J. Sims scored 9 of his 17 in the first quarter…