The Third day of football practice featured a 90 degree temperature and a sunny sky, but as center Angel Brown pointed out it wasn’t like a 90 degree day in August with a stifling humidity. Quarterback Trey Cloud had a good day throwing the football to a variety of receivers. Chandler Lynn had several catches in 11-on-11 including a spectacular divining catch when the receiver were working against the defensive…
Toombs County senior Ricardo Santana has had one of the most decorated sports careers in the school’s history. Currently he is playing soccer for a Bulldog team which advanced into the Sweet 16. In the past Ricardo has led the TCHS cross country team with a second place finish at state as a junior and seventh as a senior. However, it is in the sport of wrestling where the Santana…
On Friday the Toombs County Bulldogs opened Spring Football Practice with the pads on for their first of nine days plus a scrimmage game. The Bulldogs worked with their position coaches. The quarterbacks and receivers were throwing and catching different routs, the lineman were working on technique as were the linebackers and defensive secondary. The schedule has the Bulldogs practicing on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday for each of the…
The Toombs County Bulldogs opened up play in the GHSA State Tournament against an old rival from the days they were in the same region. Dublin and the Dawgs played some close and intense matches. In 2009 and 2010 the two teams played 90 minutes of scoreless soccer with both games decided by penalty kicks. The Irish won the first game 4-2 and the Bulldogs took the second 5-4. In…
Cindy Vera and Ashley Venegas each scored a second half goal to help lead the Toombs County Lady Bulldogs to a 2-0 win over Bleckley County in the first round of the GHSA State Tournament in Cochran. In the first half the Lady Bulldogs fired a handfulof shots right at Bleckley County’s goal keeper leading to a scoreless game after the 40 minute first half. Laura Sanchez made a short,…
On the 7th day of their eight days of Spring Practice the Toombs County Midle School Bullpups scrimmaged in two different personnel groupings- older players and younger ones. Highlights on offense included some fine passing and quarterback play by all three older QB’s and a touchdown catch by Gavin Hall. On defense both groups were flying to the ball making tackles and there were a couple of interceptions by the…
Jeremy Beasley has been a real nemesis for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos in the Double A Southern League. Last season he pitched 12 shutout innings against Pensacola and allowed only five hits. This season he pitched three hitless innings against the Wahoos in the season-opener before yielding four earned runs. In his third start of 2019 Beasley once again dominated those fish pitching five innings of shutout ball while allowing…
It had been 12 years since a Toombs County Middle School baseball team had won a league championship. However, that drought ended in the bottom of the ninth inning when Zeke Barnett singled to left to bring in Gavin Hall from third base to give the Bullpups a 5-4 over Metter in the championship game of the Southeast Georgia Middle School League played before a full house on a windy…
In their final two regular season games the Toombs County Bulldogs came from behind to win two big Region 2 games (6-5 and 9-5 against Swainsboro). However, the Metter Tigers swept Bryan County in a doubleheader (9-4 and 5-3) in Pembroke and since both teams finish their region schedule with 10-8 records the Metter Tigers move on to the GHSA State Tournament while the Bulldogs season comes to an end….
Gavin Hall pitched seven innings and allowed six hits and two earned runs with nine strikeouts and no walks to lead the Toombs County Middle School Bullpups to a 3-2 home win over Jenkins County in a semifinal playoff match up. On Saturday at 11:30 a.m. (new time) the Bullpups will play host to the championship game against Metter. Jenkins scored a run in the third inning to take a…