The East Georgia State College Women’s Basketball Team made history this weekend after being crowned the 2024 Region 17 Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Women’s Basketball Champions! This is the first women’s team in the College’s history to win the GCAA Championship.
The Lady Bobcats will now travel to Wyoming for the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division 1 Women’s Basketball Championship. The six-day event comprising 24 teams will be held in Casper, Wyoming, from March 26 to April 1, 2024.
EGSC hosted the GCAA Women's Basketball Conference Tournament this past weekend in Swainsboro after securing the number one seed and going undefeated in conference play. On Saturday, March 16, EGSC defeated the Central Georgia Technical College Titans to claim the title. The final score was 76 to 44.
The Lady Bobcats ended the regular season ranked 22nd in the NJCAA national poll and received the 15th seed for the NJCAA Tournament. The team will play the 18th seed, Dodge City Community College, on March 26.
Anyone interested in watching the NJCAA Tournament can stream the games live on ESPN+.
Recently, EGSC’s Head Women’s Basketball Coach Theo Howard was voted the GCAA Women's Basketball Coach of the Year. Charlese "Tree" McClendon was named the GCAA Freshmen of the Year, and D'Mya Griffin was voted the GCAA Women's Player of the Year. Griffin was also named the 2024 All-Tournament Team MVP, and Aniyah Jones was named to the 2024 All-Tournament Team.
(Courtesy of East Georgia State College)
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The Vidalia Indian Tennis teams celebrated Senior Night Thursday with a clean sweep of Dublin High School 5-0 & 5-0.
In Singles boys action, Caleb Beck won 6-1 & 6-1, Larsen Carter won 6-0 & 6-1, and Ryker Hutto won 6-2 & 6-3. Then, in Doubles action, Seniors Sukamar Paidi and Jameson Rolen won 6-0 & 6-0, while Senior Danny Richardson teamed up with Freshman Stone Smith to win their match 6-0 & 6-0.
On the girls’ side, Layla Brantley, Hannah Nichols, and Senior Emma Vinson made quick work of their opponents, with each winning 6-0 & 6-0. Meanwhile, in Doubles, Senior Emma Beck and Sophomore Diedra Boston won 6-1 & 6-2, and Senior Cate Wilcox teamed with Sophomore Sadie Berry to easily win 6-0 & 6-0.The Indians will finish their regular season on Monday at home when they will conclude a match with Pierce County that was rained out on March 5th (Courtesy of Vidalia Athletics)
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On Friday night, the Bulldogs traveled to Blackshear for two big region matchups.
The girls played well, but dropped their match to the #1 team in the region, Pierce County. This loss moves the girls record to 7-3 in region play, where they currently sit at #3 behind Pierce County and Savannah Arts.
The boys matchup featured the top 2 teams in the region. Senior Yovanny Zomorano would score a goal in the 1st half, and that would prove to be enough for the bulldogs to pick up the key region win. The back line, and keeper Tucker Brodnax turned in another strong performance to record their impressive 6th clean sheet of the season. The boys are now 10-2 overall, and 8-2 in region play. The 2 losses move them 1 game ahead of 3 teams who all have 3 losses.
Both girls and boys teams will be back in action this week. They will travel to Brantley County on Tuesday for matches at 5pm and 7pm and then will host Savannah Arts on Friday at 5pm and 7pm. Be sure to come out and support our soccer teams as they start to close out region play.
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Toombs County High School hosted an exciting track meet Thursday evening that showcased good competition. While the meet was not scored for team placements, the results of the Vidalia Track and Field athletes are as follows.
Girls top finishers;
Takaiya Bacon-1st in Triple Jump with a personal best of 36-4, 2nd in Long Jump
Mischa Wardlaw-3rd in Long Jump
Maniyah Phillips-2nd in Discus
J’Miya Hunt- 1st in 100m-12.67 and 1st in 200m-26.75 with a personal best in each event.
Kayden Love-2nd in the 100m-12.70 and 2nd in the 200-27.95. with a personal record in both events
Aidyn Driggers- 2nd in 400m
Mischa Wardlaw-3rd in 400m
Georgia Meredith- 1st in the 800 -2:34, 1st in the 1600-5:35, and 1st in the 3200 with a pr in the 800 and 1600
Dashia Ford- 1st in the 100h-15.69 and 2nd in the 300h, and 2nd in the triple jump with a PR in the 100h
Zayviana Walton 2nd in the 100h-18.01 with a PR
Maniyah Phillips placed 2nd in the discus
The girls 4×100 relay-1st Kayden Love, Journey Clements, Zayviana Walton, J’Miya Hunt
and 4×200 relay-1st Kayden Love, Journey Clements, Dashia Ford, J’Miya Hunt
4Ă—400 relay-1st Mischa Wardlaw, Zaviyana Walton, Takaiya Bacon, Aidyn Driggers
4Ă—800 relay-2nd Jaiden Presley, Judith Hussey, Georgia Meredith, and Aidyn Driggers
Boys Results:
Jordan Brown-1st in Long Jump, 1st in Triple Jump
AJ Thomas-1st in High Jump
Jarques Mitchell-3rd in Shot put and discus
Jayden Young-2nd in the 100-11.00 and 1st in the 200-22.69 with a PR in both events
Kayshun Coney-3rd in 400
DJ Wallace-3rd in the 110h- 16.88 with a PR
Cash Driggers-1st in the 800-1:01 with a PR
Andrew Hodges-1st in the 1600, 2nd in the 800
Boys 4Ă—100 relay-2nd with Jaydyn Young, Alton Boles, Jerry Roundtree, and Nolan Wade
Boys 4Ă—200 relay-3rd with Jaydyn Young, AJ McClendon and Nolan Wade and Cash Driggers
Boys 4Ă—400 relay-1st with Alton Boles, Andrew Hodges, Jerry Roundtree and Cash Driggers
Coach Mandy Godbee, "Many athletes were put in different events this week to replace some injured athletes. While some were out of their comfort zone, they stepped up and competed exceptionally well. Cash Driggers ran anchor leg of the 4Ă—200 for the first time only to step off the track and run a big personal best in the 800. Cash has run a PR every single time he has competed in the 800 this year. Georgia Meredith is no stranger to personal best times. She too has had multiple personal best times at every meet this season while sweeping the win in 3 events at Toombs. Dashia Ford and DJ Wallace have developed into very competitive hurdlers. Dashia ran under 16 seconds for the first time ever while DJ is quickly approaching the sub 17 barrier in the 110h."
"These athletes never back down from a challenge and always step up and give 100%. We are very excited for their upcoming home meet on March 22 at Buck Cravey Field." Coach Godbee. (Courtesy of Vidalia Athletics)
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The Toombs County Bulldogs came away victorious in a nail-biting 4-3 win over the Pierce County Bears on Thursday. The game went down to the wire, with the Bulldogs capitalizing on a late-inning error to secure the dramatic win in nine innings.
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Pierce County struck first in the bottom of the second inning, plating a run on two singles. Dylan Figueroa delivered the RBI single, giving the Bears an early lead. The Bulldogs wouldn’t stay down for long. They tied the game in the top of the fifth inning thanks to a single by Jesus Quintero and a ground out by Tucker Braddy that brought a runner home. With the score tied at 3-3 in the top of the ninth inning, a crucial error by Pierce County allowed the winning run to score for the Bulldogs. This dramatic ninth-inning victory allowed the Bulldogs to pick up the series win.
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Both teams relied heavily on their relief pitchers. Jackson Jenkins earned the win for Toombs County, throwing two scoreless innings with four strikeouts. Ryder Sears also pitched effectively in relief, allowing no runs on three hits over four innings. TJ Stanley got the start and went three innings giving up three runs.
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Brantley Upshaw led the Bulldogs at the plate with three hits, while Quintero, Tyson Brantley, and Braddy each drove in a run. The team displayed patience at the plate, drawing six walks, with Trayvone Harris and Quintero leading the way with two walks each.
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The Bulldogs will look to build on this momentum as they continue region play with a series against Tattnall County next week. Currently, games are set for Tuesday (home at 5:45pm), Thursday (at Tattnall Co. at 6pm), and Friday (home at 5:45pm). Please note that game dates and times could change due to weather. (Courtesy of Toombs County Athletics)
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