(Presenting Sponsor Tim Redding from Metter Ford with Dr. Steven Echols, President of Brewton-Parker College)
MOUNT VERNON — On Friday, April 5, 2024, Brewton-Parker College (BPC) hosted its 7th Annual Southern Classic Golf Tournament presented by Metter Ford at the Willow Lake Golf Club in Metter, Georgia. Through the generous support of business sponsors and local teams, the event had 84 players and raised over $30,000. These funds will be used to transform the lives of our students on both an academic and spiritual level.
The Southern Classic serves as a fundraiser for the college. Over twenty community businesses supported BPC through various sponsorship levels. The tournament ended with Monroe Goss’s team placing first, followed by Handy Andy’s team in second, and Tyler Harris’ team in third.
BPC would like to thank all of the Southern Classic sponsors: Presenting Sponsor – Metter Ford; Champion Sponsor – Pineland TelCo and Responsive Technology Partners; Advocate Sponsor - DOT Foods; Partner Sponsors – Altamaha Bank and Trust, Chick-fil-A of Vidalia, Turnipseed Engineers, and Handy Andy Home Warehouse, and all the individual Hole Sponsors.
BPC’s Vice President of Advancement, Chad Ritchie, commented, “Wonderful weather and fellowship made this year’s Southern Classic a great success. It’s encouraging to see the support of our local businesses and individuals. We appreciate the generosity and partnership that has been extended toward the college. BPC looks forward to continuing to grow the tournament next year. Thank you to the sponsors and players who made the 2024 BPC Southern Classic possible.” (Courtesy of BPC)
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It’s 4.6 miles from Robert Toombs to Vidalia Heritage. VHA hosted the lady crusaders for middle school and varsity soccer games Monday, April 15th. This was the first middle school contest the schools had played against each other. The Crusaders would come away victorious with a 2-0 win. Defender and 7th grader Mary Frances Stanley scored from the center circle on a bomb of a shot. Later in the game midfielder and 7th grader Anna Kate Joyner would find the back of the net. Clenching the win for the crusaders.
The varsity contest was played following the middle school game and was an equally impressive game. Both teams battled back and forth with the ball remaining near midfield for the majority of the first half. However, the crusaders would capitalize on a through ball from Bree Wimberly to sophomore forward Alayna Wimpey whose breakaway led to the teams first goal. Before the half sophomore Madaline Wolfe would gain the crusaders two more goals. The first from a PK and the second from a corner kick. This left the crusaders with a 3-0 lead at half time. VHA came out with determination in the second half and the teams battled back and forth with no goals for most of the half. However, VHA would capitalize on their own PK opportunity with junior Anna Hudson scoring for the lady Eagles. That would be the only goal freshman keeper Maggie Bowers would allow in the game.
The Crusaders finished with a 4-1 win after freshman forward Jayden Butterworth scored off another corner kick from Wolf. The teams will play again at RTCA on Friday, April 19th.
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Last week TCHS Track and Field teams competed in their last home meet of the season.
Teams Participating in the meet included; cross town rivals Vidalia, Wheeler County High School and Portal High School from Bulloch County. The final meet followed a bit different format than your usual high school meet.
Field events were the same and TCHS boys and girls competed well and finished well in every field event with several athletes finishing first in their events including Shay Stringer in Girls DIscus and Caden Marsh in boys shot put. Brock Nobles also earned first place with a new personal record of 159 feet in the boys discus throw.
Running events followed a relay style format with no individual events being contested accept for the 300 hurdles, where Brandon Stevens, Erick Stevens, and Shania Brown all competed well. The day started with the Distance Medley relay and found TCHS finishing second behind Vidalia. Next was the co-ed 4x100m relay where TCHs earned another 2nd place. We also contested and competed well in the 4×2 and 4×4 coed events. Toombs took home a victory in the much anticipated shuttle hurdle relay. And most importantly TCHS was able to inch out a victory in the Big Boy throwers relay.
All in all everyone had fun and it was an exciting evening.(Courtesy of Toombs County Athletics)
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Myesha Hall a 2021 graduate of Vidalia High School is making her mark at Truett McConnell as she continues to dominate on the track.The former state champion in long jump is also the 2022 NAIA National Champion in long jump, the first ever in the event in TMU history. Myesha is still on track for bigger successes as she competed last weekend at the Electric City Invitational hosted by Anderson University.
Hall not only brought home the win with an amazing jump but her final leap of the day, her jump of 6.29 meters met the 2024 United States Olympic team trial standard, set a new school record and is leading the nation for the NAIA league.
"I like to call her our Mighty Myesha, she has an amazing competitive spirit and a fierce work ethic. I am so proud of her and her success on the track. She has made Vidalia so proud and is well on her way to fulfilling her lifelong goals and dreams." Mandy Godbee VHS Head Track & Field Coach.
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Vidalia would struggle at the plate and drop the final game of the season on the road 2-0 to Brantley Co.
The Indians would only have four hits on the night with two of them coming from the bat of Ian Moye who was 2-3 on the night.
Jackson Berry would pitch well on the night in a losing effort. The junior went all six innings, allowing two runs on four hits, while striking out nine.
Vidalia will end their season at 11-17 and miss the playoffs for the first time since 2017. The Indians will say good bye to seven Seniors. Mason Toole, Brayden McCaw. Ty Beck, Tucker McDonald, Carson Ricks, Andrew Norfleet, and Lawson Lowe. (Courtesy of Vidalia Athletics)
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