May 7—Thursday at Treutlen High School Treutlen Viking senior Ben Foskey signed his letter of intent for a scholarship to wrestle for the Lions at Emmanuel College in Franklin Springs, Ga.
“I feel like I made the right choice to attend Emmanuel College, they have a beautiful campus and the coach made me feel right at home. I want to thank my coaches, family and friends for always pushing and supporting me. I am excited to get started on continuing my education and wrestling career.” Foskey said.
“Ben started young and worked hard and I am excited for him to have this opportunity to attend college and be able to pursue what he wants to do. Ben has always been a really nice kid and sometimes in wrestling it is hard to flip that switch and be aggressive. I know that he is going to do well at the next level.” Treutlen Head Wrestling Coach Dwight Love stated.
“We are really proud of Ben he has been wrestling since he was six years old. He played football, baseball and wrestled but he really excelled at wrestling and we are thankful that he has received this opportunity.” Mechelle Foskey said.
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The Brewton-Parker College (BPC) Baron’s Bass Fishing team (coed) continues to climb the ranks to one of the highest-ranked teams in the country. The BPC Bass Fishing team is currently ranked twelfth in the nation and number one in the state of Georgia.
Bass Fishing does not have divisions, so the anglers compete with schools all over the country
such as the University of Georgia, University of Tennessee, and Auburn University. The Bass Fishing team is still fairly new as they go into their fourth season this coming fall.
According to angler Caleb Barrow, Junior from Augusta, GA, “As a team, we plan to keep growing in our knowledge of the world of bass fishing and continue to work together. We will continue to compete in as many tournaments possible as we work our way to the top.”
Teams are made up of two anglers (fishermen/fisherwomen) per boat with as many as five teams from BPC competing in a tournament. Some tournaments can have over 200 boats out on the reservoirs at one time. The BPC team has traveled as far north as New York and as far west as Colorado. The tournaments typically last around seven hours and points are scored on the top five fish an angler catches. At the end of the tournament, the fish are weighed. Points are deducted for dead fish, so anglers must keep the fish alive.
Coach Stephen Birchfield, Brewton-Parker Class of 2016, describes the sport as more fast-paced than one would imagine. Teams continuously move from one location to the next to catch the largest bass. To better understand the sport, teams must study bass behavior such as weather conditions, water clarity, currents, structures (trees, rocks, obstructions, etc.) seasonal trends, and the diet of the fish. The anglers use different lures and sometimes different poles based on the various conditions and techniques.
Coach Birchfield commended his team’s accomplishments by stating, “I am proud of the family atmosphere this sport has created with both past and current anglers. They learn from each other and challenge each other daily. As the expression states, iron sharpens iron. I truly can say we are pretty sharp!”
Brewton-Parker College is the only accredited four-year Christian college south of Macon and north of Jacksonville, FL. As a comprehensive Georgia Baptist institution, Brewton-Parker College provides liberal arts and professional programs in a learning community of shared Christian values. Through the application of biblical truth in scholarship and a co-curricular focus on character, servant leadership, and cultural engagement, the college strives to provide a transformational experience that equips the whole student for lifelong learning and service in Christ..
Visit Brewton-Parker College online at www.bpc.edu.
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Robert Toombs Christian Academy hosted Windsor Academy for the first round of the GISA-AA State Playoffs on May 4, 2021. The Crusaders won game one with a shutout victory. Senior Rob Moore pitched six innings of one hit baseball while striking out nine batters to give the Crusaders the shutout victory in game one over Windsor. After a slow start for the Crusaders offensively, Moore had a two out RBI single in the 3rd inning to open the scoring and break the ice. The Crusaders would go on to score 10 runs in a six inning run rule game. The Crusaders were led defensively by sophomore Dawson Pinckard who was 3-4 with four RBI's. Senior Rob More was 2-2 with 2 RBI's and freshman Hayden Kight was 2-3 with 3 runs scored.
Game two began with junior Karson Evans pitching 7 innings of 1 ball hit striking out 5, giving the Crusaders the series win over Windsor Academy. In game two, the Crusaders offense started a little faster, scoring two runs in the first inning. Evans was hit by a pitch and Kight was walked following a double steal, and a balk call giving the Crusaders all they would need, scoring Evans from 3rd. Eighth grader TJ Stanley then singled to right to put the Crusaders up early 2-0. Freshman Rayce Sharpe's RBI single in the second inning made the score 3-0, the Crusaders opened it up in the 5th inning adding 4 more runs and then 4 more in the 7th inning. The Crusaders were led offensively by senior Rob Moore who was 2-3 and sophomore Dawson Pinckard, who was 2-4 each driving in two runs. Junior Karson Evans scored three times while freshman Hadyen Kight and junior Clayton Meadows scored twice.
The Crusaders travel to Gatewood for the next round of playoffs on May 7th. First pitch is at 4:00pm, second game is at 6:00pm. If the teams split, a third game will be held Saturday, May 8th at 6:00pm. You can hear the action on News Talk WVOP-AM 970 & FM 105.3 and at southeastgeorgiatoday.com. (Courtesy of RTCA)
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May 5--The Vidalia Indians baseball team beat Berrien County twice on Tuesday night to move on to the third round in the AA state playoffs. They will play the winner of the Elbert County and Lovett series.The site for Vidalia’s next series will be determined by the winner of that series.If Elbert County wins the Indians will play on the road and if Lovett wins the teams will play in Vidalia.
The Indians took game one by a score of 10-0 in 6 innings by the run rule. Landry Mead was the winning pitcher allowing only two hits, one walk and one hit batter while striking out 9 batters. It was another dominating pitching performance by Mead.
On offense the Indians scored runs in each of the 6 innings with the final two coming from Hughes Graham’s second homerun of the game in the bottom of the sixth. Graham led the offense with 2 homeruns, 3 runs and 4 rbi’s. Cason Banks had two doubles and a single, 3 runs and 2 rbi’s while Mead had 2 hits and 2 rbi’s. The Indians scored 2 runs in the first, third, fifth and sixth innings along with single runs in the second and fourth.
In the second game the Indians were considered the visiting team and jumped all over the Rebels pitcher in the first inning with 9 runs. Mead grounded out to start the game but then Whited doubled, followed by Dalley’s double and then singles from Graham and Moncus. Michael Blount laid down a sacrifice bunt driving in a run and moving Moncus to second which was followed by a walk to Walden, a single by Spivey and walk to Banks. Mead came up for the second time in the inning and was hit by a pitch. Whited followed with his second hit of the inning, Dalley walked, Graham got his second hit of the inning and Moncus walked before the third out was made. When the smoke cleared the Rebels would come to bat in the bottom half of the first down 9-0.
That was more than enough runs for Caden Spivey who shut down the Rebel offense only allowing 2 hits, 2 walks, one hit batter and striking out 4 batters in the 5 inning game. The Indians did score two more runs in the top of the 5th inning making the score 11-0 Vidalia. When Spivey shut down the Rebels in the bottom half of the fifth that meant another run rule win for Vidalia.
The Indian offense was led by Whited, Dalley, Graham and Moncus with two hits each. Hughes Graham picked up three more rbi’s in the second game giving him seven for the two game series and thirteen for the first four playoff games.(Pictures by Carroll Williams)
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(L-R) Coach Kourtney Williams, Matt Bell, Tyler Woodruff, Conner Coleman, Jackson Crawley, Carson McDonald, Sloan Fountain & Head Coach Chad Barker
The Vidalia Indians waited until the Region Championship to play some of their best golf of the year, shooting a team score of 337 to take the Region 2AA Championship Monday in Thomasville. Matt Bell led the Indians, shooting a 79, followed by Carson McDonald with an 81. Tyler Woodruff with an88 and Sloan Fountain with an 89 rounded out the top four for the Indians, who finished two shots ahead of Jeff Davis and thirteen strokes ahead of East Laurens.
In his 16th year as a Vidalia Golf Coach, Coach Chad Barker said that he knew it would take a good effort by his team to win, “We went into the tournament knowing we had to play our best. Our goal going into the tournament was to break 340. We did that with a 337, which was low enough for a 1st place win. I am very proud of our team and the effort they have shown.”
On the girl’s side, Ryan Norfleet also qualified for the AA State Championship, which will be held May 17th & 18th at Southern Hills Golf Club in Hawkinsville.
(Courtesy of VHS)
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