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The Elmira Show is now on TV- The very popular Elmira Show is now available on television. Check out this very exciting episode in which Elmira is suppose to make toast with the toaster that The Legend gave her. Video     
New game on Y-101 Radio- The Midday Memory Show is experimenting with a new version of the Name-the-singers Game. This version pits caller versus caller. Last Friday Singing George took on Deborah Jolie. Despite some serious whining and the claim that there was cheating by the host and moderator of the game, Singing George beat Deborah Jolie 4-2. You are invited to sample this incredible duel  Audio Singing George's reign did not last very long. The Lawn Jockey dropped him by a 7-3 score. Audio On Tuesday the Emmylou Harris Fan smushed The Lawn Jockey 6-3 Audio On Wednesday the Emmylou Harris fan defended her title by crushing a defenseless Vic Audio On Thursday The Legend took a second shot and tied The Emmylou Harris Fan Audio  Listen on Friday at 11:20 a.m. when The Emmylou Harris Fan puts her title on the line again 
Meet Blake Butcher- The Toombs County Bulldogs have a new athlete. Meet the transfer from Oconee County High School Y-101 Story  
BPC Basketball Camp- Baron coach John D. Jones is having a basketball camp for boys and girls ages 8-17. Click here for more information  
TCHS students rack up scholarship money- The Class of 2009 at Toombs County High School earned $717,629.20 in scholarship money. Check out a long list of standout students  Click Here  
Amanda sings on Y-101- Amanda, who has been calling in and singing on the Midday Memory Show, came into the studio and sang Delta Dawn with Marcel McManus on the keyboards. Listen to Amanda sing Audio  Listen to Marcel sing Audio

Elmira daily- Monday, June 29- Elmira likes Corey Fender, the new radio sensation in Toombs County  Audio  Tuesday, June 30- Elmira has three visitors- The Legend, David Lee Roth and Kujo the dog Audio   Wednesday, July 1-Elmira won't toast her toast in her new toaster Audio  Thursday, July 2- Elmira finally cooks toast in her toaster Audio  Friday, June 26- Elmira still hasn't stepped into her new pool Audio  

Check out Elmira's Page  Listen to Elmira on Y-101 Radio, Monday-Friday at 12:06 p.m. 

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Chad Wilcher meets the stars

Yes, that is really Chad with Tom Cruise and wife Katie Holmes. Please ignore the sweat spot under Tom's right arm.  

Toombs County's Chad Wilcher served his country with two Army tours in Iraq. Chad was injured in his second tour and since September he has had six eye surgeries. Wilcher, who is living in Washington DC while he is recovering, has been meeting alot of interesting people in his role as a Wounded Warrior. Check out the celebrities in this Slide Show 

Chad, who played baseball and golf at Toombs County High School, will be featured on the Toombs County Bulldog Sports report on Friday and Monday at 7:40 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.   

Lisa Caststeel keeps winning

Lisa Caststeel wins at Swainsboro Raceway 

In her third season of racing 14-year-old Lisa Caststeel has become the driver to beat, in the Road Warrior Division, at Swainsboro Speedway. Prior to this year Lisa had never won a race. However, she broke through with her first win, at Screven Motor Speedway, in her first race of the season and since then she has won six more times. Lisa has taken the checkered flag at Swainsboro four times and at Cochran Speedway twice. In her last victory she led every lap. Lisa credits her track experience and her new faster car for her success in 2009. In addition to the racing this summer, Lisa also plays softball for the District 1 champion Lyons Junior Girls team and she plays basketball for Robert Toombs. Y-101 Story

Cole raises Soap Box Derby funds

 

Cole Williamson and his family and friends spent their Saturday in the sun and heat washing cars and selling cookies, cakes and brownies raising money for his trip to Akron, Ohio for the All-American Soap Box Derby. Cole says business picked up at the Thriftway parking lot during the middle of the day. Also, Cole says his chin is almost completely healed from his wreck during the Southeast Georgia Soap Box Derby, although, he says he wouldn't mind keeping the scar to remind him of that day. Cole is pictured above, with father Michael, washing a car.    

Cheer Dawgs end June prep

   

The 2009 Toombs County High School competition cheerleading team spent the month of June conditioning and learning a new routine for the upcoming season. The Cheer Dawgs will resume practice in August and then begin competition on September 19 at Jenkins County. Y-101 Story  Check out the 2009 team

 District 1 champs again

 

Natalie Kirkley singled, stole second and then third and she induced a bad throw in to right field and scored the game-winning run in the bottom sixth as Lyons beat Vidalia 11-10 to win the District 1 championship at Partin Park. For many of these girls this was their second straight district title. They beat Vidalia in Swainsboro last season to win the Midget championship. Y-101 Story  Watch highlights of a very exciting game broadcast live on Y-101 Radio Video  Check out the rest of the Rec Ball action

Bulldogs wrap up summer roundball

   

The Toombs County Bulldog basketball team wrapped up their summer schedule of practice and games with an overtime loss to Appling County. The Bulldogs came out shooting the ball well. However, at the end they missed four free throws and a layup. Watch highlights Video   

JD Rogers wrestles in Indy

 JD Rogers puts Matt Voss, of Washington, in a quandary 

JD Rogers won three of his five matches on the first day of the National Schoolboy Wrestling Duals in Indianapolis. Greco-Roman Wrestling (upper body only). Y-101 Story Check out JD in action in Indy in this New Slide Show  

Freestyle wrestling

Pool B - Georgia FS is guaranteed 3rd place

Match #1 Round 1: Illinois FS defeated Georgia FS 51-25
190 - Adrian Bolognani 183.4 (Illinois FS) over JD Rogers 178.8 (Georgia FS) Dec 3-0,6-0

Match #2 Round 2: Georgia FS defeated Michigan Blue FS 40-39
190 - JD Rogers 178.8 (Georgia FS) over Cody Rauschenberger 180.8 (Michigan Blue FS) Pin 0-8,0:20
Match #3 Round 3: Pennsylvania Red FS defeated Georgia FS 51-27
190 - Tom Haines 183.6 (Pennsylvania Red FS) over JD Rogers 178.8 (Georgia FS) TF 6-0,6-0
Match #4 Round 4: Georgia FS defeated North Carolina FS 56-26
190 - JD Rogers 178.8 (Georgia FS) over Unknown (Unattached) Forfeit
Match #5 Round 5: Georgia FS defeated Ohio FS 41-35
190 - JD Rogers 178.8 (Georgia FS) over TAYLOR WORKMAN 186.6 (Ohio FS) Pin 7-0,0:55
 
Consolation 1 - Georgia FS
Match #1 Quarterfinal: Georgia FS defeated Pennsylvania Blue FS 41-32
190 - JD Rogers 178.8 (Georgia FS) over Hunter Sheivert 163.8 (Pennsylvania Blue FS) Pin 0:25  JD was a part of 4 straight pins to secure the victory.  Georgia wrestles Kansas next. 

Cheryl Flatt,Kids Director for Team Georgia, said, "JD was awesome last night, his fight and ability to stay composed won us the match against Michigan last night, he went to throw, got thrown and was almost pinned, he never gave up, got the reversal, ended the period and stuck the kid in the second period to clinch the victory. You should be proud, he is a great kid. Looking forward to him coming back next year and having JD as one of the team leaders."

Greco-Roman wrestling

Thursday- Match #1 Round 1: Pennsylvania Blue GR defeated Georgia GR 39-31
190 - JD Rogers 178.8 (Georgia GR) over Hunter Shivert 163.8 (Pennsylvania Blue GR) Pin 0:11
Match #2 Round 2: Georgia GR defeated Iowa GR 44-33
190 - JD Rogers 178.8 (Georgia GR) over Paul Pelfrey 187.6 (Iowa GR) Pin 1:02
Match #3 Round 3: Georgia GR defeated Washington GR 39-38
190 - JD Rogers 178.8 (Georgia GR) over Matt Voss 172.3 (Washington GR) Pin 1:26
Match #4 Round 4: Illinois GR defeated Georgia GR 54-20
190 - Adrian Bolognani 183.4 (Illinois GR) over JD Rogers 178.8 (Georgia GR) Dec 7-1,0-6,6-4
Match #5 Round 5: Missouri GR defeated Georgia GR 61-15
190 - Chandler Klein 177.4 (Missouri GR) over JD Rogers 178.8 (Georgia GR) Dec 7-3,6-0
 
Friday- 190 JD Rogers 178.8 (Georgia GR) over Nick Lynch 172.0 (Indiana 2 GR) Pin 0:49
 
Team Georgia was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Indiana 40-31. JD finished 4-2 in the Greco-Roman portion of the nationals. He leads team Georgia in time of pins in the Greco style and is eighth overall in the tournamant. JD is also tied with two other teammates with four pins each.

Kids learn football skills

 

Over 50 boys, ages 5 to10, participated in the first ever Toombs County Bulldog Mini-camp. Coach Shane Williamson and his assistants plus many members of the Toombs County Bulldog football team taught the boys the basics of the game. There was most certainly plenty of running, throwing, catching and even some contact- boy versus tackling dummy. Y-101 Story  Watch highlights of the camp Video Check out this Slide Show 

Crash and trip to the hospital don't stop

Cole Williamson from winning Soap Box Derby 

Championship round- Ruston Robinson versus Cole Williamson 

 

Despite six stitches in his chin 

 

Cole Williamson wins SE Ga. Soap Box Derby   

Call it a scary story turned good. Cole Williamson, of Lyons, overcame a crash, a trip to the hospital in an ambulance and six stitches in his chin to win the Southeast Georgia Soap Box Derby in Lyons. Williamson, the older brother of last years' winner (Cody), was injured in the winners bracket semifinal. Despite dropping down to the losers bracket he was able to edge out Ruston Robinson by a small margin to win the big trophy and a trip to Akron. Ohio for the All-American Soap Box Derby. Robinson, a veteran competitor who finished fourth last season, breezed through the winners bracket unbeaten and he finished second. Carson McClellan, of Vidalia, was third. Watch highlights of a long day of competition  Video  Y-101 Interviews

Adams and Rodgers are All-Stars

 

Justin Adams and Neal Rodgers represented the Toombs County Bulldogs at the GACA 2009 State All-Star games at Mill Creek park in Statesboro. Justin and Neal, who played on the Southeast Georgia Team, won two of the three games they were able to get in around the rain. Southeast beat Southwest Georgia 9-1 and Atlanta West 6-3 and Southeast lost to Atlanta East 6-3. Rodgers, who played in both the football and baseball All-Star games, went 2-for-5 with two runs batted in over the weekend and Adams was 1-for-3 with one run batted in. Y-101 Story Check out this Slide Show compliments Alan Adams and Jill Rodgers. 

Eason and Wilcher meet Obama

On Thursday, May 21 two natives of  Toombs County met President Barack Obama. Nick Eason and the Pittsburgh Steelers were in Washington to celebrate their Super Bowl championship at the White House and Chad Wilcher was one of 50 Wounded Warriors who was invited to the ceremony. Listen to Nick talk about his big day Audio

Top Seniors at TCHS

Left to right- Valedictorian Chelsey Coursey, Salutatorian Daniel NeSmith and Star Student Megan Morris 

Y-101 Radio featured the top three seniors, academically on, the Toombs County Bulldog Sports Report. Get to know TCHS Star Student Megan Morris, Salutatorian Daniel NeSmith and Valedictorian Chelsey Coursey.  Listen to Y-101 profiles of all three students Audio   

Big play spring game

   

The Toombs County Bulldogs wrapped up spring practice with a spring game that featured plenty of big offensive plays. The older Blue team beat the Red 28-14. Blue quarterback C.J. Scott scored on a short and a long touchdown run. Two other big Blue offensive plays were provided by tailback Marktavious Dasher and fullback Kevin Dennard. The Red team touchdowns were scored on a long run by Kelo Bagley (#14 pictured above) and a touchdown pass from quarterback Clay Callahan to Dillon Rollins. Y-101 Story  Watch highlights of the game Video

 Bulldogs' season ends with comeback

   

Junior Javec King 

 

Struck out 15 Hornets 

 

and allowed two hits 

 

The series begin with Justin Adams final homer-his 11th of 2009 and 23rd of his career 

 

and ended on a controversial play- did the ball hit Josh Allen's foot in foul territory?   

 

2009 Bulldogs finish with a 22 and 8 record

 

Neal Rodgers with Kaleb Cowart 

In their fourth trip to Adel for the state playoffs the Toombs County Bulldogs won their first game versus the Cook County Hornets. Javec King struck out a career-high 15 batters and allowed just two hits in a 12-0 seven inning win. Senior Justin Adams opened the Bulldog scoring by hitting a two-run homer in the first, his 11th of the season and 23rd of his career. Lance Mosley also hit a two-run home run. In game two D.J. Johnson scattered nine hits and struck out 13 Bulldogs in an 11-1 victory. Y-101 Game 1 Highlights and Interviews

On Thursday the series ended with Cook's 9-6 win. The Hornets led 8-0 and 9-1, however, the Bulldogs rallied with a five-run seventh. Junior Javec King singled in a run and four seniors followed run scoring hits- Bryan Benton, Justin Adams, Neal Rodgers and Taylor Dowd. The Bulldogs finish with a 22-8 record. Y-101 Story  More Bulldog Baseball

Watch highlights with commentary from head coach Brian Fitzgerald  Game 1  Game 3

Knight finishes fourth at state

   

In her first trip to the GHSA State Track Meet in Albany Toombs County's Jalisha Knight finished fourth in the 100 meter hurdles. Knight ran a career best 15.080 and she was just .02 seconds out of second place. Laconia Davis. from Rockmart placed second with a 15.060 and Jalisha's big rival, Annie Fletcher of Bleckley County, was third in 15.070. Westminster's Miray Seward won the event in a time of 14.730. Y-101 Story  Knight, the Region 3 champion, finished third in her qualifying heat on Thursday with a time of 15.310.  Y-101 Story  Watch Jalisha run the hurdles in practice Video

Locals dominate a warm Onion Run

 

Valdosta's Parker Childree is 10K winner 

 

Lyons native Matt Gibbs takes 5K race

Two out of the three male winners at the 32nd Annual Vidalia Onion Run are from Toombs County. However, the 10k champ on a warm day was Parker Childree, a 19-year old from Valdosta. Childree ran away from the pack and won in a time of 39:40. Matt Gibbs, a 33-year old native of Lyons, took the 5K race in a time of 18:10 and Lee Humphrey, a sophomore at Vidalia High School, won the one mile race with a time of 5:14. Humphrey, who won the one mile in 2008, improved on his time by twenty seconds. Y-101 Radio's coverage

Watch highlights of the 5K and 10K races Video       

Cowkids visit Y-101 Radio

   

Lorren at State Show 

 

Lorren Herndon and Trey Cloud 

 

 Trey at Shamrock Showdown

Trey Cloud and Lorren Herndon visited Y-101 during the Midday Memory Show and talked about their rodeo careers. Lorren and Trey, who both attend Toombs Central Elementary School, compete in barrel racing. Listen to the interview Audio

Tone Tone's camera returns to AMS

 

Racing Dude with Kyle Busch 

 

Racing Dude and Delena Harvick 

Tone Tone and the Racing Dude spent the weekend at the Atlanta Motor Speedway watching the racing and meeting the stars. The two were all over the garage area meeting many of the big names of the NASCAR world. Check out Tone Tone's big batch of NASCAR pictures in this Slide Show    

McManus appears on Atlanta TV

   

Toombs County's Marcel McManus recently appeared on WTAC Television in Atlanta. Marcel sang three songs, including his single I Thank You Lord, and played three piano pieces. Check it out Video  

Lisa wins her first race

 

Fourteen year old Lisa Caststeel opened her third season of racing by winning her first race of her career. Lisa took the checkered flag at Screven Motor Speedway. Lisa talks to Y-101 Radio about her first win Audio  Slide Show

Nick's Super Bowl dream comes true

Thanks to Holmes's amazing snag

Nick celebrates Gary Russell's TD and gets a little air

   

Nick pressures Kurt Warner 

 

Eason after a play 

 

Nick checks on Harrison 

   

Eason walking on to field  

 

Nick (background) during anthem  

 

Eason and a Cardinal 

Nick Eason talks to Y-101

On Friday Pittsburgh Steeler Nick Eason was featured on Y-101 Radio talking about Super Bowl 43. Y-101 Story  Listen to an extended interview with the former Toombs County Bulldog Audio

What little boy playing football at Partin Park or teenager playing for the Toombs County Bulldogs, in the Pit, hasn't dreamed about playing on a Super Bowl winning team? Nick Eason dreamed those dreams and thanks to an amazing catch by Santonio Holmes, with 42 seconds to play, they came true. The Steelers, who led 20-7 in the third quarter, had to rally at the end to pull out a 27-23 win over the Arizona Cardinals. Eason played quite a bit at left defensive end and on special teams.  Check out Nick's Super Bowl Moments on NBC 1st Half  2nd Half   Slide Show

Nick's brother, Calvin Wilcox, was in Tampa and he talks about an exciting night at Super Bowl 43 Audio

Nick's children watched the games in Lyons and they were excited Audio

Eason talks about the Super Bowl

 on Y-101 Radio

Former Toombs County Bulldog Nick Eason spent an hour on Y-101 talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers victory in Super Bowl 43. Eason is back in town visiting his family and doing a lot of community work. Watch Nick on Y-101 Radio Video