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

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