2008 season 2008 Spring and Summer Practice Archive C.J. Shines on last day of Spring Practice    Day 8 Spring Practice  On Thursday the Toombs County Bulldogs wrapped up their two weeks of spring practice with a scrimmage and number one quarterback C.J. Scott led the Bulldogs first string offense to three scores in three possessions. C.J. completed 11-of-16 passes and the first nine balls that he threw were catchable. Only two of his 16 throws were not catchable.  Y-101 Story Watch the Dawgs on their final day of spring practice Video  Spring and Summer Archive 2007 season 2007 Spring Football Archive   2007 Wednesday Summer Football Practice Archive 2007 Preseason Camp Archive  Raiders come from 18 down to end Bulldogs season in the first round The 2007 Bulldogs were trying to become the first Toombs County High School team to win a road playoff game in the school's 20 year history. And for the first 23 minutes and 22 seconds it looked like the Bulldogs had a chance to do so at Garden City Stadium- the home of the Savannah Christian Red Raiders. The Bulldogs raced to an 18-0 lead, but a late second quarter Raider touchdown sparked a second half comeback that ended the Bulldogs season with another tough road loss, 35-18 in the opening round of the GHSA Class AA State Playoffs.  In the first half the Bulldogs, a three seed out of Region 4, were making big plays against the second seeded Raiders from Region 2. T.J. Smarts intercepted a pass that set the Bulldogs up with a short field, but they didn't score. Than late in the first quarter Bryan Benton scooped up a fumble at the Raider 21 and the Bulldogs took advantage of the mistake. Quarterback Seth Stroud ended the short drive with a one-yard TD lunge. The Bulldogs' PAT was blocked so it was 6-0 Dawgs with 1:11 to play in the first quarter.  Toombs County scored two second quarter touchdowns on two big plays. C.J. Scott showed his ankle was close to a 100% by turning a sweep play into a 45-yard touchdown run. The Bulldogs went for two, but they failed giving them a 12-0 lead with 6:19 to go in the second quarter. The Dawgs second big play was a 36-yard touchdown run by fullback Kevin Dennard, who was coming off a 268-yard rushing performance at East Laurens. Once again the Bulldogs went for two points, this time from the nine-yard line after a penalty, and again they did not convert. However, leading 18-0, with 3:30 to play in the half, the Bulldogs were sky high.  Savannah Christian, which turned the ball over twice in the first half, set the tone for the second half by making a big play on its final possession of the first half. Quarterback Russell DeMasi hit his talented senior receiver Tyler Sumner with a deep ball and then and then DeMasi scored on a three-yard run. Sumner ran the ball in for the two-point conversion and with just :38 seconds to play in the half the Bulldog lead was 18-8. In the second half Savannah Christian's kicking game forced the Bulldogs to start five drives at their 20-yard line. Meanwhile, the Raiders' veer was clicking. Sumner scored on a five-yard run, with 7:04 to play in the third quarter, to cut the Dawg lead to 18-15. Then with 2:54 to play in the third DeMasi connected with David Butler on a 24-yard touchdown pass and now SCPS had a 22-18 lead. In the fourth quarter 1,000 yard rusher Chris Barnwell scored on two one-yard touchdowns to put the game on ice.  Toombs County finishes the season with a 6-5 record, while Savannah Christian advances to a second round match up at Thomasville with a 10-1 mark.  Y-101 Locker Room Show featuring an interview with Bulldog head coach Mark Stroud  Audio   Sights and Sounds from Garden City  Video   Y-101 play-by-play highlights  Audio Y-101 play-by-play  First Half  2nd Half Y-101 Pregame Show  Part 1  Part 2    Y-101 Halftime Show  Part 1   Part 2  Bulldogs breakout in win at East Laurens The Toombs County Bulldogs ended a three game losing streak and a string of 11 plus quarters without scoring a touchdown by beating East Laurens 28-13 in East Dublin. Kevin Dennard and Demery Hawkins each scored two touchdowns as the Bulldogs wrapped up third place in Region 4. Dennard ran for 268 yards on 24 carries and Hawkins had 140 on 19. Toombs County piled up 483 yards and averaged 7.9 per carry.  Toombs County ended a streak of 143 minutes without scoring a touchdown by putting together a drive that ended when Dennard scored on a 17-yard touchdown run with 3:10 to play in the first quarter that tied the game at seven. Dennard had fumbled on the Bulldogs' first play from scrimmage that set up East Laurens for a 20-yard scoring drive. Hawkins ended another Toombs County drive with a three-yard TD run that put the Dawgs up 14-7 with 6:32 to play in the first half. East Laurens scored with thirty seconds remaining in the half on a 19-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Savage to Chris Ceephus. The Falcons' PAT was blocked giving TCHS a 14-13 halftime lead. Toombs County's offensive line took control of the game in the second half and enabled Hawkins to score on a 21-yard run with 7:14 to play in the third quarter and Dennard on a 14-yard run with 11:01 to go in the fourth. Toombs County, which finished the regular season 6-4 and 3-3 in the region, will play at Savannah Christian in the opening round of the state playoffs.    Y-101 Locker Room Show with interviews with coach Mark Stroud and his players.  Audio     Sights and Sounds from East Dublin  Video Y-101 play-by-play 1st Half  2nd Half Y-101 Pregame Show  Part 1  Part 2   Y-101 Halftime Show  Part 1  Part 2  Dodge notches another shutout Since the Region Four season began, the Dodge County Indians have been invincible. Nobody in the region has scored a point against them including the Toombs County Bulldogs, who lost a 28-0 home game against the now 8-1 team from Eastman. Dodge took control of the game in the first quarter with touchdown drives on its first two possessions. The Indians moved 66-yards the first time they touched the ball and scored on a seven-yard run by quarterback Charles Gordon with 7:37 remaining in the first period. On their second possession Dodge traveled 42 yards and Gordon scored on a three-yard keeper to make it 14-0 Dodge with 1:54 to play in the first quarter. The Bulldogs picked up their defensive intensity in the second quarter and kept Dodge off the scoreboard for 24 minutes and seven seconds of the second and third quarter. Trey Mosley, Demery Hawkins and Neal Rodgers each made big defensive plays behind the line of scrimmage. Dodge scored its third touchdown on a 26-yard run by Ezekial Andrews with 1:47 to play in the third to make it 21-0. Then Cameo Holloway ran 83-yards for a touchdown with 5:46 to play to put the game on ice. Holloway ran for 179 yards and Andrews 85. Dodge has now outscored its region opponents 190-0. Toombs County falls to 5-4 and 2-3 in the region and the Bulldogs have lost three in a row. Dodge is 5-0 in the region heading into a home game against 5-0 Dublin which will decide first place in the region. Sights and Sounds in the Pit  Video Y-101 Locker Room Show with interviews with coach Mark Stroud and players Audio Y-101 audio play-by-play  First Half  2nd Half   Y-101 Pregame Show  Part 1   Part 2    Y-101 Halftime Show  Part 1   Part 2 Big plays push the Irish past the Bulldogs A series of big plays helped the Dublin Irish beat the Toombs County Bulldogs 20-3 in the Shamrock Bowl in Dublin. Irish quarterback Rashard Smith, who was bottled up for most of the first half, broke free for a big run that set Dublin up for a game-tying 32-yard field goal by Briceton Cannada with no time left in the first half. Then in a three-minute span of the second half the Irish made two more big plays to break away to a two touchdown lead. A long run by Andreakeas Rollins was followed by an eight-yard touchdown run by the senior back with ten seconds to play in the third quarter that gave the Irish a 10-3 lead. A Dublin interception set up Johnny Reid's 47-yard touchdown run that increased the Irish lead to 17-3 with 10:41 to play in the game. Cannady ended the scoring with a 44-yard field goal with 8:18 to go. Toombs County opened the game with 69-yard drive that ended when Matthew Tanner kicked a 28-yard field goal from a severe angle that put the Bulldogs up 3-0. Toombs County controlled the opening half, running 29 plays to Dublins' 17 and outgaining the Irish 151 yards to 96. The Bulldogs also had the advantage in time of possession- 16:27 to 7:33. However, four holding penalties hampered the Bulldogs' ability to punch the ball into the end zone.  Y-101 Locker Room Show featuring a post game interview with Toombs County coach Mark Stroud.  Audio   Y-101 Highlights Audio Y-101 play-by-play  1st Half  2nd Half  Sights and Sounds  Video Y-101 Pregame Show  Part 1  Part 2   Y-101 Halftime Show   Part 1  Part 2     Bulldog B-team ends perfect season with close win The Toombs County B-team edged Swainsboro 8-6 in the Pit to close out the season with a perfect 7-0 record. Marktavious Dasher scored the game's first touchdown on the last play of the first half on a eight-yard run. Dasher also scored the game deciding two-point conversion. Watch video of the game  First Half   2nd Half        Indians beat Bulldogs with fourth quarter drive Trailing 6-0 the Vidalia Indians drove 83 yards in 19 plays and killed nine minutes and six seconds of the third and fourth quarter, converting on three fourth down plays, including fourth and goal and less than a yard to beat Toombs County 7-6 before a sellout plus crowd in the Pit in Lyons. Damien Singleton scored the game-tying touchdown with 8:51 to play. The Indians kicked their first successful PAT of the season to surge ahead by one point. The Bulldogs drove the ball down to the 25-yard line in the waining seconds and as they were trying set up for a 42-yard field goal time expired. The Bulldogs thought that they had stopped the clock by spiking the ball, but there was a penalty against the Dogs, who were out of timeouts, and the officials started the clock before Toombs County was able to set up for the kick.   Toombs County also had a long dive in this game. The Bulldogs moved 80 yards in 10 plays in the first quarter and scored on fourth down on a 34-yard pass play as Seth Stroud threw short to C.J. Scott. The elusive sophomore ran the ball into the end zone for his second touchdown of the season. The Bulldogs' extra point just missed staying inside the upright. Toombs County is 5-2 and 2-1 in Region 4. Vidalia is 4-2 and 1-1. Audio Story  Listen to the Y-101 Locker Room Show including an interview with Bulldog coach Mark Stroud.  Audio  Sights and Sounds from the Pit  Video Y-101 play-by-play  First Half   Second Half  Y-101 highlights Audio Y-101 Pregame Show  Part 1  Part 2   Y-101 Halftime Show  Part 1   Part 2    TCHS B-team remains unbeaten The Toombs County B-team football Bulldogs beat Southeast Bulloch 42-20 to go 6-0 on the season. Watch video highlights of the game:  1st quarter  2nd Quarter  3rd Quarter  Audio Story    Bulldogs overcome miscues and beat Bleckley The Toombs County Bulldogs survived three crucial turnovers and scored twice in the second half as they beat Bleckley County 13-7 in Cochran. The game was scoreless for the first 2 1/2 quarters until the Bulldogs finished a 14 play, 54-yard drive with Scottie Roach scoring on a 12-yard run on fourth down with 5:10 to play in the third quarter. Bleckley tied the game at seven all on the first play of the fourth quarter with a 50-yard pass play. Roach recovered a fumbled punt at the Bleckley 17-yard line and then the Bulldogs regained the lead on a two-yard TD run by Kevin Dennard. T.J Smarts stopped the Royals late in the game with an interception. Audio Story  Listen to the Y-101 Locker Room Show with player and coaches interviews  Audio  Y-101 highlights Audio Y-101 Radio play-by-play 1st Half  2nd Half  Sights and Sounds from Bleckley Video Y-101 Pregame Show Part 1  Part 2   Y-101 Pizza Inn Halftime Show Part 1  Part 2    Dasher scores 3 TD's in B-team win Marktavious Dasher scored three touchdowns and Denzel Atkins one as the TCHS B-team beat East Laurens 29-16. Watch Toombs Now highlights 1st Quarter  2nd Quarter  3rd Quarter  4th Quarter  Audio Story   Bulldogs’ defense comes to the rescue One week after putting up 35 points in an overtime loss to ECI, the Toombs County Bulldogs had to scrounge up two touchdown passes and a field goal to beat Tattnall County 17-6 on homecoming night in the Pit. The Bulldogs defense made numerous big stops on third and fourth down to protect the win. The Bulldogs scored their first touchdown with 6:19 to play on a 32-yard touchdown pass from wingback C.J. Scott to wide receiver T.J. Smarts. Quarterback Seth Stroud handed the ball to halfback Demery Hawkins and Hawkins gave it to Scott and then C.J. running to the left side of the field hit Smarts inside the 10 and T.J. muscled the ball into the end zone. Matthew Tanner kicked the PAT to put the Bulldogs up 7-0. Tattnall came back on its next possession and hit the Bulldogs for a big play. Brandon Harton running the sweep play broke away and raced down the right sideline. Hawkins made a determined run after the speedy back and dove inside the 15, but he wasn’t able to reel in Harton, who scored on a 88-yard run. The Warriors missed the PAT, so the Bulldogs led 7-6 with 5:32 to play in the first quarter. The second quarter was basically a duel for field possession with neither team scoring. Late in the third quarter Toombs County went back to the passing game and Stroud hit Hawkins across the middle in the end zone for a 17-yard score. Tanner’s PAT gave TCHS a 14-6 lead. In the fourth quarter Tanner kicked his first career field goal, a 27-yarder, to give the Bulldogs a two possession lead at 17-6. Y-101 story   Y-101 highlights Y-101 Locker Room Show with interviews with Coach Mark Stroud, J.D. Dickerson and C.J. Scott  Audio Y-101 play-by-play  1st Half  2nd Half   Sights and Sounds Video Pregame  Part 1  Part 2    Halftime  Part 1  Part 2   ECI wins wild one, again For the second straight season the Toombs County and the ECI Bulldogs put on quite a show. Most of an overflow crowd in Twin City saw Toombs County nearly turn a loss into a win. With fans from both sides headed to their cars, the ECI public address announcer thanking the visitors for their efforts and ECI running out the clock, Toombs County got one last chance with 1.3 seconds left on the clock to tie the game down 35-27. Seth Stroud threw his fourth touchdown pass of the game, a 10-yarder to Demery Hawkins, and then Stroud hit A.J. Fletcher in the back of the end zone with the game tying two-pointer. In overtime ECI had to start from the 30-yard line after a personal foul penalty at the end of regulation. ECI scored on a short run by Washun Ealey. Toombs County started at the 15-yard line and did not score giving ECI a 42-35 win, one year after ECI beat Toombs 56-40 in regulation in the Pit. Toombs County’s end game second chance came after ECI mishandled killing the clock. Quarterback Michael Robertson took the snap three times and took a knee. On the third one the officials added 1.5 seconds to the clock giving Toombs County five seconds to tackle the QB on the last snap. Toombs County rushed hard and tackled Robertson at the 10. The clock ran down to zero and the ECI celebration began, but the officials put 1.3 seconds back on the clock and Toombs County took advantage of this strange circumstance. Toombs County, which scored both of its touchdowns in the third quarter in the Appling County game, came out throwing in the first quarter and Stroud hit T.J. Smarts for a 27-yard TD with 7:57 left in the first and then 2:11 seconds later, after recovering an ECI fumble, Stroud hit a wide open Daniel NeSmith with a 52-yard TD pass. A Stroud to Hawkins two-point conversion gave Toombs County a 14-0 lead. ECI scored twice in the second quarter on a five-yard run by Robertson and a scintillating 70-yard run by Ealey, tying the game at 14 at half. TCHS raced to a 27-14 lead in the third quarter. A.J. Fletcher caught a 30-yard touchdown pass with 7:10 to go in the period and then on the last play of the period C.J. Scott took a double handoff and ran 56-yards for six. ECI came back in the fourth quarter. LaCollie Gordan caught a TD pass and Ealey scored on a 10-yard run and then again with 3:42 to play to give the home team a 35-27 advantage. Audio Story Interview with coach Mark Stroud  Audio  2nd half highlights Y-101 play-by-play  1st Quarter  2nd Quarter  3rd Quarter  4th Quarter  Overtime Sights and Sounds video   Pregame Part 1   Part 2   Halftime Part 1  Part 2   Bulldogs mush and finesse in the Pit The Toombs County Bulldogs survived a muddy night and a physical Appling County team and beat the Pirates 13-0 to go 3-0 on the season. The Bulldogs scored the game's only two touchdowns in the third quarter on two big pass plays. With 9:10 to go in the third, Seth Stroud hit A.J. Fletcher for a 51-yard score. Fletcher bobbled the ball and then brought it and then ran down the sideline on a treacherous surface. Later in the third quarter the Bulldogs pulled out a trick play that they had worked on several occasions during the summer. Halfback Demery Hawkins threw a long pass to T.J. Smarts and the 45-yard connection put the Bulldogs up by two scores. So far this season the Bulldog varsity defense has allowed only six points in three regular season games and three quarters of a scrimmage game at Johnson County. Audio story  Listen to portions of Y-101's Locker Room Show and hear interviews with Coach Mark Stroud and several players. Audio   Y-101 Radio play-by-play  1st Half   2nd Half   Y-101 Pregame  Part 1   Part 2    Y-101 Halftime  Part 1    Part 2   The sights and sounds on a muddy night in the Pit The Toombs County and Appling football game was preceded by a strong storm that made the Pit a muddy mess. Check out some of the pregame sights and sounds in this Toombs Now Video A.J. Fletcher scores a TD on a Seth Stroud throw  More on the Dogs Bulldogs pass, run and defend in easy win  The Toombs County Bulldogs opened their home schedule with a 53-6 win over Metter. Quarterback Seth Stroud threw touchdown passes to T.J. Smarts, A.J. Fletcher and Neal Rodgers and C.J. Scott tossed a TD pass to Ethan Kramer. Scottie Roach scored two touchdowns on runs of 43 and two yards and Demery Hawkins scooted in for a 16-yard score. Watch some first half highlights courtesy Neal Salter.  Video  Audio Story  Y-101 Locker Room Audio Interviews  Sights and Sounds in the Pit  1st quarter play-by-play  2nd quarter play-by-play  3rd and 4th quarter play-by-play   Pregame Show- Part 1  Part 2   Halftime Show Part 1  Part 2   Jonathan Harden scores 2nd TD Jonathan Edwards makes cut   Toombs County B-Team shuts out Warriors The Toombs County B-Team Bulldogs shutout Tattnall County 12-0 in the Pit. The Bulldog offense put together two nice drives and Marktavious Dasher and Jonathan Harden scored the touchdowns on the ground. The Bulldog defense led by Will NeSmith and T.J. Phillips had two big fourth down stops including one on fourth down at the Bulldog five-yard line. Watch highlights of the game on Toombs Now.  Video  The B-Team Bulldogs are 2-0, they opened up their season with a 16-14 win at Vidalia.  Dominant Bulldogs finally breakaway For three quarters the Toombs County Bulldogs dominated the Southeast Bulloch Yellow Jackets, but the scoreboard didn't reflect that fact. The Bulldogs led 14-6 at half despite holding a 140 to 11 edge in total offense at the break. Toombs County scored two second half defensive touchdowns and broke away to a 33-6 victory in Brooklet. The Bulldogs ended up with 294 yards of total offense while holding the Yellow Jackets to just 89. Penalties and dropped footballs plagued the Bulldogs all night. Toombs County opened the scoring on its first possession when Demery Hawkins, who rushed for 102 yards on 10 carries, ran 49 yards for a touchdown with 6:28 to play in the first quarter. In the second quarter Kevin Dennard entered the game at fullback and he sparked a drive that ended with him scoring on a one-yard run. Dennard ran for 76 yards on seven carries and had a long run of 23. The Bulldogs were looking dominant, but on the kickoff Tharron Davis bobbled the ball and then picked it up and ran 94 yards for a touchdown. SEB went for two, but the pass failed and the Bulldogs were up 14-6 which was the halftime score. In the third quarter Hawkins fumbled the ball after a tough and determined run and the ball was recovered by SEB at its one-yard line. Yellow Jacket quarterback Joe Wilson fumbled the ball near the goal line and A.J. Fletcher picked it up and ran it into the end zone to put TCHS up 20-6 with 3:41 to go in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter Toombs County put together a nice drive and Jonathan Bennamon scored on a four-yard run with 9:37 to play and the Bulldogs were up 27-6. 32 second later Fletcher pressured Wilson into a bad pass and defensive tackle Neal Rodgers picked it off and ran it into the endzone to end the scoring in the Bulldogs' season opening win.  Scottie Roach ran for 61 yards on 12 carries and Bennamon had 29 on five runs. Seth Stroud completed 6-of-15 passes for 21 yards. The Bulldogs rushed for 273 yards and averaged 6.7 yards per carry. Toombs was 7-for-10 on third down coversions and 1-for-2 on fourth down. SEB ran for 52 yards and averaged just 1.9 yards per carry. The Yellow Jackets completed 4-of-13 passes for 37 yards. SEB was 2-for-9 on third down conversions and 1-for-3 on fourth down. Audio Story Archived Y-101 play-by-play of the TCHS/SEB game: First Quarter  Second Quarter  Third Quarter  Fourth Quarter  Locker Room Interviews           Listen to these Y-101 Audio Highlights  Coach Mark Stroud talks about the Bulldogs' victory  Audio   Other media sources: Video Highlights from CNN Local Headline News  WTOC-TV Highlights  Statesboro Herald Story If you were at the SEB game or didn't listen to Y-101's coverage, here are the shows run in conjunction to the play-by-play. Y-101's coverage is all Toombs County emphasising Bulldog athletes and coaches and not other schools.    Pregame Show on Y-101 Part 1  Part 2   Halftime Show  Part 1  Part 2  B-Team Bulldogs rally for win over Indians The TCHS B-Team football squad beat Vidalia 16-14 at Buck Cravey Field. Kevin Dennard (#31 pictured left) and Marktavious Dasher both scored touchdowns for the Bulldogs and Dennard ran in two two-point conversions. Watch the game winning drive, courtesy Neal Salter  Video  Rest of the game  Video