Toombs County 2008 Track Schedule   Tuesday          11-Mar     Dodge     4:00pm     2:00 PM Wednesday     12-Mar     MS only @ Tattnall HS     4:00     3:00 PM Thursday         13-Mar     Dodge     4:00pm     2:00 PM Saturday          15-Mar     MS ONLY @Reidsville MS     10:00am     9:00 AM             Relays ONLY Tuesday          18-Mar     Tattnall HS     4:00pm     3:00pm Wednesday     19-Mar     MS ONLY HOME     4:00 PM     TCHS TRACK Saturday          22-Mar     Tattnall HS~Swainsboro     10:00 AM     9:00 AM         \ Tuesday          25-Mar     Bleckley Co. HS     4:00 PM     2:00 PM Thursday         27-Mar     GIRLS ONLY @Bleckley     4:00 PM     2:00 PM Tuesday          2-Apr     MS REGION      4:00 PM     2:00 PM                            CHAMPIONSHIP @ Tattnall Saturday         5-Apr     MS CHAMPIONSHIP      10:00 AM     8:30 AM             Tattnall HS Tuesday         8-Apr     Vidalia     4:00 PM     3:00 PM Thursday      10-Apr     BOYS ONLY @ Bleckley     4:00 PM     2:00 PM Tuesday       15-Apr     GIRLS REGION MEET     10:30 AM     8:00 AM                                      QUALIFYING @ BLECKLEY CO. HS Wednesday  16-Apr     rain day Thursday      17-Apr     GIRLS REGION FINALS     4:00 PM     2:00 PM                                      MEET FOR STATE @  BLECKLEY CO. HS Friday           18-Apr     rain day Tuesday       22-Apr     BOYS REGION MEET     10:30 AM     8:00 AM         QUALIFYING @ BLECKLEY CO. HS Wednesday  23-Apr     rain day Thursday     24-Apr     BOYS REGION FINALS     4:00 PM     2:00 PM         MEET FOR STATE @ BLECKLEY CO. HS Friday          25-Apr     rain day Cross County season comes to an end at the State Meet in Carrollton  The Toombs Co. County Bulldogs ran exceptionally well at STATE Saturday.  There are 8 AA regions with 4 teams plus individuals who qualify.  Each region is allowed to run 7 individuals, therefore over 214 boys and 214 girls competed.  Toombs Co. boys finished 22nd out of 30+ teams and Toombs Co. girls finished 14th out of 30+ teams.   The seven runners for the Bulldogs were: Bobby Mincey placed 59th with a time of 18:38; Francisco Depaz placed 130th with a time of 20:19; Jeremy Craft placed 132 with a time of 20:21; Jerome Johnson placed 147th with a time of 20:33; Patrick Craft placed 151st with a time of 20:36; Rashond Baker placed 158th with a time of  20:27 and Ric Stewart finished 164th with a time of 21:15.   The seven runners for the Lady Bulldogs were: Linda Esparza placed 58th with a time of 22:58; Lisa Espino placed 78th with a time of 23:56; Lindsay Weaver placed 122nd with a time of 26:01; Kristen Cook placed 139th with a time of 27:06;  Celina Castro placed 141st with a time of 27:08; Andi Ferree placed 142nd with a time of 27:13;and Vivian Hernandez placed 181st with a time of 30:02.   Teams in our Region placed in STATE:  Boys: Bleckley Co. 6th, Dublin 18th, Toombs Co. 22nd and Vidalia 25th. Girls: Bleckley Co. 10th, Toombs Co. 14th, Dodge Co. 20th, and Dublin 23rd.  TCMS wraps up season On Saturday Oct. 20, 2007 the Toombs Co. Bullpups ran in the 16th  Annual Bleckley Co. Invitational.  The top 4 teams overall received trophies, and the top 25 individuals received metals.  The Bullpup Boys were 3rd overall out of 19 teams, and received a trophy.  Dakota Higgs and Ross Castro received metals of honor for placing 10th and 11th respectively.  The Lady Bullpups placed 7th overall out of 18 teams. Individual places and times are:  Dakota Higgs 10th, 12:38, Ross Castro 11th, 12:43, Manuel Hernandez 30th, 13:54, Ethan Reddish 48th, 14:42, Janine Taylor 30th 16:16, Rayna Oliver 32nd, 16:18, Georgia Jernigan 49th 18:17, Melayna Denmark 50th, 18:17, Katie Hayes 62nd, 18:52, Desiree Parker 63rd, 18:53, Brenae Scott 80th, 23:09, Paula Dell 81st, 23:20, Jade Jernigan 84th, 24:06.   On Saturday Oct. 27, 2007 the Bullpups participated in the 2nd Annual Open STATE Cross Country Meet in Bleckley Co.  There was a Championship race for the girls and the boys. In addition, a JV race was run for girls and boys.  The top 5 for Toombs Co. ran in the Championship races.  These were:  Jeremy Beasley, Ross Castro, Manuel Hernandez, Dakota Higgs and Ethan Reddish for the boys.  The girls top 5 were: Melayna Denmark, Georgia Jernigan, Jalisha Knight, Rayna Oliver,  and  Janine Taylor.  The boys placed 14th in the top 20 teams who participated. Ross Castro placed 19th overall with a time of 12:26 with 193 runners participating, and received a metal.  The girls placed 17th out of the top 20 teams with 190 girls participating. In the JV girls race, Paula Dell, Katie Hayes, Jade Jernigan, Jazmine Moore, Desiree Parker and Heather Villegas ran. Three girls received metals for placing in the top 25.  These are: Katie Hayes 17th, Heather Villegas 18th and Desiree Parker 21st.  Way to go Bullpups!  We are so proud of you! TCMS Girls finish 2nd and Boys 3rd at Region Meet  Congratulations to the TCMS Cross Country team which ran at the REGION meet in Bleckley Co. on Tuesday October 16th.  The Lady Bullpups are your 2007 Region Runner-up! They placed 2nd in Region 4AA, and the Bullpups placed 3rd.  What an awesome accomplishment for our up coming BULLDOGS!   Region results for the girl's:  Bleckley Co. 1st with 27 pts., Toombs Co. 2nd with 74 pts., West Laurens 3rd with 76 pts., Vidalia (JR Trippe) 4th with 93 pts., Dublin 5th with 166 pts., E. Laurens and Dodge also participated.  Region results for the boy's:  Bleckley Co. 1st with 24 pts., Dublin 2nd with 80 pts., Toombs Co. 3rd with 93 pts., East Laurens 4th with 121 pts., Vidalia (JR Trippe) 5th with 161 pts., West Laurens 6th with 204 pts., and Dodge 7th with 264 points.    The Lady Bullpup individual scores are:  Antranette Blount 5th place, time 15:22; Janine Taylor 12th place, time 16:38; Georgia Jernigan 16th place, time 17:28; Rayna Oliver 17th place, time 17:29; Katie Hayes 24th place, time 18:35; Jalisha Knight 27th place, time 19:06; Melayna Denmark 30th place, time 19:30; Jazmine Moore 37th place, time 21:04; Desiree Parker 38th place, time 21:07; Paula Dell 43rd place, time 21:19; Heather Vilegas 44th place, time 21:31; Taylor Hughes 45th place, time 21:34; Jade Jernigan 52nd place, time 24:41; Brenae Scott 54th place, time 25:46; and Haley Smith 55th place, time 25:57.   The Bullpups individual scores are:  Ross Castro 3rd place, time 12:46; Manuel Hernandez 19th place, time 14:19; Dakota Higgs 20th place, time 14:21; Jeremy Beasley 23rd place, time 14:32; and Ethan Reddish 28th place, time 14:48.    The Bullpups have 2 more races this season: Oct. 20, 2007 Bleckley Co. Invitational and Oct. 27th STATE MS Cross Country Meet in Bleckley Co.  Good Luck Bullpups and God Bless!   2007 TCHS Cross Country teams at the Region 4 meet at Bleckley County  Lady Bullpups finish second in the Vidalia Invitational On Saturday Oct. 13, 2007 the Toombs County Bullpups and Bulldogs ran in Vidalia.  Toombs Co. Middle School Girl's placed 2nd and received a trophy.  Toombs Co. Middle School Boy's placed 3rd overall. The Lady Bulldogs placed 5th out of 15 teams and the Bulldogs placed 4th out of 15 teams. The High School results:  Boy's Team: Bleckley Co. 1st place with 34 pts.Benedictine 58 pts., Statesboro placed 3rd with 124 pts., Toombs placed 4th with 126 pts., S. Effingham placed 5th with 130 pts., Dublin. placed 6th with 167 pts, Vidalia placed 7th with 213 pts., Dodge placed 8th with 301 pts, Swainsboro placed 9th with 317 pts, and Montgomery Co. placed 10th with 343 pts.. Girl's Team: Bleckley Co. 1st place with 53 pts., Statesboro placed 2nd with 62 pts., Effingham Co. placed 3rd with 86 pts., St. Vincent's placed 4th with 96 pts., Toombs placed 5th with 116 pts., Dodge placed 6th with 191 pts., Screven placed 7th with 253 pts, Liberty placed 8th iwth 253 pts., and Montgomery Co. placed 9th with 269 pts.    The Bulldog individual finishers and times are: Bobby Mincey 5th place, time 17:25, Francisco Depaz 26th place, time 18:35, Jeremy Craft 27th place, time 18:37, Patrick Craft 43rd  place, time 19:18, Rashond Baker 45th place, time 19:22. Jerome Johnson placed 54th, time 19:43, and  Ric Stewart placed 56th with a time of 19:52. The Lady Bulldog individual finisher and times are:  Linda Esparza 10th place, time 21:16, and received a metal for placing in the top 10 runners, Lisa Espino 17th place, time 22:13,  Michelle Johnson 26th place, time 23:13,  Celina Castro 28th place, time 23:20, Andi Ferree 35th place, time 23:54, Kristen Cook 40th place, time 24:11 and Lindsay Weaver 22nd place, time 25:49, The Bulldogs will run on Saturday October 20, 2007 at the Bleckley Co. Invitational. Great Job Bulldogs! Keep focused for  the Region meet Tuesday Oct. 30th in Bleckley Co.   The Toombs County Bullpups Results: Boy's Bleckley 1st place with 70 pts, Dublin 2nd place with 84 pts., Toombs Co. 3rd place with 86 pts., East Laurens 4th with 125 pts.,  Vidalia (JR Trippe) 5th with 137 pts.,  Montgomery Co. 6th with 231 pts., and Dodge Co. 7th place with 273 pts.  The top 5 Bullpup finishers are: Ross Castro 8th place, time 12:31, Dakota Higgs 3rd place, time 12:38, Manuel Hernandez 17th place, time 13:16,  Ethan Reddish 23rd place, time 13:41, and Jeremy Beasley 29th place, time 13:49.  The Toombs County Lady Bullpups Results:  Bleckley Co. 1st place with 25 pts., Toombs 2nd with 58 pts. and received a trophy, JR Trippe (Vidalia) 3rd with 75 pts., Dublin 4th with 128 pts., and Montgomery 5th with 171. pts.  The Lady Bullpup top 5 finisher are: Antranette Blount 2nd  place, time 13:40, Rayna Oliver 11th place, time 15:25, Georgia Jernigan 12th place, time 15:34, Janine Taylor 15th place, time 16:01, Katie Hayes 18th place, time 16:12, Melayna Denmark 19th place, time 16:16, Taylor Hughes 26th place, time 16:54, Jalisha Knight 31st place, time 17:40, Desiree Parker placed 37th, time 18:32,  Paula Dell placed 38th, time 19:51, Brenae Scott placed 41st, time 20:45, and Jade Jernigan placed 49th, time 23:38.  The Bulldogs run at the Bleckley Co. Tuesday October 16th for MS REGION. Way to go Bullpups!  Keep on running to victory! We are proud of you!  Esparza wins second cross country race Toombs County's Linda Esparza won her second cross country race of the season running a personal best time of 21:36 to take a 5K race run in Vidalia. Ezparza won by over a half a minute. Earlier, Linda won a race at Tattnall County. Watch Linda win in this Toombs Now Video  Linda talks Audio Toombs County teams all finish second On Tuesday Oct. 2, 2007 the Toombs County Bullpups and Bulldogs ran in Vidalia.  All four teams placed 2nd overall. The High School results:  Boy's Team: Calvary Baptist 1st place with 33 pts.Toombs Co.placed 2nd with 63 pts., Effingham placed 3rd with 73 pts. Vidalia placed 4th with 90 pts., Claxton placed 5th with 143 pts., and Montgomery Co. placed 6th with 151 pts.   Girl's Team: Calvary Baptist 1st place with 73 pts., Toombs Co. placed 2nd with 78 pts., Effingham Co. placed 3rd with 81 pts., Claxton placed 4th with 93 pts. and Montgomery Co. placed 5th with 114 pts.    The Bulldog individual finishers and times are: Jeremy Craft 4th place, time 18:32, Patrick Craft 12th place, time 19:38, Jerome Johnson placed 14th, time 19:56, Manuel Baza placed 15th, time 20:03, Justin Medders placed 18th, time 20:15, Don King 24th, time 20:55, George Dykes placed 27, time 21:07, Stacey Cheshire placed 30th, time 21:17, Evan Adams placed 33rd, time 21:21, and Gage Quintero placed 41st, time 22:36.   The Lady Bulldog individual finisher and times are:  Linda Esparza 1st place, time 21:37, Celina Castro 7th place, time 23:29,  Michelle Johnson 21st place, time 26:34,  Lindsay Weaver 22nd place, time 26:52, Vivian Hernandez placed 27th, time 26:25 and Jessica Beasley placed 28th, time 28:35. The Bulldogs will run on October 4, 2007  at West Laurens.    The Toombs County Bullpups Results: Boy's Dublin 1st place with 42 pts, Toombs Co. 2nd with 43 pts., East Laurens 3rd with 64 pts., Calvary Baptist 4th with 106 pts, Vidalia (JR Trippe) 5th with 112 pts., and Montgomery Co. 6th with 122 pts.  The top 5 Bullpup finishers are: Ross Castro 2nd place, time 12:26, Dakota Higgs 3rd place, time 12:29, Manuel Hernandez 10th place, time 13:44,  Ethan Reddish 11th place, time 13:49, and Jeremy Beasley 17th place, time 14:26.    The Toombs County Lady Bullpups Results:  JR Trippe (Vidalia) 1st place with 39 pts., Toombs 2nd with 40 pts., Dublin 3rd with 92 pts.,  E. Laurens 4th with 110 pts., and Montgomery 5th with 154 pts.  The Lady Bullpup top 5 finisher are: Antranette Blount 1st place, time 13:47, Rayna Oliver 8th place, time 16:11, Jalisha Knight 9th place, time 16:35, Melayna Denmark 10th place, time 16:37, Janine Taylor 12th place, Georgia Jernigan 15th place,  Desiree Parker placed 32nd, time 17:33, Jazmine Moore placed 34th, time 19:46, Paula Dell placed 39th, time 22:11, Heather Villegas placed 41st, time 22:27, Jade Jernigan placed 43rd, time 22:29 and  Haley Smith placed 44th, time 23:01.The Bulldogs run at the Vidalia Invitational on October 13th, and on Tuesday Oct. 16th for MS REGION in Bleckley Co.) Toombs County Boys and Girls finish first   On Thursday Sept. 28, 2007 the Toombs County Bullpups and Bulldogs ran in Vidalia. All four teams ran with one goal in mind: STATE. The High School results: Toombs Co. Boy's placed 1st, Tattnall 2nd, Vidalia 3rd, Dodge 4th, Montgomery Co. 5th, SE Bulloch 6th and Appling Co. 7th. Toombs Co. Girl's placed 1st, Appling Co. 2nd, SE Bulloch 3rd, Dodge Co. 4th and Vidalia 5th. The top 5 Bulldog finishers and times are: Bobby Mincey 1st place time 17:37, Jeremy Craft 3rd place, time 18:43, Francisco Depaz 4th place, time 18:59, and Ric Stewart 11th place time 19:41. The Lady Bulldog top 5 finisher and times are: Linda Esparza 2nd place, time 22:02, Lisa Espino 5th place time 23:14, Michelle Johnson 9th place, time 25:10, Kristen Cook 12th place, time 26:05 and Lindsay Weaver 18th place, time 27:57. The Bulldogs will run twice next week on October 2, 2007 at Vidalia and October 4th at West Laurens. The Toombs County Bullpups Results: Boy's East Laurens placed 1st, Toombs Co. 2nd, West Laurens 3rd, Vidalia (JR Trippe) 4th, SE Bulloch 5th, and Dodge Co. 6th. The top 5 Bullpup finishers are: Ross Castro 2nd place, time 12:38, Dakota Higgs 3rd place, time 13:03, Ethan Reddish 8th place, time 13:54, Manuel Hernandez 13th place, time14:05 and Jeremy Beasley 17th place, time 14:47. Girl's West Laurens 1st place, Vidalia (JR Trippe) 2nd, Toombs 3rd, E. Laurens 4th and Montgomery 5th. The Lady Bullpup top 5 finisher are:Antranette Blount 1st place, time 13:58, Katie Hayes 14th place, time 17:31, Taylor Hughes 15th place, time 17:41, Jalisha Knight 16th place, time 17:51, and Desiree Parker 18:25.The Bulldogs will run on October 2, 2007 at Vidalia. They will run at the Vidalia Invitational on October 13th, and on Tuesday Oct. 16th for MS REGION in Bleckley Co.