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2008 season
Lady Bulldogs celebrate 2008 season at banquet
| The Toombs County Lady Bulldog softball team celebrated the 2008 season at a banquet at Chatters in Lyons. The Lady Bulldogs, who came within three outs of making it back to sectionals, honored four players who were named to either All-Region 3 or All-Sub-Region 3A teams. Juniors Brianna Mincey (2B) and Elizabeth Kirkley (3B), pictured on the left, were named to the All-Sub-Region 3B team. Seniors Samantha Dowd (pitcher) and Corneshia Corouthers (catcher) were named to both the All-Sub-Region 3B and Region 3 teams. Watch the 2008 Season in Review as it was presented at the banquet Slide Show |
Lady Bullldogs season ends in the 7th inning
| During the regular season Dodge County beat Toombs County 7-1 and 8-0 on a three-hitter and a no-hitter. However, with a trip to the state sectionals on the line the Lady Bulldogs almost pulled off an upset in the Region 3 Tournament in Swainsboro. Toombs County scored four runs in the fourth to take a 4-3 lead. That advantage held up until the bottom of the seventh when the Lady Indians scored twice to win the game 5-4. Watch highlights with Y-101 Radio play-by-play Video |
Lady Bulldogs survive first day of region tourney
| After losing to Screven County 8-2 in the opening round of the Region 3 Tournament in Swainsboro, the Toombs County lady Bulldog softball team stayed alive in the double-elimination event by defeating Swainsboro 8-0. Caitlin Vinson pitched the entire six inning game and allowed only a couple of hits. Cornshia Corouthers had a big hitting game driving in two runs, in a four run third inning, with a triple and Elizabeth Kirley, who almost hit a grand slam home run to center field, hit a ball that scored four runs including herself. Watch highlights Screven County Game Swainsboro Game |
Lady Bulldogs end regular season with rout
| The Toombs County Lady Bulldogs ended their regular season by stroking 14 hits in a 20-0 three inning win at East Laurens. Brianna Mincey hit an inside-the-park grand slam and Caitlin Vinson pitched a no-hitter. The Lady Bulldogs wrapped up fourth place in the sub region and a trip to Swainsboro for the Region 3 Tourney. Their first game is on Saturday at 1 p.m. on Y-101 Radio. Y-101 Story Watch highlights Video |
Vidalia rallies for extra inning win
| Less than three weeks after being shutout by Vidalia 9-0 the Toombs County Lady Bulldogs played much better on Senior Day in Lyons. However, Vidalia rallied from a 3-0 deficit and defeat TCHS 5-4 in eight innings. Toombs County built up a 3-0 lead by scoring single runs in the third, fourth and fifth inning. Vidalia scored three in the sixth to tie the game and then the Lady Indians outscored Toombs 2-1 in the extra inning. Y-101 Story Watch highlights of the game with Y-101 Radio play-by-play Video Also, Vidalia won the B-Team game 12-10 Watch highlights Video |
Lady Bulldogs lose another close one to Swainsboro
Kirkley hits a two-run homer over the fence
| For the second Monday in a row the Swainsboro Lady Tigers defeated Toombs County in a close game. The Lady Tigers held on to a 6-5 win in Lyons just seven days after beating the Lady Bulldogs 2-0 in Swainsboro. Elizabeth Kirkley raliled Toombs County to within a run with a well stroked two-run home run over the left field fence. Kirkley's third career homer (the first two came in travel ball) was her first high school home run and the first over the fence homer by a Lady Bulldog at the field next to the middle school. Y-101 Story Watch highlights of the game and see Kirkley's blast Video |
Lady Bulldogs lose to Bleckley
| Bleckley County freshman pitcher Marlee Bryan pitched the Lady Royals to a 5-1 win over the Toombs County Lady Bulldogs softball team in Lyons on Thursday. Bryan pitched a four-hitter with eight strike outs. Toombs County's Samantha Dowd also struck out eight and she finished the game by retiring the final nine batters she faced. Watch highlights with Y-101 Radio play-by-play Video |
Vinson pitches four inning perfect game
| Caitlin Vinson pitched a four inning no-hitter as Toombs County beat winless Dublin 18-0 on the road. Vinson struck out seven and had only one nervous moment in the game, but right fielder Megan Hayes threw out Whitney Tarpley at first base on what could have been a first inning base hit. Y-101 Story Watch the Lady Bulldogs in action Video |
Tired Lady Bulldogs lose a tough one
| Just one full day after playing six games in 13 hours with just a two hour break in a tourney at Jeff Davis, the Toombs County lady Bulldog softball team lost a 2-0 game at Swainsboro. Senior pitchers Samantha Dowd (TCHS) and Macy Lawson each pitched a two-hitter. The difference in the game was taking advantage of scoring opportunities. Swainsboro did and Toombs didn't. Y-101 Story Watch highlights of the game with Y-101 play-by-play Video |
Lady Bulldogs play all day at JD
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Corneshia Crouthers (right) AllTourney Team with Vidalia's Courtney Williams |
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The Lady Bulldogs played six games from 9 a.m. till 10 p.m. and win a trophy |
Winning day for Toombs County sports
| Thursday was a winning day for Toombs County sports. The TCHS Lady Bulldog softball team defeated East Laurens 12-2 in five innings. Caitlin Vinson tossed a two-hitter and Samantha Dowd went 2-for-3 with three runs batted in. Watch highlights Video The Toombs County Middle School softball team beat East Laurens 14-1 and Lakayla Faison and Jeannie Smith both hit home runs. The B-Team Bulldog football team opened up their season with a 12-6 win at Tattnall County and the Toombs County Middle School football team shut out Dublin 26-0 at home in its season opener. The Toombs County High School volleyball team beat Aquinas and Swainsboro in Swainsboro. Y-101 Story |
Dodge takes two in Toombs County
| Dodge County won two softball games in Lyons as the Lady Indians beat the Toombs County High School Lady Bulldogs 7-1 and Dodge's Middle School defeated the Lady Bullpups 9-1. Corneshia Corouthers drove in the Lady Bulldogs only run with a third inning single and Lakayla Faison, who had a triple and a single, scored the Lady Bullpups only run on a Megan Meadows' grounder. Y-101 Story Watch highlights High School Game Middle School Game |
Toombs splits softball doubleheader
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The Toombs County softball teams split a pair of games with their visitors from Laurens County. The TCHS Lady Bulldogs beat Dublin 15-0 in three innings. Megan Hayes had a triple, a double and three RBI's in an 11-run first. Caitlin Vinson pitched a two-hitter with five strikeouts. Watch highlights Video
The TCMS Lady Bullpups lost to West Laurens 5-0. Toombs played well on defense but didn't have many hits against a tough pitcher. Watch highlights Video Y-101 Story |
Lady Bulldogs drop sub-region opener
| After having three games postponed due to rain or a wet field, the Toombs County Lady Bulldogs finally got to play their first game in nine days. The result was a 6-1 loss at Bleckley County. The Lady Royals' Marlee Bryan pitched a perfect game for four innings. Elizabeth Kirkley had Toombs County's first hit on a swinging bunt and Caitlin Vinson drove in the Lady Bulldogs' only run with a single. Watch highlights Video The Toombs County Middle School Bullpups opened their season with a 16-1 win at Dublin |
Lady Bulldogs open home slate with a loss
| The Toombs County lady Bulldogs opened their home schedule with a 6-5 loss to Tattnall County. Both teams scored three runs in the third and Toombs took a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the sixth on a RBI grounder by Brianna Mincey. Tattnall won the game by scoring three runs in the top of the seventh. Y-101 Story Watch Highlights Video Toombs County's JV team beat Tattnall 13-4. Watch highlights Video |
Lady Bulldogs tourney run ended by Appling
| Playing in a tournament in Glennville, the Toombs County Lady Bulldog softball team breezed through pool play winning their third straight game, 12-3 over Tattnall County, on Saturday. Elizabeth Kirkley went 4-5 with four runs scored and Corneshia Courouthers drove in six runs. Samantha Dowd pitched a two-hitter with nine strikeouts. However, in the quarterfinals of the tourney Appling County beat the Lady Bulldogs 10-4. Y-101 Story Watch highlights of the Appling game Video |
| On Friday, the Toombs County Lady Bulldog softball team opened up the season with two complete game two-hit victories. Senior Samantha Dowd pitched TCHS to a 4-2 win over Liberty County by tossing a two-hitter with 12 strikeouts and two walks. Corneshia Courouthers had a triple. In the second game the Lady Bulldogs beat Claxton 9-2 as sophomore Caitlin Vinson threw her two-hitter and struck out 11. |
Lady Bulldogs wrap up summer season
| The Toombs County Lady Bulldog Softball team ended their summer slate of games by beating Montgomery County 17-3 on their home field. Samantha Dowd pitched five of the seven innings and allowed just one-hit with 10 strikeouts. Y-101 Story Watch highlights Video |
| The Toombs County Lady Bulldog softball team shutout Appling County 5-0. Samantha Dowd pitched a one-hitter with six strikeouts in the five inning game. Y-101 Story Watch highlights Video |
2007 Season

Pictured left to right- Head coach Elaine Allen, Jessica Mincey, Samantha Dowd, Brittany Wilds, Brianna Mincey, Corneshia Courouthers, Brianna Mincey and assistant coach Angie Wilds
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Five Lady Bulldogs are honored
Five Toombs County Lady Bulldog softball players were honored for their play during the 2007 season. Senior Brittany Wilds (pitcher/first base) junior Corneshia Courouthers (catcher) and junior Samantha Dowd (pitcher/third base) were voted to the All-Region 4 team. The Mincey sisters, senior Jessica (shortstop) and sophomore Brianna (second base) were both honorable mention. Y-101 Audio Story |
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Lady Bulldogs eliminated in South Sectionals
The Toombs County Lady Bulldogs lost to Jeff Davis 3-0 in a first round game. The game was scoreless going to the sixth inning. Elizabeth Kirkley had two doubles, Jessica Mincey two singles and Brianna Mincey had a single. Samantha Dowd pitched the game for the Lady Bulldogs. Toombs County will play Metter at 10 a.m. on Saturday in a stay alive game. Metter lost to Berrien County 16-0. Pierce County edged Vidalia 3-1. Coach Elaine Allen talks about the game Audio
Metter 13, Toombs County 8 Report from coach Elaine Allen Audio |
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TCHS 1
Bleckley 0 |
Lady Bulldogs beat Bleckley 1-0 again
The Toombs County Lady Bulldogs beat Bleckley County 1-0. Sam Dowd pitched a three-hitter and Brianna Mincey scored the game's only run in the third when she hustled in from third on a wild pitch. Earlier in the season Dowd beat Bleckley 1-0 and she drove in the game's only run. Audio |
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Bacon County 3
TCHS 2 |
Lady Bulldogs lose to Bacon County
The Toombs County Lady Bulldog softball team was trying to bust out of a five game losing streak, but instead three unearned runs helped Bacon County win 3-2 in Lyons on Monday. Samantha Dowd drove in both of the Toombs County runs with a single in the second that scored Jessica Mincey, who had doubled, and Dowd hit a grounder to short that tied the game at two in the fourth. Watch highlights of the game. Video |
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Vidalia 6
TCHS 0 |
Vidalia takes first rivalry game
The Vidalia Lady Indians scored two early runs and four late ones to beat the Toombs County Lady Bulldogs 6-0 in a softball game in Lyons. Winning pitcher Brooke McKie allowed four hits and one walk and struck out eight. Toombs County pitching of Brittney Wilds and Samantha Dowd allowed only two hits, but eight Lady Indians walked and two were hit by a pitch. Vidalia is 2-0 in Region 4 while Toombs County is 1-2. Audio Story |
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TCHS 1
Bleckley Co. 0 |
TCHS softball team wins 1-0 at Bleckley County
Samantha Dowd pitched a two-hitter with eight strikeouts and drove in the game's only run with a base hit in the second inning as the Toombs County Lady Bulldogs won a Region 4 game at Bleckley County. Dowd talks about the Lady Bulldogs win. Audio |
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Tattnall Co. 3
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In a game heard on Y-101 Radio, Tattnall County nipped Toombs County 3-2 in softball. The Lady Bulldogs took a 2-0 lead in the early innings. Tiffany Simmons hit the ball to the right side of the infield to score the first run and Jessica Mincey tripled and scored on a wild pitch. Tattnall scored one in the 5th and two in the 6th. Brittney Wilds pitched five innings and struck out 10, walked three and allowed two hits. JV game- Toombs County 12, Tattnall 5 Audio Story |
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Lady Bulldogs are no-hit in practice game loss to Pierce
The Toombs County Lady Bulldogs were no-hit in a 3-0 seven inning home practice game against Pierce County. Three Lady Bulldog pitchers allowed only five hits, four of them were stroked by Jessica Thornton who pitched the first four innings of the no-hitter. Thornton struck out eight batters. Brittney Wilds, Samantha Dowd (pictured left) and Caitlin Vinson pitched for TCHS. The three stuck out ten batters. Watch Video Audio Story |
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Lady Bulldogs pick varsity
The Toombs County Lady Bulldogs have chosen their 14 varsity players and they are less than two weeks from opening their season. Watch the Lady Bulldogs practice. Video Audio |
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Lady Bulldogs prepare for 2007 season
The Toombs County Lady Bulldogs softball team has been practicing and playing scrimmage games against other schools in preparation for the start of the season in August. The Lady Bulldogs have just one returning senior (Brittany Wilds), but they have a quality junior class and a lot of young players. The team features quality pitching and good defense. Learn more in about the Lady Bulldogs in this audio story. |
TOOMBS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LADY DOGS SOFTBALL 2007 VARSITY SCHEDULE
DAY MONTH DATE OPPONENT TIME LOCATION
TUES. AUGUST 21 TATTNALL 5:30 LYONS (Y-101 Radio)
THURS. AUGUST 23 BLECKLEY 5:30 BLECKLEY
TUES. AUGUST 28 VIDALIA 6:00 LYONS (Y-101 Radio)
THURS. SEPT. 6 DUBLIN 5:00 LYONS
TUES. SEPT. 11 DODGE 6:00 LYONS (Y-101 Radio)
THURS. SEPT. 13 EAST LAURENS 5:00 E. LAURENS
FRI./SAT. SEPT. 14/15 TOURNAMENT AT JEFF DAVIS JEFF DAVIS
MON. SEPT 17 BACON CO. 5:00 LYONS
TUES. SEPT. 18 TATTNALL 5:30 TATTNALL
THURS. SEPT. 20 BLECKLEY 5:30 LYONS (Y-101 Radio)
TUES. SEPT. 25 VIDALIA 6:00 VIDALIA (Y-101 Radio)
MON OCT. 1 BACON CO. ALMA
TUES. OCT. 2 DUBLIN 5:00 DUBLIN
THURS. OCT. 4 DODGE 6:00 DODGE
TUES. OCT. 9 EAST LAURENS 5:30 LYONS (Y-101 Radio)
OCTOBER 19 & 20 SECTIONALS OCTOBER 25-28 STATE
TOOMBS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LADY DOGS SOFTBALL 2007 JR. VARSITY SCHEDULE (REVISED- 8/14/07)
DAY MONTH DATE OPPONENT TIME LOCATION
TUES. AUGUST 21 TATTNALL 4:00 LYONS
WED. AUGUST 22 JEFF DAVIS 5:00 JEFF DAVIS
TUES. AUGUST 28 VIDALIA 4:00 LYONS TUES. SEPT. 11 DODGE 4:00 LYONS
TUES. SEPT. 18 TATTNALL 4:00 TATTNALL
THURS. SEPT. 20 BLECKLEY 4:30 LYONS
TUES. SEPT. 25 VIDALIA 4:00 VIDALIA
THURS. OCT. 4 DODGE 4:00 DODGE
Toombs County High School Lady Dogs Softball Roster 2007-2008
VARSITY
NAME GRADE
Andrea Ferree 9th Caitlin Vinson 9th Rachael Brantley 10th Elizabeth Kirkley 10th Brianna Mincey 10th Corneisha Courouthers 11th Mercedes Brewton 11th Samantha Dowd 11th Noami Fields 11th Iletha Holland 11th Stephanie Lindsey 11th Victoria Pittman 11th Tiffany Simmons 11th Jessica Mincey 12th Brittney Wilds 12th |
JUNIOR VARSITY (J.V.)
NAME GRADE
Kaitlyn Bryant 9th Kristen Cook 9th Lydia Curry 9th Andrea Ferree 9th Skylar Moore 9th Kathryn O'Neal 9th Ashley Polke 9th Caitlin Vinson 9th Megan Williams 9th Nikki Hancock 10th Jessica Kersey 10th Morgan Shiver 10th Noami Fields 11th Mercedes Brewton 11th
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