TCHS Cross Country

2009 Season

Congratulations to the Boys and Girls Cross Country team who participated in the STATE meet Saturday Nov. 7th in Carrollton, Georgia. It was a beautiful,cool day to run in Northwest Georgia. The Toombs County Runnin' Bulldogs finished 15th and the Lady Bulldogs finished 17th in STATE! In region 3-AA, the boys finished 2nd, and the girls finished 3rd.

Out of a field of 221 boys, Esgar Maldonado finished 55th with a time of 18:44, Angel Colemaneres finished 76th with a time of 19:13, Daniel Avellenada finished 92nd with a time of 19:26, Dakota Higgs finished 111 with a time 19:57, Rene Tinoco finished 129th with a time of 20:15, Tony Guerrero placed 163rd with a time of 21:12, and Alex Zamorano who ran with a stomach virus placed 220th with a time of 31:12. Alex stopped 3 times to vomit, but did not quit the course. Wow!

Out of a field of 191 girls, Lisa Espino finished 67th with a time of 23:51, Kristen Flowers placed 68th with a tiem of 23:53, Kristin Cook placed 119th with a time of 26:32, Claudia Zamorano placed 122nd with a time of 26:41 and Georgia Jernigan who ran with a stress fractured toe placed 154th with a time of 28:42.

TCMS boy’s placed first! Watch Out for the Toombs MS Boys in AA the next few years!

Team Results: Girls                                                             Team Results: Boys

1^st Athens Christian                                                             1^st TOOMBS COUNTY

2^nd Woodland                                                                       2^nd Woodland

3^rd Cartersville                                                                      3^rd Cartersville

4^th Bleckley Co.                                                                    4^th Lee

5^th TOOMBS COUNTY                                                      5^th Bleckley Co.

6^th Renfroe            `                                                              6^th East Hall

7^th Holy Innocense                                                              7^th Colquitte

8^th Pace Academy                                                               8^th Athens Christian

9^th Colquitte                                                                          9^th Renfroe

10^th         ---                                                                          10^th Holy Innocence

Toombs County MS girls ran strong! Lacie Leggett placed 21^st with a time of 14:47, and received a medal of honor for placing in the top 25 runners in the state of Georgia. Samantha Houston placed 35^th with a time of 15:35. Ashlee Beverly placed 63^rd with a time of 16:25. Bailey Bryson placed 85^th with a time of 17:18. Danielle Plante placed 92^nd with a time of 18:02 and Jinnia Jernigan placed 108^th with a time of 19:53.

Toombs County MS boys won the STATE individual race. Gilbert Zamorano placed 7^th with a time of 12:25. Brandon Rosales placed 10^th with a time of 12:34, Rafael Flores placed 15^th with a time of 12:57, Travis Carter-Morales placed 18^th with a time of 13:13, Fernando Sanchez placed 22^nd with a time of 13:16, and Ricardo Tinoco placed 25^th with a time of 13:40. All of these boys received a medal of honor for placing in the tip 25 runners in the state of Georgia. Efrain Quintero placed 27^th with a time of 13:50 and Tommy Bryson placed 107^th with a time of 17:04.

TOOMBS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL REGION 3-AA RESULTS Oct. 27, 2009 at Bleckley County

Toombs County Runnin' DOGS do it again!

In the rain, the boys cross country team ran hard and finished as the Region Runner-up! The girl's placed 3rd overall. This advances both teams to STATE in Carrollton, Ga. on Nov. 7th! This is the 4^th year in a row that both the girls and the boys Cross Country team have qualified for the State meet.

GREAT JOB Runnin' Dogs!

Esgar Maldonado placed 5th in region and Lisa Espino placed 3rd in region to qualify them as an individual runner at STATE!

TEAM RESULTS: GIRLS                                                TEAM RESULTS: BOYS

1^st Bleckley Co. HS                                                        1^st Bleckley Co. HS

2^nd Southeast Bulloch HS                                               2^nd TOOMBS COUNTY HS

3^rd TOOMBS COUNTY HS                                              3^rd Dublin HS

4^th Screven Co. HS                                                        4^th Vidalia HS

5^th Vidalia HS                                                                5^th Dodge HS

6^th Swainsboro HS                                                         6^th Southeast Bulloch HS

7^th Dublin HS                                                                 7^th Swainsboro HS

8^th ------------                                                                    8^th Jefferson Co. HS

The top finishers for the Lady Dogs are: Lisa Espino 3^rd place with a time of 23:16, Kristin Flowers placed 8^th with a time of 23:45, Kristin Cook placed 13^th with a time of 25:21, Claudia Zamorano placed 27^th with a time of 27:20, Georgia Jernigan placed 35^th with a time of 29:03 and Corissa Whitfield placed 49^th with a time of 31:46.

The Runnin’ Bulldogs top finishers were: Esgar Maldonado in 5^th place with a time of 18:48, Daniel Avellenada in 12^th place with a time of 19:37, Angel Colemaneres in 14^th place with a time of 19:44, Dakota Higgs in 18^th place with a time of 20:02, Tony Guerrero in 26^th place with a time of 21:04, Alex Zamorano in 31^st place with a time of 21:30 and Rene Tinoco placed 33^rd with a time of 21:33.

Toombs County Middle School Cross Country Teams are Region 3-AA Runner-up!

On Tuesday Oct. 13th the Bullpups ran at Bleckley Co. 2-mile Championship. Both teams finished 2nd behind Bleckley Co.

The girls ran strong! The top 5 girls for TCMS are: Samantha Houston finished 3rd with a time of 14:46. Lacie Leggett finished 8th with a time ot 15:36. Christasia Jones finished 13th with a time of 16:05. Julie Shepard finished 37th with a time of 18:04 and Ashley Beverly finished 38th with a time of 18:05. Heather Villagas finished 41st, Bailey Brison finished 42nd, Danielle Plante finished 46th, Ashley Clark finished 50th and Ansley Tatum finished 51st.

The MS boy's finished 6 points behind 1st place. Gilbert Zamorano led the race until the very end placing 2nd with a time of 12:28. Brandon Rosales finished 6th with a time of 13:07, Rafael Flores finished 9th with a time of 13:16, Fernando Sanchez finished 13th with a time of 13:15, and Travis Morales finished 15th with a time of 13:54. Efrain Zamorano finished 17th, Ricardo Tinoco finished 19th, Tommy Bryson finished 52nd and Brannon Braddock finished 60th.

The TCHS running Bulldogs finished in 1st place at the Swainsboro meet Thursday Oct. 15th. Swainsboro placed 2nd. Esgar Maldonado placed a PR time of 18:35. Lisa Espino ran the course in 22:26. Kristin Flowers and Angel Colemaneres placed 3rd with a time of 23:42 and 19:30 respectively. Claudia Zamorano placed 4th, Kristin Cook placed 5th, Georgia Jernigan placed 8th, Melayna Denmark placed 9th, Corissa Whitfield placed 10th, Rayna Oliver placed 11th. For the boy's: Dakota Higgs placed 5th, Alex Zamorano placed 6th, Tim Bowen placed 8th, Tony Guerrero placed 9th, Tyler Hadden 10th, Brandon Clark 12th, Pete Denmark 14th, Sergio Flores 17th, and Jamie Cabrera 20th.

Saturday, the Running Dawgs ran in the Mercer Run Fit Sports Invitational. The Lady Bulldog runner Kristen Flowers placed 60th out of a field of 131 female runners. The Boy's team placed 18th out of 23 teams and 2nd in the Region. Two hundred and ten male high school runners participated. Esgar Maldonado placed 56th, Daniel Avellenada placed 57th, Pete Denmark placed 117th, Alex Zamorano placed 129th, Tim Bowen 137th, Tyler Hadden 152nd, Jamie Cabrera 153rd, Ross Castro 154th and Sergio Flores placed 206th.

Tuesday Sept. 29, 2009 the running Dawgs were at Claxton. The Middle School Boy's and Girl's teams placed 1st! The other MS teams which participated were: Vidalia and Appling Co. The Bulllpup boys were led by Gilbert Zamorano coming in 1st, Fernando Sanchez 2nd, Brandon Rosales 3rd, Travis Morales 4th, Tommy Bryson 9th and Brannon Braddock with 12th place. The MS girls were led by Samantha Houston 1st, Lacie Leggett 2nd, Ashley Clark 4th, Ashlee Beverly 6th, Bailey Bryson 10th, Ansley Tatum 11th, Danielle Plante th, Jinnia Jernigan 15th and Jade Jernigan with 20th place.

Toombs Co. HS Bulldogs competed against Vidalia, Southeast Bulloch, Appling and Claxton.The girl's ran impressively. Lisa Espino placed 1st posting a time of 22:04, Kristen Flowers placed 2nd, Claudia Zamorano placed 10th and Rayna Oliver placed 29th.Great job Lady Bulldogs.

The boys placed 2nd overall falling to Vidalia by 5 points. SEB was 3rd, Claxton was 4th and Appling 5th. Although the Bulldogs were 2nd, Esgar Maldonado placed 1st with a time of 17:29, and Daniel Avellenanda placed 3rd with a time of 17:42, Tim Bowen placed 12th, Dakota Higgs placed 14th, Tony Guerro placed 15th, Tyler Hadden placed 18th, Alex Zamorano placed 21st, and Sergio Flores placed 43rd.

The Bulldogs' # 3 runner Senior Pete Denmark went down on the final 1/2 mile of his race injuring his foot, but that would not stop Pete! He was determined to finish his race. As he hobbled horribly in pain, his other Dawg teammates encouraged him to continue. Pete completed his race with his Bulldog Teammates cheering him on, chanting, "Pete, Pete, Pete." He finished his race in 48th place, but the outcome of the race was not important today. Today his teammates would not leave their fallen Bulldog. The entire team rallied around Pete and walked/jogged with him to the finish line. It is a moment idelibly etched in history. Even though the Bulldogs were 2nd, it did not matter, today's lesson was a life long lesson: team spirit, determination, perserverance... and to know that when things get tough, to fight through to the end, your "teammates" won't leave you, and you can finish the race that has been set before you.

The CC team ran Thursday at West Laurens. The boy's finished in 1st place! Way to go DAWGS! Burke Co. was 2nd, Dublin was 3rd, W. Laurens was 4th, Dodge was 5th and E.Laurens was 6th. Daniel Avellenada placed 5th, Esgar Maldonado placed 6th, Pete Denmark placed 12th, Dakota Higgs placed 15th, Tony Guerro placed 16th, Tyler Hadden placed 18th, Tim Bowen placed 19th, Alex Zamorano placed 28th Justin Medders placed 43rd, Jamie Cabrers placed 44th, and Sergio Flores placed 66th.

The Lady Bulldogs placed 2nd overall! West Laurens was 1st and Dublin was 3rd. Great Job Ladies! Lisa Espino placed 1st! Kristen Flowers placed 6th, Claudia Zamorano placed 11th, Rayna Oliver placed 25th and Gloria Granados placed 29th

The Running Bulldogs ran at Claxton on Tuesday. The boy's team placed 3rd overall with 74 points. Esgar Maldonado placed 1st with a time of 18:01, Daniel Avellenada placed 4th with a time of 18:12 and Dakota Higgs placed 18th with a time of 19:48. Tattnall was 1st with 51 points, Vidalia was 2nd with 67 points, Jenkins was 4th wtih 78 points , Claxton was 5th wtih 81 points and Montgomery Co. was 6th with 214 points.

The Lady Bulldogs took 1st-3rd places. 1st place Lisa Espino with a time of 23:20, 2nd place Kristen Flowers with a time of 23:30 and 3rd place Claudia Zamorano with a time of 23:57.

At the 2nd Bleckley Co. Cross Country Classic the MS and HS teams ran a 2 mile race.The Toombs County MS girl's placed 2nd overall. Several girl's received medals for finishing in the top 25. Samantha Houston 4th place time 15:38; Lacie Legget 10th place time 16:33; Christasia Jones 18th place time 17:12; Heather Villegas 35th place time 19:04;Julie Shepard 40th time 19:25; Ashley Clark 41st place time 19:26; Ansley Tatum 42nd place time 19:34; Ashlee Beverly 51st place time 20:05; Danielle Plante 55th place time 20:20 and Jinnia Jernigan 62nd place time 21:03.

The MS boy's placed 3rd overall with several boy's receiving medals for finishing in the top 25.

Ricardo Tinoco 10th place time 13:52; Gilbert Zamorano 11th place time 13:58; Rafael Florez 12th place time 14:04; Brandon Rosales 14th place time 14:07; Efrain Zamorano 21st place time 14:50; Fernando Sanchez 26th place time 14:55; Travis Morales 34th place time 15:20.

The HS boy's placed 3rd in our region with Esgar Maldonado placing 10th and Daniel Avellenada placing 17th out of 147 boys. Both boys received a medal of honor for placing in the top 25. Kristen Flowers placed 21st and Claudia Zamorano placed 23rd out of 90 girls. They both received medals of honor.

On Thursday Sept. 10 the HS running Dawgs ran at Swainsboro. Both teams placed 1st ahead of Swainsboro, Metter and East Laurens. Esgar Maldonado and Daniel Avellenada lead the boy's team running their race in 19:16 and 19:30 respectively. Senior- Lisa Espino, Sophomore- Claudia Zamorano and Kristen Flowers lead the girls team.

2008 Season

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

Congratulations to the TCHS Cross Country team! On Saturday November 8th the Dogs ran at the STATE cross country meet in Carrollton, Georgia. Both teams placed 2nd in Region 3AA competition. The boy's team placed 22nd in STATE out of 32 teams and the girl's team placed 12th in STATE out of 27 teams.

In region 3AA, the teams placed:

Boy's Teams:

Bleckley 4th

Toombs 22nd

Dublin 23rd

Vidalia 27th

Individual Running results: Boy's out of 217 runners

Name Place Time

Esgar Maldonado 80th 19:21

Jonathan Edwards 113th 19:50

Patrick Craft 123rd 20:01

Dakota Higgs 130th 20:08

Ross Castro 114th 20:21

Fransisco Madan 161st 20:47

Ric Stewart 186th 21:29

Girl's Teams:

Bleckley 5th

Toombs 12th

Southeast Bulloch 15th

Swainsboro 18th

Girl's out of 182 runner

Name Place Time

Lisa Espino 42nd 22:39

Janine Taylor 86th 24:52

Kristen Cook 93rd 25:17

Kristen Flowers 103rd 25:47

Claudia Zamerano 125th 27:04

Vivian Hernandez 171st 31:29

Anna Zamerano 178th 33:24

In region 3AA, the teams placed:

Boy's Teams: Girl's Teams:

Bleckley 4th Bleckley 5th

Toombs 22nd Toombs 12th

Dublin 23rd Southeast Bulloch 15th

Vidalia 27th Swainsboro 18th

Individual Running results: Boy's out of 217 runners Girl's out of 182 runner

Name Place Time Name Place Time

Esgar Maldonado 80th 19:21 Lisa

Jonathan Edwards 113th 19:50 Janine Taylor 86th 24:52

Patrick Craft 123rd 20:01 Kristen Cook 93rd 25:17

Dakota Higgs 130th 20:08 Kristen Flowers 103rd 25:47

Ross Castro 114th 20:21 Claudia Zamerano 125th 27:04

Fransisco Madan 161st 20:47 Vivian Hernandez 171st 31:29

Ric Stewart 186th 21:29 Anna Zamerano 178th 33:24

Congratulations to the TCHS running Bulldogs who ran at the Swainsboro meet Thursday Oct 23rd. Vidalia, Swainsboro and Jenkins HS competed with Toombs Co. The girl's team placed 1st and the boy's team placed 2nd.

The next race is the Region 3AA CC meet on Tuesday Oct. 28th in Bleckley Co. Good Luck runnin' DAWGS!

Girl's Individual results were:

Lisa Espino 1st place time 21:14

Janine Taylor 4th place time 22:14

Kristen Cook 8th place time 24:11

Claudia Zamerono 10th place time 24:40

Kristen Flowers 13th place time 25:07

Meylana Denmark 22nd place time 26:35

Anna Zamerono 24th place time 27:44

Bianca Bargeron 28th place time 33:26

Boy's Individual results were:

Dakota Higgs 4th place time 18:42

Ric Stewart 5th place time 18:43

Ross Castro 7th place time 19:09

Jonathan Edwards 8th place time19:18

Patrick Craft 10th place time 19:28

Francisco Madan13th place time 19:48

Evan Adams 14th place time 19:49

Scott Ford 19th place time 20:23

Billy Register 26th place time 20:58

Congratulations to the TCMS running DAWGS who participated in the MS STATE CC race Saturday in Bleckley Co. The girls and boys ran the Championship race. The girls also participated in the JV Championship race.

The TCMS girls placed 21st in the state of GA out of 23 teams and placed 2nd in our Region! The girls who participated in the Championship Race were: Bailey Brison placed 137th with a time of 16:42, Samantha Houston placed 138th with a time of 16:47, Desiree Parker placed 145th with a time of 17:10, Heather Villegas placed 150th with a time of 17:34 and Lauren Mayes placed 166 with a time of 19:52.

The TCMS boys who participated inthe Championship Race were: Rafeal Florez placed 122nd with a time of 14:31, Travis Carter-Morales placed 150th with a time of 15:22, Alex Zamorano placed 160th with a time of 15:56 and Oswaldo Guzman placed 163rd with a time of 16:25.

The following TCMS girls ran in the JV Championship race: Julie Shepard placed 19th with a time of 15:57 and received a metal of honor, Samantha VanDyke placed 83rd with a time of 18:54, Sydnee Standard placed 86th with a time of 19:21, Hannah Coxwell placed 88th with a time of 19:58, Cheyenne Poole placed 90th with a time of 20:37, Asia Johnson placed 109th with a time of 24:21, and Haley Smith placed 110th with a time of 24:29.

Congratulations to the Toombs County Middle School Cross Country runners who ran in the Bleckley Co. MS Region Meet on Tuesday Oct. 14th. The girl's placed third in the region and the boy's placed sixth.

The following runners placed in the top 20 in Region 3AA for Toombs County: Rafeal Florez and Christasia Jones 11th, Bailey Bryson 12th, Samantha Houston 14th.

Boy's Standings Girl's Standings

1st place Bleckley Co. with 21 points Bleckley Co. with 30 points

2nd place West Laurens with 70 points Vidalia~JR Trippe with 66 points

3rd place Vidalia~JR Trippe with 97 points Toombs with 83 points

4th place E. Laurens with 137 points W. Laurens with 151 points

5th place Dodge with 175 points E. Laurens with 200 points

6th place Toombs with 177 points Dublin with 214 points

7th place Dublin with 182 points Dodge with 227 points

Individual Individual

Rafeal Florez 11th 13:49 Christasia Jones 11th 16:45

Alex Zamorano 28th 14:48 Bailey Bryson 12th 16:57

Travis Carter-Morales 34th 15:20 Samantha Houston 14th 16:58

Alston White 45th 17:04 Heather Villegas 21st 17:42

Oswaldo Guzman 59th 18:52 Desiree Parker 25th 18:07

David Sanchez 69th 18:52 Samantha VanDyke 43rd 19:58

Cheyenne Poole 44th 20:10

Hannah Coxwell 47th 20:31

Julie Shepard 53rd 21:08

Lauren Mayes 60th 23:10

Jade Jernigan 69th 25:38

Haley Smith 70th 26:05

Asia Johnson 71st 28:07

Congratulations to the TCMS and TCHS Cross Country Teams who competed at West Laurens on September 30

TCHS boy's placed 1st as a team and TCHS girl's placed 2nd behind West Laurens.

The boy's tied with Dublin HS boy's with a team score of 46 and had to go to the 6th place to decide. Jonathan Edwards (16th) edged out Dublin's runner (18th) to win 1st place! Awesome Job DAWGS!

Individual places and times are:

Esgar Maldonado 5th 22:52

Patrick Craft 6th 22:09

Ross Castro 10th 22:41

Francisco Madan 12th 22:52

Ric Stewart 13th 22:54

Jonathan Edwards 16th 23:27

Billy Register 19th 23:36

Evan Adams 24th 25:09

Caleb Perry 27th 26:03

Scott Ford 30th 26:16

TCHS Girl's Individual place and time:

Lisa Espino 3rd 25:54

Janine Taylor 8th 30:39

Meylana Denmark 18th 33:06

Claudia Zamorano 19th 33:38

Rayna Oliver 22nd 34:21

Anna Zamorano 30th 33:38

TCMS boy's placed 6th as a team and the girls placed 3rd! Way to go Bullpups!

Boy's Individual place and times:

Rafael Florez 12th 14:34

Alex Zamorano 19th 15:42

Oswaldo Guzman 23rd 16:19

Travis Carter-Morales 32nd 16:51

Tommy Bryson 53rd 22:48

TCMS Girl's Individual place and time:

Christasia Jones 8th 18:25

Bailey Bryson 10th 18:36

Desiree Parker 18th 20:12

Katie Hayes 20th 20:18

Sydnee Standard 21st 20:19

Samantha Houston 22nd 20:29

Heather Villegas 38th 22:31

Dani Parrish 40th 22:49

Julie Shepard 43rd 23:29

Jade Jernigan 45th 24:31

Lauren Mayes 47th 25:44

Hannah Coxwell 49th 25:46

Haley Smith 54th 28:52

Asia Johnson 55th 30:03

Cross Country girls excel

Lisa Espino

Meylana Denmark

Rayna Oliver

Christasia Jones

This has been a busy week for the Toombs County Cross Country teams with trips to Macon on Saturday, Dublin on Tuesday and Swainsboro on Thursday. Lisa Espino was the top finisher for the Lady Bulldogs placing third at Dublin and earlier in the season she was the winner in a race at Tattnall County. Christasia Jones, a first year runner, led the middle school team at Dublin with an eighth place finish. Y-101 Story

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.