VHS Takes 2 From Appling

The Vidalia High School Indians basketball teams took on the Pirates of Appling County at home on Tuesday last week, and then took the short trip to Lyons to face off with rival Toombs County on Friday. VHS took both games from the Pirates, and the Lady Indians won their game over Toombs. vs. Appling

The Lady Indians pulled away from the Lady Pirates to secure the Region win. VHS won the game 59-40 over Appling.

The VHS boys rolled to an easy win over Appling as they won the game by 50 points. VHS got on the board early and often on the way to a 90-40 win over Appling.

Girls vs. Toombs

The Vidalia girls took the win over the Lady Bulldogs on Friday night in Lyons. It was a bit of a slow start for both teams, but VHS held an 8-5 lead after the first quarter of action. In the second quarter, the Lady Indians extended their lead to 1912 over TCHS.

In the second half, VHS pulled away from Toombs. Vidalia outscored the Lady Bulldogs 16-10 in the third quarter to take a 32-20 lead heading to the fourth quarter. The fourth quarter was all Indians as they pulled away to a 61-38 win over the Bulldogs.

Vidalia was led by Hannah Nichols with 26 points, with Tymber Harris and Cristal Franklin each scoring 10 points in the game.

Boys vs. Toombs

It was all Toombs in the boys game as they showed why they have the #7 ranking in the state. The scoring kick off with Eason thowing down an alley-oop from Quintero. VHS answered back with a pair of free throws, and then they took the lead 6-3 on a three-pointer by Jacaree Washington.VHS led 9-6 before Mike Polke hit a three to tie the game at 9-9 with 4:30 left in the first quarter. Toombs led 11-9 and then were up 15-9 after a basket by Quintero.

With just under two minutes to go in the first quarter, a three by Quintero made it 18-11. Parker Stanley got in on the action with a basket underneath. Eemetrius Cutler added a basket off a rebound and then with just a couple seconds left in the quarter Quintero drilled another threepointer to make the score 25-13 at the end of the first.

Toombs was on top 26-14 with just over six minutes to go in the first half of the game. Marion James dropped a basket for Toombs to make it 31-14, before DJ Wallace finally got another shot to fall for the Indians to make it 31-16.

With 3:50 left it was 33-21, but a basket by Quintero and a one from Cutler extended the lead to 40-24 with just a few seconds to go in the first half of the game.

In the third quarter of the game, the Bulldogs extended their lead to 6339, and they went on to win the game, 78-54, over the Indians.

The Lady Indians are now 10-9 on the year and are 5-2 in Region play. The boys are 14-5 on the year and are also 5-2 in the Region. This week VHS was at Pierce County on Tuesday after presstime. They will be back in action on Friday as they host Brantley County at 6:00 p.m.