Great article on Coach Dudney

Click here to see a great article on General Larry Dudney.

If you don't know General Dudney (I know him as Coach Dudney), he coached, taught and served as principal at Tattnall for many years and is now serving in Afghanistan.

Telegraph All Bibb County Football Team

Coach of the Year: Barney Hester, Tattnall Square

First Team Defense: DL Hank Avery, Tattnall, Sr

Second Team Offense:
RB John Rader, Tattnall, Soph.

WR Ham Goodner, Tattnall, Sr.

ATH Ryan Bartholomew, Tattnall, Sr.

K Nathan Duffield, Tattnall, Sr.

Second Team Defense:
DL Hunter Wilkinson, Tattnall, Jr.

LB Tyler Ward, Tattnall, Fr.

To see the article and the full team, click here

Hester, Tattnall nominated for decade awards

The Telegraph has nominated Coach Hester for Coach of the Decade. To see all the nominees and vote, click here

The Telegraph has also nominated Tattnall for football team of the decade. To see all the nominees and vote, click here

Telegraph All Middle GA GISA Football Team

The Telegraph has released the 2009 GISA All Middle Georgia football team today. Coach Hester was named Coach of the Year. Six players were named to the firt team and 4 players were named as Honorable Mention.

Here are the players and comments from macon.com:
QB Ryan Bartholomew, Tattnall, Sr., 5-10, 165
Passed for 986 yards and 14 TDs with 4 INTs and rushed for 430 yards and 9 TDs.

WR Ham Goodner, Tattnall, Sr., 6-2, 188
Caught 43 passes for 552 yards and 6 TDs.

K Nathan Duffield, Tattnall, Sr., 6-0, 190
Made 4-of-5 field goals and all but two of his 37 extra point attempts.

DL Hank Avery, Tattnall, Sr., 6-3, 219
Finished with 129 tackles, 27 tackles for loss and 2 fumble recoveries.

DL Hunter Wilkinson, Tattnall, Jr., 5-10, 218
Finished with 97 tackles, 24 tackles for loss and 3 fumble recoveries.

LB Tyler Ward, Tattnall, Fr., 5-11, 185
Finished with a GISA-best 139 tackles to go with 13 tackles for loss, 3 sacks and 2 INTS.

Honorable mention:
RB John Rader, Soph.
DT Tyler Heath, Sr.
OL Kris Brooks, Jr.
RB Andrew Layson, Soph.

To see the article on Coach Hester, click here
To see the article on the All Middle Georgia Team, click here

Intorcia nominated for All-Decade Team

Jimmy Intorcia has been nominated for the Telegraph's All Decade Team as a fullback. To see all the nominees and vote, click here

All Middle Georgia Softball

The Telegraph published the annual All Middle Georgia softball team today.

The representatives from Tattnall:

First Team: P Lindsey Murphy, Junior
The Trojans’ ace led her team to a 25-8 season with a dominant performance on the mound.

Second Team: IF Kayla Steele, Sophomore

Honorable Mention: Anna Dooley, Shelley Wolfe

To see the full article, click here

Layson and Smelter up for All Decade Team

The Telegraph is doing an All Decade Team for Middle Georgia football.

Brett Layson is nominated for the All Decade Team as an athlete. Click here to see all the athletes nominated and to vote.

DeAndre Smelter is nominated for the All Decade Team as a safety, click here to see the nominees and vote.

All Middle Georgia Cross Country

The Telegraph is publishing its All Middle Georgia teams for fall sports beginning today.

Junior Faren Harris and eigth grader Ashleigh Owens made the Honorable Mention All Middle Georgia Cross Country team. To make Honorable Mention, their times had to be within 2 minutes of the All Middle Georgia team.

To see the Telegraph article, click here

Basketball sweeps Mount Vernon

The varsity basketball teams swept Mt Vernon at home Friday night.

The Lady Trojans won by a score of 46-39. Shanice Stanley led Tattnall with 19 points, followed by Peaches Campbell with 11. Other scorers for the Lady Trojans: Kayla Steele (9), Faren Harris (5), Anna Dooley (2).

The boys team won by a score of 49-36. DeAndre Smelter led all scorers with 15 and Casey Veal added 14 for the Trojans in the win.

Both varsity teams will be in action again on Monday December 28 in the Tattnall Christmas tournament.

To see the Telegraph recap of the game, click here

Events over Christmas Break

The basketball teams will be hosting Mt Vernon this evening and the wrestling team is hosting the Tattnall Invitational Saturday beginning at 9:00.

The Christmas Tournament will begin on Monday December 28th with both teams playing John Milledge. The girls game is scheduled for 7:00 and the boys game is scheduled for 8:30 - both in the Athletic Complex.

Games will begin at 10:00 that morning and the tournament will play the championship games on Wednesday evening.

To see the girls bracket, click here

To see the boys bracket, click here

Congratulations to Cody McCamish

From Coach Rooke's soccer blog:

Cody McCamish breaks goal scoring record
Cody McCamish in his senior year this season broke two major records in the history of the Tattnall Soccer Program.

Firstly, Cody broke the record for the numbers of goals scored in one season with 23. The original record was held by Matt Smith with 20 back in 1996.

Secondly, in his senior year, Cody became the all-time leading goal scorer in the history of the Tattnall Soccer Program with 43 goals. This is taking into account his time playing on the varsity team from 2006-09. The record was previously held by Hiroki Takahira with 35 goals in his career as a Tattnall Varsity player from 1992-95.

Varsity Soccer Awards

Coach Rooke and the boy's soccer teams held their annual banquet last night.

Here is a list of the awards given at the banquet:

Trojan Challenge Winner - Matthew Schoettler
Golden Boot Award - Cody McCamish
All Region / All State - Matthew Schoettler, Cody McCamish, Ryan Brose
Academic Award - Hunter Stringer
Phelps Wade Award - Brandon Clay

Band and Math Team honors

Congratulations to Zack Tedders and Andrew Braley for being selected for District Honor band, and to Andrew Braley for being asked to audition for All-State at the state level in February.

The math team competed in the Rockdale Magnet School math meet this past weekend. They won 1st in Varsity; Team I won 1st in Jr. Varsity; Team II won 3rd in Jr. Varsity; Team I won 1st in Middle School; Team II won 2nd in Middle School. Congratulations to our outstanding math team!

Basketball teams sweep Westfield

The varsity basketball teams swept Westfield in Perry Saturday afternoon with the girls winning 56-52 and the boys winning 47-40.

Scorers for the girls game: Shanice Stanley (18), Faren Harris (14), Peaches Campbell (11), Kayla Steele (7), Kimberly Vinson (4), Blair Smith (2).

Scorers for the boys game: Smelter (15), Veal (9), Hinson (8), Spires (6), Alford (3), Williams (3), Layson (2), Nicholson (1).

The varsity basketball teams will host Mt. Vernon Friday afternoon.

Basketball teams split Friday night

The Lady Trojans beat Deerfield Windsor Friday night 54-44 to improve their record to 6-1 on the year. Peaches Campbell scored 17 points while Shanice Stanley and Faren Harris each scored 12. Katlyn Guin was next with 7 points, followed by Kayla Steele with 5 and Blair Smith with 1.

The boys team lost by a score of 78-48 to even their record at 2-2. DeAndre Smelter led the Trojans with 13 points, followed by Grant NIcholson's 10 points. Other scorers for the Trojans: Brandon Hinson (9), Hal Spires (5), Andrew Layson (4), Zach Houston (3), Taylor Brown (2) and Connor Alford (2).

Both varsity teams will be in action again this afternoon at Westfield in Perry. Tip off for the girls game is set for 4:30.

To see the Telegraph article on the game, click here

Tattnall wins Battle of the Bands!

Congratulations to Tattnall's Band of Gold for winning the 41WMGT Battle of the Bands competition. Tattnall beat Dublin High School in the finals, getting 59% of the votes in the final round.

Thank you to all who voted!

Tuesday's wrestling results

The varsity wrestling team beat Mount de Sales Tuesday 48-35.

Match results:
103: Anderson (TSA) Forfeit
112: Hyder (MDS) Forfeit
119: Slack (MDS) Forfeit
125: Lanier(TSA) d Crowder(MDS) pin
130: Hancock(TSA) d Bryant(MDS) pin
135: Cook(MDS) d Grimsley(TSA) pin
140: Johnson(TSA) d Bennette(MDS)
145: Parker(TSA) d Kellman(MDS) pin
152: McCamish(TSA) d Cunard(MDS) pin
160: Boyd(TSA) d Eason(MDS) pin
171: Gregory(MDS) d Brewton(TSA) pin
189: Gill (MDS) Forfeit
215: Bradley(MDS) d Williams(TSA) pin
285: Selman (TSA) Forfeit.

Updated C-Team Schedules

Saturday's C-Team basketball games against Mount de Sales have been moved to Tattnall and Coach Ratliff has sent out an updated C-Team schedule.

I have removed the old C-Team schedule from the master schedule link on the right hand side of the page, and am posting a link to just the C-Team games.

To see the new C-Team schedule, click here

No C-Team Basketball practice today

Since the varsity games have been canceled today and there is a wrestling match in the PE gym, there will be no C-Team practice after school today. The 6th/7th grade boys will plan on practicing after school tomorrow.

Basketball games today cancelled

The varsity basketball games scheduled today at Southland have been canceled due to a scheduling conflict.

Football Statistical Leaders

Several Tattnall football players led the GISA in statistical categories.

Based on what is posted on GISA stats:

Sophomore John Rader was 6th in AAA in rushing with 949 yards.

Senior Ryan Batholomew led AAA in completions (83) and touchdowns (14) and 2nd in yards (986).

Senior Ham Goodner led AAA with 43 receptions and 552 yards and was tied for 2nd in touchdowns with 6.

The Tattnall defense had 3 of the top 4 leading tacklers in AAA:
Freshman Tyler Ward led AAA with 139 total tackles, Senior Hank Avery was 2nd with 129 total tackles and junior Heath Jarriel was 4th in AAA with 121 tackles.

Tattnall also had the top 3 in sacks in AAA. Hank Avery led with 10, followed by Kris Brooks with 9 and Hunter Wilkinson with 8.

Band of Gold in Finals

The Tattnall Band of Gold is in the finals of the 41WMGT Battle of the Bands. The winner of the contest will receive a $500 prize. This weeks opponent is Dublin and Mr. Brandon said that they have been getting about 6,000 votes a week, so we all need to vote as many times as possible.

To visit the website, click here

Varsity basketball sweeps CFCA, Reid wins 990

Coach Richard Reid won his 990th basketball Saturday afternoon on the court that bears his name. The Lady Trojans beat CFCA 68-39 to improve to 5-1 on the year. LaConna Campbell led three Lady Trojans in double figures with 22 points. Shanice Stanley (16) and Kayla Steele (12) also scored in double figures in the win. The other scorers for Tattnall were: Anna Dooly (4), Blair Smith (3), Faren Harris (4), Courtney Orr (2), Kimberly Vincent (3), Kaitlyn Guin (2).

The boys basketball team also won Saturday afternoon to improve their record to 2-1 on the year. Junior Grant Nicholson made 4 three pointers and led the team with 13 points in the Trojans 52-45 win over CFCA. The other scorers for Tattnall were DeAndre Smelter (12), Keaton Williams (6), Andrew Layson (5), Casey Veal (8), Brandon Hinson (6), Hal Spires (2)

The basketball teams will travel to Southland Tuesday afternoon.

GISA All Star Game

Good article by John Kosater on yesterday's GISA All Star game played at Mount de Sales. The white team won 14-13. Tattnall's representatives (Hank Avery, Ryan Bratholomew and Ham Goodner) played on the blue team.

From the article (macon.com)
The white team overcame a blue team defensive effort led by Tattnall Square’s Hank Avery, who was all over the field making plays. He was credited with eight tackles, including the hit of the game early in the first quarter.

“I remember coming to Tattnall in the 10th grade and playing football for the first time in my life,” Avery said. “I didn’t really know what I was doing, but I loved playing the game from the very start. It’s hard to believe that it’s over.

“This game was the perfect way to end my high school career. Meeting all of the guys we had been competing against for the last three years was great, and once the game started, all the adrenaline of a football game came back. Most of us haven’t played a game for a few weeks, so it was really a great feeling.”

Avery will move on and play college football, as he is being recruited by Air Force, Georgia State and Michigan State, among others.


To see the full article, click here

Varsity basketball sweeps Windsor

The varsity girls basketball team beat Windsor Friday evening 83-49. The Lady Trojans had 4 girls score in double figures, led by Shanice Stanley's 17 points. LaConna Campbell and Anna Dooley scored 15 apiece and Faren Harris scored 12. Other scorers for the Lady Trojans include Kimberly Vinson (6), Blair Smith (5), Kayla Steele (5), Katlyn Guin (3), Courtney Orr (2), and Sarah Oxford (2).

The win improved the Lady Trojan's record to 4-1.

The boys won by a final score of 77-48. DeAndre Smelter led 4 Trojans in double digures with 19. Andrew Layson scored 16, Grant Nicholson added 11 and Hal Spires scored 10. Other scorers for the Trojans include Hinson (9), Williams (8), Manning (2), Brown (2).

The win improved the Trojans record to 1-1.

Both varsity teams are in action again this afternoon at home vs CFCA.

GISA All Star Game

Hank Avery, Ryan Bartholomew, and Ham Goodner will play in the GISA all star football game tomorrow at noon at Mount de Sales sports complex.

Battle of the Bands

The Tattnall Band of Gold has advanced to the next round in 41 NBC's Battle of the Bands. Tattnall is up against Southwest. Voting closes Friday at 5:30PM.

If we win this week, we will go into the "finals" for the $500 prize next week.

To vote in the Battle of the Bands, click here

Math Meet Results

Congratulations to the Tattnall math team for placing 1st at the Berry math meet.

In individual competition, Logan Easterwood placed 3rd.

Varsity basketball splits home opener

The Varsity girl's basketball team won its home opener against George Walton Tuesday evening. (I do not have any details; box score was not on macon.com)

The Varsity boy's basketball team fell in its home opener by a score of 63-57. Senior DeAndre Smelter led the team in scoring with 26 and eclipsed the 1,000 point mark for his career early in the game.
Other scorers:
Grant Nicholson - 7 (one 3 pointer)
Brandon Hinson - 6
Keaton Williams - 6
Hal Spires - 4
Andrew Layson - 4
Casey Veal - 4

The basketball teams will play again Friday at Windsor.

Goodner / Bartholomew set new football records

Nov 20, 2009: Ham Goodner breaks the single season record for receptions with his 5th reception of the night, a 3 yard stop pattern. Ham would go on to catch 8 balls to establish a new mark of 43 receptions.

Nov 20, 2009: Ryan Bartholomew breaks the single season record for completions with a 23yd touchdown pass to Ham Goodner. Ryan would go on to complete 9 passes to establish a new mark of 83 completions.