Author: Robert Preston

It’s a long ride from Damascus, Georgia, to Douglas. It’s a doubly long ride if you’re making the trip after a tough defeat. Such was the case for the CCA Lady Patriots Thursday afternoon. They headed to Damascus to face 2A power Southwest Georgia Academy to finish off the regular season. The Warriors were not gracious hosts and handed the Lady Patriots an unceremonious 10-0, five-inning loss. CCA managed just two hits – one each from Emma Gourley and Abrah Harris. Harris also stole a base. The Warriors scored three in the second then broke the game open in the…

There are still two games left to play and lot can happen at the end of the season. But the CCA Patriots probably punched their ticket to the postseason Thursday night with a 49-0 win over the Crisp Academy Wildcats at Patriot Field in Douglas. The top 10 teams in CCA’s classification make the playoffs. This week, the Patriots were ranked #6. They should move up in next week’s rankings. However, CCA has one of its toughest games of the year next week against Vidalia Heritage Academy, the #2 ranked team, on the road in Vidalia. The Patriots finish the…

The CCA Lady Patriots did something yesterday that I’ve never seen before. It’s not just that they won – they’ve done that a lot over the last two years – but it’s the manner in which they won. The Lady Patriots defeated the First Preparatory Christian Academy Highlanders by a combined score of 40-0 in a doubleheader on Senior Night in Douglas Tuesday. The game one score was 12-0 while game two was 28-0. The two games lasted seven innings total – four in game one and three in game two. CCA scored in every inning, with the lowest run…

Former Trojans in the college ranks had another good weekend on the football field last weekend. One has made a return to action following an injury while another entered the discussion for the first time this season. Georgia Military’s Tyrese Woodgett, who is arguably having the best year of any Coffee High alum, had another solid performance on Saturday. The Bulldogs faced Louisburg College and won easily, 69-14. Woodgett led all GMC backs with 213 yards on 10 carries and two touchdowns. The Bulldogs are 6-1 overall and 1-0 in conference play. Woodgett, a freshman, has rushed for 817 yards…

The Coffee Lady Trojans won their 19th game of the season Thursday afternoon, defeating the Jeff Davis County Yellow Jackets 6-2 in Hazlehurst. The Lady Trojans scored three in the second and three in the seventh. Jeff Davis, meanwhile, managed just two runs in the third. Karlee Thomas, RiRi Paulk, and Maggie Brown each had two hits for Coffee. Brown and Jocelyn Fender drove in two while Paulk scored twice. One of Thomas’s hits was a triple. Brown threw an 89-pitch complete game, allowing two runs (both earned) on five hits. She struck out six and walked just one. Coffee…

The Coffee Trojans are on the wrong side of .500 after a 35-14 loss to the Lee County Trojans Friday night at Jardine Stadium. The loss drops Coffee to 3-4 overall and 1-1 in region competition. Both Lee and Coffee scored on their first possessions. Coffee scored again in the second quarter. KJ Debruce scored both of Coffee’s touchdowns on runs of 64 yards and four yards. Lee, however, found the end zone four times in the first half and took a 28-14 lead into halftime. Lee scored again in the third quarter to take a 35-14 lead. With about…

In the final scene of the 2000 football movie The Replacements, as “Heroes” by The Wallflowers plays, Washington Sentinels head coach Jimmy McGinty, played by the late Gene Hackman, sums up the experience the Sentinels’ replacement players enjoyed by stating, “Every athlete dreams of a second chance. These men lived it.” McGinty’s statement rings true but seldom do athletes get to live it. You can count Atkinson County Rebels assistant football coach and former Coffee Trojan Brandon Roe as one of the lucky ones who get that fleeting second chance. Roe, a standout receiver and defensive back at Coffee High…