It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t particularly efficient. But it was very, very effective. The CCA Patriots, behind another double-digit strikeout performance from starter Blake Bryant on a rainy and dreary day, defeated the David Emanuel Academy Eagles 5-0 at J.I. Clements Field on the Georgia Southern University campus in Statesboro in game one of the GIAA Class A state championship series. Bryant never found himself in serious trouble though the Eagles did accomplish a rare feat – they recorded two hits and three walks off the righty, whose fastball hovered between 92-95 mph all day long. In the top of…
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This week’s GIAA Class A state championship series is set. It took a couple of days and some creativity – including using a helicopter to dry the field for the David Emanuel-Vidalia Heritage series in Stillmore – to get the final series in. Beginning Thursday, the #1-ranked CCA Patriots will face the #2-ranked David Emanuel Eagles at Georgia Southern for the GIAA Class A state championship series. The two teams will play a best-of-three format, with game one taking place on Thursday, game two on Friday, and game three – if necessary – on Saturday. Games will be played at…
A 28-year-old Douglas man was arrested on theft by conversion charges after he allegedly told someone he would fix her PlayStation 5 but did not perform the work. An incident report from the sheriff’s office states that on Thursday, April 24, 2026, a deputy met with the victim at the sheriff’s office. The victim said that she made a post on Facebook about needing a PlayStation 5 repaired. She ended up corresponding with Shane Lawson Tanner, Jr., 28, of Douglas, who said he could fix the PlayStation but she would need to pay $60 up front, the report says. She…
CCA starter Blake Bryant put an exclamation point on the final home start of his high school baseball career Wednesday afternoon, throwing his second consecutive no-hitter and striking out 13 out of 17 batters in game one of the Patriots’ doubleheader sweep over the Thomas Jefferson Christian Academy Jaguars in the semifinals of the state playoffs. CCA won game one 10-0 in five innings behind another dominating Bryant performance. Thomas Gentry took the mound in game two and was equally overpowering, throwing a one-hit shutout of his own — striking out 17 while walking just one. The Patriots took game…
The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has confirmed measles in three members of a metro Atlanta family. The family was not vaccinated and traveled internationally. While they were not infectious during travel, DPH is working to identify people who may have been exposed to measles through contact with these individuals once they returned home and developed symptoms. Measles is very contagious and spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. The measles virus can stay in the air or on surfaces for up to two hours after an infected person has left the room. Measles…
Two incumbent school board members won their races easily Tuesday in the May 19, 2026, Closed Primary. The other contested elections on the ballot were either multi-county state or federal elections, with a few statewide races thrown in as well. District 2 school board member Jesse Jowers defeated challenger Richard Denning Jr. 955-218. District 4 school board member Bryan Preston overcame a challenge from Dr. Anthony Davis, winning 827-299. In District 1, incumbent Leola Johnson chose not to run. Tabitha Paulk ran for that seat without any opposition and will become the District 1 representative in January. Local Republican voters…
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It’s been exactly two weeks since the CCA Patriots took the field. The layoff didn’t do anything to slow them down. Friday afternoon, the Patriots defeated the First Preparatory Christian Academy Highlanders twice to advance to the semifinals of the GIAA Class A state playoffs. The Patriots won both games in three innings – 19-0 and 16-0 – in front of a packed Patriot Field in Douglas. CCA only batted twice in game one. The Patriots scored five runs in the first inning then 14 in the second. In those two offensive innings, Landon Williams tripled, Blake Bryant (who also…