Author: Robert Preston

A storm system that rolled through Barrow County Wednesday night gave the Coffee Trojans a little time to regroup after their first-round playoff game against the Winder-Barrow Bulldoggs. After what happened in game one, that’s probably not a bad thing. The two teams were scheduled to play a doubleheader Wednesday then, if necessary, play game three Thursday. The weather, however, had other plans. The Bulldoggs defeated the Trojans 7-6 on a walk-off double after Coffee led most of the game. The Trojans jumped out to an early lead and kept fighting off the ‘Doggs. But they just couldn’t put them…

Blake Bryant homered twice and starter Thomas Gentry went six innings, allowing one earned run on two hits and striking out 12 in the CCA Patriots’ 9-1 region win over the Robert Toombs Christian Academy Crusaders Tuesday afternoon in Douglas. On Monday, the Patriots traveled to Lyons and defeated the Crusaders 12-0. In Tuesday’s game, CCA jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second. Landon Williams led off with a single to center. Williams stole second during Jonathan Rutland’s at-bat. Rutland bunted to the pitcher but reached first safely. Williams advanced to third on the play.…

Senior Weston Brown earned the win and junior Ben Fussell homered in the Coffee Trojans’ 10-0, six-inning home win over the Crisp County Cougars in the 2025 baseball season’s final game. The win came on the heels of a 3-1 loss to the Pierce County Bears on Thursday. That game was also played at Charles Wilson Field in Douglas. The Trojans managed just three hits in the penultimate game of the year; one of those was a Brax Carson home run in the bottom of the fourth inning. The Trojans wanted to avenge that loss and end the season on…

South Georgia State College’s love affinity for walk-off wins continued on Thursday. The Hawks defeated the Gordon State College Highlanders 11-10 in 10 innings at George Cook Stadium in Douglas. After two and half innings, the Hawks were down 7-1 and battled back to pull out the improbable victory Gordon scored seven runs over the first three innings then added two in the fifth and another in the eighth. The Hawks, meanwhile, moved at a much more methodical and deliberate pace. They scored one in the second, two in the third, two in the fourth, two in the sixth, and…

Will he or won’t he? That’s been the biggest question for the Miami Dolphins this offseason. The “he,” of course, is wide receiver Tyreek Hill. And the question is whether Hill will be traded from Miami before the start of the 2025 season. Hill made a few cryptic comments about his future when the 2024 campaign, the worst of his eight-year NFL career, came to an end. Since then, the rumor mill has been awash with reports ranging from those stating that Hill would almost certainly be traded to others saying he isn’t going anywhere. Reports coming from NFL insiders…

Last week, the South Georgia State College Hawks won two out of three games in walk-off fashion. On Monday, a mile away from the SGSC campus, the walk-offs continued – this time on the campus of Citizens Christian Academy. The CCA Patriots scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning – four of them with two outs — to defeat the 3A defending state champion Terrell Academy Eagles 8-7 Monday afternoon. Early on, the Patriots were plagued by uninspired and lethargic play. Then, when everyone – including the Eagles – thought the outcome was just a formality, CCA…

Things finally turned around for the South Georgia State College Hawks. After dropping four in a row going back to April 4, the Hawks took two out of three from the Andrew College Tigers. SGSC walked off Thursday’s game 11-10 in the 12th inning. The Hawks followed with another extra-innings walk off in game one of a Saturday doubleheader, 6-5. The Tigers took game two 7-4. Thursday, the Hawks had a 10-6 going into the ninth inning when the Tigers scored four runs. SGSC couldn’t score in the bottom of the frame, forcing extra innings. Neither team scored until the…

The old saying goes, If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. The county decided to do that very thing at this week’s regular commission meeting when it came to the purchase of a new front end loader for the road department. The commission voted to purchase two pieces of equipment for the road department – a backhoe and a front end loader. Since Hurricane Helene, the county has been renting a Sany 405K loader. Commissioners decided to go ahead and purchase that same loader instead of buying a new one. The purchase price is $155,000. The county can apply the…

The CCA Patriots combined a Spring Break trip with a little baseball in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Patriots played four games against teams from Kentucky, New York, and Quebec, going 1-2-1 during the trip. In the process, they faced a couple of really good prospects; for example, one of the teams, Lexington (Kentucky) Catholic had two SEC commits on their roster. The first game, played Thursday against Lexington (Kentucky) Christian, ended in an 11-3 CCA loss. The score was tied at zero until Lexington Christian erupted for eight runs in the bottom of the third. They added one in the…

The first three hitters in the Coffee Trojans’ lineup in Friday’s sweep of a doubleheader against the Veterans War Hawks in Kathleen – Ben Fussell, Jimmy Timothy, and Michael Strickland – were a combined 15-23 with 12 RBI, 11 runs scored, and six walks. Fussell, who played short in game one and pitched in game two, was a perfect 6-6 with two RBI, seven runs scored, and four walks – all of which were intentional (Timothy followed three of the four passes with RBI hits). The Trojans won game one 13-6 and game two 12-10. The doubleheader finished the region…