Author: Robert Preston

It was a tale of two halves tonight between the Coffee Trojans and the Effingham County Rebels in Springfield, Ga. During the first half, the two teams looked evenly matched and headed for a barn-burner. In the second half, however, the Trojans took control and outscored the Rebels 34-7 to cruise to their second region win 58-26. “We played a lot better in the second half. We were very flat in the first half. We had to regroup and do better. Our defense played well in the last two quarters,” said Coffee head coach Robby Pruitt following the game. “I…

Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2006. It’s a day I think about often. Too often, in fact. It was a day that shook our community to its core, and its effects are still being felt. It’s a cliché, but the day started like any other. My younger son, Zean, was just over two months old. Heather was still at home with him. I woke up and took our older son, Montgomery, to preschool at First Baptist Church just like I always did. I headed into town, going east on 158. At the bypass, I turned left and crossed the overpass. It was…

Tight end Jalen Wilkerson scored two touchdowns while running backs Lecarvius Sears and Chris Swinson added scores of their own in the Coffee Trojans’ 28-7 win over the Glynn Academy Red Terrors Friday night at Jardine Stadium in Douglas. The Trojans rebounded nicely after last week’s heart-breaking loss to Ware County in the region opener and played a solid game through and through. The Trojans’ small defensive backs had some trouble with Glynn Academy’s bigger, stronger receiving corps, and the Red Terror passing attack netted some big gains. But the defense made stops when it needed to and kept Glynn…

During halftime of Friday night’s football game between the visiting Glynn Academy Red Terrors and the Coffee Trojans, Diamond Lockhart was named Homecoming queen while Lexie Lott and Cariana Spivey were named princesses. The Trojans would cap Homecoming with a 28-7 win over Glynn Academy.

It wasn’t the officials, though there were two questionable intentional grounding calls – one on Coffee’s next-to-last play of the game that unfortunately put the officiating crew front and center in a close and hard-fought game. It wasn’t the play calling, though Coffee Trojans’ head coach Robby Pruitt admitted after the game that he should have selected different plays down the stretch. Neither of those factors were the reason why the Trojans suffered their first loss of the year to the Ware County Gators 24-21 at Memorial Stadium in Waycross. Instead it was turnovers; the Trojans turned the ball over…

Wednesday evening, I listened to President Barack Obama’s address to the nation regarding the recent developments in the Middle East. I have a few thoughts about the speech that I would like to share. First, however, I believe I need to be up front about a few things. First of all, I did not support Obama in either of his bids for the presidency. I do, however, respect the office of president and I respect the man who sits in that position, regardless of how I feel about him or his policies. With that said, every time I see or…

From now on, organizations that use city facilities will pay a fee of some kind, regardless of for-profit or not-for-profit status. In the past, non-profit organizations wishing to use city facilities had often asked the city commission to waive any fees associated with using facilities for their events. In most cases, the commission agreed to waive the fees. At the last meeting, however, commissioners decided to re-visit the issue. At Monday night’s city commission meeting, commissioners unanimously voted to administer a refundable deposit fee of $100 or $200, depending on the facility in question, and a non-refundable set up/rehearsal fee…

Months of training. Weeks of hype. And only 140 seconds to finish. Just 2:20 into the first round, Willy “Right Hook” Wright of Baxley defeated Sammy “Lights Out” Elisis of Douglas by technical knockout to win the South Georgia Fighting Championship light heavyweight championship at Border Wars in Nicholls. A capacity crowd filled the Wiregrass Arena and waited patiently for 13 fights to see the showdown between two of the best mixed martial artists in the region. Wright, Baxley’s #1 fighter, and Elisis, Douglas’s top mixed martial artist, are good friends who are both known for their striking. By the…

Tomorrow night, four area mixed martial artists will battle for two South Georgia Fighting Championship belts at the SGFC’s Border Wars at the Wiregrass Arena in Nicholls. Mitchell Chamale and Jimmy Alexander, both of Florida, will take to the cage for the SGFC bantamweight belt while Sammy “Lights Out” Elisis of Douglas and Willy “Right Hook” Wright of Baxley slug it out for the light heavyweight championship. Elisis is the #1 MMA fighter in Douglas while Wright is Baxley’s top fighter. This bout between these two striking specialists makes Border Wars the most anticipated event in SGFC history. Aside from…

Here, Eastside Elementary fifth grade students are completing a lab activity. Students were asked to measure the mass of several objects using a balance scale and standard weights. The students worked in small groups to determine the mass of common classroom objects and then completed a data analysis assignment.