Author: Robert Preston

A series of arguments over cleaning up damage from Hurricane Helene turned violent on October 2, 2024 and resulted in a shots fired incident, according to an incident report from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office. The report states that on October 2, Larry McLeod, 60, threatened to kill his son’s stepson then pointed a gun at his son and fired a shot over his head. The incident began the day before when McLeod and his son’s stepson began arguing over cleaning up storm damage. The following day, McLeod went to his son’s home on a side-by-side with a passenger, according…

The CCA Lady Patriots continued the momentum they built earlier in the week on Wednesday afternoon, beating the David Emanuel Academy Eagles 12-0 in the penultimate game of the season. The win avenged a heartbreaking loss CCA suffered to DEA earlier in the season; that game was scoreless after seven and went into extra innings before DEA finally walked it off in the ninth. The Lady Patriots left nothing to chance on Wednesday. They scored in every inning, plating one in the first, four in the second, two in the third, and five in the fourth to win by run…

For the first time in Coffee Trojans football history, the Trojans brought Monday night football to the Coffee faithful. In a game originally scheduled for Friday, September 27 but pushed back to Monday, September 30 after Hurricane Helene took a turn to the east – decimating Coffee County and much of South Georgia in the process – the Trojans defeated the Northside (Warner Robins) Eagles 41-0. The game was supposed to be played at Jardine Stadium in Douglas but ended up being played at McConnell-Talbot Stadium in Warner Robins due to widespread damage and power outages from the storm. The…

In the early hours September 27, 2024, Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on south, southeast, east and parts of central Georgia and made an exceptionally damaging impact on farms.  Affected producers are reporting yield losses ranging from 35 percent to a total loss, depending on location in the state.  Producers are also reporting significant losses in farm structures, equipment, and infrastructure. Official reports of losses will be coming in the coming weeks as University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service personnel collect data. It is however, without question that losses will be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Losses will extend…

Coffee County is reeling from the fury Hurricane Helene unleashed the community. Widespread power outages, tens of thousands of downed trees, and millions in property damage are but a few of the effects felt locally. Officials have also confirmed one fatality as a result of the storm. Hurricane Helene brought sustained winds in excess of 90 mph, with gusts likely in the triple digits, as she downed power lines, snapped poles, destroyed homes, and toppled trees throughout Coffee County. She left a swath of destruction the likes of which Coffee County has never seen. Now that Helene has moved on,…

The Coffee Lady Trojans defeated the Bacon County Red Raiders 12-1 in five innings on Saturday to improve to 11-6 on the season. Two Coffee pitchers – Erin Robinson and Maggie Brown – combined for a 90-pitch no hitter. Coffee scored runs in every inning except the second while holding Bacon scoreless. Allie Pridgen drove in four, three of which came on a fifth inning home run. She also walked with the bases loaded in the fourth, driving in another run. Ella Edge, Ella Winters, and Jocelyn Fender each had two hits for the Lady Trojans. Winters and Karlee Thomas…

Friday night’s game between the visiting Mainland High School Buccaneers and the Coffee Trojans went about like you might have thought a game between two defending state champions would. It was a clash between two good, physical, tough teams that battered each other for four quarters. Every drive was an emotional roller coaster, every play significant and deliberate. Mainland had the only real scoring opportunity of the first half but was unable to capitalize. On Coffee’s second possession of the game, the Buccaneers’ Zyquan Neal picked off a pass and returned it to the Trojan 38. A keeper by quarterback…

Tuesday, Abrah Harris walked off the Robert Toombs Christian Academy Crusaders, the #1 team in single-A, in extra innings. Wednesday afternoon, it was Emma Gourley’s turn. For the second consecutive day, the CCA Lady Patriots walked off a higher ranked opponent with a double. Tied 17-17 in the bottom of the seventh inning – yes, you read that score correctly – Gourley laced an RBI double to defeat the Pinewood Christian Academy Lady Patriots 18-17. Pinewood, located in Bellville, is the #3 ranked team in 3A. “It was a great game. We forgot how to play defense for a little…

The CCA Lady Patriots improved to 9-3 on the season Monday afternoon with a 14-10 win over the Crisp Academy Wildcats in Douglas. Emma Gourley and Emy Lowery paced the Lady Patriots at the plate with each collecting three hits. CCA tallied 12 total hits in the game. The Wildcats scored one run in the top of the first. The Lady Patriots answered with three in the bottom of the inning. Lowery doubled to score two. One more crossed the plate when Cadence Cravey was hit by a pitch. In the bottom of the second, CCA scored five runs to…

During Friday night’s 27-14 win over the Havana, Florida-based Gadsden County Jaguars, one Trojan broke a significant 49-year old offensive record. And he’s on pace to break another big record, although this one hasn’t stood for nearly as long. Against the Jaguars, senior running back Tyrese Woodgett rushed for 278 yards on 33 carries and scored all three of Coffee’s touchdowns. He scored on runs of 52 and 80 yards, respectively. His other touchdown came on a 28-yard pass from quarterback Bray Coe. Woodgett’s 278 yards is a new single game rushing record, eclipsing the old record of 262 yards…