Author: Robert Preston

Last week, the South Georgia State College Hawks took a brief hiatus from conference play – it was Spring Break, after all – and played a pair of doubleheaders against non-conference opponents. The Hawks had little trouble dispatching their opponents and went 4-0 over those two dates. On Tuesday, March 18, the Hawks faced USC-Salkehatchie. SGSC won game one 11-3 and then took game two 6-3. Jesse Brown and Payton Bryant were both 1-2 with a home run and two runs scored in game one. Starter Luke Smith went three innings and earned the win. In game two, Brown and…

The Coffee Trojans extended their winning streak to five after sweeping a double-header and the season series against the Northside-Warner Robins Eagles Friday night at Charles Wilson Field. CHS won game one 12-0 then took game two 16-5. All told, the Trojans outscored the Eagles 39-11 over the three games. Game one ended after six innings via run rule. Starter Michael Strickland threw 43 pitches over five innings. He struck out six, didn’t walk anyone, and gave up just two hits. Weston Brown threw a perfect sixth inning to close things out. The Trojans scored in every inning while amassing…

The Coffee Trojans won their third game in a row Tuesday afternoon, beating the Northside-Warner Robins Eagles 11-6 in Warner Robins. The Trojans now have a 3-2 region record and are 7-8 overall. Coffee made a statement early on, scoring five runs in the first inning. Ben Fussell led off the game with a single. Jimmy Timothy followed with a single to right. An errant throw allowed Fussell to score and moved Timothy to second. Michael Strickland flied out to right but Timothy tagged and went to third. Connor Stewart reached on the third single of the inning, scoring Timothy…

The South Georgia State College Hawks moved to 4-2 in conference play and second in the standings after sweeping a double-header against the Gordon State College Highlanders at George Cook Stadium Saturday afternoon. The Hawks won game one 12-1 then took game two 5-2. SGSC put up five in the first, one in the second, five again in the third, and one in the fourth while allowing just a single run – one in the third. Jesse Brown led the way for the SGSC offensively. He went 2-3 with two walks, two runs scored, and four RBI. CJ Chalk, Luke…

It was going to be hard for Coffee pitcher Michael Strickland to top last Friday night’s performance. He was nursing an injury to his throwing hand and was seemingly out of commission. Then, in game one of the scheduled double-header, Coffee and Lee found themselves in a dogfight. In the fifth inning, head coach Scott Grove called on Strickland to face a few batters and see if he could get a couple of guys out at a pivotal point in the game. Strickland ended up going 6 1/3 innings, giving up five hits, two runs (both earned), striking out 10,…

The South Georgia State College Hawks remain at .500 in conference play after splitting a double-header with the Andrew College Fighting Tigers in Cuthbert Wednesday afternoon. The Hawks took game one 19-9 but lost game two 3-2 on a walk-off single. In game one, SGSC jumped out to a 6-0 lead after Luke Boone singled to score two runs, Coffee’s Payton Bryant doubled to score two, Chaz Encarnacion doubled to score one, and Talon Daignault drove in one on a double of his own. In the second, Boone tripled and Bryant singled, each scoring a run. The Hawks put six…

The Thomas County Central Yellow Jackets weren’t very gracious hosts Tuesday night. They handed the Coffee Trojans their third region loss of the season, defeating Coffee 7-4 in Thomasville. Both teams came out scoring. The Yellow Jackets scored a run in each of the first five innings and two in the sixth. The Trojans scored one in the first, two in the second, and one in the fourth. That, however, was all Coffee would get. Trailing 2-1 in the third, the Trojans tied the game on a single by Jimmy Timothy that scored Ben Fussell. Connor Stewart then reached first…

If the rest of the Coffee Trojans’ region schedule unfolds like the Lee County series did, Coffee Regional Medical Center’s Cardiology Group is going to see a significant increase in its number of patients. Tuesday’s game one was decided in the seventh inning. Then the final two games of the series – a double-header played Friday night in Leesburg – took 19 total innings to decide. Coffee won game one 10-9 in 11 innings. Lee took game two 1-0 in eight innings. Game one was a back-and-forth affair for the first five innings. Lee jumped out to a 1-0 lead…

The South Georgia State College Hawks scored 12 runs in two innings, and overcame a one-run deficit late in the game in the process, to collect their first conference win of the 2025 season. The Hawks defeated the Georgia Highlands Chargers 12-8 at Crider Field in Douglas on Tuesday afternoon. The Chargers jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second then the Hawks answered with seven runs in the fourth. Former Coffee Trojan Payton Bryant doubled with the bases loaded to drive in two runs and give SGSC a 3-1 lead. Logan Taylor followed with a ground ball that…

The Coffee Trojans appeared to have the region opener against the Lee County Trojans in hand. Then Lee mounted a seventh-inning comeback that ended Coffee’s quest to start region play with an important win. Lee jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second. Then Coffee answered with four in the third. Jimmy Timothy led off with a double then Brax Carson was hit by a pitch. Connor Stewart laid down a bunt but reached on an error by the Lee defense. The miscue scored Timothy and Carson to tie the game at two. A couple of batters later, with…