The freshmen-laden 2025-2026 Coffee Trojans had a great season. They ended a four-year playoff drought, made a strong run at a region title, and hosted a postseason game at home. The future is bright for the Coffee men’s program. Which is why it’s so heartbreaking that their season ended the way it did. For all the successes, for all the big moments, for all the incredible plays, it’s not fair for the year to end with two oh-so-close games. After dropping the region title game in overtime to a loaded Houston County team, the Trojans still had an all-important first…
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The South Georgia State College Hawks and the Tallahassee State College Eagles split a doubleheader at Crider Field Saturday in Douglas. The Hawks took game one 5-2 but the Eagles rebounded for a 10-9 game two victory. SGSC shortstop Talon Daignault (sophomore, Camden County) led the Hawks in game one, going 3-3 with two RBI and two runs scored. Sophomore starter Luke Smith (Social Circle) went 6 1/3 innings for the win. He struck out four, walked three, and gave up two runs (both earned). The game was tied at one apiece until the fifth, when the Hawks scored four…
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Eight seems to be the magic number when the Coffee Trojans play the Camden County Wildcats. Last week in Douglas, the Trojans defeated the Wildcats by eight in the home opener. It was another eight-run margin of victory Tuesday night in St. Marys. Coffee defeated Camden 10-2 thanks to three doubles and a triple from Eli Wood, a two-RBI and three-run performance from Hunter Klesko, and a solid four-inning outing from starter Carter McMillan. Camden kept Coffee off the scoreboard in the first inning. That would be the only inning in which the Trojans wouldn’t score. Coffee plated two in…
The South Georgia State College Hawks improved to 9-8 on the season after winning two games in Jacksonville. SGSC defeated Battle Creek, Michigan’s Kellogg Community College Bruins 3-1 in game one then bested the Florida State College-Jacksonville Manta Rays 6-2. Against the Bruins, third baseman Jesse Brown (sophomore, Stauton River High School, Virginia) provided most of the offense for SGSC. Brown homered twice – a two-run shot in the first inning and a solo homer in the fifth. In the first, Danny Vigille-grant (freshman, Tallulah Falls) singled with one out. Brown connected on the first pitch he saw and drove…
Last Wednesday, the Coffee Trojans topped the Glynn Academy Red Terrors in two of the three statistical categories on the box score. The Terrors, however, bested the Trojans in the only one that counts – the scoring column. Coffee outhit Glynn Academy 7-6. The Red Terrors made three errors to Coffee’s zero. But Glynn came away with a 5-2 win thanks in large part to a four-run third inning in which the Red Terrors scored all four runs with two outs. Glynn used a hit by pitch, a single, and three doubles to take a 4-0 lead. The Trojans scored…
Tyreek Hill’s Miami experiment has come to a screeching halt. Monday morning, the Dolphins released Hill, making him an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his career. The move wasn’t entirely a surprise. Had Miami kept him on the roster, Hill would have had $11 million in guaranteed money this month. Hill is 31 years old and coming off a disastrous 2025-2026 season that followed a disappointing 2024-2025 campaign. In that 2024 season, Hill had one of the worst statistical years of his career. He caught 81 passes for 959 yards and six touchdowns. The Dolphins didn’t make…
On paper, it should have been an easy win for the Houston County Bears. Houston and the Coffee Trojans had played each other twice during the regular season and the Bears had won both games – by fairly large margins. Houston beat Coffee 76-60 on January 16 at the Trojans’ home gym. About three weeks later, on February 6, the Bears hosted the Trojans in Warner Robins. They weren’t very gracious hosts and sent Coffee back home with an 85-64 loss. But their third and final match-up was the region tournament and Coffee was playing again on their home court.…
For the second consecutive year, the Coffee Lady Trojans are Region 2-5A region champions. The Lady Trojans defeated another set of Lady Trojans, these from Lee County, Friday night 60-50 at the Coffee High School gym to claim the title. Coffee led the entire game, taking an 11-5 lead after the first quarter. Lee County fought back in the second quarter, narrowing the gap to three at halftime. In the third quarter, Coffee was up 45-31, eventually winning 60-50. Lexie Bradford was named Player of the Game. She finished with 18 points and eight rebounds. Jasmine Porter tallied 15 points,…