Author: Robert Preston, Jr.

Ball players share a kindred spirit. It doesn’t matter the sport, the level at which athletes play, or the crowds in front of whom they compete. Sports are important to Douglas and Coffee County. This community celebrates those who take the field of play and give their all, week in and week out. There remains, however, one group of athletes who many times do not get the recognition they deserve. During their season, they slug it out as hard as any other group of players in the county. They aren’t like other athletes. Their abilities may be diminished but their…

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The ride that the Northside-Warner Robins Eagles took to get to Douglas for their game against the Coffee Trojans at Charles Wilson Field Tuesday may have taken longer than the actual game itself. Coffee defeated Northside 15-1 in four and a half innings after a 12-run fourth inning capped by a Hunter Klesko no-doubt grand slam to right. It was the Trojans’ second home run of the inning; Barrett Harrell hit a two-run shot earlier in the frame. Northside jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second. The Eagles’ advantage lasted just an inning; the Trojans jumped out in…

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Ben Fussell, Eli Wood, and Taeven Harden homered while Barrett Harrell, Conley McDaniel, and Jimmy Timothy doubled in the Coffee Trojans’ 13-7 loss to the Thomas County Central Yellow Jackets Tuesday at Charles Wilson Field in Douglas. The Yellow Jackets let their intentions be known early, scoring five runs in the first (all on two outs) and two in the second to jump out to a big early lead. TCC sent Georgia Tech commit Reid Gainous to the mound; while the Trojans touched Gainous for three runs (two earned) on six hits, he had little trouble keeping Coffee at bay…

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