The Mainland High School (Daytona Beach, Fla.) Buccaneers defeated the Coffee Trojans 14-7 in Homecoming at Jardine Stadium Friday night. The Trojans took a 7-0 lead with 5:58 left in the second quarter when a long punt return by Tresean Smith helped set up a touchdown by KJ Debruce. Coffee carried that 7-0 advantage into halftime. In the second half, the Buccaneers scored 14 unanswered points. Late in the third quarter, Mainland quarterback Sebastian Johnson connected with Kadin Flores for a 22-yard touchdown. A minute into the fourth quarter, Johnson found Chris Butler for a 43-yard score. Mainland had three…
Author: Robert Preston
Tonight at the Wiregrass Arena in Nicholls, a significant concert event was supposed to take place. Headlined by award-winning and chart-topping country group Shenandoah, the lineup also featured Whosoever South, Douglas’s own Derrick Flowers, and Daniel Johnson. Yesterday, however, promoter Outback Entertainment posted a statement on its Facebook page that the concert had been cancelled and refunds on advance ticket sales would begin to be distributed “in 2-3 business days.” The event had been controversial from the time the concert was announced. Many people familiar with Outback Entertainment did not believe the event would ever take place and a number…
I started doing endurance sports in 1997, primarily just local running races. A few years later, in 2001, I added a few more activities to my list of those in which I participated – standalone swim and bike races as well as triathlons and duathlons. The events themselves were fun and challenging. As is usually the case, what made the activities much more enjoyable were the people I met along the way. I became friends with a number of people whose paths I would have never crossed. In many instances, I forged lifelong friendships with my fellow competitors. One of…
“We like to talk about conservative things. I’ve always been one of those. I’ve been a business-minded person that believed government ought to run more like a business. You’re never going to get it to run like a business but you can apply business principles to it to make it run better and more efficiently. I believe in lower taxes, less regulation, public safety, and I believe in an education system that gives people choices and teaches kids to think for themselves instead of forcing opinions on them. We should let them be independent thinkers,” said Burt Jones, Georgia Lieutenant…
The Coffee Lady Trojans dispatched the Northside-Warner Robins Eagles 13-1 in four innings Tuesday afternoon at Faircloth Field. Coffee is now 13-5 overall and 6-4 in region play. The Lady Trojans scored in all four innings on Tuesday. They plated two in the bottom of the first, one off a single by Ella Edge and another on an RBI groundout by Imori Paulk. In the second, Karlee Thomas and Kanlee Douglas drove in a run each to give the Lady Trojans a 4-0 lead. Coffee’s big inning came in the third. Jocelyn Fender hit a three-run home run then Douglas…
Freshman catcher Mattie Lewis drove in six runs, four of which came on a fourth-inning grand slam (6), in the CCA Lady Patriots’ 10-1 five-inning win over the Robert Toombs Christian Academy Lady Crusaders Tuesday in Lyons. The Lady Patriots broke a scoreless tie in the top of the third when Lewis singled, scoring Cadence Cravey and Emma Gourley. CCA scored again later in the inning when Gracie Giddens singled, scoring Lily Waldron. The Lady Patriots scored their fourth run of the inning on a double steal. With Peighton Harper at the plate and Giddens at first and Abrah Harris…
Georgia Military College running back and former Coffee Trojan Tyrese Woodgett has been flirting with a breakout game since he joined the Bulldogs’ roster this year. Saturday, it happened. A week after scoring 94 points against Community Christian College, the Bulldogs defeated the Sussex County Community College Skylanders 84-12 in Milledgeville. And Woodgett was a big reason why. Woodgett has been a part of GMC’s 2025 campaign but he hasn’t had a day like he did on Saturday. The freshman rushed for 218 yards on 11 carries – a 19.8 yard per carry average – with three touchdowns. His longest…
It’s time for the Tyreek Hill – Miami Dolphins relationship to end. It hasn’t worked. It isn’t going to work. He wants out. Miami’s season is already teetering on disaster just two weeks in. Things haven’t gone well on the field and it’s been even worse off-the-field. Almost from day one, there have been problems. They only deteriorated from there. Several potential suitors exist, namely the Kansas City Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Hill is still an elite talent but that’s not going to be the case much longer. The years are going to catch up with him, just like…
The CCA Patriots are 3-2 after defeating the John Hancock Academy Rebels 35-6 in Sparta on Friday night. Just like in last week’s win over Holy Spirit Prep, the Patriots scored all of their points in the first half. Tyson Crosby scored two touchdowns – one on a 20-yard run and the other on a 38-yard reception. Luke Russ caught a 25-yard touchdown pass and Dalton Rogers scored on a 13-yard run. Quarterback Sam Ables threw two touchdown passes and rushed for another score (44 yards). Ables also threw for 119 yards in the first half. In the second half,…
he Coffee Lady Trojans took the season series against the Thomas County Central Yellow Jackets after splitting a doubleheader on Thursday in Douglas. Coffee had defeated TCC Tuesday in Thomasville. The Yellow Jackets won the first game 5-3 but the Lady Trojans rebounded in game two and shut out TCC 3-0. In game one, Ella Edge (3-4, one RBI) and Karlee Thomas (2-3 with two runs scored and a walk) paced Coffee offensively. Starter Maggie Brown went the distance, striking out seven and walking just one. She also had a double and an RBI. The nightcap was a different story.…