Douglas Now LIVE! – with Robert Preston Jr. Tonight’s topics include a sports update and a surprise secondary discussion. (video appears below ads)
Author: Robert Preston, Jr.
Football isn’t the only sport that has been affected by bad weather during the early fall sports season. Tuesday, the Coffee Lady Trojans and the Houston County Lady Bears were two innings deep in the first game of their season series when a light rain started falling. Fans, players, and umpires didn’t expect the shower to last long – the sun was out the whole time – but the light rain soon turned into a short but intense downpour that left the infield in a mess at Faircloth Field. Coffee was leading 1-0 when the rain came. After a delay…
When the Charlton County Indians came to Patriot Field to face the CCA Patriots baseball team on March 21, the Patriots weren’t very gracious hosts. CCA won 9-0, thanks to Blake Bryant’s 17 strikeouts and a potent offensive onslaught that sent a strong early-season message to the rest of the state. Monday, the Lady Patriots traveled to Folkston face the Indians on the softball field. And things didn’t go much better for Charlton County this time around, either. CCA won 16-4 in four innings via run rule. Pitcher Shanley Meeks was very efficient in her own right, needing only 68…
Maggie Brown was one of two Lady Trojans with two hits against the Tift County Blue Devils Friday, going 2-3 in Coffee’s 9-0 win to complete the season sweep of Tift. She also threw a six-inning complete game shutout, allowing just four hits while striking out five with no walks in the run-rule shortened contest. Coffee scored in every inning except the second, finally ending the game in the bottom of the sixth with a three-spot. Jocelyn Fender, who also homered in the game, doubled, scoring Hannah Carlon and Ella Edge to walk it off via run rule. Fender was…
The CCA Patriots faced two foes Friday night at Patriot Field – the Munroe High Bobcats (Quincy, Fla.) and the weather – and bested both for a come-from-behind 28-20 win. The game started under threatening skies but the rain and lightning kept their distance for the first half. CCA made a big statement on both sides of the ball in the opening quarter. The Bobcats took the opening kick and marched down the field, eventually getting inside the Patriot 10. Ultimately, the drive stalled at the seven yard line and the Patriots took over on downs. Sam Ables and the…
The Coffee Lady Trojans kept their undefeated region record intact Thursday, defeating the Tift County Blue Devils 6-3 and 12-4 in Tifton. Ella Edge led the way for Coffee, going 6-9 with four doubles and a home run (4) over the two games. In game one, Tift carried a 2-1 lead into the sixth inning. At that point, the Lady Trojans decided enough was enough and scored five runs to take a 6-2 lead. Coffee scored those five runs on four hits, the biggest of which was a three-RBI double from Allie Pridgen. Edge was 2-4, both of which were…
The CCA Lady Patriots and the Pinewood Christian Academy Lady Trojans were locked in a dogfight through five innings. CCA had chipped away to a 3-1 lead, scoring one run in each of the first three innings. Pinewood scored in the second then added two in the fifth to knot the game at three apiece. Then the Lady Patriots’ bats woke up. CCA erupted for seven runs in the sixth then shut down Pinewood in the seventh for a 10-3 win in Douglas. Arabelle Roberts started the merry-go-round when she singled with Peighton Harper on second and Allie Veal on…
Douglas Now LIVE! – with Robert Preston Jr. This morning, we are congratulating Miss Teen USA and Coffee County native Kiran Reddy on her big win last night in Miami. We will also talk a little about the weather. (video appears below ads)
Coffee starter Kanlee Douglas needed just one run – which came in the form of an Ella Edge home run (3) in the third inning – to defeat the Thomasville Lady Dogs Wednesday afternoon at Faircloth Field in Douglas for the Lady Trojans’ fifth consecutive win. Douglas threw a complete game two-hit shutout, striking out seven and walking two. She threw 100 pitches, 67 of which were strikes. The Lady Dogs’ Ava Simpson was equally effective, throwing a two-hitter of her own. She struck out six to two walks. The difference, however, came in the third inning when, with one…
Douglas Now LIVE! – with Robert Preston Jr. Tonight’s topic is a discussion regarding Monday night’s city commission meeting. (video appears below ads) https://youtu.be/QwsE8JTut8w