Author: Robert Preston

The CCA Patriots and the Sherwood Christian Academy (Albany) Eagles were in a dogfight for over three quarters at Sherwood’s stadium in the shadows of the Albany airport. Then the two-time defending state champion Eagles flexed their muscle and scored 26 unanswered points in the fourth quarter enroute to a 46-13 win. The Eagles scored the first two touchdowns and were up 14-0 until late in the second quarter. After the Patriots recovered a Sherwood fumble, running back Tyson Crosby broke a 75-yard touchdown to cut the Eagles’ advantage in half. Ethan Duran’s point-after was good and with just under…

The Coffee Lady Trojans are 6-3 overall and 2-2 in region play after defeating the Houston County Bears 5-2 at Faircloth Field Tuesday afternoon. Pitcher Maggie Brown led the Lady Trojans with another complete game, striking out 11 and walking three. She gave up two runs (one earned) on six hits. Brown was also 2-3 at the plate. The Lady Trojans put the game away early with a four-run second inning. Jocelyn Fender (RBI single), Karlee Thomas (RBI double), and Ella Winters (two-RBI triple) were responsible for the rally. In the fourth, Coffee added an insurance run when Thomas drove…

The CCA Lady Patriots defeated the Vidalia Heritage Academy Eagles 15-0 in three innings Monday afternoon in Vidalia to improve to 7-3 on the season. Peighton Harper threw a three-inning perfect game and Mattie Lewis homered for the second time this season. She also drove in four. CCA scored two in the first, 10 in the second, and three in the third. Brilynn Waldron and Gracie Giddens each had three hits. Lewis, Harper, Cadence Cravey, and Klair Mercer had two hits each. Giddens, Waldron, Cravey, Emma Gourley, Arrabelle Roberts, and Lily Waldron scored twice. Harper needed just 39 pitches to…

A Coffee County man captured a rare sight over the weekend – a black racer eating another snake. Manuel Saavedra heard a commotion in some bushes on property he owns and walked over to investigate. It was there that he saw the two snakes struggling. Manuel submitted the photo in order to identify the two snakes he had seen – which are a black racer (the eater) and a hognose snake (the eatee; I know this isn’t a word but I like it in this context). Black racers are common in Coffee County and throughout South Georgia. They are one…

“I’m proud of our fight. It’s tough to come out and play in a mud pit like that. That’s a team that beat us 68-3 last year. We lost 8-12. That’s improvement as a program but it wasn’t a better team that beat us. It was a team that executed better in tough situations. We’ve got a lot we can learn and a lot we be proud of and can grow on,” said CCA Patriots head football coach Jed Marsh following the Patriots 12-8 loss to the Georgia Christian Generals Friday night in Douglas. On a night when so many…

The Coffee Lady Trojans split a doubleheader with the Veterans Warhawks Thursday afternoon at Faircloth Field in Douglas. Veterans took game one 6-3 then Coffee bounced back in the nightcap with a 9-1 win via five-inning run rule. In game one, the Warhawks were up 5-0 after 2 1/2 innings before the Lady Trojans got on the board. Ella Edge hit a two-out double to left that scored Karlee Thomas from first. Veterans scored again in the fourth to take a 6-1 lead. Coffee scored two more in the bottom of the seventh when Edge drove in Jocelyn Fender on…

The CCA Lady Patriots easily dispatched the Fullington Academy Lady Patriots in a doubleheader Thursday afternoon in Douglas, winning game one 9-1 in six innings and game two 18-0 in three innings. Gracie Giddens was a perfect 6-6 with four runs and five RBI. She also pitched game two, throwing a complete game shutout that took just 36 pitches to finish. In game one, the Lady Patriots trailed 1-0 after 1 ½ innings. That changed for good in the bottom of the second when they scored two. CCA went on to plate three in the fourth, two in the fifth,…

The CCA Lady Patriots picked up a big non-region win against the always tough Pinewood Christian Academy Lady Patriots 9-5 in Bellville. CCA found themselves trailing 3-1 after two innings but launched a furious comeback that included a huge two-run home run by Mattie Lewis in the fifth and an impressive performance from the bottom half of the lineup. Pinewood was up 3-1 when the CCA bats finally woke up. CCA scored three in the fourth to go up 4-3. In the fifth, Emma Gourley led off with a walk. After a pop out, Lewis stepped to the plate and…

Coffee pitcher Maggie Brown no-hit the Glynn Academy Red Terrors Friday afternoon in Brunswick. The Lady Trojans won 2-0 with Jocelyn Fender and Karlee Thomas scoring both of Coffee’s runs. Saturday, the Lady Trojans kept the momentum going with a 9-8 win at home against the Pierce County Bears. On Friday, Coffee scored in the first when Fender led off the game with a walk and Thomas followed with an RBI double. In the fifth, Thomas singled with one out then stole second. Ella Winters singled to score Thomas. Brown threw 100 pitches, striking out 10 and walking three. Saturday…