Talk about keeping it in the family. Let’s back up to Tuesday, September 17. Trailing 7-6 to the Robert Toombs Christian Academy Crusaders in the bottom of the eighth inning, the CCA Lady Patriots’ Abrah Harris drove a two-run double into the left center gap to walk off the Crusaders. Friday afternoon, her first cousin, Brilynn Waldron, did the exact same thing to the Crusaders. Only this time, the stakes were a little higher. The two teams were in the state tournament and the winner advanced to the championship game. The loser wouldn’t be out of the tournament but would…
Author: Robert Preston
At Monday’s city commission meeting, City Manager Charlie Davis updated commissioners on the clean-up efforts around the city and county in the wake of Hurricane Helene. The meeting was the first gathering of the city commission since Helene wreaked havoc on the community. Davis stated that the city rebuilt the entire electric system in about a week. He added that he’s not sure exactly how much everything will cost. “This is going to be very expensive. We’ve been signing bills and authorizations and we have no idea what we’ve committed. We had to do it and maybe by the next…
The CCA Lady Patriots have won their 19 games in a variety of ways this season. The long ball, however, isn’t really one of the tools they’ve used. All that changed Thursday afternoon and it couldn’t have come at a better time. The Lady Patriots hit three home runs in their 12-8 win over the David Emanuel Academy Eagles in game two of the state tournament in Columbus. Gracie Giddens hit two of the three home runs, a grand slam in the first inning and a solo shot in the third. But the biggest hit of the day came off…
The #1-seeded CCA Lady Patriots are 1-0 in the state softball tournament in Columbus. Thursday morning, the Lady Patriots defeated Vidalia Heritage Academy 22-7 in three innings. The game was effectively over after the first inning. CCA plated 16 runs in their first at-bat, nine of which came with two outs. Gracie Giddens had a game’s worth of work in the first inning alone; she hit an inside-the-park home run and doubled. For the game, she drove in four and scored two. The Lady Patriots followed with five in the second and one in the third. Vidalia Heritage scored one…
B&K BigHead Bullies from Broxton had a big day at the Bully Bash 2.0 in Aiken, South Carolina, on October 5. The local kennel, owned and operated by Kevin and Bianca Thurman, took three dogs to the show: Diesel, B&K’s primary stud; and his six-month-old sons Capone and Aries. Diesel took the show’s top two awards – King of the Ring (best in show) and the People’s Choice Award. He also won Best Lilac and took second place in Stack Off. Capone took first in Best Production by a Kennel, first in Prettiest Eyes, and third in Junior King of…
98 weeks. 686 days. 21 games. That’s how long it has been since the Coffee Trojans lost a football game. It seems like a lifetime ago since the Cartersville Purple Hurricanes defeated the Trojans in Cartersville. The date was November 25, 2022. It was the third round of the state playoffs. Friday night, Coffee’s nearly two-year, 21-game winning streak came to an end. The Lee County Trojans defeated Coffee 48-14 in Leesburg. Coffee is now 7-1 on the season and 1-1 in region play. A lot has happened over the last couple of weeks. Seven days after beating the Mainland…
The CCA Lady Patriots ran into a buzzsaw Thursday afternoon in Lyons against the Robert Toombs Christian Academy Crusaders. After winning three games this week by a combined score of 44-0, the Lady Patriots fell to the Crusaders 11-3 in six innings. The game was the regular season finale. CCA never really had a lead in the game. The Lady Patriots did score one run in the top of the first but the Crusaders took the lead in the bottom of the frame with two runs of the their own. After that, they never looked back. CCA scored two in…
A series of arguments over cleaning up damage from Hurricane Helene turned violent on October 2, 2024 and resulted in a shots fired incident, according to an incident report from the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office. The report states that on October 2, Larry McLeod, 60, threatened to kill his son’s stepson then pointed a gun at his son and fired a shot over his head. The incident began the day before when McLeod and his son’s stepson began arguing over cleaning up storm damage. The following day, McLeod went to his son’s home on a side-by-side with a passenger, according…
The CCA Lady Patriots continued the momentum they built earlier in the week on Wednesday afternoon, beating the David Emanuel Academy Eagles 12-0 in the penultimate game of the season. The win avenged a heartbreaking loss CCA suffered to DEA earlier in the season; that game was scoreless after seven and went into extra innings before DEA finally walked it off in the ninth. The Lady Patriots left nothing to chance on Wednesday. They scored in every inning, plating one in the first, four in the second, two in the third, and five in the fourth to win by run…
For the first time in Coffee Trojans football history, the Trojans brought Monday night football to the Coffee faithful. In a game originally scheduled for Friday, September 27 but pushed back to Monday, September 30 after Hurricane Helene took a turn to the east – decimating Coffee County and much of South Georgia in the process – the Trojans defeated the Northside (Warner Robins) Eagles 41-0. The game was supposed to be played at Jardine Stadium in Douglas but ended up being played at McConnell-Talbot Stadium in Warner Robins due to widespread damage and power outages from the storm. The…