CCA Patriot pitchers had a pretty good go of it this week. There was Blake Bryant’s previously-covered 18-strikeout performance on Tuesday against the Robert Toombs Christian Academy Crusaders. Then, on Thursday, Thomas Gentry, who started game one of a doubleheader against Robert Toombs at Patriot Field in Douglas, and reliever Sam Ables had impressive outings in their own right. Gentry and Ables combined for a five-inning no hitter as the Patriots took game one 10-0. Gentry also led the CCA offense, going 2-4 with a game-ending home run, a triple, three RBI, and a run scored. The Patriots were up…
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The South Georgia State College Hawks got home runs from Jesse Brown (2), Steven Tavares-Batista, and Tanner Langley as well as a solid pitching performance from starter Luke Smith in the Hawks’ 14-4 win over the Gordon State College Highlanders in Douglas on Thursday. The Hawks have been on the wrong end on a lot of high scoring games this year. Thursday, they pulled off a big conference win and they did so in dominating fashion – winning via run rule in eight innings. The Hawks scored at least one run in every inning. Brown hit solo home runs in…
There are 21 outs in a seven inning baseball game. Tuesday against the Robert Toombs Christian Academy Crusaders, CCA starter Blake Bryant recorded 18 of those outs via strikeout. Bryant threw a three-hit, 97-pitch complete game shutout to lead the Patriots to their 20th win of the season. CCA won 5-0 and now sits at 20-1 overall with two more region games remaining – a 4 p.m. doubleheader at home this afternoon against Robert Toombs again. The Patriots scored two in the third, two in the sixth, and one in the seventh. Gray McLean (2-4, double, two runs), Skyler Woods…
An announcement made on February 3, 2026 then an event held two days later sent shockwaves through Georgia politics. Billionaire businessman Rick Jackson released a statement that he intended to run for governor of Georgia on the Republican ticket. Then, on February 5, 2026, he held his first campaign event, announcing that he was putting up $50 million of his own estimated $3 billion fortune to fund his campaign. At that point, the campaign was well underway. The Republican primary was set and had been for some time. The most prominent names were Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, Secretary of State…
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The CCA Patriots won their 18th and 19th games this season when they swept a doubleheader against the Covenant Academy Rams in Macon on Saturday. The Patriots needed just 10 total innings to dispatch the Rams, winning game one 17-4 and game two 12-2. The two teams played at historic Luther Williams Field in Macon. In game one, CCA scored in every inning and were up 11-0 before the Rams ever got on the board. They scored four in the bottom of the fifth. The Patriots came back with six in the top of the fifth to take a 17-4…
Back in the fall, the SGSC Hawks had a formidable pitching staff in place. The Hawks had an impressive fall campaign and looked poised to make a run at the GCAA championship when the spring season rolled around. Then came the injuries. SGSC lost its top three arms to season-ending injuries, leaving the pitching corps reeling and trying to find its way. You could see it in the results. The Hawks could score runs and put up some impressive offensive totals. But they had problems keeping their opponents off the scoreboard. The 2026 Hawks have played some of the highest…
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If the Lowndes High Vikings have a four-run lead late in the game, the odds are pretty good they’re going to win. The Vikings have a comfortable lead in the Region 1-6A rankings and, as of Monday, were the #2-ranked 6A team in the state. But someone forgot to tell the Coffee Trojans. Tuesday night at Charles Wilson Field, Coffee trailed Lowndes 8-4 after five innings. In the bottom of the sixth, the Trojans flipped the game on its head with a four-run inning that knotted the game at eight apiece. Ben Fussell singled in Eli Wood. Jimmy Timothy drove…