Author: Robert Preston

The Coffee Lady Trojans won their 19th game of the season Thursday afternoon, defeating the Jeff Davis County Yellow Jackets 6-2 in Hazlehurst. The Lady Trojans scored three in the second and three in the seventh. Jeff Davis, meanwhile, managed just two runs in the third. Karlee Thomas, RiRi Paulk, and Maggie Brown each had two hits for Coffee. Brown and Jocelyn Fender drove in two while Paulk scored twice. One of Thomas’s hits was a triple. Brown threw an 89-pitch complete game, allowing two runs (both earned) on five hits. She struck out six and walked just one. Coffee…

The Coffee Trojans are on the wrong side of .500 after a 35-14 loss to the Lee County Trojans Friday night at Jardine Stadium. The loss drops Coffee to 3-4 overall and 1-1 in region competition. Both Lee and Coffee scored on their first possessions. Coffee scored again in the second quarter. KJ Debruce scored both of Coffee’s touchdowns on runs of 64 yards and four yards. Lee, however, found the end zone four times in the first half and took a 28-14 lead into halftime. Lee scored again in the third quarter to take a 35-14 lead. With about…

In the final scene of the 2000 football movie The Replacements, as “Heroes” by The Wallflowers plays, Washington Sentinels head coach Jimmy McGinty, played by the late Gene Hackman, sums up the experience the Sentinels’ replacement players enjoyed by stating, “Every athlete dreams of a second chance. These men lived it.” McGinty’s statement rings true but seldom do athletes get to live it. You can count Atkinson County Rebels assistant football coach and former Coffee Trojan Brandon Roe as one of the lucky ones who get that fleeting second chance. Roe, a standout receiver and defensive back at Coffee High…

The CCA Lady Patriots are the GIAA Class A/AA District 6 champions after defeating the David Emanuel Academy Eagles 6-1 Thursday in Stillmore. Tuesday, the Lady Patriots squeaked one out at home against the Robert Toombs Christian Academy Lady Crusaders 5-4. In Thursday’s championship game, CCA staked its claim in the first inning with four runs. With one out, Cadence Cravey walked. Emma Gourley followed with single that moved Cravey to third. Gourley stole second, putting both runners in scoring position. Mattie Lewis reached on an error that scored Cravey and moved Gourley to third. Abrah Harris was hit by…

This is normally the spot where we would be talking about another go-ahead, potentially game-winning home run from the bat of the CCA Lady Patriots’ freshman catcher Mattie Lewis. That did happen and we are going to get to that in a few. Her home run came in the top of the seventh with the Lady Patriots trailing 2-1 against the Terrell Academy Eagles Monday afternoon. It sparked a nine-run seventh-inning rally that ended in a 10-2 CCA victory. But to fully appreciate CCA’s last-minute offensive onslaught, we need to back things up an inning. The Eagles were threatening to…

At the request of the Coffee County Sheriff’s Office, GBI agents are investigating an officer involved shooting in Coffee County, GA. Tommy Randy Musgrove II, age 44, of Douglas, GA, was shot and injured in the incident. No officers were injured. Preliminary information indicates on Sunday, September 28, 2025 at about 4:20 a.m., the Douglas Police Department responded to the Circle K on E. Baker Highway in Douglas regarding a domestic violence incident where Musgrove held his girlfriend at knifepoint. Musgrove fled the scene before the police arrived. Officers with DPD and deputies with the CCSO went to the Bear…

On Friday night, former Coffee Trojans head football coach Robby Pruitt reached a milestone no other high school football coach in the country has accomplished. He won his 200th game in Florida, giving him at least 200 wins in two different states: 209 wins in Georgia (Fitzgerald, Warner Robins, and Coffee) and 200 in Florida (Union County, University Christian, and Williston). Pruitt’s Williston Red Devils defeated Ocala’s Trinity Catholic Celtics 49-21 in Ocala for his 200th win in Florida. Ironically, last season, Pruitt notched his 400th career win when the Red Devils beat the Celtics in Williston. “I didn’t even…

The South Georgia State College soccer Hawks split games with the Central Georgia Technical College Titans and the Gordon State College Highlanders this week. Both games were played at home. The Hawks defeated Central Georgia 8-0 on Wednesday then fell to Gordon 2-0 on Friday. The Hawks scored two goals in the first half against the Titans then added six more in the second half. Nandi Carpenter scored SGSC’s first goal 2:00 in. She scored her second goal at the 27:50 mark of the first half. In the second half, Jaliyah Neff (47:50), Bailey Maroney (48:56), Carpenter again (50:00), Naely…