The Coffee Lady Trojans picked up their second win a row and their first region win Tuesday over the Northside-Warner Robins Eagles 11-0. The run-rule shortened game took place in Warner Robins. Coffee scored one in the first, five in the third, four in the fourth, and one in the fifth. The Lady Trojans’ starter, Kanlee Douglas, threw a complete-game one-hit shutout. Ella Edge and Madison Adams paced the Lady Trojan offense with two hits each. Edge scored twice while Adams drove in two. Douglas was also 1-2 with three RBI. Allie Pridgen drove in a pair as well. Coffee…
Author: Robert Preston, Jr.
How many story lines would you like in one early-season game? A battle of defending state champions with five titles between them over the last three years? Check. A pitcher who has won championships on both teams returning to face her teammates? Double check. A neutral site game with a huge crowd on both sides and all the accompanying chatter (mostly friendly, of course) that comes with it? Triple check. Such was the case Saturday afternoon at the Premier Sports Complex in Douglas when the GHSA Class A three-time defending state champion Lanier County Lady Bulldogs faced the GIAA Class…
Eighth grader Allie Veal threw four innings, giving up two runs on two hits while striking out four and walking two, and she went 1-3 at the plate with an RBI in the CCA Lady Patriots’ 13-2 win over Brookwood on the CCA campus Friday evening. The game started at 5 p.m. but had to stop after a few innings due to a weather delay. The stoppage didn’t seem to dampen the Lady Patriots’ spirits; CCA scored three in the first, three in the second, and seven in the third to take a 13-2 lead. The game ended after 4…
Tyson Crosby caught two passes for 48 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 51 yards and two touchdowns while Dalton Rogers ran for 120 yards on 11 carries and scored two touchdowns of his own in the CCA Patriots’ 41-8 win over the Baker County Bears Friday night at Patriot Field in Douglas. Early on, it looked like the game, which was the first one in program history played under permanent lighting at CCA’s home field, would be a shootout. The Patriots jumped out to an early 13-0 lead. The Bears answered with an 80-yard touchdown and a two-point…
Douglas Now LIVE! – with Robert Preston Jr. Topics include a softball wrap up and a little more on the property assessments. (video appears below ads)
CCA pitcher Shanley Meeks threw a three-inning, 40-pitch perfect game Tuesday in the Lady Patriots’ 15-0 win over the Tiftarea Academy Lady Panthers in CCA’s home opener. Not only was it the first home game of the year – it was also the first game in the history of CCA’s program to be played under the lights. The Lady Patriots capitalized on a festive mood at Patriot Field and jumped out to an early 3-0 lead. They added two in the second and then broke the game open in the third for a 10-spot to end the contest via run…
Joceyln Fender was a double shy of the cycle in the Coffee Trojans’ 8-0, run-rule shortened win over the visiting Ware County Gators Tuesday night at Faircloth Field in Douglas. Fender got the hardest part of the cycle out of the way in the first inning when she tripled down the right field line, driving in one run in the process. She homered in the third and singled in the fourth. She didn’t get another chance to complete the cycle; the game ended before she got a third trip to the plate. The Lady Trojans scored two in the first,…
Douglas Now LIVE! – with Robert Preston Jr. The main topic is the latest tax assessments. (video appears below ads)
Sticker shock. It comes in all forms from a variety of places. Right now, though, many residents of Douglas and Coffee County are getting sticker shock when they see their newest property value assessments, which have been mailed out and are arriving now. When property owners receive their assessment notices, they will likely see that their property values have increased, quite significantly in many cases. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that their property taxes are going up. According to county administrator Wesley Vickers, Coffee County’s assessments have been out of compliance with the state values for a long time. If…
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