Author: Robert Preston

The Coffee Trojans are usually a good second half team. Seldom have the Robby Pruitt-era Trojans played a second half that was worse than the first. Last night, though, was one of those times. And Coffee’s season ended as a result. The Trojans lost 27-7 to the Lanier High Longhorns in Sugar Hill on a cold, wet, dreary night. The Longhorns did something that no other team has been able to do this postseason – stop the Trojans’ running attack. No Trojan rushed for 100 yards; freshman Maurice Turner topped all Coffee backs with 75 yards. He also…

Hollynn Lott and Laykin Brown of the Coffee Lady Trojans softball team have signed scholarships to continue their careers at the next level. Lott is headed to Georgia State University while Brown will play for Thomas University. Lott hit .447 with 11 home runs, 44 RBI, and 12 doubles. She also scored 34 runs, had 32 walks, and just six strikeouts in 32 games. Lott was also named Region 1-6A Player of the Year. Brown went 12-6 with a 2.28 ERA while also hitting .380 with 24 RBI. Her performance this season earned her a spot on the…

Last night’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Rams put the two most potent offenses in the NFL on display. And Tyreek Hill, maybe the most electrifying player in the league, was right in the middle the scoring onslaught. Much has already been written about the game. Offensive and scoring records fell for both teams. The game, which the Rams won 54-51, is the only game in NFL history in which a team scored 50 or more points and lost. Underneath that umbrella are enough statistics and plot lines to keep NFL pundits busy for…

A Sunday afternoon foot chase left a Douglas police officer dazed and bloodied – but with the suspect apprehended. A citizen sent the following video to the Coffee County Ga. Police Scanner Facebook page. Douglas police officer Brandon Haygood was dispatched to Flash Foods in reference to a subject named Leo being at the location. Leo had been banned from Flash Foods and he had also allegedly shoplifted prior to Haygood’s arrival. Officer Haygood got out with Leo on South Coffee Avenue just off Baker Highway and confronted him. Once 911 confirmed that the complainant at Flash Foods wanted to…

Freshman running back Maurice Turner, pressed into action to replace the injured Antonio Dawson, picked up where he left off last week. Turner rushed for 205 yards on 15 carries and a touchdown in the Trojans’ 20-7 win over the Richmond Hill Wildcats in the second round of the state playoffs Friday night. The two teams played in Richmond Hill. Coffee has lived and died with its running game this year. Tonight was no different. In addition to Turner’s big night on the ground, quarterback A.J. Wilkerson added 85 yards on 16 carries and a pair of touchdowns of…

At the Coffee County Commission’s most recent meeting, commissioners approved a rezoning request from Don Wildes Jr. to rezone 5.3 acres at 1875 Sand Hill Church Road from Commercial to Light Industrial. There is a catch, though – the property cannot be used for any type of event, concert, party, or related facility. According to Wildes, the property will be used for manufacturing utility and cargo trailers. However, some neighbors had expressed concern that the property could eventually house some type of event center. At the meeting Don Wildes Sr. said that under no circumstances would the property be…

If that NFL gig doesn’t work out for Tyreek Hill, he might be able to find a job behind a television camera. And he just may have auditioned for that job Sunday afternoon following his second touchdown catch of the day. Hill, who had seven receptions for 117 yards and two touchdowns in Kansas City’s 26-14 win over the Arizona Cardinals, decided to channel his inner Chad Johnson after his second score. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes connected with Hill in the end zone – and in triple coverage at that – for his 31st touchdown pass of the season, a…

It’s not very often that a team loses the turnover battle and holds on to win the game. It’s even rarer for a team in that position to win big. But that’s exactly what happened to the Coffee Trojans Friday night against the #1-seeded Stephenson Jaguars. The Trojans, a #4 seed, turned the ball over four times to Stephenson’s three yet managed to win by four touchdowns, 45-17. Coffee is now 8-3 on the season and will stay close to home next week for the second round of the playoffs; the Trojans will travel to Richmond Hill next Friday night.…

During the vote tally at the Coffee County elections office Tuesday night, one voting card was left in a machine, which means those votes were not transmitted to the Secretary of State’s office that night. The votes were, however, included in the local returns posted at the elections office in Douglas. Officials discovered the oversight Thursday afternoon — about the same time as an attorney with the Stacey Abrams campaign called out Coffee County as one of four Georgia counties with alleged voting irregularities. However, the oversight local officials uncovered and the alleged irregularities mentioned by Abrams’s attorney are…

Republicans made a strong statement in Coffee County Tuesday night, winning all of the races on the ballot in convincing fashion. Turnout for the mid-term election was higher than it was four years ago; 11,639 voters cast ballots, a turnout of 53 percent. The special local option sales tax for education (ESPLOST), the only local decision on the ballot, passed by a large margin, 7,392 to 3,478. In the race for governor, Brian Kemp (R) defeated Stacey Abrams (D) and Ted Metz (L) 8,195 votes to 3,344 and 52, respectively. In the lieutenant governor’s election, Geoff Duncan (R)…