Douglas Now LIVE! – with Robert Preston Jr. Topics include MLB, ALDI, and a few others. (video appears below ads)
Author: Robert Preston, Jr.
Eight days after being taken in the 1st round (31st overall) by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2026 MLB Draft, CCA graduate Blake Bryant has signed his first contract. According to a post made by The Arizona Republic’s Nick Piecoro on X, Bryant signed with the Diamondbacks for $2.75 million, about $370,000 below the slot value for the 31st overall pick. Slot value was $3.12 million. For this year’s draft, that isn’t an anomaly. Most of the top picks have signed below slot with a few signing at slot. For example, #1 overall pick Rock Cholowsky (Chicago White Sox) signed…
“I want to travel the state of Georgia, represent the organization, and show that you can do it all. You don’t have to be one thing or the other. I worked hard in school and I became valedictorian. But I also worked hard at pageants and became Miss Georgia Teen USA. You can do both. For a long time, I didn’t think you could. I think a lot of younger girls don’t necessarily think they can, either. So that would be really important to me,” says Kiran Reddy, reigning Miss Georgia Teen USA and the valedictorian of the Coffee High…
This statement or something very similar has been said since Blake Bryant committed to Clemson five years ago: Players who go to CCA don’t go to Clemson – and players who go to Clemson don’t go to CCA. That statement is true – but maybe not for the reasons it was originally uttered. In fact, Blake Bryant isn’t going to Clemson. Instead, he’s going to Phoenix. The Arizona Diamondbacks selected him in the 1st round (31st pick overall) in the MLB Draft on Saturday afternoon. For Bryant, it’s been a long, anxious – and rewarding – journey. There was plenty…
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Douglas Now LIVE! – with Robert Preston Jr. Topics include the disappearance of Altomease Sallet, a long chase that went through Coffee County, and the CHS female athlete of the year. (video appears below ads)
Douglas Now LIVE! – with Robert Preston Jr. Topics include a cold case solved, a historic run at the Miss Georgia pageant, Coffee High’s male athlete of the year, and another topic or two if we have time. (video appears below ads)
“I made up my mind that I was going to enjoy the whole week. I wasn’t going to be nervous and I wasn’t going to put pressure on myself. Even in the interview, I thought, ‘What is the worst that can happen to me? I don’t know the judges and if I have a bad interview, what can they do to me?’ It was the same with the talent – even if I messed up, what’s the worst thing that would happen?” recalls Miss Georgia 4th runner-up and reigning Miss Georgia Southern Kaitlyn Tanner, who competed at the 81st Miss…
Douglas Now LIVE! – with Robert Preston Jr. Today’s topic: Tropical Storm Arthur (video appears below ads)