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1 week ago | 
douglasnow.com | Robert Preston
South Georgia State College’s love affinity for walk-off wins continued on Thursday. The Hawks defeated the Gordon State College Highlanders 11-10 in 10 innings at George Cook Stadium in Douglas. After two and half innings, the Hawks were down 7-1 and battled back to pull out the improbable victoryGordon scored seven runs over the first three innings then added two in the fifth and another in the eighth. The Hawks, meanwhile, moved at a much more methodical and deliberate pace.
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1 week ago | 
railjournal.com | Robert Preston
THE Andalucía regional government reports that work is advancing rapidly on the €87m second section of the southern extension of Granada’s single north-south light rail line, known as the Granada Metro. The southern extension will run for a total of 4.6km on the surface from Armilla to Churriana de la Vega and Las Gabias, serving seven new stops. It is expected to carry 2 million passengers a year.
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1 week ago | 
douglasnow.com | Robert Preston
Will he or won’t he? That’s been the biggest question for the Miami Dolphins this offseason. The “he,” of course, is wide receiver Tyreek Hill. And the question is whether Hill will be traded from Miami before the start of the 2025 season. Hill made a few cryptic comments about his future when the 2024 campaign, the worst of his eight-year NFL career, came to an end.
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1 week ago | 
railjournal.com | Robert Preston
TANGIER is due to become the next city in Morocco with a light rail system following the announcement of a Dirhams 8.4bn ($US 840m) project to build three new lines with a total length of 25-30km. The project aims to improve public transport capacity in Tangier as one of the host cities for the 2030 Fifa football World Cup, taking place in Morocco, Spain, Portugal and Uruguay.
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1 week ago | 
douglasnow.com | Robert Preston
Last week, the South Georgia State College Hawks won two out of three games in walk-off fashion. On Monday, a mile away from the SGSC campus, the walk-offs continued – this time on the campus of Citizens Christian Academy. The CCA Patriots scored five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning – four of them with two outs — to defeat the 3A defending state champion Terrell Academy Eagles 8-7 Monday afternoon. Early on, the Patriots were plagued by uninspired and lethargic play.
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1 week ago | 
railjournal.com | Robert Preston
SPAIN’s National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) reports that the total number of passengers carried on commercial high-speed services on domestic routes reached 10.1 million in the final quarter of 2024, up 17% from the year before. This was however 5% down on Q3 2024, due to the closure of the Madrid - Valencia high-speed line following severe flooding in the Valencia region on October 30 2024.
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1 week ago | 
douglasnow.com | Robert Preston
Things finally turned around for the South Georgia State College Hawks. After dropping four in a row going back to April 4, the Hawks took two out of three from the Andrew College Tigers. SGSC walked off Thursday’s game 11-10 in the 12th inning. The Hawks followed with another extra-innings walk off in game one of a Saturday doubleheader, 6-5. The Tigers took game two 7-4. Thursday, the Hawks had a 10-6 going into the ninth inning when the Tigers scored four runs.
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1 week ago | 
douglasnow.com | Robert Preston
The old saying goes, If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. The county decided to do that very thing at this week’s regular commission meeting when it came to the purchase of a new front end loader for the road department. The commission voted to purchase two pieces of equipment for the road department – a backhoe and a front end loader. Since Hurricane Helene, the county has been renting a Sany 405K loader. Commissioners decided to go ahead and purchase that same loader instead of buying a new one.
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1 week ago | 
douglasnow.com | Robert Preston
The CCA Patriots combined a Spring Break trip with a little baseball in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Patriots played four games against teams from Kentucky, New York, and Quebec, going 1-2-1 during the trip. In the process, they faced a couple of really good prospects; for example, one of the teams, Lexington (Kentucky) Catholic had two SEC commits on their roster. The first game, played Thursday against Lexington (Kentucky) Christian, ended in an 11-3 CCA loss.
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1 week ago | 
douglasnow.com | Robert Preston
The first three hitters in the Coffee Trojans’ lineup in Friday’s sweep of a doubleheader against the Veterans War Hawks in Kathleen – Ben Fussell, Jimmy Timothy, and Michael Strickland – were a combined 15-23 with 12 RBI, 11 runs scored, and six walks. Fussell, who played short in game one and pitched in game two, was a perfect 6-6 with two RBI, seven runs scored, and four walks – all of which were intentional (Timothy followed three of the four passes with RBI hits).
