PREP BASEBALL: Columbia coach Brian Thomas retiring after five seasons

  • Columbia coach Brian Thomas cracks a smile during his team’s game against Bradford on March 3. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)
    Columbia coach Brian Thomas cracks a smile during his team’s game against Bradford on March 3. (BRENT KUYKENDALL/Lake City Reporter)

    After 19 seasons as a head coach and 19 more as an assistant across five high schools and two colleges in three states, Brian Thomas is calling it quits.

    Thomas is resigning as Columbia’s baseball coac…