MOULTRIE — At the annual Colquitt County High football banquet on Thursday, Packers head football coach Tim Cokely revived long-bestowed permanent awards that had not been presented in a number of years and added two new ones.

The Boar Hog, Horkan Sportsmanship Award, Charlie Pippin Unsung Hero Award and the Knuck McCrary Fighting Spirit Award were brought out of mothballs on Tuesday and their presenters gave brief histories of how they came into being.

And two new awards — honoring the special teams player of the year and top weightlifter — were added to list of honors made at the banquet, which honored the 2005 football team.

The annual banquet was held just six days before the Feb. 1 beginning of spring football practice.

Also recognized were the football cheerleaders, the football team’s 13 seniors, four permanent captains the scholar/athletes who averaged 90 or better in their classwork and the 12 Packers football academic award winners.

The Boar Hog Award, presented by the Friedlander family to the player who exemplifies “Packer spirit on the defensive side of the football” went to senior linebacker Michael Murray.

The award was presented by Kirk Friedlander.

The Horkan Sportsmanship Award, presented by Frank Horkan and George Horkan III in honor of their father and grandfather, went to senior receiver/defensive back Jeremy DeBruce.

The Charlie Pippin Unsung Hero Award, presented by Pippin’s former Packer teammate Brooks Sheldon, went to Sam Heath.

And the Knuck McCrary Fighting Spirit Award, honoring “the ultimate team offensive player” was presented by McCrary’s son Pat McCrary to junior All-Region and All-State running back Orion Ponder.

One new permanent award presented for the first time this year honors the top special teams player and went to junior return man Vance Cuff.

The new Rocky Jones Packer Strong Man Award was given for the first time to running back/defensive lineman Kelvin Watts, who has set two school records in weightlifting.

The award is named for former Packer and longtime booster Rocky Jones, who died last March at age 42 of a heart attack.

Athletic director Darius Dawson, who stepped down as linebackers coach after the 2005 season, in which the Packers went 6-6 and won the school’s first playoff game since 1999, introduced the team’s seniors.

“I think this group has started the ball rolling,” said Dawson, who will stay on to work on the ninth-grade staff. “They have done a lot toward getting this program back to where it needs to be.”