MOULTRIE —
Since the start of the 2010 season, the Colquitt County High football team has produced a 26-12 record, reaching the state championship game two years ago and the state semifinals last year.
The senior football players who have been such a part of that successful run will be honored, along with two trainers, before Friday’s 7:30 p.m. game against Camden County.
Senior band members and cheerleaders also will be recognized before the game.
The senior football players are kicker Will Bannister, defensive end Ikeem Blakely, running back John Boatwright, offensive lineman Jeffery Davis, offensive lineman Dalton Dillon, receiver Dillon Frazier, linebacker John Gray, runnin back Qwen Grier, defensive end Creig Harris, wide receiver Bobby Hill, linebacker Samuel Holloway, offensive tackle Octavius Jackson, defensive back Carlos Johnson, receiver Deonte Johnson snapper Britt Jones, defensiveend Jeffery Lawson, defensive lineman Anthony Lewis, tight end Nate Madison, safety Garrett Pearce, defensive back John Peterson, defensive back Jamal Phillips, offensive/defensive lineman Travis Register, quarterback Cole Segraves, receiver Kishaun Taylor, defensive lineman Latraveur Turner, linebacker Latrikeus Turner, kicker Roberto Vega, defensive back Johnny Ward, offensive lineman Seth Weeks, snapper John Mark Williams and punter Tyler Yost. The trainers are Anna Fisher and Jose Santos.
Many of the seniors will have key roles to play when the Packers play host to the 9-0 and top-ranked Wildcats on Friday.
Bannister is 27-for-28 in extra point attempts; Blakely has 49 tackles and was the Defensive Player of the Week against Coffee; Boat-wright leads the Packers with nine touchdowns; Davis has started at both guard and center, as has Dillon; Gray leads the Packers with 91 tackles.
Harris has been a starter at defensive end; Hill, who has committed to Ole Miss, leads the Packers with 52 pass receptions for 804 yards and five touchdowns; Jackson, who has committed to Florida, has started the last two season at offensive left tackle.
Deonte Johnson has four catches this season and had eight last year, including one for a touchdown; Jones has been a fixture at snapper, getting the ball back on target for extra point and field goal attempts and for punts; Lawson has 15 tackles; Madison has one catch this season and it was for a touchdown; Pearce has been a sure tackler in the secondary;
Peterson has the Packers longest kickoff return this season, a 51-yarder; Phillips is the Packers third-leading tackler; Register has started at both offensive guard, defensive tackle and defensive end and is one of team’s most versatile players;
Segraves led the Packers in passing as a junior, hitting 160-of-268 for 2,115 yards and 17 touchdowns, and is 88-for-157 for 1,202 yards and seven touchdowns this season; Taylor has nine pass receptions this year; Vega has hit 6-of-8 field goals;
Ward, who has committed to South Florida, has an interception, 49 tackles and several blocked kicks; and Yost, the Packers’ punter the last two years, is averaging 37.9 yards on 34 punts this season.
PACKERS NOTES: Despite three losses, Colquitt County is ranked No. 10 in Class AAAAAA by the Georgia High School Football Daily. ... Lovett, which is 5-4, is ranked No. 10 in Class AA. ... The Packers are minus-6 in the turnover ratio this season. Colquitt has lost eight fumbles and thrown 13 interceptions. The Packers opponents have lost 11 fumbles and thrown four interceptions.
Colquitt was plus-13 in turnovers last season.
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