MOULTRIE — The Region 1-AAAAA schedule was not exactly kind to the Colquitt County boys basketball team, forcing the Packers to play their first two games against what are expected to be the top two teams in the league.
The Packers, had their five-game winning streak snapped when they fell 66-45 to Coffee on Friday in Douglas.
The win over the Packers and Saturday’s 75-57 victory raised the Trojans overall record to 13-1 and their region record to 2-1.
That lone loss came at the hands of Valdosta, which will bring a 12-0 overall record and a 1-0 region mark to Moultrie tonight.
As impressive as the perfect record is the way the Wildcats, ranked No. 11 in Class AAAAA in the recent Georgia Sports Writers Association poll, are dismantling their opponents.
Coach Rufus McDuffie’s boys are averaging 86.8 points a game, have not scored fewer than 72 in a game, have scored 91 or more seven times and passed the century mark in a 102-63 victory over Hamilton County, Fla., on Dec. 22.
Doing much of the damage for the Wildcats has been 6-foot-5 sophomore Jay Rome.
In the Region 1-AAAAA-opening victory at Coffee, Rome scored 32 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
Four days before, he had 30 points and 12 rebounds in a 91-59 win over Mitchell County.
In a non-region tournament game against Lowndes in November, Rome scored 28 points and had eight rebounds.
Rome had plenty of help in the region win over Coffee. Thoullit Hunter and Rontrel Frazier scored 11 points apiece.
Colquitt County’s boys, 5-6, will try to find a way to shut down Rome and the rest of the high scoring Wildcats and rediscover what enabled them to win five games in a row after opening the season with five straight losses.
The Packers got 18 points from Dominque Hadley in the loss to Coffee on Friday.
But the Packers also a need a return to form by leading scorer Nate Hill, who was averaging more than 19 points before being held to single-digits the last two games.
The Colquitt County girls can go to 2-0 in the region with a victory over the Lady Wildcats in today’s first game, which will begin at 6 p.m.
The Lady Packers have been streaky, winning four straight to open the season and losing three in a row in the Roundball Classic.
Colquitt’s girls won their region opener on Friday, defeating Coffee 53-52 on a late free throw by Umeika Henry.
The Lady Wildcats are 5-4 overall and 0-1 in the region after falling 48-37 to Coffee last Tuesday.
Also tonight in Region 1-AAAAA, Houston County will travel to Coffee and Northside will go to Tift County.
The Northside-Tift County matchup will mark the first region games of the season for those teams.
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Conference champions
The Colquitt County seventh-grade girls basketball team celebrates its South Georgia Athletic Conference championship. The team includes, front, from left, coach Sheila Williams, Za'Nautica Downs, Akia Sutton, Ty'Asia McNeal, Shy Seay; and back, Sydnee Dalton, Shay Stanfill, Kiarra Lovett, Abiyah Spencer, Coach Jon Scroggins, Angel Kinchen, Chyna Calhoun, Michaela Bennefield, Istajhe Johnson, Ashuntee Stewart and Ja'nysia Brown. Not shown, Coach Tamika Seay and Emily Dozier.
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Lady Pack clinches top seed for region tournament
Makeba Ponder’s free throw with 6 seconds remaining gave the Colquitt County girls a 55-48 victory over Lowndes on Tuesday on the William Bryant Court at the Gladys Espy Gymnasium and ensured the Lady Packers would have the top seed in next week’s Region 1-AAAAA tournament at Tift County.
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Rifle team defeats Worth County
The Colquitt County High rifle team remains unbeaten after taking a 1,098-1,082 victory over Worth County on Tuesday in Sylvester.
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Prine shines at Snowflake Invitational
Kenyadah Prine is progressing just fine in her comeback from two frustrating seasons that were marred by injuries. The Lowndes High senior is making the most of her opportunities to return to top form, no matter how big or small the stage.
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Prine shines at Snowflake Invitational
Kenyadah Prine is progressing just fine in her comeback from two frustrating seasons that were marred by injuries. The Lowndes High senior is making the most of her opportunities to return to top form, no matter how big or small the stage.
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Level 3 gymnasts first, Level 4 team second in Thomasville
The Moultrie YMCA MGs headed to Thomasville on January 28 to continue their meet season in the Rose City gymnastics invitational and the Level 3’s took first place and the Level 4’s placed second.
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Register wins region wrestling championship
Travis Register will take an unbeaten record into next weekend’s state sectional after going 2-0 and winning the 220-pound weight class at Saturday’s Region 1-AAAAA wrestling tournament at Lowndes.
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Lady Packers hold off Tift County
The Colquitt County girls basketball team held off a determined Tift County second-half rally on Saturday on the William Bryant Court at the Espy Gymnasium to get a 59-48 Region 1-AAAAA victory.
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Talking it over
The defending Region 1-AAAAA champion Colquitt County High baseball team held an intrasquad scrimmage on Saturday at Ike Aultman Field at Packer Park. The Packers are gearing up for their Feb. 21 season-opener against Lawton Chiles of Tallahassee at Packer Park. Packers assistant coach Jake Mobley talks with sophomore pitcher, and little brother, Gabe Mobley during Saturday’s scrimmage.
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Seventh-grade girls win conference championship
The Colquitt County seventh-grade girls’ basketball team claimed the conference championship Saturday, upsetting previously undefeated Coffee, 20-19.
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