MOULTRIE — The Colquitt County boys stayed with unbeaten Valdosta for one quarter on Tuesday, but Thoullit Hunter made sure the game was close no longer.
Hunter scored 14 of his game-high 23 points in the second quarter, breaking a 14-14 tie and leading the Wildcats to an 81-39 Region 1-AAAAA victory over the Packers at the Espy Gymnasium.
The victory raises the Wildcats record to 13-0 overall and 2-0 in the region.
The win also completed a sweep as the Lady Wildcats won the opener 40-39.
The Valdosta boys went into Tuesday’s game averaging nearly 87 points a game and had scored 91 or more seven times.
For the first eight minutes, it did not look as if the Wildcats would approach those figure.
But Valdosta erupted for 23 points in the second quarter and 30 in the third to drop the Packers to 5-7 overall and 0-2 in the region.
Hunter’s 14 second-quarter points came on four 3-pointers and a pair of free throws.
He added three more triples in the third quarter.
Jay Rome had scored scored a total of 62 points in his last two games, but the Packers held him to just 13. Valdosta had 12 players in the scoring column, with Jeremy Fountain adding nine and Rontrell Frazier and Clark Charles each getting seven.
Valdosta hit 10 3-pointers, including seven by Hunter. The Wildcats, who began shooting bonus free throws with 1:46 left in the first quarter, were 25-for-37 from the foul line.
Nate Hill led the Packers with eight points.
The Valdosta boys will travel to Warner Robins on Friday to meet Demons, who are 0-3 in the region.
The Packers will be back at the Espy Gymnasium on Friday for a non-region meeting with Bainbridge.
Valdosta’s girls picked up their first Region 1-AAAAA victory of the season on Tuesday by holding off the cold-shooting Lady Packers. Colquitt’s girls were just 13-for-53 from the floor and connected on only 12 of their 27 free throws.
Valdosta took the lead on a 3-pointer by Alexis Brown that broke a 9-9 tie with 5:18 left in the first half and never trailed again.
A free throw by Alisha Crawford put the Lady Wildcats up 40-33 with 31 seconds left.
Colquitt County’s Bria Wallace had a free throw and Nicolle Thomas added a basket and a 3-pointer in the waning seconds, but they were not enough.
Crawford led Valdosta with 10 points. Kendra Patrick added nine as the Valdosta girls even their region record at 1-1 and raise their overall record to 6-4.
The Lady Wildcats will face Warner Robins, 2-1 in the region on Friday.
Thomas had 14 to lead the Lady Packers. Umeika Henry added 10, Wallace and Ashley Patillo each had six, Persephone Taylor had two and Shay Lovett added a free throw.
The Colquitt County girls fall to 6-6 overall and 1-1 in the region and will meet Bainbridge at home on Friday. Colquitt County will travel to Houston County on Saturday.
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Colquitt drops region games to Valdosta
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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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