MOULTRIE —
Cole Pitts allowed just four hits and a run in six strong innings to lead Georgia to a 10-1 victory over St. John’s on Sunday at Russ Chandler Stadium.
The former Packer improved to 2-0 by striking out four and walking two. He got double plays balls to get out of the first and second innings.
According to the Georgia Tech website, Pitts said, "I had my cutter working well for me. I got a feel for my change-up later in the game and got a couple more strikeouts with that pitch after I got command of it.
"I like throwing on Sundays. Sometimes it's 1-1 going into Sunday or we're going for the sweep so I like it being on my shoulders."
The sophomore right-hander retired the last seven batters he faced with three strikeouts and has won four of his last five starts dating back to last season.
No. 20 Georgia Tech is now 6-1.
Of this and that:
• Former Packer Andrew Harvin got his first collegiate victory on Feb. 16 when he defeated Ralph Velasco 6-0, 6-0 in the Valdosta State men’s tennis team’s 9-0 victory over visiting Christian Brothers.
The 1-4 Blazers will meet Lynn on Friday in Valdosta.
• Two teams from Region 1 are still alive in the Class AAAAAA boys basketball tournament.
Tift County eliminated Westlake 100-81 last weekend and will play North Cobb on Wednesday in a quarterfinal game.
Brunswick defeated Druid Hills 56-42 in its second-round game and will play Hillgrove on Wednesday.
• Matt Creech has started all four games as a freshman for the Charlotte baseball team, going 5-for-20 with a pair of doubles and one run batted in.
The former Packer is 1-for-2 in stolen bases.
The 49ers met Marshall on Monday.
• Former Colquitt County and Moss Farms diver Kelsey Goodman, now diving at Florida State, was seventh on 1-meter an 11th on 3-meter and the recently concluded ACC Championships held in Greensboro.
The Florida State women’s swimming and diving team finished fourth.
• The Valdosta State golf team team shot a 297 to finishes seventh in the recent Matlock Collegiate held at Lone Palm Golf Club in Lakeland, Fla.
Two former Packers competed for the Blazers with Clarke Hendrick firing a 71-70-81 for a 222 and John Fordham shooting an 80-75-74 for a 229.
The Blazers will travel to Nevada this week to play in the Las Vegas Desert Invitational on Sunday and Monday.
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Pitts wins second straight start for Georgia Tech
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State champion flag football team
Colquitt County won the gold medal in the Senior/Master Traditional Flag Football competition at the recent 2013 Special Olympics Georgia State Summer Games last weekend. Colquitt County defeated Gwinnett County 26-0 in the opening round and defeated Gwinnett again in the championship game 24-0. The team includes, front, from left, Quan Ballard, Joseph Bentley, Wayne Cooley, Jonathon Barnett and James Moxley; back, assistant coach Nick Edge, Shane Jacobs, James Palmore, Jack Hipps, Local Coordinator Grant Hammack, Donta Merritt, Kelvin Holmes and head coach Dennis Eubanks.
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8 Packers named All-Region in baseball
For the third season in a row, Colquitt County High has had one of its baseball players named a region Player of the Year.
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Giddens named to Rimington Trophy watch list
Arkansas State sophomore center Bryce Giddens is one of 44 players across the country who have been named to the 2013 Rimington Trophy’s spring watch list, announced Tuesday by the Rimington Trophy committee.
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Dawson resigns as Colquitt County athletic director
Darius Dawson, who has served as Colquitt County’s athletic director since 2006, has resigned to take a job as assistant principal at Charlie A. Gray Middle School.
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South Georgia Youth Shooting Club excels
The South Georgia Youth Shooting Club overcame chilly and wet conditions to take two first-place and two third-place finishes at the Georgia State Trap Shooting championships held May 4 at the South River Gun Club in Covington.
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Packers finish tied for fourth in state golf tournament
When Colquitt County won the Blue Devil Invitational at Spring Hill Country Club in Tifton on April 8, the Packers did so with a round of 294, their best score of the season.
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Tournaments open
Levi Stanfill helped lead Liberty Tax into the Farm League baseball tournament that opened on Monday at the Magnolia Sports Complex. Tournament play in both the Farm League and Midget League will continue tonight with the championship games set for 6 p.m. Thursday. In Monday’s Midget League games, Davis Insurance defeated Mobley Plant 9-3; Quality Employment downed Hutchinson Traylor 13-5 and Southwest Georgia Insurance eliminated Ameris 20-4. In Farm League games on Monday, Farm Bureau defeated Lazarus, 17-6; Ameris won over Southwest Georgia Bank 13-2; Liberty Tax defeated Rocky’s 8-2; and Davis Insurance won over Paradise Pool and Patio 17-2. Stanfill is shown slamming a double in a recent Liberty Tax victory over Lazarus.
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Lady Packers third at state golf tournament at Sunset
Colquitt County coach Matt Key said he thinks his Lady Packers might have place little too much pressure on themselves at Monday’s Class AAAAAA golf tournament at Sunset Country Club.
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Packers head to Tifton to chase state golf championship
When the Colquitt County High golf team tees off in Monday’s state tournament, the Packers will be playing a course that it sometimes plays better than its own.
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Davis Insurance, Hutson Motors win boys baseball championships
Davis Insurance edged Liberty Tax 13-12 on Thursday at the Magnolia Sports Complex and claimed the Farm League baseball championship.
Hutson Motors won the Tiny Mites championship after defeating Holman Supply 15-0 to finish its season undefeated.
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