MOULTRIE —
The Colquitt County High boys basketball team will take a shot at knocking off the top-ranked team in Class AAAAAA when Tift County visits today to play on the William Bryant Court at the Gladys Espy Gymnasium.
The Blue Devils, 12-2 overall and 4-0 in Region 1-AAAAAA, are ranked No. 1 Class AAAAAA by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Tift has not lost to a Georgia school this season, falling only to Long Beach (Calif.) Poly 62-55 and Callaway, Miss., 59-43 in the City of Palms Classic held last month in Fort Myers, Fla.
The Blue Devils have breezed through their region schedule, defeating Brunswick 82-72; Camden County 90-47; Lowndes 59-46; and Coffee 84-67.
On Tuesday, Tift County knocked off Westover 87-77, its sixth victory in a row.
The Blue Devils were led by 6-foot-6 senior Brannen Greene, who had 37 points.
Greene, who transferred to Tift County this school year, has already committed to Kansas.
The Packers are 3-9 overall and 1-4 in the region and are in the midst of a four-game losing streak, including a 54-48 defeat at the hands of Lowndes on Tuesday.
The Packers leading scorers are senior forward Kamoris Woods and junior guard Xavier Terry.
Tift County’s girls also are on a roll, having won 10 in row.
Their 67-62 victory over Westover on Tuesday was especially satisfying, as it avenged a season-opening 44-26 loss to the Lady Patriots.
The Lady Devils also are 4-0 in the region standings, a half-game behind region leading Valdosta, which is 5-0.
They are the only two girls teams with winning region records.
And they will not meet until Jan. 29. They will play again four days later.
The Lady Devils were led in the victory over Westover by Dee Dee DeShazer, who had 24 points, and Alexis Johnson, who had 18.
The Colquitt County girls had a nine-game winning streak snapped on Jan. 5 at Brunswick and with the 67-65 triple overtime loss at Lowndes on Tuesday, the Lady Packers have now lost three of their last four and are 10-4 overall and 2-3 in the region.
In the loss at Lowndes on Tuesday, All-State guard Makeba Ponder scored a season-high 34 points.
She averaging 22.3 points this season and has a 25.8 average in region games.
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Undefeated Tift County teams to visit Colquitt County on Friday
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Rec tournament championship games set for Thursday
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Colquitt County soccer banquet
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11 Colquitt County players named All-Region in soccer
Six members of the Colquitt County boys soccer team and five from the girls team have been included on the All-Region 1-AAAAAA team selected by the league’s coaches.
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YMCA flag football champions
R.B. Wright Team 2 defeated Odom in championship game to win the Moultrie YMCA’s Elementary School Sports League flag football title. The team includes, front, from left, Evan Hiers, Gabe Horne, Will Zember, Jackson Avera, Matthew Coop and Chloe Sumner; and, back, Sara Strickland, Ben Howard, coach Greg Coop, Nyquann Washington, Tahj Sanders and Jamad Willis. The Elementary School Sports League, hosted by the YMCA, allows children in fourth and fifth grades to play sports for their schools during the school year.
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Bull Durham takes second in Junior league
urham Insurance scored four runs in the bottom of the final inning to defeat BJ’s Plantation 7-5 on Monday to claim second place in the Junior girls softball league.
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Georgia Hawks heading to Orlando
The Georgia Hawks seventh- and eighth-grade basketball teams will play this weekend in Orlando and are coming off strong recent performances.
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Soccer banquet
The Colquitt County soccer teams recently held their annual banquet. Winning individual awards for the Lady Packers were Flor Ciniceros, Offensive Player of the Year; Madison Turner, Defensive Player of the Year; Diana Durham, Most Improved Player; and Natalie Griffin, Coach’s Award. Winning top awards for the Packers were Alejandro Cardenas, Offensive Player of the Year; Adan Jimenez, Defensive Player of the Year; Jay Tolbert, Most Improved Player; and Jorge Villalobos, Coach’s Award. Shown at the banquet are, front, from left, Austin Hunnicutt, Richard Garcia, Luis Padilla, Alex Cardenas, Fernando Miranda, Ryan Littleton, Garrett Moore, Garrett May, Elias Moreno, Jorge Villalobos, Adan Jimenez, Hudson May, Josh Smith, Jay Tolbert, Mathew Moody and Eric Gould; back, Kali Summerlin, Diana Durham, Karli Horne, Flor Ciniceros, Elizabeth Charles, Madison Turner, Macie Chitty, Taylor Hoes, Natalie Griffin, Jaycee Lott, Ferrell Tyndall, Kailey Middlebrooks, Kristina Scott, Katie Croft and Bert Vega.
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State champion flag football team
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8 Packers named All-Region in baseball
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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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