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Colquitt to play host to Bainbridge tonight
MOULTRIE — The Colquitt County boys and girls basketball teams will play host to Bainbridge tonight at the Gladys Espy Memorial Gymnasium.
The Lady Packers are 3-0, but will go up against a Bainbridge team that went to the Final Four in Class AAAA last year and is 8-0 this season.
The Lady Cats are led by senior forward Alexis Burks, who has signed to play a the University of Illinois next season.
Burks, forward Bria Harris and guard April Thomas all average in double figures.
The Lady Packers have defeated Monroe twice and Worth County.
The Colquitt County boys have struggled in the early going without several players who were with the Packers football team.
All-Region performer Nate Hill is averaging in double figures in the Packers first three games.
The Bainbridge boys reached the Final Four last year, but lost all five starters to graduation.
The Bearcats are 4-1 and count on the scoring of Shawn Samuels and Rohan Gaines.
Colquitt County will be home again Saturday to face Worth County.
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Rustlers win World Series tournament in Valdosta
MOULTRIE — The Colquitt County Rustlers won the Elite Tournament Baseball Silver Division World Series, which was held July 23-24 in Valdosta.
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Church league champions
Pine Grove Baptist Church won the Moultrie-Colquitt County Parks and Recreation Department’s Ladies Church League championship with a record of 8-1. Team members are back, from left, Sara Tillman, Gwen Brown, Jessica Stanford, Kristi Lee, Jordan Turner, Sunny Norman, coach Franklin Veasey, Amber Veasey Serrata, Lucy Lee and Donna Hartsfield; front, Patty Lee, Charley Hartsfield, Chelsea Weaver, Stacy Clark, bat girl Alexis Ruis and Kaley Clark.
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Region football kickoff program set for Saturday
MOULTRIE — Former Colquitt County High head football coach Jim Hughes will be the keynote speaker at Saturday’s annual Kickoff to Men’s Health Event in Tifton that will feature Region 1-AAAAA coaches speaking about their teams’ prospects for the 2010 season.
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Getting ready for the season
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McAlpin helping tap Georgia baseball talent
MOULTRIE — Chris McAlpin is not sure exactly why Georgia seems to be producing so many outstanding baseball players the last few years.
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8th-grade football team begins preparations
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Hogan and Reid rally to win Ramsey Pidcock
MOULTRIE — The opportunity for Kevin Blanton and Greg Coop to successfully defend their Ramsey Pidcock Invitational championship slipped away on Sunday on No. 14, where they carded double-bogey.
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Return shot
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Basketball Pack improves during summer schedule
MOULTRIE — Colquitt County boys basketball Kirven Davis knows that it will take more than one player to make up for the points and rebounds the Packers received from senior Nate Hill last season.
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Southwest Georgia Select 7-on-7 champions
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