MOULTRIE — Despite yearly attempts to show otherwise, the knock on Colquitt County High’s Packer Booster Club has long been that it benefits the football team, while other programs, especially the so-called minor sports, suffer.

But the coach of one of the school’s most successful minor sports has nothing but good things to say about the support his team has received.

Gunnery Sgt. Emmett Bryant has said several times during the Colquitt County High precision air rifle team’s young season that its ability to attend a camp in Griffin last summer helped its progress this season.

The 2006 rifle team is 4-0 this season, has qualified three of its members for the state competition, has set individual and team scoring records and also will compete this week in the Marine Corps Junior ROTC Eastern Championships.

“We’ve received great support from the high school and the booster club,” Bryant said recently.

All Colquitt County High sports, from the football team to the rifle team, benefit from the Packer Booster Club by receiving awards, funds for camps and other items.

The Booster Club increased the amount of money it can spend on the school’s athletic programs when it increased its number of members from 218 to 428 this year.

The club also will hold its biggest fund-raiser on Monday, Feb. 20 with its annual Packer Booster Invitational Golf Tournament.

The tournament will tee off at 1 p.m. at Sunset Country Club and will offer some $17,000 worth of prizes, including eight sets of irons.

Prizes for the four-man scramble tournament will be awarded to the top six places in low net and low gross.

Players will be treated to a barbecue dinner following the tournament.

Those interested in entering a team, joining a team or sponsoring a hole can contact Sunset Country Club.

The entry fee for a team is $500. Individuals can play for $125. Hole sponsorships are $200.

For more information, contact Sunset Country Club at 890-5555.