Colquitt leads Brunswick 17-8 at the half

Published 9:01 pm Friday, October 18, 2013

Colquitt led 17-8 at the half, but it was two quarters of missed opportunities for the Packers.

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Two potential touchdown passes were dropped in the end zone and the Packers fumbled the ball away on the Brunswick 13.

Colquitt forced Brunswick to punt away its first possession then drove 58 yards on 12 plays to score on a 7-yard run by Sihiem King with 7:01 left in the first quarter.

The Packers banged out four first downs on the drive and then had three more on its next possession when they drove to the fourth-and-3 at the Brunswick 15.

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The Packers sent out Jose Vega to attempt a 32-yard field goal, but Brunswick called a time out.

During the timeout, Packers coach Rush Propst changed his mind and sent his offense back out.

Mobley then fired to a slanting Kiel Pollard in the end zone, but the sophomore receiver could not hold on and the ball went over to the Pirates.

Brunswick was unable to move after taking over on the 15 and after a 10-yard punt the Packers took possession on the Pirates 39.

Mobley appeared to laid another touchdown pass into the hands of Pollard on third-and-six, but again Pollard was unable to hold on.

Vega came on and kicked a 23-yard field goal to put the Packers up 10-0 with 10:54 left in the half.

Brunswick took the ensuing kickoff and drove for its only score of the first half, going 70 yards in 11 plays with Ishaun Armstrong taking the ball in from 5 yards out.

Quarterback Cory Dixon ran in the 2-point conversion and the Packers lead was trimmed to 10-8.

When Maleek Lewis returned the kickoff 41 yards to the Packers 48, Colquitt was on the march again.

The first play in the drive was a 19-yard completion from Mobley to Tim Sanders and the final play was a 12-yard strike from Mobley to Sanders for the touchdown. Vega’s conversion put the Packers up 17-8.

Colquitt drove one more time in the second quarter, but on a first-and-10 from the Pirates 13, but a botched handoff put the ball on the ground and Brunswick recovered with 48 seconds left in the half.

The Packers stopped Brunswick’s second possession when Michael Sutton picked off a Dixon pass in the end zone with 4:41 left in the first half.

It was Colquitt County’s first interception since the season-opening 21-6 victory over Grayson.