MOULTRIE — Colquitt County’s Carson Tyler took first place in both the 3-meter and platform events at the Big Ten Championships last weekend, winning the Diver of the Championship Award for the second straight year.

The Indiana University junior’s final score of 453.90 points on the 3-meter board along with his platform score of 462.60 contributed to his winning the top diver award again.

He now has won a Big Ten first-place finish on each diving board.

Tyler helped Indiana take home its third consecutive and 30th overall Big Ten title at the Championships, held at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion in Columbus, Ohio.

John Fox, Tyler’s former coach at Moss Farms Diving and now the head coach at Auburn, said that he believes Tyler has a chance to sweep all three boards at the NCAA Championships, which will be held March 27-30 at Indiana.

Hunter Kebler, Tyler’s former Moss Farms Diving teammate, will compete on platform in this weekend’s NCAA Zone B Championships to be held at the Gabrielsen Natatorium on the University of Georgia campus.

A strong performance could earn Kebler, a senior at Auburn, a berth in the National Championships.

Of this and that:

• The Florida State University baseball team is off to a 10-0 start with former Colquitt County, Darton College and Mercer University infielder Ty Megahee in his first year on the Seminoles staff.

Megahee was named as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator under Link Jarrett this season.

Of this and that:

• Emily Allegood continues to have an excellent start as a freshman on the Florida SouthWestern State softball team.

In the Buccaneers’ 17-1 start, the former Lady Packer has gone 24-for-50, a .480 batting average, with four doubles, four triples and two home runs.

In four appearances in the circle, including two starts, she is 2-0 with a 0.98 ERA.

She threw a five-inning no-hitter and went 3-for-3 with a triple and three RBIs in a 14-0 win over Alverno College on Feb. 25.

• When the University of Georgia football team added Josh Crawford as its running backs coach, the program was getting a former Packer.

Crawford coached the receivers from 2014-2016 and rejoined the Colquitt County staff in 2020 as co-offensive coordinator.

After 2020, the highly respected Crawford left for Western Kentucky and in 2023 was on the staff at Georgia Tech before Kirby Smart coaxed him into going to Athens.

Crawford filled the running backs coach job that came open after Dell McGee took the head coaching job at Georgia State.

Crawford was also the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Valdosta in 2018 and 2019.

• Two former Colquitt County football players have transferred to Kennesaw State.

Orion Bonner, who played the last three seasons at Glenville (W.Va.) State, will be coming back to Georgia after catching 108 passes for 1,468 yards and 10 touchdowns for the Pioneers.

And Qway McCoy, who was a freshman at University of Louisiana-Monroe last year, also will become an Owl this year.

• Henry Daniels is hitting .319 with three doubles, three home runs and 19 runs batted in while helping lead Georgia Gwinnett College to a 16-2 start.

The former Packer and ABAC Stallion hit 15 home runs and drove in 49 runs for West Georgia last year.

• Two former Packers are making contributions to the Thomas University baseball team.

JT Whatley is hitting .308 and has started 17 games for the 14-7 Night Hawks. He has three doubles, a triple and three home runs and has driven in 22 runs.

Left-hander Gavin Steptoe is 1-0 in seven appearances, including one start, and has struck out 11 batters in 10 innings.

• Freshman Carliss Johnson leads the St. Petersburg College women’s basketball team in scoring with an 11.4 average.