Both Colquitt soccer teams eliminated in the first round of state

Published 2:15 pm Thursday, April 14, 2022

Colquitt County sophomore defender Natiam Garcia (16) heads the ball toward the Hillgrove net.

MOULTRIE — The Colquitt County boys and girls soccer teams bowed out of the 2022 Georgia High School Association state tournament in the first round this week.

The Region 1-7A runner-up Packers fell behind by two goals quickly and lost to visiting Hillgrove 7-0 on Wednesday at Packer Park.

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The Lady Packers also were shut out, losing 10-0 at Walton on Tuesday.

All four Region 1 girls teams lost in the first round, scoring just one goal among them.

Region 1 champion Lowndes lost at home to Region 3’s No. 4 team North Paulding 4-1.

In addition to the Lady Packers, also being blanked were region runner-up Camden County, which fell 2-0 to Hillgrove, and No. 3 Tift County, a 10-0 victim at Harrison.

The Lady Packers, who lost all six of their region games, finish the season with a 2-13-2 record.

Colquitt’s girls have not posted a winning record since 2016.

Colquitt County’s boys split their six region games and finished as the league’s runner-up.

But they were no match for the Hawks, who were the No. 3 team from Region 3.

Tift County was the only region boys team to advance in the first round.

The region champion Blue Devils, ranked No. 5 in the state, defeated Marietta 5-4 and will remain in Tifton to play host to Region 7 runner-up Berkmar on Tuesday in the second round.

The Packers finish 12-5-1 in 2022 season in which Jimbo Jarvis passed Jeff Morris as Colquitt County’s all-time winningest boys soccer coach.

Morris posted a 112-36-12 record from 1996-2004.

Jarvis, in his 10th season as the boys coach, got win No. 113 in a 10-1 victory at Coffee on Feb. 11.

He is now 121-49-9 as Colquitt County’s boys coach.

Jarvis also posted a record of 154-94-7 as Colquitt County’s girls coach from 1999-2012.

Next season will be his 25th coaching Colquitt County soccer teams.

He has a combined career record of 275-143-16, a 63.4 winning percentage.