MOULTRIE — Donna Marshall made her mark on Colquitt County High athletics quickly this year.

In her first year as the school’s gymnastics coach, she led the Lady Packers to the state championship, the first time a team outside Metro Atlanta had claimed the title.

Two members of the team, Leah May and Marshall’s daughter Meghan Marshall, made the All-State team.

And this week, Donna Marshall herself was named the state gymnastics Coach of the Year by the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association.

Of this and that:

• The Colquitt County girls tennis team reached No. 9 in the Class AAAAA state rankings before being eliminated in the third round of the state tournament by Newnan last week. Colquitt County was the only team outside of Metro Atlanta in the top 10.

Colquitt County’s Monique Murphy had an outstanding senior season for girls tennis team.

In helping lead the Lady Packers to a 19-4 record, Murphy posted a 18-2 record and won her final 14 matches of the season.

Murphy, who played No. 3 singles, lost only to the girl from Athens Academy and to Athena Rogers of Bainbridge in three sets, 5-7, 6-4, 3-10.

Ten days after her loss to Rogers, Murphy got her revenge with a 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 victory over the Lady Bearcat.

• The Moultrie-Colquitt County Parks and Recreation Department’s annual fishing rodeo will be held Saturday, June 3, at the Magnolia Sports Complex pond.

The event is open to boys and girls ages 15 and under.

The event is sponsored annually by the recreation department and Larry’s Bait and Tackle.

• Jake Mobley had an outstanding senior season at Georgia Southwestern, batting .322 with a team-leading 13 doubles, two triples and one home run. His 29 runs batted in ranked second on the team.

• Will Southwell is hitting .244 with a double, three home runs and eight runs batted in for the Georgia Southern baseball team.

Teammate Aaron Eubanks is 2-2 with a 9.45 ERA for the Eagles. The left-hander had 15 strikeouts and 11 walks in 10 innings. Eubanks has made 15 appearances, including one start, in his first season with the Eagles.

• The Colquitt County rising ninth-grade football team held spring practice last week in shorts and helmets and head coach Craig Pitts said he was pleased to have 80 players take part.

“I like those numbers,” said Pitts, who is in his second season as the freshman team’s head coach. “I couldn’t believe it. And they seemed eager to learn.”

The team will soon begin summer workouts.

The team went just 1-5 as eighth-graders but Pitts said he told the players that they would beat two teams next season that they lost to last year.

Last year’s ninth-grade team lost its first two games, but went 3-0-1 in its last four.