MOULTRIE — If anyone thought Northside-Warner Robins would come to Moultrie looking past Colquitt County and thinking of the first round of the playoffs, the Eagles quickly dispelled that notion.

Northside, the No. 2 team in Region 1-AAAAA, took the opening kickoff and drove 63 yards in just six plays to lead 7-0 less than three minutes into the game.

The Eagles were content to feed the football to senior Xavier Bacon, the region’s leading rusher, and he responded with 184 yards and four touchdowns in the 31-7 Northside victory.

The Packers helped the Eagles, turning the ball over five times, four times on interceptions.

The game was marred by 24 penalties — 12 on each team — for 233 yards.

Two of the Colquitt County penalties were for unsportsmanlike conduct on coach Rush Propst, who was ejected after receiving the second.

Propst was upset with a face-mask infraction called against his team in the fourth quarter and was jawing at the official when he was ejected.

The ejection means Propst will not be allowed to coach the Packers 2009 season-opener.

With the victory, Northside raises its record to 9-1. The Eagles will play host to the No. 3 team from Region 2-AAAAA in the first round of the playoffs next week.

The Packers finish 4-6 overall and 1-6 in the region.

Colquitt made it easy for the Eagles to roll to a 24-0 first half lead, throwing three interceptions in the first two quarters.

The Eagles made it 10-0 on their second possession when Devon Pike converted a 44-yard field goal.

Northside stretched its lead to 17-0 on the second play of the second quarter when Bacon bolted 37 yards untouched for his second score.

Bacon fumbled away his next carry, but the Packers could not convert the turnover into points and in fact were intercepted four plays later.

Colquitt quarterback Tyler Brown threw interceptions on the next two possessions.