The Packers moved the ball well on their first and last possessions of the game, but in between managed just 81 yards.

The Packers were golden on that first drive, patiently marching 85 yards to a 15-yard touchdown run by Tevin King.

Harrison was 5-for-6 for 54 yards and King had another run of 13 yards in the drive that gave Colquitt a 7-0 lead with just 4:06 gone in the game.

But when the long, perfect pass from Harrison and Key was nullified by the yellow hankie lying just inside the sideline near the Tift County bench, the Packers deflated.

That possession ended in a punt, the next in an interception, and Colquitt turned the ball over on downs the next, and final, time it had the ball in the first half.

The Packers went to the break trailing 23-7 and Davis made sure they didn’t feel any better about themselves when he took the second half kickoff back to their 41.

Moments later, Toomer scored from 10 yards out and Tift led 30-7 just over two minutes into the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter, Colquitt County head coach Rush Propst gave Tyler Brown his most extended playing time of the season and the sophomore quarterback responded by driving his team 87 yards to a score.

Brown completed 7-of-10 passes for 86 yards in the drive, which he finished off with an 11-yard scoring pitch to King.

The Packers defense again was forced to play for long stretches and it showed.

The Blue Devils snapped the ball 70 times and posted 23 first downs.

Colquitt was unable to rush the football as it had the previous week against Valdosta, when it had 222 yards on the ground.

The Packers mustered just 41 against the Blue Devils, including only15 after their first possession.

The victory raises Tift County’s record to 5-2 overall and 3-1 in the region.

Following Northside’s 17-14 victory over Coffee in Douglas on Friday, Northside, Coffee and Tift County are tied for second in the region 3-1 records.