MOULTRIE — Colquitt County coach Rush Propst took a moment to talk with a reporter as the Packers’ Wednesday evening practice wound down and he mused about how difficult it was going to be for his team to defeat Northside on the road on Friday night.

A victory could mean a Region 1-AAAAA championship for Colquitt County, its first since 1999.

A loss, and the 8-1 Packers will travel in the first round of the playoffs.

But Northside loses rarely, and rarer still is a loss at McConnell-Talbert Stadium, where the Eagles fell to crosstown rival Warner Robins last Friday.

“I wonder when the last time was they lost two in a row?” Propst asked.

“You show me a coach who’s won 100 or more ball games and has some championships to his credit and I’ll bet after a loss, he wins in the 90 percentile the next week.”

Northside’s percentage may be better than that.

The last time a Conrad Nix-coached Northside team dropped two games in a row was way back in 1992.

The Eagles lost their regular-season finale to 28-21 to Warner Robins then lost in the first round of the playoffs to Baldwin 42-28.

Since 1992, Northside has lost three games in a season twice and two in a season three times, but has avoided two-game losing streaks each time.

And to make the Packers’ Friday assignment even more difficult, Propst said, “they have won something like 43 in a row when they are in their all blues (their home uniforms).

“They are tough to beat up there.”

Offensively, the Eagles rely on the running of quarterback Briar Van Brunt and tailback Shaquille O’Neill.

O’Neill is third in the region in rushing with 775 yards on 142 carries and has scored 11 touchdowns.

Van Brunt has rushed for 543 yards and eight touchdowns.