MOULTRIE — If there is a consolation in Colquitt County’s 2-8 record this season, it could be that it came against a schedule this is proving to have been more difficult than many may have believed.

Eight of the Packers 2007 opponents – nine if one counts scrimmage foe Cairo – qualified for the postseason this year and only two – Tift County and Lee County – lost in the first round. Lee County’s trip to the postseason, it should be noted, was more a matter of Region 1-AAAA having just four teams that the Trojans regular-season success.

Two more fell – by a total of six points - on Friday, but Region 1-AAAAA champion Lowndes, Cook, Thomas County Central, Bainbridge and Cairo are still alive with quarterfinal games scheduled this weekend.

LOWNDES ROLLS

The Vikings won their 11th straight game, defeating Douglass 31-12 on Friday and will be back at home this week to play host to 2006 state co-champion Roswell.

Lowndes, 11-1, intercepted six Astros passes, including three by Greg Reid and two by Kelly Dawsey and the Vikings were not forced to punt until the fourth quarter.

Roswell advanced after scoring a controversial touchdown in overtime to defeat Peachtree Ridge 23-20 in a rematch of last year’s state championship game, which ended in a 14-14 tie.

The Hornets are 10-2 and will take a six-game winning streak to the quarterfinal game, set for 8 p.m. Friday at Martin Stadium.

VALDOSTA FINISHES 9-3

The Wildcats bounced back from a 1-9 record in 2006, but never managed to take a lead in falling 21-18 to the Martin Luther King Jr. Lions on Friday in Lithonia.

The Lions are now 12-0 and the only remaining unbeaten team in Class AAAAA. They will play host to Harrison High, which eliminated Walton 37-28 on Friday, this week.

M.L. King took a 7-0 lead on a 2-yard touchdown run by Cordellaro Jones early in the second quarter and while the Wildcats twice had opportunities to tie the game, never could make an extra point.

In the second quarter, Michael Turner hit Marcus McNair on a screen pass that turned into a 50-yard touchdown, but Lawrence Clagett’s extra point attempt was blocked.

Jones scored again moments later on a 65-yard run and the Lions led 14-6.

Valdosta’s David Arnold answered with a 5-yard touchdown run, but Turner was sacked while trying to pass for a 2-point conversion that would have tied the game.