MOULTRIE – Brian Merritt has been named National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s 55-24 win over Southwest last week.

MOULTRIE – With Madison Plymel putting on a final exclamation point, Colquitt County High softball defeated Marietta High 16-5 in six innings Wednesday in Game 1 of their GHSA 7A first-round series at Packer Park.

This is the fourth in a series highlighting Colquitt County’s 15-0 state champi- onship season in 1994.

MOULTRIE — When he heard last week of the death of Tyree King, his former teammate on Colquitt County’s 1994 undefeated state championship football team, Steven Harlow called King “a teammate you always wanted. A guy who didn’t complain, but just did his job and was the best.”

MOULTRIE – For Jesse Sutton, the 1994 football season enabled him not only to play on Colquitt County’s undefeated state champion, it also helped prepare him for his career at Valdosta State.

This is the third in a series highlighting Colquitt County’s 15-0 state champi- onship season in 1994.

MOULTRIE – Steven Krajewski completed 22-of-33 passes for 273 yards and three touchdowns in UConn’s 56-21 loss to Central Florida last Saturday in Orlando, but he also suffered an injury in the game and will be out 6-8 weeks.

MOULTRIE — Jade Horne pitched 12 scoreless innings to lead Colquitt County to a 8-0, 8-0 doubleheader sweep of Tift County on Thursday at Lady Packer Field.

MOULTRIE – Jaycee Harden has been on a record setting passing pace this season – especially over the last three games – but he and his receivers will be facing a group of ball-hawking Rams on Friday.

MOULTRIE — The clear No. 1 team in Class 6A and consensus No. 2 in Class 7A will meet on the recently named Joe Wilson Field at Martin Stadium tonight when Valdosta visits Lowndes in the 58th Winnersville Classic.

MOULTRIE — This past weekend, the MG’s bronze, silver, Gold and levels 4-5 competed in the annual Tumblin in the Roses meet in Thomasville.

This is the second in a series highlighting Colquitt County’s 15-0 state championship season in 1994.

MOULTRIE — It might have been a bit of a letdown following the win over nationally ranked Marietta the week before, but Grayson found itself struggling and trailing at halftime of its game with Westlake last Friday night.

MOULTRIE – The Colquitt County softball team honored its eight seniors on Tuesday at Lady Packer Field before defeating visiting Cook High 5-4.

John Samuel Shenker caught a 6-yard touchdown pass from Joey Gatewood on Saturday during Auburn’s 28-20 victory over Texas A&M.

MOULTRIE – Ronald Bonner has been involved with football since he was a youngster growing up in Colquitt County, both as player and as a high school coach.

MOULTRIE – The Colquitt County softball team’s 12-0 run-rule victory over Worth County on Monday won’t help the Lady Packers reach any of their playoff-related goals.

MOULTRIE – The Colquitt County ninth-grade football team appeared not at all intimidated when it played host to Dougherty High’s junior varsity on Thursday at the high school.

MOULTRIE – The Colquitt County sixth-grade football broke open a close game with 24 unanswered second-half points and defeated Lowndes 36-6 on Wednesday on the Tom White Field at Mack Tharpe Stadium.

MOULTRIE – Sihiem King, who was at the University of Kentucky the last four seasons, has transferred and is now a graduate student playing his final eligible season at Urbana University in Urbana, Ohio.

MOULTRIE – The Colquitt County 9th-grade football team lost to Lowndes 28-13 on the road last week while playing without starting quarterback I’Marius Bussey.

MOULTRIE – Fans saw four former Packers – coaches Zach Grage, Sherard Reynolds and Phillip Brown and athletic director Chris Merritt – on the opposing sidelines when Colquitt County cruised past Thomasville 45-3 last Friday night on the Tom White Field at Mack Tharpe Stadium.

At Packer Park, there’s a lightning detector that gives off an alarm (sounds a bit like an air horn, the kind an obnoxious spectator brings to the game) telling you it’s time to get off the field. It gets a good workout when you trying to play softball in August or baseball in March on those…