MOULTRIE – After opening the 2008 season with three straight home games, the Colquitt County High football team will play two of its first three this season on the road.

The Packers also will travel to Marietta to meet Lassiter High on Saturday, Aug. 15, in their preseason scrimmage game. The Trojans are coached by Chip Lindsey, who was the offensive coordinator under Packers coach Rush Propst at Hoover (Ala.) High in 2007.

The Packers will play five homes games and five road games this season.

Colquitt will open at home on Friday, Aug. 28, against Region 1-A’s Randolph-Clay, a team the Packers defeated 54-7 to open the 2008 season. The Red Devils went on to post a 1-9 record.

On Sept. 4, the Packers will travel to Thomasville. Colquitt defeated the Bulldogs 10-7 last season, but Thomasville went on to seven of its last eight games and advance to second round of the Class AA state playoffs.

The Packers will go to Jesup on Sept. 11 to play Wayne County. The 38-0 loss to Colquitt County last fall in Moultrie was one of nine losses suffered by the Yellow Jackets in 2008.

Lowndes will visit Tom White Field at Mack Tharpe Stadium on Friday, Sept. 18. The Packers will remember the 51-0 defeat the Vikings hung on them last season at Martin Stadium. Lowndes won the Region 1-AAAAA championship with a 7-0 record and finished 12-1 overall last season.

Colquitt will make another long trip east on Friday, Sept. 25, going to Douglas to take on Coffee High.

The Trojans defeated the Packers 46-20 in Moultrie last season en route to a 9-4 season.

Colquitt will go to Bazemore-Hyder Stadium on Friday, Oct. 2, and try to avenge a 42-39 loss to Valdosta last year in Moultrie. The Wildcats finished 5-5.

The Packers will return home on Friday, Oct. 9, to play host to Tift County. The Blue Devils defeated the Packers 37-20 last fall and went on to finish 8-4.

Colquitt County will be off on Friday, Oct. 16, but will return home on Oct. 23 to play host to Warner Robins. The Demons defeated the Packers 39-14 on the way to a 5-5 record.

On Oct. 30, Houston County coach Greg Robinson will return to the field where he played his high school football when the Packers play host to the Bears.

The Packers defeated Houston County 28-14 last fall in Robinson’s first season as the Bears coach. Houston finished 3-7.

The Packers will close out the regular season on Friday, Nov. 6, against Northside-Warner Robins at McConnell-Talbert Stadium. The Eagles defeated the Packers 31-7 and went on to finish 10-2.

Colquitt finished 4-6 overall and 1-7 in Region 1-AAAAA last season.

The Packers played Class AA Brooks County at home in their scrimmage last year, but is likely to get an even sterner test from Lasseter.

The Trojans had gone 3-7 in 2006 and 2007, but in his first season, Lindsey led Lassiter to a 9-3 record. The nine victories are the most in school history.

Lassiter, which plays in Region 6-AAAAA, beat Etowah in the first round of the playoffs before falling to North Gwinnett in the second round.

Propst said Lassiter will travel to Moultrie for a scrimmage game in 2010.

PACKERS NOTES: Propst said defensive lineman Cameron Erving has been offered scholarships by Florida State and Georgia Southern.

Erving, who was listed at 6-foot-5 and 258 pounds last season, played both defensive end and defensive tackle.