MOULTRIE, Ga. — One rematch down, the rematch to end all rematches is now a reality.

It won’t take a full year for Colquitt County to line up again on the football field with North Gwinnett High, the defending Class 7A state champions on an untimed field goal against the Packers in Suwannee last December. Both teams put on dominant performances Friday in the 2018 second round, and because of Wednesday’s coin toss result, they meet in the quarterfinals this coming Friday on Tom White Field at Mack Tharpe Stadium.

But No. 1 and unbeaten Colquitt County had one rematch to deal with first in that second round when McEachern High came to Moultrie looking for payback from a whipping in August’s Corky Kell Classic at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Although McEachern’s Indians now have the distinction of being the first football team in 2018 to score more than two times on Colquitt County, it was of little consolation for the ride back to Cobb County.

The Packers of head coach Rush Propst had five rushing touchdowns and two more passing by junior quarterback Jaycee Harden. They jumped out to a 28-0 lead in the first half, led by as much as 35 in the second half and won 49-29. The current 12-0 run began with a 41-7 final against the Indians on Aug. 18 in Atlanta.

Daijun Edwards, a junior, scored three touchdowns on the ground to go with 102 yards on 15 carries. Senior Ty Leggett accounted for the other two rushing TDs, and he gained 86 yards on 14 carries. Harden was 13-for-20 passing for 167 yards with 11 completions and 144 yards coming in the first half.

The yardage piled up by the Indians certainly hasn’t been seen against this Packer defense that only gave up one offensive touchdown since halftime of its win against Grayson on Sept. 21, a span of five-and-a-half games. McEachern tallied 274 yards running the football, but the passing game struggled with a rotation of quarterbacks getting 136 yards, completing just 10 passes in 28 attempts. The second half was particularly brutal, six incompletions in a row to start it off.

But the game belonged to the Packers with two Edwards touchdowns to cap off their first two drives. He scored from 2 yards out at 10:05 and got a hole to go in from 31 out at 2:10 of the opening quarter.

McEachern’s first two times with the football, while involving 23 snaps and six first downs, both ended on failed fourth-down attempts.

Harden completed seven of his first nine throws and found sophomore Lemeke Brockington for his first touchdown at 7:45 of the second period. Brockington, the team’s leading receiver, had four catches for 58 yards and now has six touchdowns.

The half got worse for McEachern, down 21-0, on a lost fumble inside the Packer 30. Senior Camari Louis recovered and returned it to the Indian 18. One play later, Harden and senior tight end Josh Hadley connected for Hadley’s first touchdown of 2018 at 5:41.

Paris Brown ended the shutout capping off an eight-play, 80-yard drive with a fourth-and-goal 1-yard plunge. That took the game into halftime 28-7. The Indians were also able to hold down the Packers for the last 2:12 knowing they had first possession of the second half.

But that ended three-and-out, and Colquitt went on to “pound the rock” in two scoring drives where Leggett first had three straight carries for 29 yards and a 13-yard score. McEachern’s punting game didn’t come through when needed more than once as a kick of 11 yards spotted the home team on the Indian 36. Edwards proceeded to get 36 yards on three carries and a 9-yard TD. That puts him at 25 on the season.

With the score 42-7 at 5:30 in the third period, McEachern’s Valerian Aghaw’s intercepted Harden on his 23. Jordan Simmons cashed the takeaway in with a 40-yard touchdown in the final minute of the period. That took away the fourth-quarter running clock, the score 42-14.

Simmons scored for the second time in the fourth period, a one-yard run at 8:06. Recovering the onside kickoff sparked some life into the visiting team, but Carlos Del-Rio Wilson was sacked by Zy Brockington and LaQuavion Haynes on fourth down.

Leggett carried five times on the ensuing drive for 16 yards and scored a 7-yard TD at 2:12.

Del-Rio Wilson and Ese Dubre connected with 18 seconds to play on a 9-yard scoring throw.