Tuesday night was a night of big basketball rivalries. It was

the second time that teams had faced each other this season and

things have changed since they last met. For instance, the last time

that McIntosh and Fayette County met, the Lady Tigers won by

two points and the Chiefs edged out the Tigers in the last second by

a point. It was a bit of a different story on Tuesday.

The Lady Chiefs opened with a lot of pressure and led the

entire way. Kelli Hogan led the offense, getting help from

Jessi Prahl who dominated the boards for the Lady Chiefs.

Abby Snauwaert of the Lady Tigers and Tani Gaan of the Lady

Chiefs exchanged two three pointers a piece in the first half and

McIntosh went into halftime with a 35-23 lead. Fayette County cut

into the lead in the second half but McIntosh kept pushing the

score back up. McIntosh slowed the game down at the end and

ate some clock, winning by a score of 57-46.

The McIntosh boys team was not going to let the Tigers lead

the entire way, like they did the last time these two teams met. Not

on their home court, anyway. McIntosh came out red hot and

built an 18-6 lead in the first quarter. Ryan Bobbitt, coming off of a

24 point performance the other night against Lovejoy, hit three

three pointers in the first half. McIntosh led 34-19 at halftime. It was

more of the same in the second half, with Jones getting into the

three point act for the Chiefs. He hit two and Bobbitt hit another

one. The game ended with McIntosh winning by a score of 70-47.

The rivals East Coweta and Newnan squared off in

Newnan's gym on Tuesday. Everyone for the East Coweta team

contributed by playing well in the Lady Indians 88-40 win over

Newnan. Janine Martin finished with 19 points and Trishica Evans

finished with 10 points. "It was all just clicking," said Coach

Paula Jones.

The boys played a much closer game with Newnan. The

Indians trailed by 10 points at halftime. East Coweta would shave the

lead down only to have Newnan push it back up with some key

three pointers. The Indians cut the lead to four points with three

minutes left in the game and J.D. Stephens hit a three pointer with two

minutes left to tie the game. Brian Robinson of East Coweta hit

another three pointer and the Indians hung on within the last

minute to win by a score of 70-68. Jackie Britt finished with 28 points

while J.D. Stephens finished with 15 points. "If you didn't like

that game, you just don't like basketball" said Coach John

Thrower. East Coweta hosts LaGrange on Friday night.

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