Sports Editor

Time is running down in this soccer season, yet it feels as if

it just begun. The rankings have changed slightly, the

McIntosh Lady Chiefs are ranked first in AAAA and the Fayette

County Tigers are ranked fourth. They met last night after the paper

had already gone to press. Both teams played on Friday night and

both teams won. McIntosh faced Walton County at home,

winning 3-1. Julie Herdic scored twice and Micki Stone scored once

for McIntosh as they outshot Walton 27-7. Keri Pendergrass,

Tabitha Lowey and Ansley Franke each had an assist.

"We gave up a pretty soft goal," said Coach Stephen

Buckner. "But we were pretty dominant." As for his thoughts on playing

the crosstown rivals, Buckner said "It's a big rivalry but we

take them as they come. This game will decide the top two teams

in the region. We want to be number one because we want both

of our games at home."

As for the other number one team in the county, Starr's

Mill took on fifth ranked Woodward academy on Friday and

blanked them 6-0. Starr's Mill outshot the War Eagles 19-2.

Freshmen Allison Graham and Amanda Thurber had two goals a

piece while junior Janet Burke and sophomore Alice Martin each

had one. Burke scored off of a pass from Lauren Jones in the

opening minute of the game. Woodward's defense

regained their composure and held the Lady Panthers scoreless for

another 13 minutes. Allison Graham scored soon afterwards on a

pass from Kacy Murray. Ten minutes after that Amanda

Thurber launched the ball into the upper right hand corner of the net

from 18 yards out. Starr's Mill scored one more time before the

half with a goal by Alice Martin.

Lauren Jones found Allison Graham in the opening

minutes of the second half for her second goal of the game.

Amanda Thurber netted the final goal of the game for Starr's Mill

with about ten minutes left. Starr's Mill improved their

overall record to 10-0, seven of those 10 games have been shutouts.

The Lady Panthers have outscored their opponents 91-3 (that is

not a typo). Starr's Mill is off until they travel to the Jekyll

Island Tournament this Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

The Fayette County boys hosted Lovejoy on Friday

night and beat them 2-0. Fayette County did not appear into

the game but they maintained control. The usual veterans did

not get the goals and the assists, they went to the rookies on

Friday. Andrew Doggendorf and Andy Hannon scored the goals

while Todd Edwards and Normer Adams got the assists.

Fayette County outshot Lovejoy 14-8 but they did give lovejoy

more chances than their other opponents this season. Fayette

may have been looking ahead to their game with McIntosh, as the

winner will take first in the region and get home field advantage

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