There is no

better rivalry in the county than Fayette County High

School versus the McIntosh Chiefs. No matter if the game

is football or chess, emotions run high for both teams

and the spectacle is always enjoyable for the audience.

Last

Thursday saw the Tigers and Chiefs meet on the softball

diamond. Both teams are having a successful season and

will meet each other again a few more times before the

season expires.

The game

began with the Tigers getting several hits off McIntosh

pitcher Brooke King in the second inning, but a double

play stopped the Tiger scoring threat. In the third

inning, the Tigers made two costly errors, allowing two

Chiefs to reach base. Britte Hardy scored both of her

teammates with a huge hit to the centerfield fence. Hardy

soon crossed the plate when Abby King dug out a base hit,

hit toward the Fayette shortstop.

The Tigers

came up to bat and put two more runs on the scoreboard in

the bottom of the third inning. The scoring ceased until

the sixth inning when McIntosh catcher Meghan Mulcahy hit

a double and Brooke King hit a double right after her.

The game ended with the Chiefs winners 4-2. The two teams

will meet at Meade Field in Peachtree City at 6 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 20.

McIntosh

then traveled to the Rockdale Tournament over the weekend

and captured second place. Their first game was against

the Stockbridge Tigers. The game went to extra innings

and the Chiefs pulled out a 2-1 win, after the

Stockbridge pitcher made an illegal pitch and walked home

the winning run.

The second

opponent for McIntosh was the Rockdale Bulldogs. Mulcahy

kept up her offensive onslaught by driving in two runs in

the first inning. The Chiefs put some more numbers on the

board in the third inning when Hardy hit a two-run

homerun. Renae Clark added to the damage by slamming a

double and scoring Mulcahy. The Chiefs were once again

winners, 5-3.

In the

first tournament game, McIntosh faced Collins Hill. The

Chiefs won 3-2 as Brooke King, Renae Clark and Alison

Zelinski earned an RBI apiece. The next game pitted them

against the Heritage Patriots, a tough opponent they

first met this year at the Sandy Creek Shootout.

The only

run came when the Patriots pitcher made an illegal pitch,

bringing Moore across the plate. The win moved McIntosh

into the championship game to face the Duluth Cats.

McIntosh had several batters reach base but never scored,

eventually leading to a 2-0 loss and a second place

finish.