This

weekend promises to be a big weekend for the sports fan.

Not only is there a prime time matchup between the

Florida Gators and the Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday

night, but the local high school athletic programs will

be rocking too.

Friday

night will give football fans some great games to watch.

Starr's Mill(2-0) will host Henry County (0-2) at Tiger

Stadium at Fayette County High School. Henry County put

up some numbers last week against Sandy Creek, but they

look vulnerable to the run and Starr's Mill has runs

a-plenty.

As for

Sandy Creek(2-0), they will host Eagle's Landing (0-2).

Coach Rodney Walker was disappointed with his team's

intensity last week, meaning it will not be a problem

this week. Eagle's Landing has some talent but Sandy

Creek is explosive offensively and growing as the season

progresses.

Fayette

County(1-1) travels to LaGrange(1-1) on Friday night in

what should be a very tight game. The Tigers battled

Newnan closely until the final five minutes and LaGrange

had some trouble in the first week against Troup County.

Fayette should not have another lapse like last week and

will take the field with something to prove.

East Coweta

(0-2) travels to play their crosstown rivals the Newnan

Cougars (2-0) on Friday night. The Cougars have not

defeated East Coweta in six years and they definitely

smell blood this year. The Indians have been injury

plagued since the preseason, but with a game against your

rivals, all predictions go out the window.

McIntosh(0-2)

will travel to play Carver,Columbus(0-2) on Saturday

night. The Chiefs will be without quarterback Luke Wiggs

who looked solid in the opener against Pebblebrook

despite the loss. They will try to find some offense and

the defense must be aggressive and look for turnovers.

The

Northgate Vikings (0-1) had a bye last week and will

travel to face a tough Bowdon (0-1) team on Friday.

Northgate is improving week to week and could keep this

one close if they play mistake free ball.

There are

also some cross country meets this weekend. McIntosh and

Starr's Mill will travel to Marist to face several of the

top programs in the state. The meet will give the both

squads some top notch experience, while allowing them to

scout the talents of some of the other top contenders in

AAA and AAAA. East Coweta, Sandy Creek,Northgate and

Fayette County will travel to the Carrollton

Invitational. The meet will serve as an excellent

indicator for the talents of the teams.

In

softball, Starr's Mill will travel to the North Cobb

tournament which began on Wednesday afternoon. The

Panthers have played very well this season and want to be

sharp for their match on Tuesday against their rivals,

the Sandy Creek Patriots.

All of this

comes in the middle of a Braves pennant race, the Falcons

second game of the season, preseason hockey at Phillips

Arena on both Saturday and Sunday and lots of college and

professional football. Enjoy!