There were

three football games played by teams from this county

Friday night and none of them won.

McIntosh

hosted a red-hot East Coweta team, and Fayette County and

Sandy Creek played the best teams in their region,

Lovejoy and Mt. Zion-Jonesboro, respectively.

East Coweta

hammered the Chiefs in the first half, holding them to

only six yards of offense. The score at halftime was 34-0

and East Coweta's main man was W. J. Jordan. Jordan

rushed for 242 yards and four touchdowns on nine carries.

The Indians

put in some of their reserves in the second half and

McIntosh scored several times. Tony Franks scored two

touchdowns and Rico Blackman scored one. The Chiefs lost

41-20.

Fayette

County did not fare well with the Lovejoy Wildcats,

though their defense hung tough for the first half.

Lovejoy managed only three first downs in the first half,

but they did manage to put up 16 points, mainly from

Fayette County mistakes. The Tigers drove for 216 yards

in the game, but could never get anything going,

eventually losing 36-0.

Sandy Creek

battled a tough Mt. Zion-Jonesboro team Friday night and

kept it close. Though their offense gathered only 33

yards in the first half, the Patriots defense also did a

good job of keeping the Trojans offense under wraps. The

Trojans scored first and then did not score again until a

blocked punt with four minutes remaining in the first

half.

The blocked

punt was run in for a touchdown and Mt. Zion led 14-0 at

the half.

Sandy Creek

then controlled the ball and put together a long

touchdown drive that kept the Trojan offense off the

field. When Mt. Zion got the ball back, they put together

a long drive, over nine minutes long, to take the lead

and the game with them, 21-7.

Games this

week also will be fairly interesting. Fayette County

(3-3) travels to play East Coweta (4-2) and a Tiger win

could tie those two teams up. With a little bit of

offense and a little bit of luck it will be close. The

Tigers must find a way to stop the juggernaut Jordan if

they are to win.

McIntosh

(1-5) travels to face the Upson-Lee Knights. They won't

have as hard a time generating offense as they did Friday

night, but it will still be a battle for the Chiefs. Look

for the McIntosh offense to be hungry and for the defense

to try and create opportunities for the offense. If it

all comes together right, the Chiefs could head back to

Peachtree City with their second victory under their

belts.

Starr's

Mill (5-0) comes back from a bye week to face the top

team in their region, The Mt. Zion-Jonesboro Trojans

(6-0). Mt. Zion defeated Sandy Creek last week, but it

was their biggest struggle of the season. Look for

Starr's Mill to try and do everything Sandy Creek did

right defensively Friday, as well as put a few sneaky

plays in for the offense to try and shock the Trojans

into a loss.

Sandy Creek

(4-1) faces Jones County (4-1) Friday. Jones County's

only loss this season came to Mt. Zion-Jonesboro. They

are a tough team and they are looking to lock into the

second place position behind the Trojans.

Sandy Creek

did not play terribly last week and the defense

accomplished a number of their goals. The Patriots will

look to establish their running game early and try to

control the game from the kickoff.

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