Consider

that tomorrow will be the beginning of a new year, a new

century and to some, a new millennium. For high school athletic teams, it is the beginning

of the second half of the season. Now they face more

region opponents and every game counts a little bit more.

Though the action won't begin until Tuesday, Jan. 4, one

can foresee an exciting beginning to 2000.

Sandy Creek

wrestlers will begin the new year with a match against

Forest Park on Jan. 4. Three days later the team heads

for a tournament in Florida. Starr's Mill's wrestling

squad will face Henry County and Columbia in a dual meet

on Tuesday, before heading out later in the week to the

Hoover Invitational in Birmingham, Ala. Fayette County

wrestles in a dual meet at East Coweta on Tuesday and

McIntosh gets some extra rest before heading to the War

Eagle Invitational at Woodward Academy next Friday and

Saturday.

In

basketball, McIntosh opens 2000 at home with a match

against Lovejoy. The Lady Chiefs will take the court at 6

p.m. with the boys team playing immediately afterwards.

McIntosh opens the year with four home games and then

follows it with seven straight road games. Fayette County

opens the month of January at home against Stockbridge.

The girls play first at 6 p.m., with the boys game

immediately following. The Tigers then play two on the

road and two at home until the region tournament.

Starr's

Mill opens up the second half of the season on the road.

The Panthers will travel to Eagle's Landing on Tuesday

for games beginning at 6 p.m. The Panthers have a mix of

five games at home and seven games on the road, before

hosting the sub-region tournament in February.