The Fayette

County Recreation Department will launch its 2000 Church

Basketball League this week with practice games.

The league

is split into two divisions, A and B. The A Division

features five of last year's teams and one new team,

while the B division has seven teams, including four new

teams. The A division will have a playoff involving all

six teams, while the B division will not have a post

season tournament.

The A

division includes last year's champions, New Hope

Baptist, and last year's runner up, Braelinn Baptist.

Prince of Peace, First Baptist and Southern Crescent

round out the teams returning to the division. The new

team is last year's B Division champ, Trinity Fellowship.

The team has been reorganized under the name of Christ

the King. Last year, Trinity went undefeated during the

regular season and took second place in the post season

tourney.

In practice

games played Monday evening, Christ the King met Southern

Crescent, Braelinn Baptist faced First Baptist and New

Hope Baptist squared off against Prince of Peace.

The B

Division lost last year's champion, Trinity Fellowship,

but gained First Methodist, a team that played in the A

division last year. Woolsey Baptist and Flat Creek

Baptist return to the division, while Lisbon Baptist,

Heritage Christian and Fayette Presbyterian are new to

the league. Teams will play each other twice, but there

will not be a post-season tournament. The regular season

champs will receive a team trophy and t-shirts for every

player.

The B

Division will meet for practice games Friday night.

Providence will take on Flat Creek Baptist, Woolsey

Baptist will meet First Methodist and Lisbon Baptist will

challenge Heritage Christian.

All games

are played in the Old Fayette County High School gym. The

schedule is subject to change and games last

approximately an hour. For information and scores, check out www.sportsstandings.com .