McIntosh

and Starr's Mill basketball teams faced some quality

region opponents Friday night, knowing that their

performance had as much importance as a victory.

McIntosh

hosted the Stockbridge Tigers and Starr's Mill hosted

Riverdale.

The Chiefs,

both the boys and the girls, defeated Stockbridge. The

Lady Chiefs, still undefeated in the subregion, won 49-23

and the boys won 46-39. The girls were led by Jessi Prahl

who scored 17 points and pulled in 10 rebounds. Britte

Hardy sparked the team as well by playing good defense

and scoring 12 points.

The boys

were led in scoring by Stephen Cox who scored 19 points

in the win.

McIntosh

now plays seven games on the road, starting with a game

at East Coweta last night. The Chiefs will play at

Lovejoy Friday night at 7 p.m.

Starr's

Mill's Panthers knew they had their work cut out for them

when they faced Riverdale. To defeat the Raiders, one

must shut down their speed and talent, which is a pretty

hard task when it cannot be simulated in a practice. The

girls played hard but lost to the Lady Raiders 71-58.

They were led in scoring by Amy Holloway who scored 23.

The boys

challenged the Raiders straight up as well, playing

unafraid and very physical. The Panthers had cut

Riverdale's lead to four points at the half and were

trailing by seven with a minute left in the game. Starr's

Mill had to foul Riverdale in an attempt to close the gap

at the end of the game and Riverdale capitalized, winning

67-55. Donny Lampen led the Panthers with 19 points,

while Matt Houck chipped in 17 points, Chris Adams added

10 points and Dane Davenport added eight assists.

"I'm

very pleased with the performance of this team,"

said Coach Tim Miller. "We've played some tough

competition in our last few games and we've been hanging

in there with those teams." The effort that Starr's

Mill brings forth in every game could make for an

interesting post-season tournament. The Panthers played

host to Sandy Creek last night and will travel to Forest

Park Friday night for games beginning at 7 p.m.

The Sandy

Creek girls lost to Woodward Academy Friday night 56-45.

Ashley Lott scored 11 points, pulled in 12 rebounds and

made five blocks, while Maya Hughes scored 10 points and

pulled in 10 rebounds.