Tuesday

evening saw our local basketball teams facing formidable

region opponents: Sandy Creek faced Forest Park, Starr's

Mill played against Woodward Academy and McIntosh met

their county rival, Fayette County High School. There are

approximately four games left in the season and all teams

want to travel to their region tournaments with momentum.

The Sandy

Creek girls are showing a lot of toughness. They

outlasted Forest park ion overtime, 38-37. Ashley Lott

led the team with 14 points and 17 rebounds, while Maya

Hughes scored 11 points and pulled in nine rebounds. The

Lady Patriots also faced a tough North Clayton team on

Monday night, winning 41-39, That very same North Clayton

team manhandled Sandy Creek on Friday night, winning

34-19. The Lady Patriots will be playing with some

confidence this weekend when they host Riverdale on

Friday and then McIntosh on Saturday.

McIntosh

split with Fayette County on Tuesday night, much like

their first meeting of the season. The Lady Chiefs and

Lady Tigers battled for the entire game, but McIntosh

came out victorious with a 32-28 win. The defense of both

teams was spectacular, giving each team opportunities to

put the other team away. Erin Fisher led McIntosh in

scoring with eight points. Fayette County's Anne Hancock

also led her team with eight points. McIntosh will travel

to Griffin on Friday and then to Sandy Creek on Saturday.

The boys

game was quite similar to their first game of the season

as well. McIntosh stayed close to Fayette County, but

eventually the Tigers talent took over and secured the

win. Stephen Cox led the Chiefs with 11 points, while

Fayette County's William Moore led his team with 25

points. The Tigers will host Newnan on Friday night.

Starr's

Mill faced Woodward Academy on Tuesday night and both the

boys and the girls lost. Both teams played well, the boys

game was separated by two points with three minutes to go

in the game, but Woodward pushed away from the Panthers

at the end and won. The Lady Panthers lost to Lady War

Eagles, 61-52. Amy Holloway led the team in scoring with

16 points. The Starr's Mill boy squad's two leading

scorers, Matt Houck and Donny Lampen, were a little off

their games, scoring seven points each. Dane Davenport

led the team with 14 points, as the Panthers lost 69-58.

Starr's Mill will host North Clayton on Friday night and

will travel to Salem on Saturday evening.