The state

basketball tournaments begin this weekend and four local

AAAA teams will be extending their season and playing.

The teams

will play their first round games at Baldwin High School

in Milledgeville.

The

McIntosh Lady Chiefs will play Northeast Macon Friday at

4 p.m. The remaining three teams, the East Coweta Indians

and Lady Indians and the Fayette County Tigers, will play

their matches Saturday.

The East

Coweta boys will face Southwest Macon, at 5:30 p.m.,

following the East Coweta girls game. The Lady Indians

will face Westside Macon at 4 p.m. Fayette County's boys

will meet Warner Robins Saturday at 8:30 p.m.

If you are

planning to drive to Baldwin High School, be sure to give

yourself approximately three hours to make the game. The

easiest way is to travel down Ga. Highway 92 south.

Travel to the end of Hwy. 92, which will intersect with

U.S. Highway 19/41. Bear right and then take Ga. Highway

16 east out of Griffin.

You will

ride on Hwy. 16 for a long time, passing through Jackson

and Monticello. Take Highway 212 south from Monticello to

Milledgeville. When 212 dead-ends into Ga. Highway 22,

turn right at the light. As you start up the hill, get

into the left turn lane and turn left onto Blandy Road

(there's an old textile factory on the corner. You'll

pass several schools. Stay on Blandy until it dead-ends,

and you'll see Baldwin High School on your left.

Gas up

before making the journey, as there are points of the

trip where there is not much around.