Every

weekend seems to be a big weekend for soccer.

Last

weekend, McIntosh's girls team faced Fayette County and

beat them 7-1. This weekend Fayette County, both the boys

and girls squad, will play in the Newnan Georgia-Alabama

Classic. Another big game will be the Starr's Mill girls

facing a tough opponent, Parkview, Friday at 8 p.m.

This week,

the Lady Chiefs faced LaGrange and won 12-0. The team is

currently 5-0, having out-scored their opponents 53-1

this season. The Lady Chiefs' leading goal scorer, Julie

Herdic, also is the number one scorer in Region 4-AAAA

with 22 goals.

Fayette

County rebounded from its game against McIntosh with an

11-0 victory over Lovejoy. Faith Joslin, Cassie Coggins,

Mandy Kovach and Rachel Frazier each scored two goals in

the win. The Lady Tigers struck early, scoring in the

first three minutes. It was 6-0 at the half and Fayette

County never looked back.

The Lady

Chiefs will play in the tournament in Newnan Friday and

Saturday, facing some of the tougher programs from

Alabama.

The Newnan

Lady Cougars got their second win of the season last week

as they handed Marietta a 4-1 loss. Amanda Morton scored

the first goal off a beautiful cross from Lanie Scott.

Marietta struck right before the half and tied the game.

Newnan came out hungry in the second half and got another

goal from Morton and a goal from Sister Edge. The final

goal of the evening came from Lanie Scott. The Lady

Cougars will face Fort Payne, Ala. at 5 p.m. today. They

will play Auburn, Ala. at 6 p.m. Saturday.

As a side

note, Amanda Morton was selected by TourneySport USA to

play in an invitation-only tournament in Hawaii this

summer. Currently a member of AFC Lightning, she also is

the second leading goal scorer in the history of Newnan

High School.

Starr's

Mill's Lady Panthers are 4-0 and have defeated

Chattahoochee and Brookwood already this season. The

testing continues Friday when they host Parkview at the

Baseball-Soccer Fields Complex on Ga. Highway 74 in

Peachtree City. Though they have a challenging schedule,

the Lady Panthers expect that their stadium will be done

before the playoffs begin, giving a very dominating team

a home field advantage.

Starr's

Mill will face Fayette County Tuesday night at 7.

In other

soccer news, the Atlanta Silverbacks have signed Danny

Care. Care, from Peachtree City, attended McIntosh High

School before playing soccer all four years at Clemson

University. He was named to the All-ACC team twice and

was captain in his senior year. Since college, Care has

played for the Carolina Dynamo, DC United, the Richmond

Kickers and the Jacksonville Cyclones.

"It's

great to be able to continue my professional soccer

career back in my home town," said Care. "I'm

looking forward to beginning the season with the

Silverbacks."

The

Silverbacks' home opener is April 15 against the

Charleston Battery, but many of the players will be in

Fayetteville at The Soccer Centre for a "meet the

players" clinic and a challenge match against the

Lightning Club All-stars March 11. The clinic will begin

at 6:15 p.m. and the game begins at 7:30. Admission is $6

and include an $8 ticket to the home opener.