If you are

an avid high school soccer fan, you've been waiting for

this game for a long time.

McIntosh

High School will be the setting for two incredible games

Saturday night when the boys and girls soccer teams host

Starr's Mill. All four teams are currently ranked in

their classifications. Starr's Mill's girls are ranked

number one in AAA, while the boys are ranked seventh, and

McIntosh's girls are ranked number two in AAAA, while the

boys team is ranked seventh.

Each team

is stacked with talent, as ODP and high level club

players round out the lineups. McIntosh's boys team has a

lot of offensive firepower in Beau Balesky and Matt

Clement, while the Lady Chiefs are led by the region's

leading scorer, Julie Herdic.

Herdic

currently has 26 goals and two assists.

McIntosh

annually fields very athletic soccer teams. The starting

lineup from the girls basketball team starts for the

soccer team, which also features some of the state's top

cross country runners. The boys team works very hard and

uses speed and athleticism to take advantage of teams

early.

Starr's

Mill's girls are no slouches. They are still continuing a

winning streak from last season and also have many girls

that play high levels of club soccer. Alison Graham, Kacy

Murray, Janet Burke and Marcy Hubbard have all come up

big offensively for the Lady Panthers this season and

their defense has stopped several teams from breaking

Starr's Mill's streak. Currently, the Lady Panthers have

out-scored their opponents 69-5. McIntosh's girls have

performed a similar feat, out-scoring their opponents

58-1.

The Starr's

Mill boys are 5-2-2 this season. One of their losses and

both ties came in overtime, which shows that the Panthers

are a team that hangs in there. The Panthers put 20 goals

on the board in two games last weekend and are gaining

confidence by the day. A win over their crosstown rivals

could propel them deep a long way season.

The games

begin Saturday night at McIntosh at 6 p.m., with the boys

playing before the girls. Next year, after a statewide

classification mix-up is resolved, these two schools may

meet twice a season. Until then, this will be the only

game that will let you determine which team is the best

in the county, and maybe even the state.