The Fayette

County High School boys and girls soccer teams played in

the Newnan Georgia-Alabama Classic last weekend, facing

some of the top programs from the state of Alabama as

well as some regional rivals. Going into Thursday's

games, both the Tigers and the lady Tigers got wins over

Lovejoy. The Lady Tigers outshot Lovejoy 35-2 and won by

a score of 11-0, while the boys pulled out a win in the

closing moments of their contest, winning 2-1.

The Lady

Tigers faced Auburn, Ala. in the first game and won 6-0.

They did not start scoring until 20 minutes into the

game, but when they did start, it was hard to stop. The

first goal was an own goal from a Crystal Rene de Cotret

corner kick and Faith Joslin scored a minute later.

Rachel Frazier and Dana Teat each added a goal before the

half, while Teat and Rene de Cotret each scored once in

the second half.

The second

game pitted Fayette County against Vestavia Hills, ranked

second in the state of Alabama. Vestavia struck first and

entered the half ahead of the Lady Tigers, 1-0. Fayette

County came out strong in the second half, scoring two

goals. Vestavia Hills responded soon afterwards with

three goals in six minutes, but the Lady Tigers did not

give up. Ashley Kirkwood scored her second goal of the

game for the Lady Tigers, spurring the team to tie the

game with two minutes remaining. Vestavia Hills was

awarded a direct kick with less than a minute left,

though, and scored after the ball bounced off of the

wall.

The Lady

Tigers still had a chance to win the tournament if

Griffin could knock off Vestavia Hills. Fayette County

faced fifth ranked Fort Payne on Saturday and won 1-0,

scoring their only goal off of a Christine Wix direct

kick. Griffin eventually lost to Vestavia Hills, 5-0, and

Fayette County was awarded second place. The important

thing about the Lady Tigers play in the tournament is

that it built confidence. Their season does not get any

easier, the Lady Tigers hosted the Starr's Mill Lady

Panthers last night.

The boys

opened up the tournament against Gadsden and won, 5-0.

The game started very evenly and much of the first half

was played in the midfield. Fayette County came alive in

the second half though, getting two goals from Andrew

Doggendorf, and a goal a piece from Normer Adams,Phillip

McFarlin and J.B. Wood. The last three goals of the game

came in the final five minutes.

The Tigers

second game was against Vestavia Hills on Friday night

and the weather too its toll on the players and the game.

Vestavia scored early in the first half off of a long

ball and went into the half with a 1-0 lead. At the half,

lightning was all around the field and one of the

referees left. After the storm had passed, the search for

a referee went on for close to 45 minutes. The Tigers

could not find a way to score however and lost by the

score of 1-0.

The Tigers

final game of the tournament saw them play a regional

opponent, Newnan. Fayette County scored in the seventh

minute of the game when Kenn Adams headed in a pass from

Adam Lester. Lester then assisted on a goal to Ryan Terry

about 20 minutes after the first goal. The second half

began much like the first, as Adams scored off of an

assist by Chris Kelly in the sixth minute of the second

half. Kelly then added his own goal, scoring off of a

free kick. The Tigers finished in second place and

traveled to take on Carver last night.

In other

weekend scores, the top ranked Starr's Mill Lady Panthers

defeated Parkview, then ranked second in AAAA, 4-1 in OT,

while Sandy Creek's girls played in the LaGrange

Invitational. The Lady Patriots beat Warner Robins, 6-5,

in their first game of the tournament, despite trailing

5-0 earlier in the match. The Lady Patriots then tied

LaGrange, 1-1, before losing to Columbus in the third

game, 3-1. Sandy Creek's boys played Mt. Zion, Jonesboro

on Friday night and lost 6-5. The Lady Patriots will

travel to Eagle's Landing tonight for a game at 7 p.m.

The eighth

ranked McIntosh boys played Roswell on Friday night and

defeated them, 5-1. The Chiefs will be off until Friday

night when they host Griffin. The third ranked Lady

Chiefs are also off until this weekend, when they travle

to Alabama to take on Huntsville on Friday night and

Grissom on Saturday afternoon.