McIntosh

hosted Starr's Mill on Saturday night for a set of soccer

games between the two schools soccer teams. All four

teams are ranked near the top of the classification and

were looking to send a message of county dominance to

their opponents. The two schools split on Saturday night,

only to further enhance the ongoing debate about local

soccer supremacy.

The boys

game was played first and remained scoreless at the half.

Both teams had several excellent opportunities in the

first half, but it appeared as if overtime would be the

likely outcome. Starr's Mill's Sammy Chang stopped those

thoughts by scoring 25 minutes in to the second half and

giving the Panthers a 1-0 lead. The Panthers got two more

goals shortly therafter from Robert Cooper, giving

Starr's Mill a huge 3-0 win.

McIntosh,

still ranked and still at the top of region 4-AAAA,

played there other county rivals, the Fayette County

Tigers on Tuesday. Next wekend they will host the

Mcintosh Classic and will have teams from all over the

southeast participating. Starr's Mill will play the

Woodward Academy War Eagles on Friday night.

The girls

game was a battle between the top ranked team of AAAA,

McIntosh, against the top ranked team of AAA, Starr's

Mill. The game live up to all of it's hype. Like the boys

game, the score was tied at the half. Both teams made

good atempts on offense and great stops on defense, but

it was a stalemate.

The second

half began with a goal by McIntosh's Julie Herdic. Kacy

Murray of Starr's Mill tied the score a few minutes later

to give McIntosh the lead and the win. Herdic currently

leads the region in scoring and was invaluable in the

win. Starr's Mill got a little bad news along with the

loss. Alison graham was injured early in the second half

and will be out for at least the next few games.

The Lady

Panthers had a rematch of last year's state championship

match on Tuesday night as they met Marist. They will face

the Woodward Academy Lady War Eagles on Thursday evening.

McIntosh will play against the Griffin Lady Bears on

Friday night.

In other

action last weekend, Friday night saw the Sandy Creek

boys defeat Jonesboro, 6-3, while the Fayette County Lady

Tigers defeated Houston County, 4-0. The Lady Chiefs also

played on Friday night and won over Upson-Lee by a score

of 4-1.