Starr's

Mill and McIntosh's boys and girls soccer teams began the

first round of the state playoffs this week, as did the

Fayette County Lady Tigers. So far the county is 5-0.

McIntosh's

girls hosted Lakeside-Evans on Tuesday night and won by a

score of 15-0. The lady Chiefs were ahead 11-0 at the

half and produced four more goals in the second half to

invoke the mercy rule. Goals were scored by Julie Herdic,

who now has 56 goals on the year, Melanie Schneider, who

added three goals, and Tabitha Lowey and Dana Van Winkle,

each scoring two goals a piece. The Lady Chiefs are

slated to host a game in the second round on Friday at 6

p.m.

The

McIntosh boys faced Warner-Robins on Tuesday night and

won by a score of 5-0. Omar Jarun scored the first goal

for the Chiefs, giving them a 1-0 lead at the half.

McIntosh took control in the second half. Beau Balesky

scored 10 minutes into the second half. He was followed

Corley. Britt also scored the fifth goal of the game. The

Chiefs are scheduled to face Colquitt County at 8 p.m. on

Friday night. Colquitt County is 14-2-1 and defeated

Windsor Forest, 2-1 in the first round.

The Starr's

Mill boys faced Hardaway on Tuesday night and won by a

score of 3-0. Sammy Chang got the first goal for the

Panthers, who took a 1-0 lead into the half. Starr's Mill

then got goals from Jason Daley and Robert Cooper in the

second half to give them the win. Starr's Mill will play

at Statesboro on Friday night at 6 p.m. Statesboro is

14-2-2 overall and defeated Westover in the first round

of the playoffs by a score of 5-2.

Starr's

Mill's girls played Shaw on Wednesday night and won by a

score of 15-0. The defending state champions dominated

from the first minute and will host a game this Friday or

Saturday. The opponent was not determined by press time.

Fayette

County's girls defeated the Houston County Lady Bears in

overtime in Houston County on Wednesday night. Mandy

Kovach, Christine Wix and Dana Teat scored goals for the

Lady Tigers, as they won by a score of 3-1. Fayette

County will host Wayne County on Saturday at 12 p.m.