Four

members of the McIntosh High School state champion boys

soccer team, Nick Brooke, Kyle Gaylor, Chris Rebok and

Matt McBride, accepted scholarships to play for North

Georgia College and State University.

The boys

were first recruited by Brooke's father, Col. Lynton

Brooke, who graduated from North Georgia in 1976. The

school is the military college of Georgia. The boys will

enter the corps's cadet program, which is a challenge for

even the non-athletic student.

North

Georgia is getting some quality young men and players.

Brooke was named a first team All-American and Gaylor

also was awarded an academic scholarship to the school.

McIntosh Coach Bunky Colvin is perhaps the best appraiser

of the talented bounty that North Georgia is about to

receive.

"These

guys are all very skilled players and two of them are

possibly the best backs to ever play at McIntosh,"

Colvin said. In fact, the entire conference has been

infused with a lot of McIntosh talent. Reinhardt College

has signed both Beau Balesky and goalkeeper Fabian Lamy,

ensuring that the match between the two schools will be

highly competitive and not without its side stories.

"These

players have a special blend of dedicaton, wit and

talent," explained North Georgia Head Coach Mark

Howarth. "They make a special fit with our

program."

In the

final rankings of the spring high school soccer season,

McIntosh (19-2) was ranked second in the nation. Starr's

Mill's boys (16-2-2) also were nationally ranked,

finishing the season in seventh place. The McIntosh girls

(20-0-1), also state champions, finished the season

ranked seventh antionally, while Starr's Mill's girls

(19-1-0) finished tied for 18th in the nation.