Starr's Mill played their first

regular season football game in their new stadium last Friday and the

results were a success. Hosting Newnan, The Panthers remained undefeated

The Panthers had a tough time on pass coverage on Friday, with Newnan's

Michael Pittman racking up 195 yards receiving. They also fumbled three

times on drives near the Cougar goal line. Despite these mistakes, Starr's

Mill countered with 377 total yards of offensse and got a huge game from

Reuben Houston. Houston had three touchdowns, 152 yards and three amazing

kickoff returns. The Panthers also got a 116 yards and a touchdown from

Jason Laney, a touchdown from Arlando Hinton and the usual fine performance

from Drew Cofty.

Defensively, the Panthers played tremndously exhausting several Newnan

drives including the last one, which could have given the Cougars a win.

The defensive line played well, including good performances from Tony

Tofanelli, Allen Beall, David Clark and Eric Advincula. Andrew Bashakes

made a huge play as he intercepted a pass with 16 seconds left to secure

the Panthers win.

The Panthers will play Riverdale on Friday at Tara Stadium at 7:30 p.m.

The McIntosh Chiefs traveled to Tara Stadium for a day game against

Morrow last Saturday and lost, 39-20. Though there were bright spots;

scoring 20 points, throwing two touchdown passes and recording 13 first

downs, Coach Butch Prosser was diappointed with the loss.

"We didn't play real well," Prosser said. "We're doing

things on the field we have not been coached to do and a lot needs to

get better."

The Chiefs recorded 135 yards rushing and 75 yards passing against the

Mustangs. Coach Prosser credited Tim Love with playing an outstanding

game on both sides of the ball.

The Chiefs will travel to tara Stadium again this saturday for another

day game. Their opponent this weekend is Jonesboro (1-1). "They are

a real big team," Prosser said. "They have big wide receivers,

multiple offenses and if we're going to win, we have to get better at

what we do and not make mental mistakes."

In other games last weekend, Sandy Creek (2-1) faced Pickens and won by

a score of 34-0. they are ranked sixth in AAAA and have a bye week this

week to tune up for a home game against Creekside. The game against Pickens

was important for the Patriots, who finally got a chance to have their

offense click on all cylinders. The first two games pitted them against

some of the top defenses in the state, limiting them to 13 points in two

weeks.

The Fayette County Tigers (1-2) had another rough game on Friday, as they

were the first team from

the area to face Evans, new to the region. The tigers had to travel to

face the Knights and the hours on a bus certainly didn't help their cause.

The Tigers put up some points, 18 to be excat, but Evans, a plyoff team

last year, scored 34 points for the win. Things don't get easier for Fayette

County as they head into Twelve Oaks Stadium on Friday night to take on

Lovejoy (2-0).

The Landmark Christian School War Eagles (1-2) faced Athens Academy (3-0)

on Friday night and lost, 35-0. Athens Aacdemy is one of the top programs

in Class A and is a serious contender for the state title. Landmark is

on the road again this week as they travel to face Gordon-Lee (1-2).

East Coweta (2-0) played their second game of the season on Friday and

remained undefeated by beating Forest Park, 31-15. The offense has looked

good for the Indians and the defense has been good enough to slow their

opponents down and to force them to make mistakes. East Coweta has what

should be another easy game this friday as they host North Clayton (0-2).

Northgate's offense got another workout this past week too. The Vikings

(3-0) faced Carver, Atlanta and won by a score of 48-7. It was the second

week in a row that the Vikings exploded offensively, seeing what happens

when everything goes right. Things will most likely be different this

weekend, when they face Crim (2-0) at Lakewood in Atlanta.

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