f you like

high school athletics and want to see more than football, you will have

several opportunities starting this weekend.

Fayette County

and Starr's Mill's swim teams will face off for the first time this season

at the Kedron Aquatic Center at 5:15 p.m. Friday. The two schools have

very strong swimming programs and many members of both teams swim together

in the offseason. This will serve as a strong indicator of county and

region dominance.

McIntosh, the

other strong swimming program in the county, will be swimming in the Aloha

Invitational in Augusta at 10 a.m. Saturday. The McIntosh swimming program

is a team that reloads every year and has been a powerhouse for quite

a long time. This meet will let them know where they fall in state rankings.

McIntosh's

wrestling season will also get underway this weekend as they travel to

Riverdale High School Friday at 5 p.m. This is the first year under new

head coach Nick Bellantoni and the team will be battling 15 other teams

in their new region. It will be an interesting season.

Starr's Mill's

girls basketball team will start its season next week in the Loganville

Thanksgiving Tournament beginning Wednesday, Nov. 22.

Atlanta Motor

Speedway will also have a lot going on this weekend. The racing action

begins today. The gates will open at 8 a.m. and qualifying for the NAPA

500 begins at 3 p.m. There will be practices for the NAPA 500 and the

Georgia Boot 400 in between. Legends and Bandolero races will begin at

5 p.m.

On Saturday,

Nov. 18, the gates open at 8 a.m. and will be followed by practice for

both races. The Georgia Boot 400, which is 162 laps of ARCA racing, begins

at 1 p.m. and will be followed by the last NAPA 500 practices.

On Sunday,

Nov. 19, the gates open at 8 p.m. and will be followed by the pre-race

activities at 9 a.m. The driver introductions begin at 12 p.m. and the

race starts at 12:30 p.m. Jeff Foxworthy is the Grand Marshal of the race

and the honorary starter is TNN's Wade Bourne.

There are still

tickets available for all three days of racing at AMS. Call 770-946-3950

or visit www.gospeedway.com .

Southtowne

Newnan will get into the act as they will showcase the 2000 Winston Cup

Conseco Wide Track pace car, the #14 Conseco Winston Cup Pontiac Grand

Prix owned by A.J. Foyt and the #20 Home Depot Winston Cup Pontiac Grand

Prix driven by Tony Stewart today from 12-8 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m.-5

p.m.

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