Though it hasn't

felt like winter in quite a while, the winter season of high school athletics

marches on toward the postseason.

The local basketball

teams faced formidable region foes and intra-county rivals this weekend

as the end of the regular season approaches.

Friday night,

McIntosh hosted Mt. Zion, Jonesboro. The Lady Chiefs got their second

consecutive win by defeating the Lady Bulldogs 47-41. McIntosh led 16-13

after the first quarter and 24-20 at the half. Though their offensive

output in the third quarter was sluggish, limited to only six points,

the Lady Chiefs exploded in the fourth quarter for 17 points. Whitney

Wallis led the Lady Chiefs in scoring with 13 points, while Lyndsey Murphy

added 10 points and Megan Bartels scored seven points.

The boys game

started the same as the girls game. The Chiefs led 16-13 at the end of

the first quarter but found themselves down 23-20 by the end of the second

quarter. Mt. Zion out-scored McIntosh 17-6 in the third quarter and established

a 50-36 lead. The Chiefs battled