The regular

season of high school basketball ended over the weekend and the region

tournaments began earlier this week. For many of our local high schools,

the season could have ended better.

McIntosh's

boys and girls teams lost their final games on Friday when they faced

Lovejoy. The boys lost 68-62. They fell behind 6-0 at the beginning of

the game and could not overcome the deficit.

The Chiefs

were down 16-13 after the first quarter and 35-30 at the half. In the

fourth quarter the Chiefs cut the lead to two points but couldn't secure

a win.

Josh Burr led

the Chiefs in scoring with 20 points, while Scott Prah and Neil Hubble

added nine apiece. The Chiefs finished 15-10 overall and 7-8 in the region.

McIntosh faced

East Coweta Monday night in the first round of the playoffs and won 58-44.

The Chiefs

took an early lead and lengthened it in each quarter. Burr led the team

in scoring with 24 points, while Jared McWilliams added seven. McIntosh

will face Riverdale tonight at Fayette County High School at 8:30 p.m.

The Chiefs lost to Riverdale 66-59 in their only meeting this season.

The Lady Chiefs

had a tough time as well, losing to Lovejoy 43-30. The team was down only

7-6 after the first quarter but they were outscored 16-6 in the second

quarter and held to only two points in the third quarter.

Lyndsey Murphy

led the team in scoring with 11 points, while Whitney Wallis added six.

The Lady Chiefs faced Lovejoy again on Monday in the first round of the

playoffs but results were not in at the time the paper went to press.

Starr's Mill

had a big weekend. The Panthers played East Coweta Friday night and Stockbridge

Saturday night.

The boys lost

both games, 50-47 to East Coweta and then getting 64-51 to Stockbridge.

The Panthers were down 30-18 at the half in their game against the Indians

and cut the lead to one point twice in the fourth quarter but couldn't

overcome the deficit. Bret Zondervan led the team in scoring with 12 points,

while Donny Lampen added 11 points.

On Saturday

night, the Panthers were down 28-27 at the half against Stockbridge but

they were outscored 21-11 in the third quarter and couldn't come back.

Lampen and Zondervan each had 18 points in the loss. The Panthers lost

10 of their last 11 games and finished 4-15 in the region and 8-15 overall.

Starr's Mill faced Stockbridge on Monday night in the first round of the

region tournament and lost 75-65.

The Panthers

fell behind early and made several attempts to comeback, cutting the Stockbridge

lead to five points on three separate occasions in the fourth quarter,

but it wasn't enough and the Tigers advanced to the second round of the

region tournament.

The Lady Panthers

lost to East Coweta 54-52 but defeated the Stockbridge Lady Tigers 64-35.

The Lady Panthers led the Lady Indians by five points with three minutes

remaining, but the score was tied with six seconds left in the game.

Erin Ricker

led Starr's Mill in scoring with 16 points. The Lady Panthers faced Fayette

County on Monday night in the first round of the region tournament, but

results were not available when the paper went to press.

Fayette County's

girls lost a heartbreaker to Jonesboro in overtime Friday night, 51-49.

The Fayette

County boys team lost to Jonesboro 63-57 and met Riverdale in the first

round of the region tournament. Riverdale beat the Tigers 90-65. The first

round games were held at Henry county High School or Stockbridge High

School, while the second round games will be played at Fayette County

High School tonight.

Sandy Creek

High School's boys basketball team defeated Jones County at home on Friday

night by a score of 58-55. The Patriots, 11-5 in region play, will face

Woodward Academy at Union Grove High School Thursday at 4 p.m. The Lady

Patriots, 5-11 in region play, faced Woodward Academy yesterday afternoon.

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