Residents of

Fayette County have always enjoyed great soccer being played in the area.

Last year saw

four local high schools capture state championships and all four schools

are in the hunt again. Starting Tuesday, April 10, the level of play gets

kicked up a notch when the Adidas Challenge Cup, Women's Soccer Showcase

begins.

Eight of the

top women's high school teams in the nation will play, including McIntosh,

Starr's Mill and Parkview. Five of the schools are nationally ranked by

Student Sports magazine. The teams are Catholic Memorial of Wisconsin,

second in the nation and first in the Midwest region; Arapahoe from Colorado,

ranked fourth in the nation and first in the West region; McIntosh, ranked

sixth in the nation and second in the Southeast region; Davis Senior from

California, ranked 19th in the nation and third in the West region; and

Starr's Mill, ranked 22nd in the nation and fourth in the Southeast region.

The other schools competing are Madison West from Wisconsin, Huntsville,

Ala., and Parkview.

There are five

NSCAA Adidas All-Americans in the Challenge Cup and they come from five

different schools. They are Lindsay Dornseif, a defender for Arapahoe

and Colorado's Player of the Year last year; Allison Graham, a midfielder

for Starr's Mill; Julie Herdic, a forward for McIntosh and the Georgia

Player of the Year last year; Jennifer Kundert, a midfielder for Madison

West and Wisconsin's Player of the Year last year, and Leslie Osborne,

a midfielder for Catholic Memorial and 1999's Wisconsin Player of the

Year.

The Adidas

Challenge Cup will take place at the Baseball and Soccer Complex on Ga.

Highway 74 in Peachtree City. The action began yesterday (after press

time) as Davis Senior met Parkview at 6 p.m. Today's action will feature

a spectacular double header as McIntosh meets Davis Senior at 6:30 and

Arapahoe faces Starr's Mill at 8 p.m. All eight schools will compete Thursday.

McIntosh will take on Arapahoe at 8 p.m. on field one, while Starr's Mill

will meet Huntsville at 8 p.m. on field three. The 6:30 p.m. games will

feature Catholic Memorial against Davis Senior and Parkview against Madison

West.

Members of

the Atlanta Beat, Atlanta's W-League team, will be on hand Thursday night

to sign autographs and raffle off tickets to their home opener April 21.

Friday also

will be a full day. Catholic Memorial takes on Starr's Mill at 4 p.m.

and then will face Huntsville at 8 p.m. Madison West will take on Arapahoe

at 4 p.m. and will face McIntosh at 8 p.m. McIntosh will close out the

Challenge Saturday, taking on Huntsville at 1 p.m.

Admission to

the Showcase is $6 for adults and $5 for children. An all-match pass,

which will allow admission to all 12 games, is $20.

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