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,

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 be playing in the showcase,

including McIntosh, Starr's Mill and Parkview.

Five of the

schools are nationally ranked by Student Sports Magazine: 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 begins Tuesday as Davis Senior

takes on Parkview at 6 p.m.

The following

day promises a spectacular doubleheader as McIntosh meets Davis Senior

at 6:30 and Arapahoe faces Starr's Mill at 8 p.m.

All eight schools

will compete on Thursday. McIntosh will take on Arapahoe at 8 p.m. on

Field 1, while Starr's Mill will meet Huntsville at 8 p.m. on Field 3.

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 April 21 home opener.

Friday will

also 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 April 14 when they take 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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