The preseason

of high school football ends Friday night and starts with a bang on Saturday

with the Corky Kell Kickoff Classic at the Georgia Dome.

McIntosh will

host Spalding in a scrimmage on Friday night, while their opponents in

the season opener next Friday, the Fayette County Tigers, will host Mt.

Zion, Jonesboro. Both games are scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m.

Starr's Mill

scrimmaged against the Harrison Hoyas last Friday night and struggled.

Harrison was the team that knocked the Panthers out of the state playoffs

in the georgia dome last year. Starr's Mill gets to face another top rated

program in the Dome at 11:45 a.m. on Saturday when they take on East Coweta

in the Corky Kell Kickoff Classic. Tickets are $12 and give you admission

for the other three football games on Saturday. The other games include

Dacula vs. Westside-Macon, Brookwood vs. harrison and Parkview vs. McEachern.

Starr's Mill

coach Mike Earwood feels his team is progressing day to day. The Panthers

graduated most of their skill position players last spring and have replaced

them with players who were playing junior varsity last year.

"The team

really needs to get some game experience," said Earwood. "Playing

Harrison last week and east Coweta this week, they will grow up in a hurry."

Some key players

for Starr's Mill to watch on Saturday are Recarta Heard, replacing Reuben

Houston, Patrick Mullinix, stepping in for quarterback Brad McClaren,

Rodriguez Heard and Chris Strauch, replacing Jason Laney, cornerback Deante

Battle and free safety Alex Cookfair.

East Coweta

will present a challenge. The Indians return eight starters from the offense

and five starters from the defense. Coached by Danny Cronic, the team

annually has a number of skilled athletes with great team speed. Players

to watch for East Coweta are junior quarterback Lee Heaberlin, junior

tailback Derek White, senior wide reciver Zach Smith and senior fullback

Preston Strickland.

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