The local high

school football teams were back in action on Friday, with the exception

of the Sandy Creek patriots who had a bye. For teams like Landmark Christian

and Starr's Mill, this week saw their winning streaks continue, while

Fayette County and McIntosh saw their losing streaks continue.

The Starr's

Mill Panthers (2-1) defeated the Riverdale Raiders (2-1), 14-7. Quarterback

Patrick Mullinix connected with Johnny Edwards for a 20 yard touchdown

pass for one of the Panthers touchdowns, while Recarta Heard produced

a nine yard touchdown run for the other score. Chris Strauch led the Panthers

in rushing with 82 yards. Starr's Mill, currently ranked sixth in Class

AAAAA, will play at Tara Stadium on Friday when they tale on the Mt. Zion,

Jonesboro Bulldogs (1-1).

Landmark Christian

improved to 3-0 with a 16-6 win over Gordon Lee. Quarterback Alex Mortensen

produced two touchdown passes to Jason Godbee, who had 70 yards receiving

on four catches. The War Eagle defense was equally impressive in the win,

holding Gordon Lee to just 46 yards rushing on the night. Landmark will

travel to Adairsville this Friday.

Fayette County

(1-2) hosted Lovejoy (3-0) on Friday night and lost 14-7. The Tigers touchdown

came when quarterback Jeff Crisp connected with Steven West on a four

yard touchdown pass. Crisp finished the night 16 of 29 for 98 yards passing.

Fayette County has a tough test ahead of them this Friday when they travel

to Garland Shoemake stadium to take on East Coweta (2-0). The Indians,

currently ranked fourth in Class AAAAA, defeated North Clayton on Friday,

45-0.

McIntosh (0-2)

faced Jonesboro (1-2) on Friday and lost 21-0. The Chiefs had 104 yards

rushing and allowed 271 yards rushing. McIntosh made a lot of penalties

and could never get their offense going. The Chiefs will travel to take

on Eagle's Landing (2-1) on Friday. Eagle's landong lost to Morrow, 19-14

on Friday. They have improved in the off season and have a running threat

in Robbie McLen. McLen has rushed for over 100 yards in each of the team's

three games.

Our Lady of

Mercy (3-1) was handed their first loss last thursday as they hosted the

Callaway Cavaliers junior varsity team. Callway won 14-12, despite 85

yards rushing from Sam Etuk and a first half touchdown run of 11 yards

from Jeff Smith. Our Lady of Mercy will host Spalding at 5:30 p.m. on

Thursday.

Sandy Creek

(0-2) had a bye last week. The Patriots have faced ranked opponents in

their first two games. The trend continues this Friday as they travel

to take on Creekside, currently ranked fifth in Class AAAA.

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