High school

students will have their Christmas breaks start this week and most athletes

will have a tournament either this weekend or next to keep the rust off.

Over this past weekend, McIntosh and Sandy Creek's boys got two wins,

while the Lady Patriots split.

McIntosh (5-2)

defeated Riverdale on Friday, 59-47 and LaGrange on Saturday, 38-36 in

overtime. Leading scorers for the Chiefs on Friday were Dexter Manley

with and Scott Prah with

Sandy Creek

faced Heritage on Friday and won 82-38. The Patriots led the entire game,

building a 36-12 lead at the end of the first quarter and a 46-14 lead

at the half. Sandy Creek recognized former standout L.T. Lockett at half

time by retiring his jersey. Lockett, a redshirt freshman at Western Carolina

University this year, was a three year MVP for the Patriots and is the

all-time leading scorer at the school.

The girls were

not as fortunate on Friday night, losing 49-45. The Lady patriots tariled

18-16 at the half but had a strong third quarter building a seven point

lead with time running out. A Heritage player hurled the ball up from

beyond the half court line and sunk the shot, slicing the lead to four

points. The shot lifted Heritage and took some of the wind out of Sandy

Creek.

"We did

some good things tonight but we made too many mistakes at the end,"

said Coach Jim Waller. "Jessica DeMooney played great defense for

us but we had turnovers happen at critical times."

The girls worked

their problems out on Saturday, beating Fayette County 45-28. The Lady

Patriots held the Lady Tigers to seven points in the first half and controlled

the rest of the game to secure the win. Sandy Creek's girls will play

in the Dacula Christmas Tournament starting tomorrow. They will also play

in the North Gwinnett Festival starting next Thursday.

The Sandy Creek

boys were challenged a lot mor on Saturday and even trailed the Tigers

in the third quarter. The Tigers committed several technical fouls which

gave Sandy Creek momentum to retake the lead and hold on to win, 75-63.

William Belton led the Patriots with 25 points, while Josh Burr led the

Tigers with 19. Aaron Honeycutt and Bill Crumpler added 14 points and

12 points respectively for Sandy Creek.

The Sandy Creek

boys will play in the Griffin Christmas tournament starting tomorrow.

Other teams in the tournament are Clarke Central, Avondale, Chamblee and

FAMU High School from Florida.

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