Our local swimming

and wrestling teams will face off this weekend as they prepare for the

upcoming state tournaments.

The county

swim meet, featuring Fayette County, McIntosh, Sandy Creek and Starr's

Mill begins at 5 p.m. at the Kedron Aquatic Center. The area 4-AAAAA wrestling

meet, featuring East Coweta, Fayette County, McIntosh and Starr's Mill

among others, will take place in the Fayette County High School gym at

5 p.m. today and 9 a.m. tomorrow. Sandy Creek High School will host the

area 4-AAAA wrestling meet tomorrow at 9 a.m.

Starr's Mill

won the county swim meet last year and hopes to win it again this year.

The Panthers recently defeated McIntosh, one of the top programs of recent

years, which defeated Fayette County earlier this season. The spoilers

of the meet will be Fayette County and Sandy Creek. If they pull off some

upsets in some of the races, the whole meet could be shaken up. This meet

also offers the swimmers one more chance to qualify for the state meet,

which takes place Feb. 14-16 at Westminster.

Starr's Mill

won the area 4-AAAAA wrestling meet last year and is contending for the

title again, but they have their work cut out for them. Eagle's Landing

has been a step ahead of the young Panthers this year and is the top contender

at this year's meet. The other local teams will make this interesting.

Fayette County, East Coweta and McIntosh all have wrestlers that can pull

off upsets and shake up the results of each weight class, which will ultimately

affect the outcome of the tournament. Anything can happen at the area

meet and all of the local teams are hoping for things to go their way.

Sandy Creek

is hosting the area 4-AAAA meet and though they aren't favored to win

the area title, they have several wrestlers hoping for a shot at heading

to the state tournament. The top four wrestlers in each weight class in

the region go to the state tournament, which will take place next weekend.

The Class AAAAA state tournament will take place in Perry, Ga. and the

Class AAAA tournament will take place in...

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