The high school

football season started last Friday. Some teams got off to a great start,

while others were hoping for a better result.

McIntosh High

School hosted the Eagle's Landing Golden Eagles at Sandy Creek High School

last Friday and won 24-17.

The two teams

battled to a scoreless tie by the end of the first quarter and McIntosh

started the scoring when Cortez Phillips coughed up the ball and teammate

Cameron Hall caught it and ran it over 80 yards for a touchdown.

Eagle's Landing

scored on its next drive and kicked a field goal at the end of the first

half to go into the locker rooms up 10-7.

McIntosh received

the ball at the beginning of the third quarter but couldn't get a drive

going. Eagle's Landing capitalized by scoring with a 79-yard touchdown

run.

Still trailing

17-7 going into the fourth quarter, McIntosh was picked up by an interception

defense forced Eagle's Landing to punt and senior Michael Condon caught

a 17-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Chip Jett to give the Chiefs

the lead.

Senior Robert

Huefner kicked a field goal with just under 50 seconds to go to give McIntosh

the 24-17 win. Up next for the Chiefs is Upson-Lee, which had a bye week

last week.

In other games,

Starr's Mill got a 24-7 win over Dacula in the Corky Kell Kickoff Classic

Saturday. The Panthers had enormous offensive output from Deante Battle,

who had two touchdowns and over 80 total yards; Chris Strauch, who had

111 yards; and Johnny Edwards, who had 59 yards and a touchdown.

Quarterback

Patrick Mullinix spread the ball out well as the Panthers had over 150

yards rushing. Kellan Strain made an interception in the fourth quarter

to put a stop to a Dacula drive.

Starr's Mill

will host Cherokee, a team from 6-AAAAA, Friday night. Cherokee defeated

Northview 57-0 last Friday night.

Landmark Christian

School also started the season with a win by defeating Cross Keys 49-12.

The War Eagles started the game by scoring 21 points in a row. Quarterback

Alex Mortensen threw two touchdown passes to Jeff Dercola and four touchdown

passes in all, while Eric Worrell scored three touchdowns.

Landmark will

hope their offense stays hot this week as they host Decatur Friday night.

Decatur lost to Wesleyan 33-0 last Friday.

Fayette County

had a 21-14 lead over Douglas County at the half of their game last Friday

night but the Douglas County defense shut them down in the second half

and scored 24 unanswered points to win 38-21. Scoring touchdowns for the

Tigers were Steven West, Josh Davis and Jeff Crisp. Crisp had over 200

yards passing, Davis had over 150 yards rushing and West had close to

100 yards receiving. Coach jim Lindsey also cited good defensive play

from Ade Osilaja and Brandon Truesdale. Fayette County will play at Sandy

Creek this Friday night.

The Patriots

had a bye last week and are looking to start their season with a win.

Sandy Creek has a good offense led by quarterback Dusty Bennett. Bennett

has weapons in Phillip Hyde, Calvin Johnson, Will Judson, Brian Brown

and Eddie Rush but the Patriots also have a defense that can be stifling

and can produce turnovers. Tiger coach Jim Lindsey is looking forward

to the game but must find a way to get by a defense he calls "impressive."

Our Lady of

Mercy faced Pacelli Catholic last Friday and lost 48-0. The Bobcats will

host Aquinas this Friday. Aquinas lost to Harlem 24-0 last week. East

Coweta, which lost to Parkview in the Corky kell Kickoff Classic, will

host Douglass of Atlanta this Friday, while Newnan, who defeated Northgate,

will host Carrollton and Northgate will host North Clayton. All games

scheduled for Friday will start at 7:30 p.m.

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