The third week

of the high school football season is upon us and teams are either looking

to continue their winning ways or to right their ships fast. The only

home games in the area tonight are Fayette County vs. Newnan and Northgate

vs. North Clayton.

Fayette County

(1-1) defeated Sandy Creek 39-26 last week and has to be somewhat impressed

with its balanced offensive attack. The Tigers had success on special

teams thanks to two kickoffs returned for touchdowns from David Roberson

and both Jeff Crisp and Hunter Rozakos threw touchdown passes in last

week's win. Newnan (1-1) steamrolled Northgate in the first week but lost

to Carrollton last week 34-20. The Cougars have a potent offense and are

looking to show their region opponents that they mean business this season.

Northgate (0-1)

was off last week as were their opponents the North Clayton Eagles (0-1),

who lost to Riverdale in the first week of the season 35-6. Both teams

would like to get that first win of the season and improve to .500 tonight,

so fans should expect a battle. Both the Vikings and eagles only netted

six points a piece in their only game thus far, so expect the offense

to look better tonight too.

As for the

away games tonight perhaps none is as important as East Coweta's game

at Cherokee (2-0). The Indians are 0-2 so far and their opponents have

almost scored 100 points already. East Coweta needs to right its ship

now to remain in the hunt for a region title and a trip to the state playoffs.

The Indians have the talent to compete and win the game but the question

is whether they can slow down the Cherokee offense.

Starr's Mill

(1-1) lost to Cherokee 40-20 last week and hopes to get