The basketball

season has begun and play between the local teams suggests this will be

a competitive season for all.

Fayette County's

boys opened the season with an 82-80 loss to Sandy Creek. The Patriots

led 20-18 at the end of the first quarter but Fayette led at the end of

the following two quarters, at one point pushing their lead to seven points.

Sandy Creek triumphed though with four players reaching double figures.

Aaron Caruthers scored 24 points, Kerry Atkinson netted 14 points, Kevin

Craig scored 12 points and Cornelius Brown added 10 points.

Fayette County

then sent their boys and girls to take on East Coweta. the boys team won

57-53 in overtime, while the girls fell to the Lady Indians 61-55. East

Coweta's girls had a 34-19 lead at the half and had just enough to hold

Fayette County at bay at the end of the game. East Coweta was led by megan

Darrah's 14 points, while Fayette County was led by Stephanie Norman's

21 points.

The East Coweta

boys rallied to push the game into overtime but could not hang on. East

coweta's leading scorer was Wes Carmichael, who finished with 15 points,

while Fayette's Dexter Manley finished with 24 points.

East Coweta

will play at Northgate on Saturday at 6 p.m., while Sandy Creek's boys

and girls will play in the Morrow High School Thanksgiving Tournament.

The Lady Patriots will play on Monday, Nov. 25th, while the boys will

face top ranked Creekside at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 26. Fayette County

will play in the Mt. Zion Thanksgiving Tournament, along with McIntosh.

The tournament starts on Saturday, Nov. 23 and continues through Nov.

30. Our Lady of mercy will play at Greenforest tonight at 6:30 p.m. and

will host W.D. Muhammad at 6:30 on Saturday. Starr's Mill will host Eagle's

Landing at 6 p.m. tomorrow and will play at Carver at 6 p.m. on Tuesday,

Nov. 26.

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