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Starr's Mill's varsity volleyball team is ranked number one

in Class AAAAA, Sandy Creek and McIntosh are ranked fourth and sixth

respectively in Class AAAA and Landmark Christian is ranked fourth in

Class A/AA, according to a volleyball coaches poll at www.gasports.com.

The teams are entering the final stretch of the regular season and are

tuning up for the region and state playoffs. Among the games this week

were matchups between several of these teams.

Starr's Mill (25-4) got wins over Houston County, 25-5 and 25-16,

and Lovejoy, 25-15, 25-7 last week. Yesterday, after the paper went to

press, Starr's Mill hosted Landmark (17-10) and Decatur. The Lady

Panthers have been ranked number one for four straight weeks, thanks

to a very balanced attack and solid defense. Outisde hitters Kursten

Carr and Kelley Elder have provided a strong attack this season and also

lead the team in digs and pancakes along with Shelley MacBean. It has

been a team effort to put Starr's Mill in their current position

and everyone from setter Niki Patriarca to Honomi Shinba on the back

line has contributed to the team's success.

McIntosh has won 10 games in a row. Their last five have come against

Fayette County, East Coweta, Booker T. Washington, Sandy Creek and Northgate.

The Sandy Creek/Northgate match took place at Northgate on Tuesday night

and the matches were close with McIntosh edging the Lady Patriots, 25-23

and 25-18. The team has had strong defense and power serving to help

them to an 18-5 record. Senior captain Amanda Crawford is due to return

from an ACL injury soon, but the team has seen good play from last year's

starters like Abby Muetzel and Danielle Crawford to new players such

as Megan Cheatham and Brianna Argumosa.

McIntosh will play several matches this Saturday at the Northview Play

Day. They are scheduled to take on Holy Innocents, Northview and Lakeview

Academy.

Our Lady of Mercy has won four games in a row, including a region win

over Grady. The team is getting strong play from middle hitter Thomasennia

Berry and Rhiannon Martinelli and will get outside hitter Megan Liddy

back from injury soon.