Though McIntosh and Fayette County have been eliminated from the playoff

hunt and Whitewater, playing a non-region schedule, is ineligible for

the playoffs this year, Starr's Mill, Sandy Creek, Landmark and

Our Lady of Mercy are still in the playoff hunt and trying to move up

in the seedings.

AAAAA

Starr's Mill plays in what could be considered to be the game of

the week when they travel to take on Newnan. Both teams are 3-1 in the

region and a win for either team could help towards securing the second

seed in the region and guaranteeing a home game in the first round of

the playoffs. Newnan and Starr's Mill's region loss came against

Lovejoy, which takes on East Coweta, also at 3-1 in the region, tonight.

Starr's Mill has won two games in a row since the loss to Lovejoy

and is coming off of a bye week, while Newnan lost to Lovejoy last week

but had won five games in a row since then.

The Panthers have an explosive offense led by running back Antonio Scott,

who had three touchdowns in the Panthers last game, and a defense that

can force turnovers, control the clock and take over a game. Newnan's

offense is led by quarterback Tyler Horne and receiver Jonathan Walker.

AAAA

McIntosh (3-5) has been eliminated from the playoff hunt after a disappointing

15-7 loss to Woodward Academy last week. The Chiefs had no trouble moving

the ball but turnovers proved costly. McIntosh will travel to take on

Haralson County (2-6) tonight and will host Chapel Hill in the final

week. Haralson County lost to Sandy Creek 35-14 last week. The Chiefs

are hoping to finish strong and if they do it will be because of a solid

effort on both sides of the ball with limited mistakes.

Sandy Creek (8-0) will host Alexander (1-7) tonight before traveling

to Fairburn next week for a showdown with Creekside, which is likely

to be undefeated going into the final game as well. The Patriots got

three touchdowns from Jamal Rome last week and two touchdown passes from

quarterback Josh Haney. Coaches will be looking for Sandy Creek to be

clicking on all cylinders tonight, so that they will be primed for the

game to decide the region championship next week. Alexander's lone

win came against Chapel Hill on Sept. 24.

Whitewater (5-3) will host their first homecoming activities this weekend,

including a special Saturday afternoon football game against Mill Creek

(3-6). The Wildcats ended a two game losing streak with 42-14 win over

Alpharetta last week, while Mill Creek lost to Bremen last week. Whitewater

has been getting consistently good performnces from a number of the same

players including Tavoris Dixon, Jay Bright, Joanthan Jaurigue and Ryan

Johnson among others.

Landmark Christian (4-4, 2-0 region) is heading to the playoffs. They

could win another region title if they win their final two games against

Whitefield Academy (5-3, 2-1 region) and Eagle's Landing Christian

(7-1, 2-0 region) respectively. The War Eagles are returning from a bye

week, which should have helped some of their players recuperate. previous

to the bye week, Landmark exploded for a 55-21 win over Our Lady of Mercy,

with 41 points coming in the first quarter. Landmark has won three games

in a row, while Whitefield has won one in a row, a 27-0 win over Mt.

Zion, Carroll.

All games are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. with the exception of Whitewater's

5 p.m. game on Saturday.