Wednesday, November 15, 2000
Wednesday, November 15, 2000 |
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Several winter sports get underway this week By MICHAEL
BOYLAN
If you like high school athletics and want to see more than football, you will have several opportunities starting this weekend. Fayette County and Starr's Mill's swim teams will face off for the first time this season at the Kedron Aquatic Center at 5:15 p.m. Friday. The two schools have very strong swimming programs and many membbers of both teams swim together in the off-season. This will serve as a strong indicator of county and region dominance. McIntosh, the other strong swimming program in the county, will be swimming in the Aloha Invitational in Augusta at 10 a.m. on Saturday. The McIntosh swimming program is a team that reloads every year and has been a powerhouse for quite a long time. This meet will let them know where they fall in state rankings. McIntosh's wrestling season will also get underway this weekend as they travel to Riverdale High School Friday at 5 p.m. This is the first year under new head coach Nick Bellantoni and the team will be battling 15 other teams in their new region. It will be an interesting season. The Chiefs will also host a basketball exhibition Friday night as their version of "midnight madness." McIntosh fields strong programs in basketball every year, but the new region will bring in some new competition and the outcome of the season is anybody's guess. McIntosh is also scheduled to play in the Mt. Zion tournament this weekend. Starr's Mill's girls basketball team will start its season next week in the Loganville Thanksgiving Tournament beginning Wednesday, Nov. 22.
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