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Wednesday, February 12, 2003

Teams exit regular season, enter region tournaments

Several of the local high school basketball teams ended the regular season with a win and headed into this week's region tournaments full of confidence and high hopes.

Local gymnast competes against Olympians in Las Vegas meet

If you mention "Lord of the Rings" to Sean Blackman, he probably doesn't think about Hobbits and a mythic quest. For him, "Lord of the Rings" is what he hopes to become, and his ongoing quest took him to Las Vegas on Friday for the 2003 Winter Cup Challenge, a Federation International Gymnastique meet.

Panthers and Tigers don't get results they were hoping for in state duals

The Fayette County High School wrestling team lost its only match on Saturday at the state duals meet at McEachern High School. The tournament format was a single eleimination style and the Tigers lost to Henry County 33-31.

Grace Christian places second in tournament

Grace Christian Academy's middle school boys' basketball team ended its season with a 10-8 record after taking second place in their conference tournament. GCA lost to St. John's the Evangelist School out of Hapeville 53-46 in the championship game.

SCAT heats up the pool at the Snowflake Invitational

On the coldest weekend of the year, the Southern Crescent Aquatic Team swam to another victory at the Snowflake Invitational, a local tri-meet with the Troup County Sharks and the Milledgeville Bobcats. It may have been cold outside at the Kedron Aquatic Center but the SCAT swimmers were definitely on fire inside at the pool.

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