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Wednesday, April 28, 1999
Lady Panthes hold off Woodward Academy

It was hard to place the state of mind of the Starr's Mill Lady Panther soccer team as they headed into the regional championship on Friday night. The Lady Panthers had lost to McIntosh in the Golden Isles Shootout and then returned to regular season play to lose to Brookwood, 2-1.

McIntosh takes two from Fayette County, again

The McIntosh boys played host to Fayette County on Friday night for the regional championship. Regardless of who won, both teams would go to the state playoffs beginning this Tuesday. The Chiefs and the Tigers battled it out, giving strong offensive and defensive performances, neither team scoring until the second overtime. It was with five minutes to go in the second overtime, that McIntosh finally put the ball in the net.

Camps to keep the kids busy

There are a plethora of sport camps to keep your kids active this summer. Clayton College and State University is offering week long sport camps from the second week of June until the third week of July. The camps will be for boys and girls basketball, tennis, soccer and speed. The coaches from Clayton State will be conducting the camps of their respective sports. Call the Department of Athletics at 770-961-3450 for information about the camp that you are interested in.

Two one run victories for Tigers

The eighth ranked Fayette County Tiger baseball team had to be hoping that their rivals the McIntosh Chiefs would survive their first round match up with LaGrange. The Tigers had beaten McIntosh no more than a week ago and familiarity breeds contempt. There was no such luck however and Fayette County played host to the LaGrange Grangers.

Lady Cubs are league champions of Track

The Fayette Middle School Lady Cub track team wrapped up a successful seaosn on Saturday, as they won the leaguer championship. They had already won the county championship, by beating the likes of Booth Middle School, Whitewater, Flat Rock Middl and the rest of the middle schopols in the county, but their dominance was tested as they faced 14 teams from the Metro Middle School Athletic League.

Fayette Youth Track full of wins and winners

These are results for the Fayette County Youth Track Team at their meet against Clayton County, College Park and East Point.

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