What better way to reflect on a year gone by than with a “Best of” list. This wasn’t easy as a case could be made for a lot of players on many of the teams that get covered in this paper. In case you’re wondering, it’s seven schools for this poll (all five Fayette County schools, plus Our Lady of Mercy and Landmark Christian) and a total of 19 varsity athletic teams per school. That comes out to 133 teams full of great student athletes, all representing their school to the best of their abilitites, to sort through. Undoubtedly, there will be much debate, but please, be kind in your responses.

Reader responses that were submitted will be placed underneath each category in parantheses.

Winter 2004-2005

• Male Basketball MVP - Aaron Caruthers, Sandy Creek
(Caruthers, J.T. Piribek, McIntosh, Channing Welch, Fayette County)

• Female Basketball MVP - Mary Fields, Sandy Creek
(Fields, Elyse Chubb, McIntosh)

• Best Basketball Team - Sandy Creek Patriots
(Sandy Creek Patriots, Fayette County Lady Tigers)

• M/F Swimming MVP - Lauren Cartwright, Starr’s Mill
(Keaton Hannon, McIntosh, Noah Copeland, Starr’s Mill, Thomas Lucak, McIntosh, Nicole Roddenberry, McIntosh)

• Wrestling MVP - Drake McCoy, Fayette County
(Doug Taylor, McIntosh)

• Best coach - Andre Flynn, Fayette County boys basketball
(Dwayne Kelly, McIntosh, Darrell Evans, Sandy Creek)

• Best game, match or meet you saw - Fayette County @ Mundy’s Mill boys basketball, 69-66 loss, but a thriller.

Spring 2005

• Baseball MVP - Kyle McCreary, Starr’s Mill
(Trevor Pippin, McIntosh)

• Best Baseball Team - Starr’s Mill Panthers

• M/F Soccer MVP - (tie) Jesse Lenze, McIntosh Lady Chiefs, Nick Bugara, Starr’s Mill Panthers
(Derek Farnsworth, McIntosh, Wes Kent, Starr’s Mill)

• M/F Golf MVP - Wade Binfield, Our Lady of Mercy
(Brad Brown, McIntosh)

• M/F Tennis MVP - Derrick Davison, Starr’s Mill boys
(Kendall Wilde, McIntosh girls)

• Best Soccer Team - McIntosh Lady Chiefs
(McIntosh Chiefs)

• M/F Track MVP - Mellany Stanislaus, Sandy Creek
(Cormac Carolan, McIntosh, Will Bonn, Landmark boys, Danny Giglio, Sandy Creek boys, Greg Davis, Starr’s Mill boys, Emily Borsare, McIntosh girls)

• Best Coach - Ben Thacker, Fayette County boys and girls soccer
(Toby Black, McIntosh baseball, Marcia Clark, McIntosh Lady Chiefs soccer)

• Best game or event you saw - Fayette County vs. Newnan baseball, 14-12 win in nine innings
(McIntosh vs, Chapel Hill baseball playoffs)

Fall 2005

• Softball MVP - Amanda Howett, Starr’s Mill
(Holly Houghton, McIntosh, Chasity Welch, Fayette County)

• Best Softball Team - Starr’s Mill Lady Panthers
(McIntosh Lady Chiefs)

• Volleyball MVP - Danielle Crawford, McIntosh
(Megan Cheatham, McIntosh, Kelley Elder, Starr’s Mill)

• Best volleyball team - McIntosh Lady Chiefs
(McIntosh Lady Chiefs)

• M/F Cross Country MVP - (tie) Jake Lethbridge, Our Lady of Mercy and Emily Borsare, McIntosh
(Borsare)

• Football MVP - Brent Brewer, Sandy Creek
(Robby Davis, Starr’s Mill)

• Best Football Team - Starr’s Mill Panthers
(Starr’s Mill Panthers)

• Best Coach - Mike Earwood, Starr’s Mill football
(Butch Prosser, McIntosh football)

• Best Game You Saw - Whitewater vs. Heard County, football
(Starr’s Mill vs. Brookwood, football)

Overall

• Male Athlete of the Year - Jay Bright, Whitewater football and basketball
(Drew Webb, McIntosh)

• Female Athlete of the Year - Olympia Haney, Sandy Creek volleyball and basketball
(Emily Borsare, McIntosh)

• Coach of the Year - Bill Thorn, Landmark Christian, track and cross country
(Mike Earwood, Starr’s Mill, Butch Prosser, McIntosh football)

• The Game you won’t miss in 2006 - Whitewater vs. Starr’s Mill, football
(McIntosh vs. Starr’s Mill baseball)

• Your 2006 High School Sports Prediction - The McIntosh girls cross country team will repeat as state champs and Emily Borsare will be the AAAA girls individual state champ.
(McIntosh baseball and football will do well and make playoffs, Whitewater football makes the region playoffs, Whitewater softball will be region champs. )

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