The McIntosh Chiefs saved their best game of the year thus far for one of their biggest crosstown rivals, Whitewater.

McIntosh was dominant from start to finish, displaying its immense potential Tuesday in a 67-41 thrashing of Whitewater in a Region 2-AAAA clash in Fayetteville.

It was a clean sweep for McIntosh, whose girls came from behind late to defeat Whitewater 26-20.

In the late game, the Chiefs (2-3, 2-3 in the region) took advantage of countless Whitewater (1-5, 0-1 in the region) turnovers and utilized their size at both ends of the court to turn in their most impressive performance in recent memory.

By the end of the first quarter, with McIntosh already holding a double-digit lead, 22-8, it became apparent that Whitewater was in for a long night.

McIntosh continuously pounded the ball inside to its big men, Robert Chubb, Patrick Michel, Mikey Thomason and Carson Crandall, none of whom Whitewater could contain. McIntosh’s size advantage, coupled with errant passes and overall sloppy ballhandling, was too much for Whitewater to overcome.

The Chiefs held a whopping 32-point lead (57-25) at the end of the third quarter and cruised the rest of the way.

Chubb led McIntosh with 11 points. Thomason had nine, and Jake Tanis, Isaac Woodley and Vince Brown each added seven for the Chiefs.

Renaldo Jenkins was Whitewater's high scorer with 13 points. Chris Asbury added nine.

Both teams struggled mightily in the girls game, combining to score only 10 points in the first half.

Whitewater (4-4, 1-1 in the region) held a seven-point lead late in the third quarter. Its lead lasted until the start of the fourth quarter, in which the Lady Chiefs (2-3, 2-3 in the region) outscored Whitewater 13-4 to come from behind for the victory.

McIntosh’s 13 points in the quarter equaled the total amount of points it scored in the first three quarters.

Erin Justice took over in the final quarter, scoring nine of her game-high 13 points to spark McIntosh’s comeback.

Whitewater’s top scorer was Kait Loewecke, who finished with nine points.

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