Starr’s Mill football players shed their pads on Wednesday afternoon as they battled a heat index of over 110 degrees.

Lauren Marchman is caught between third base and home during a drill at a Starr’s Mill softball practice.

Velocity Sports Performance will host the Packer Challenge on Monday, Sept. 4. The event is open to the first 200 Peachtree City Packers to register. The Challenge will be divided into two age groups; 6-10 and 11 and up. Check-in starts at 9:30 a.m. and the event will run from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

New McIntosh High School football coach Dwight Jones won the “Crying Towel” at the Peachtree City Rotary Club’s second annual “Crying Towel Luncheon” last week.

Above, Mark Arganetto, (L) Manager of the Catholic Church of St. Gabriel men’s softball team and General Manager Jim Winkler presented Jessica Mann, manager of Fayetteville Wings and Things Restaurant, a plaque in appreciation for sponsorship of the team this season. Below, Mike Radcliff (R) received congratulations from Catholic Church of St. Gabriel men’s softball general manager Jim Winkler (L) as he was presented a recent award for leading the team in batting with a .833 average over the season. Radcliff also led the Angels with 16 consecutive times on base as the team won the Fayette County Recreation Department D-League Championship with a 12-1 record.

The Redwine Rays, a swim team from Fayetteville’s Lakeside on Redwine subdivision, won the first place trophy at the Southern Crescent Swim League championship meet held on July 15 at the Forest Park Recreation Pool. The Redwine Rays earned the first place title over seven other teams from Fayette, Henry and Clayton counties.

With school back in session, the thoughts begin to turn towards high school athletics and fans of all sports are looking forward to the 2006-2007 season because of region realignment.

Russell Bobbitt of Fayetteville knows how to leave them in the dust. On his dirt bike, that is.

Last Thursday marked the final race in the Thursday Thunder 2006 season and Governor Sonny Perdue was a guest racing Captain Herb Emory at the Papa John’s Fan Appreciation Night and Public Safety Personnel Night.

• Peachtree City’s Dave Schreyer tied for third place in the 53rd Your Community PhoneBook Georgia Open with a nine under par score of 279.

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The McIntosh High School Chiefettes dance team recently attended a UDA summer dance camp at UGA.

The 2006 Peachtree City Elite 14U will close a successful season in competition to bring home an ASA “B” National Championship in Auburn, Ala.

The 11-12 PTC Nationals came out of the Loser’s Bracket to defeat Senoia 4-1 and 7-3 to win the District 4 Championship.

The Peachtree City Running Club is accepting applications for the 26th Peachtree City Classic Road Race. This annual race is being held on Saturday, Oct. 21 at the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater in Peachtree City. This race is unique in its use of paved cart paths and is a scenic event run through green belt areas and by lakes in the Peachtree City community.

Peachtree City resident Taylor Griffith, 11, and her Appaloosa partner, Poncho, recently competed in a horse show held at The Country Junction in Alvaton.

Registrations for 16, 17 and 18 year old Big League Baseball will be taken through Aug. 25.
Players in the following counties may register: Butts, Carroll, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, south Fulton, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup, and Upson. All players who register will be placed on teams.

The 8U final in the Peachtree City Hockey Association Spring 2006 tournament ended with a difference of only two goals.

Amelia Beach, a senior at McIntosh High School, was chosen by adidas as one of the top 100 fast-pitch athletes in the nation. She has been starting catcher for the Lady Chiefs for the last three years and currently plays for the Georgia Titans, the top ranked team in the state. The Titans earned a berth to play in the 18 Gold Nationals in Oklahoma City next month.

Eric Lunsford, a Fayetteville native living in Jonesboro, has been involved in the martial arts since high school. Though he is the owner and main instructor of the Fayette Academy of Martial Arts and a black belt in karate, this graduate of Fayette County High School and Georgia Southern University doesn’t consider himself a master or a sensei, but rather an advanced student who knows the basics.

The players on the 8U Home Plate Chili Dogs ran around and goofed off around the parking lot of the Kiwanis Complex last Wednesday, while their parents emblazoned their cars and vans with painted messages about their team.

The Georgia Pressure 8U Softball, from Brooks, Ga. won the ISA World Series 8U Softball Tournament in Rome, Ga., the weekend of July 22.

Tiger Martial Arts sent a number of their athletes to the 26th Junior Olympic Taekwondo Championships at the Georgia Dome.

The 11U Fayette County Bullets participated in the Barrett-Fletcher World Series in Charleston, S,C. during the week of July 8 – 15. The Bullets made it all the way to the championship game on Saturday, July 15. The boys lost the final game by one point in extra innings to cap off their 2006 season. The Bullets are managed by coach Mark Kemp. Members of the Bullets in the front row are Cam Wesolowski, Reid Kemp, Tanner Floyd, Jake Carlson, Joe Bonner, Brantley Burton and Brett Davis. In the middle row are Keyante Green, Carson Sowell, Hunter Bening, and Bradley Rilling. In the back row are coach Rick Floyd, coach Barry Burton and manager/coach Mark Kemp. Photo/Special.

The annual Lineman’s Challenge was held at Velocity Sports in Peachtree City last Saturday. Athletes from Northgate, East Coweta, Whitewater, Lovejoy and Cross Creek were in attendance and all represented their schools well in the competition.

The PTC Cubs recently competed in the American Amateur Baseball Congress state baseball tournament at the Old National Baseball Complex.

The Forest Park Lady Fury Basketball team finished in second place in the YBOA National Basketball Tournament held in Orlando, Fla.