Back for its 44th year as Georgia’s largest boating exhibition, the 2006 Atlanta Boat Show will be making some serious waves in Atlanta this winter.

• Fayetteville resident Amelia Gaillard placed 24th in sabre at the North American Cup for the Ohio State Buckeyes fencing team.

Sandy Creek wide receiver and cornerback Brent Brewer was named to the South squad for the GACA North-South Football All Star Classic, which will take place Dec.

The Tyrone Recreation Department will offer several classes for children next year that will help keep them physically fit.

The Starr’s Mill’s varsity wrestling team hosted the Panther Invitational, which ended last night after the paper went to press, and competed in the Brookwood Invitational last weekend. The Panthers placed third and had five wrestlers place in the top six. Cory Radcliffe (140) placed first overall, while Brandon Witta (145), Jeff Partlow (215) and Bradley Conner (279) placed second and Patrick Waters (112) placed fourth.

The 10 and under Peachtree City Packers recently were crowned 2005 Super Bowl Champions in the cross-county league. The Packers finished with an undefeated 11-0 record, and capped their season with an exciting 25-24 last-second victory in the Super Bowl game.

Last week, The Citizen incorrectly referred to the McIntosh varsity cheerleaders as The Chiefettes. The Chiefettes is the name of the school’s dance team.

While many local basketball teams will play in tournaments over the Christmas break, they wrapped up play in the regular season for the year.

A number of local teams participated in wrestling tournaments over the weekend, preparing for what will be a busy holiday break.

As the end of the year approaches, it is time for one to reflect on all that one has experienced in the past year. This typically results in a “Best of” column and this year, The Citizen is seeking your input. Fill out your answers to these categories and your votes will be counted in a Reader’s Poll, which will join the Editor’s Poll, in a story in next week’s papers.

• Andy Smith, a 6’4, 290 pound offensive guard for the University of Memphis and graduate of Starr’s Mill, will play in the Motor City Bowl against Akron on Dec. 26 at 4 p.m.

The Southern Crescent Aquatic Team impressively performed at the Georgia Senior State Championships held Dec. 9-11 at Georgia Tech.

Georgia Tech wide receiver Calvin Johnson added another all-America award when he was named to the Associated Press second team Tuesday.

Landmark Christian School freshman Elizabeth Gresham recently competed in the Footlocker South Regional Cross Country race.

The basketball action on Tuesday night was relatively light as most teams were preparing for a game or two before the holidays and holiday tournaments.

As the New Year approaches, it is time to reflect on the big news from 2005.

The Citizen will include Year in Review pages in upcoming editions of the paper and the Sports section is seeking suggestions of players, teams and coaches to mention, as well as pictures to complement the ones we have taken to go with these mentions.

While Fayette County had five teams place in the top 20, East Coweta and Northgate placed in the top 15 with the Indians placing seventh with 133.5 points and Northgate placing 13th with 102 points.

Hunters donated 733 harvested deer to the 2005 Hunters for the Hungry (HFTH) program, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division (WRD). This year’s donations will provide approximately 18,000 pounds of venison that food banks across the state will use to make nutritious meals for thousands of needy Georgians this holiday season. This brings the grand total of donated deer to 6,534 since the program’s inception in 1993.

It’s not every weekend where two county rivals match up and yet, this past Saturday had McIntosh travel to Starr’s Mill and Sandy Creek travel to Fayette County. Starr’s Mill swept the McIntosh boys and girls, while Sandy Creek split with Fayette County, as the girls won and the boys lost.

McIntosh High School hosted the South Metro Invitational wrestling tournament last Friday and Saturday and all of the local teams partcipating placed in the top 20. Starr’s Mill finished fourth with 165 points, while Fayette County placed 11th with 104 points, Whitewater placed 14th with 91 points, McIntosh took 15th with 85.5 points and Sandy Creek placed 18th with 71 points.

Dean Breest was a passionate follower of cross country this past season and the talent he saw on the trails around the area amazed him. It also gave him an idea to bring a fundraising race to the county that would be exactly like a race he ran in Brazil a number of years ago. The race, which was sponsored by a newspaper, had runners begin a race late on New Year’s Eve, so that the runners would be start the race in one year and finish it in the next.

The Gym South Level 5 girls team barely missed team finals (Top 12) of the state championship this year.

Individually, Shayla Moore is the state vault champion (9.525) champion and Lauren Spier is the state floor champion (9.475) and state bars champion (9.4).

The second Winter Flurry race of the season was held at Atlanta Motor Speedway last weekend and the races were hotly contested with several local racers doing very well.

The Atlanta Track Club honored Coach Bill Thorn and senior Caroline Jones on Tuesday, Dec. 6 at the 42nd Annual "All Metro High School Cross Country Awards Banquet" at Westminster School.

The Creekside High School hoops season is underway and this year’s teams are rallying for more support from fans. Throught the basketball season there will be a series of activities that will include student and community support as the Seminoles take on their challengers in “The Swamp.”

• Landmark Christian’s wrestling team defeated Walker 48-35 and OLM 49-15 Wednesday night to remain undefeated this year.

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) has announced that former NFL coach Dan Reeves and former Washington Redskin Darrell Green will serve as panel speakers at FCA's annual Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Breakfast to be held on Dec. 28 at 7:45 a.m. at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis.

Starr’s Mill took on the other area school with Mill in their name, Mundy’s Mill, on Tuesday night, and both the boys and girls teams lost.

McIntosh High School will be the site for one of the season’s largest and most competitive wrestling tournaments in the Atlanta Metro Area. Thirty-one teams from South of I-20 will be competing in the South Metro Tournament starting Friday at 5 p.m. and continuing on through Saturday. Area teams competing include McIntosh, Starrs Mill, which is ranked 10th in AAAAA, Sandy Creek, Fayette County, East Coweta, Newnan, Northgate, which is ranked sixth in AAAA, Whitewater and Woodward Academy, which is ranked third in AAAA.

The McIntosh High School swim team won its second overall meet championship of the season Friday and Saturday at the Carrollton Holiday Invitational. The women took first and the men finished third among 14 schools, for team’s second combined victory.