The Sandy Creek Lady Patriots defeated Whitewater in the championship game of the area 3-AAAA tournament on Saturday in three straight games (25-23, 25-19, 25-21). It was the second time in the tournament that Sandy Creek had defeated Whitewater. They also beat Starr's Mill in the tournament(25-20, 25-21).

Sandy Creek’s Lady Patriot softball team started their quest for a AAAA state title with a 7-0 win over North Springs and followed it up with a 5-2 win over Hillgrove. The team lost 1-0 to Northgate but bounced back with a 6-1 win over Madison County to put them in the Elite Eight.

Whitewater’s varsity softball team, still ranked first in AAAA in the GaSports.com/GACA Coaches poll, went 3-0 to start the state tournament and make the Elite Eight.

Our Lady of Mercy’s boys placed third in the Wesleyan Invitational.
Their top five runners were:
• Jared Cooper, 10, 17:12.62

Our Lady of Mercy’s varsity football team knew they had a tough task ahead of them when they took on Whitefield Academy last Friday and the Wolfpack was every bit as strong as one thought, opening up a 41-0 lead by the half on their way to a 55-12 win.

The Sandy Creek Lady Patriots defeated Whitewater in the championship game of the area 3-AAAA tournament on Saturday in three straight games (25-23, 25-19, 25-21). It was the second time in the tournament that Sandy Creek had defeated Whitewater. They also beat Starr's Mill in the tournament(25-20, 25-21).

By Jen Johnson
Special to The Citizen

Rain drizzled down on Tiger Stadium as fans, accessorized with ponchos and umbrellas, filed into their seats.

Sandy Creek's Zach Lopez kicked a 31 yard field goal in the first quarter and that was all the points the Patriots would get and need to remain undefeated.

It was a wet and wild game early on for Whitewater which fell behind Northgate 10-0 due to some miscues.

The Vikings struck in the first quarter with a 27 yard field goal from Casey Vaughan. In the second quarter, Northgate quarterback Jake Copeland connected with Malcolm Poindexter on a 60 yard touchdown play.

Starr's Mill took an early lead on McIntosh Friday night and never looked back.

Trenton Edwards (four rushes for 52 yards) scored three of the Panthers' four touchdowns, while Stephen Roberts returned an interception for a touchdown. Chris Ward added a field goal for Starr's Mill.

Our Lady of Mercy’s boys won the Fayette County Cross Country Championships on Wednesday night at Sandy Creek High School. Starr’s Mill placed second and was followed by McIntosh, Whitewater, Sandy Creek and Fayette County.

On this week's episode of The Citizen Sports Blitz, Mike Boylan and Kevin Wandra recap the latest sports news, make their picks for this Friday’s games and talk to Fayette County high school wide reciver Tayshawn Pettaway and Starr’s Mill cross country coach Zach Smola.

Click here to watch this week's episode.

Fayette County’s volleyball team went 2-3 over the weekend. They defeated Alcovy (25-10, 25-18) and Jackson County (25- 19, 25-15) but lost to Heritage, Conyers (25-21, 25-11), Rockdale County (25-15, 25-13), and Morgan County (25-22, 27-25).

Luis Martinez experienced the highs of an undefeated regular season and a run into the playoffs playing for the Fayette County Tigers last year and this Saturday he will be the kicker for the Forest Park Vikings, a semi-pro football team, in their Southern Football League championship game with the Warrior City Wildfire. For a young man with dreams of continuing his career in college and in the NFL, this is the first step he can take.

The Northgate Vikings proved again Friday that it might be the most improved team in Region 5A-AAAA with their third consecutive victory, 31-13 over visiting Fayette County.

Our Lady of Mercy’s varsity football team got their first region win of the season last Friday by defeating Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy, 35-8.

The Landmark War Eagle offense couldn’t get off the ground in Friday night’s loss to Holy Innocents.

The lone touchdown came from senior defensive back Blake Wyatt who returned an interception 74 yards for a touchdown. He had another interception later in the first half. Landmark got 66 yards rushing from Robert Waters and 58 yards rushing from Josh Gebhardt.

Thomas Frierson had a night that was fit for a king Friday.

Frierson ran 10 times for 154 yards and scored on runs of 44 and 94 yards, and his defensive teammates played their best game of the season in a 28-7 victory over the visiting Starr’s Mill Panthers in a Region 5A-AAAA game on Homecoming Night in Fayetteville.

Sandy Creek came out fast against the McIntosh Chiefs, scoring 13 first quarter points with short touchdown runs from Derek Alexander and Alex Green. If their goal was to erase memories of last year’s loss at the hands of the Chiefs, mission accomplished. But McIntosh stayed close and made things interesting.

Sandy Creek - 34 McIntosh - 7

Whitewater - 28 Starr's Mill - 7

Northgate - 31 Fayette County - 13

Our Lady of Mercy - 35 SACA - 8

The Whitewater Lady Wildcats now have a region championship to go along with their top ranking in the state.

Whitewater relied on clutch hitting, scoring all its runs with two outs, and the right arm of Whitney Toler, who pitched a three-hitter, to defeat the Sandy Creek Lady Patriots 4-1 in the Region 5-AAAA championship game Friday at Starr’s Mill High School in Fayetteville.

Whitewater softball coach Stacey Smith knew it was just a matter of time before Kaitlyn Johnson broke out of her hitting slump.

The second week of Region 5A-AAAA play features a rematch of a surprising game last year and a game pitting two teams looking for their first region win of the season, among others.

On this week's episode of The Citizen Sports Blitz, Mike Boylan and Kevin Wandra recap the latest sports news, make their picks for this Friday’s games and talk to Sandy Creek volleyball coach Paul Collins and players Katie Davenport and Mallie Haumann.

Click here to watch this week's episode.

One of the primary reasons the Whitewater Lady Wildcats have reached, and remained, atop the Class AAAA rankings is ace Whitney Toler.

Whitewater’s Lady Wildcat softball team has advanced in the region 5-AAAA softball tournament by defeating Starr’s Mill 16-0 in three innings.

Mistakes cost the struggling Starr’s Mill Panthers yet another potential victory Friday.

The Northgate Vikings played one of their worst offensive games of the year, but their defense did just enough to enable them to hold on for a 7-3 victory over the host Panthers in the teams’ Region 5A-AAAA opener in Fayetteville.

The Our Lady of Mercy Bobcats came out strong in their game against Fellowship Christian last Friday, but they couldn’t hang on and lost 37-33.

If you commit six turnovers in a game, things likely aren’t going your way and it will be hard to overcome them for a victory. Still, despite two interceptions and four fumbles, Landmark Christian School came close to stealing a victory from the jaws of defeat.

Sandy Creek Patriots quarterback Rio Johnson has been touted by a few pundits as the top high school quarterback in the state.