The most remarkable season in the history of the Fayette County Lady Tigers has come to a disappointing end.

Soccer fans will have to wait until Monday to catch the always epic battle between the McIntosh and Starr's Mill soccer teams.

The Shock Attack won the grade 7-12 Peachtree City Recreation Department basketball championship. The Shock finished with a 10-2 record and won thrillers in the tournament by scores of 25-24 and 37-35 to capture first place. Team members: Front row: Taylor Marks, Claire Worley and Cyrina Thomas Second Row: Elizabeth Jones, Abby Birrell, Anna Yates, Emily Pauley. Coach: Hobie Jones. Photo/Special.

The Spurs claimed the season and tournament championship with a 13-0-1 record and are PTCYBA 5th Grade Boys Champions. In the bottom row are Denzel Russell, Kyle Smith and Andrew Symons. In the top row are Coach Jim Sutliff, Sam Anderson, Ty Rayman, Colby Taylor, Eric Sutliff and Assistant Coach Tammy Smith. Photo/Special.

It’s still very early in the season, but the undefeated Sandy Creek Patriots already have proven that they are a team to keep an eye on.

The McIntosh boys lacrosse team hosted Alpharetta on Thursday afternoon in a battle between highly ranked and undefeated teams. McIntosh was ranked second and Alpharetta was ranked fourth.

Glenn Griffin had been waiting for close to 30 years to become a head football coach.

Now his time has come.

Griffin was officially hired Tuesday as McIntosh’s new head football coach, taking over for Dwight Jones, who resigned in January to take the same position at Jones County after going 2-18 in his two seasons at McIntosh.

Mike and Kevin talk about McIntosh's new football coach, Fayette County's boys and girls in the Final Four tonight, baseball results and lacrosse.

No matter how the games play out on Wednesday, two of the top four boys and girls basketball teams in the state will come from Region 2-AAAA and two of those teams will be Fayette County. The Tigers and Lady Tigers punched their tickets to the Class AAAA Final Four with two nail-biting wins at Fort Valley State on Saturday. It is the first time in school history that either team has made the state semi-finals.

It was a historic night in Fayetteville Friday night, when the Whitewater Lady Wildcats played their first-ever varsity lacrosse match at Wildcat Stadium.

Starr’s Mill went 2-1 in the Effingham tournament over the weekend to improve to 3-1 on the season. The Panthers beat Statesboro 5-4, fell to Camden County 9-0 and defeated Effingham County 19-5. Miles Jaye drove in two runs against Statesboro, while Drew Johnson earned the win on the mound. The Panthers allowed 11 walks and only got two hits in the loss to Camden, ranked ninth in Class AAAAA, but bounced back with a much better performance against Effingham County, ranked ninth in Class AAAA. Ed Cook got the win and drove in two runs while going 3-for-4 at the plate, while Jeff Stock went 2-for-3 with five RBIs, Bryan Hasse went 2-for-4 with four runs scored and David Norman went 3-for-3 with two RBIs.

Fayette County High School will induct the seventh class for their Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, March 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the high school.

Trigg Dalrymple and Gary Phillips, two of the four people being inducted into the Fayette County High School Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, March 8, have had a major connection with the community and the school for much of their careers. They met with members of the media a while back to talk about being inducted into the school’s athletic hall of fame.

Fayette County High School has lost nine men in international conflicts during time of war. The Fayette County Hall of Fame and the Fayette Black & Gold Committee respectfully honor the sacrifices these men made to protect the liberties that we enjoy. They are true heroes.

The McIntosh Chiefs have a new head football coach, and they didn’t have to search far to find him.

McIntosh officially hired Starr’s Mill defensive coordinator Glenn Griffin as its head coach yesterday afternoon, McIntosh athletics director/assistant principal Steve Cole said.

Fayette County’s boys and girls basketball teams traveled to Fort Valley State for their Class AAAA quarterfinal basketball games on Saturday and both teams won, placing them in the final four at Gwinnett Arena this week.

It was a historic night in Fayetteville Friday night, when the Whitewater Lady Wildcats played their first-ever varsity lacrosse match at Wildcat Stadium.

Mike and Kevin talk state quarterfinals of basketball and the start of soccer and baseball season.

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The Sandy Creek Lady Patriots defeated the Gainesville Lady Red Elephants 53-49 in overtime on Wednesday evening.

Sandy Creek led by 11 in the fourth quarter, but Gainesville came charging back to force an extra period.

Tommy Carney, of Peachtree City, a senior at Woodward Academy in College Park won his second state title in the 152-pound weight class of Class AAAA last Saturday.

The first pitch of the high school baseball season has been thrown, and two local teams came out as winners, Sandy Creek and Starr’s Mill.

The top-ranked McIntosh Chiefs have gotten off to a hot start, winning their first two games, 4-0 over then-ninth-ranked Columbus and 2-1 over Oak Mountain (Ala.), to extend their unbeaten streak to 24 games.

Starrs Mill’s Mary Chaudoin’s high school volleyball career concluded this past November by again being chosen to the Georgia All-State first team and being selected to play in the state “Senior All Star” game. The awards continued at the All-Star match when she announced as the State 4AAA Player of the Year.

• Kourtney Kowal of Peachtree City, a 16-year-old sophomore at Starr’s Mill High School, brings home two impressive trophies this month.