The old adage that you cannot teach size certainly applies to the McIntosh Chiefs.

McIntosh continuously exploited its size advantage to win its second straight game Tuesday, 65-57 over the Whitewater Wildcats on Senior Night in a Region 2-AAAA game in Peachtree City.

A new survey has been released from the Peachtree City Parks & Recreation Department and the Recreation Commission to gather information to update the 2007 – 2011 Peachtree City Recreation Master Plan. This survey can be accessed through the city website, www.peachtree-city.org , through www.ptcrecreation.org , or through the various sports organizations or class participation list. Hard copies will be available at recreation department facilities, City Hall, the Library, the Tennis Center, the Amphitheater office, the Welcome/Visitors Center as well as police and fire headquarters.

The Sandy Creek Patriot Classic wrestling tournament was held Saturday, Jan.

Justin Murray, an eighth-grader at Fayette Middle School, placed second in the 12/13-year-old boys division of the National Punt, Pass and Kick Competition.

The Fayette County Recreation Department will offer a Get Fit Boot Camp for Kids, Monday-Friday, Feb. 18-22 (Session I) and Apr. 7-11 (Session II).

If only the Whitewater Wildcats could play their crosstown rivals more often.

The Wildcats have had a rough season thus far as they currently find themselves at the bottom of the Region 2-AAAA standings. But one bright spot for them has been their play against crosstown rivals in the second half of the season.

Mike and kevin talk about Tuesday's basketball scores and what lies ahead for the local teams.

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As the weekend approaches, some local teams are riding winning streaks, while others are simply trying to build late-season momentum.

The McIntosh Wrestler swept a dual meet against Ola and Eagles Landing High School on Tuesday Jan. 8 at the McIntosh Gym. In the opening match against Ola, the sixth ranked team in Class AAA, the Chiefs scored an exciting victory 36 to 30. In the second match McIntosh beat Eagles Landing 76 to 6.

The Starr’s Mill men’s and women’s swim teams had a strong showing at the Panther Wolfpack Invitational Swim Meet held this past Saturday in Augusta. The ladies brought home the second-place trophy while the men placed sixth out of 11 teams.

Mike and Kevin talk about the basketball and wrestling results from the weekend.

The Fayette County-McIntosh basketball rivalry is arguably the best the county has to offer.

Exciting, fast-paced and intense are three of the many words that could be used to describe games between McIntosh and Fayette.

The TRI Peachtree City Triathlon Club and the Peachtree City Running Club will co-host one of the Original Ironmen, Henry Forrest on Thursday, Jan. 17 at the Wyndham Hotel and Conference Center.

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The Whitewater boys and girls swim teams both took first place at the Landmark meet in Douglasville last Friday.

State qualifiers for Whitewater were:

Fayette County hosted the area 2-AAAA duals on Friday and Saturday.

The second half of the basketball season is in full swing as every local team played over the weekend. Some came away with big wins.

Peachtree City’s Southern Crescent Aquatic Team outperformed every team at the first annual Douglas County Invite hosted by the Douglas County Stingrays January 12-13.

The PTC Lazers U14 boy’s soccer team will be competing at the international Dana Cup in Denmark July 2008. With over 20,000 worldwide participants, this event is recognized as one of the leading international tournaments in the soccer community.

Everyone is a suspect in Nick Garcia’s first published book, but the Fayetteville resident didn’t write a murder mystery. “A Very Big League of Their Own” is about the use of steroids in baseball, and Garcia believes he has found a formula that can “crack baseball’s steroid code.”

Three newcomers to the SouthSide Pioneers Track & Field Club represented the club at the 2007 National Cross Country Junior Olympics in Lawrence, Kansas. Here are the results:

The area 2-AAAA and 6-AAA duals were held at Fayette County and Sandy Creek High School last weekend.

Here are the highlights

Many teams usually don’t play with as much intensity in non-region games as they would in region games.

That certainly wasn’t the case Saturday when crosstown rivals Sandy Creek and McIntosh squared off in a non-region basketball doubleheader in Peachtree City.

Mike and Kevin look at the region standings for the local basketball teams and the games that lay ahead.

Crystal Weigle, a McIntosh graduate playing lacrosse for the University of Georgia’s women’s team, will bring her teammates to Peachtree City’s Meade Field on Saturday, Jan. 19 for a lacrosse clinic. It is a way to introduce girls to the sport, which is rising in popularity all over the south, and also a way for Weigle to help give back to a lacrosse community that she adores.

The Starr’s Mill men’s and women’s swim team placed second at a trio-meet hosted by Marist High School this past Saturday.

It was most certainly the upset of the season when Whitewater’s boys handed Fayette County (10-7, 6-2 region) a 58-55 loss on Tuesday. It was the first region win of the season for the Wildcats. Whitewater (3-13, 1-7 region) was paced by 19 points from Jamal Washington, while Fayette County’s leading scorer, Noel Johnson, scored a game-high 23 points. Whitewater also had key contributions from Justin Smith with 13 points, Jeremy Gunter with 11 points and eight rebounds and Renaldo Jenkins with nine.