Basketball

The Lakers are the Fayette County Youth Basketball Association's 2009/2010 - 10U League Champions.

For the third year in a row, the Southwest DeKalb Lady Panthers have ended the Fayette County Lady Tigers season with a loss.

Three local basketball teams started the state basketball playoffs last weekend and only one remains.

The U10 Peachtree City Razorbacks basketball team won the Georgia Tarheel Sports Kickoff Classic Tournament in Snellville.  In the back row are Mitch Maxwell, Mills Berry, Ryan Cox, Drew Hudson, and Cameron Walters. In the front row are Blake Whitby, Connor Koscevic, Dean Patterson, Cole Gilley, and Coury Rogers.  Coaches are Cannon Whitby, Karey Koscevic, and Jeff Patterson. Photo/Special.
 

The final day of the region 5-AAAA tournament was a good day for McIntosh and not so good for Fayette County’s boys and girls.

It was a special night for the Fayette County Lady Tigers, in more ways than one, but McIntosh’s girls and Fayette County’s boys would like to put it in the past.

One team is returning to the postseason for the first time in over a decade and the other has its sights set on reaching its third consecutive state title game. Both would like to keep playing this weekend and secure a home game to start the state playoffs.

“This game (the second round region tournament playoff game) is always the hardest,” said Fayette County head boys basketball coach Andre Flynn after his Tigers narrowly avoided an upset to the Starr’s Mill Panthers.

There were no upsets on Tuesday as play started in the region 5-AAAA girls tournament at McIntosh.

Sandy Creek got in the way of Alexander in the final game of the first round on Monday night. Photo/Michael Boylan