Fayette County

The Starr’s Mill boys and girls swim teams each won their half of the county swimming championship and combined for the overall title.

The region basketball tournaments are not that far away and every sub-region and region win can help a team’s seeding. For some teams, like Fayette County's Lady Tiger, each game could have a big impact on defending their AAAA state title.

The Whitewater Wildcats varsity wrestling team won the Area 3-AAAA area duals last weekend.

Fayette County’s boys (13-1), ranked second in Class AAAA in the latest GACA PrepCounty.com coaches poll, passed 100 points for the first time this year with a 108-56 win over Harris County on Friday.

If you’re looking for a great high school basketball atmosphere, you only need to go as far as the annual games between Starr’s Mill and McIntosh.

Whitewater’s varsity wrestling team competed in the 32nd annual Jacket Invitational and placed first overall.

The Fayette County Tigers (11-1) picked up their first loss of the season over the holiday break, but it was in Kentucky.

Region 3-AAAA, Sub-Region B, which features Fayette County, McIntosh, Starr’s Mill and Whitewater named their all-region team recently and all four schools are well represented on the list.

The Whitewater Wildcats varsity wrestling team placed second in the Mountain View Duals on Saturday, winning their first four matches before falling to Greater Atlanta Christian in the final, 42-24.

It wasn’t what anyone would call a pretty game - the score was 4-4 after the first quarter - but for McIntosh’s Lady Chiefs (5-0) the final score over their longtime rivals, the Fayette County Lady Tigers, was beautiful. McIntosh outlasted the defending AAAA state champs 38-34 in overtime.