McIntosh

McIntosh lost to Pike County 10-6 on the road in their season opener. Jake Turner stepped in for an injured Cam Porter at quarterback and was 9 of 13 for 153 yards passing with a touchdown pass to Robert Trotter (3 catches for 42 yards).

It was expected that Sandy Creek, the reigning Class AAAA state champions, would come out and make a statement against one of their county rivals in the season opener. And they did.

McIntosh’s varsity softball team is off to a great start. The Lady Chiefs are 5-3 and took second place at last weekend’s Up the Creek tournament.

McIntosh had their best season since 2004 last year, recording a 4-6 record under coach Glenn Griffin and being one second away from a 5-5 record (The Chiefs lost 33-31 to Fayette County on the final play of the game). It was a big season for a team that has struggled in recent years, but there may be some more growing pains as the Chiefs must now find a way to deal with losing 26 seniors from last year’s squad, many of them starters.

Kayla Maxwell and Katie Strickland of Whitewater High School and Ali Church of McIntosh High School were recently selected as an All-State cheerleader at the Georgia Cheerleading Coaches’ Association competition held at Columbus State University on Aug. 14.

The McIntosh Chiefs varsity team beat Brookwood with a score of 4-3 to take home the GHRA Class AAAA state championship trophy.

The 2010 Girls All – Region Soccer Team for 5-AAAA was announced this afternoon and local girls are all over the team.

And you thought it was a rivalry before.

The Starr’s Mill boys captured their first state title since 2000 with a 4-2 win in penalty kicks on McIntosh’s home turf, after 80 minutes of scoreless play in regulation and two five minute overtimes that left the teams knotted at 0-0.

The all area girls lacrosse team for area 1-AAAA was announced this week and there are a number of local players on the list.

Starr’s Mill’s Stuart Pope (16) celebrates after scoring the decisive kick in the AAAA semifinal against McIntosh. Photo/Bryan McDermott/photosbymcd.com