Our Lady of Mercy

Starr's Mill's Jeffrey Greene returned an interception for a touchdown in the Panthers' loss to Sprayberry. He and the rest of his team are hoping for better results against Northgate this week. Photo/Joseph Wilson.

Landmark Christian traveled to take on their local rivals, the Our Lady of Mercy Bobcats, on Friday. The Bobcats have never defeated the War Eagles in football, but the schools do play competitively in nearly every other sport.

Our Lady of Mercy’s girls are ranked first in Class A In the ga.milesplit.us Georgia High School cross country rankings for week three, while Landmark Christian’s girls are ranked third. In Class AAAA, Whitewater’s girls are ranked fourth.

On the boys side, McIntosh is fifth in Class AAAA, one position ahead of Whitewater. Our Lady of Mercy’s boys are ranked ninth in Class A.

Local schools are all over the recent rankings in the latest PrepCounty.com GACA Coaches poll for volleyball.

Whitewater High School hosted the Decision Bridge meet at the Calvin Center in Hampton on Saturday.

Fayette County’s varsity volleyball team split their matches with Douglas County and Riverdale last week.

Sandy Creek (2-1) got off to a slow start but cruised in their first home game of the season, beating Alexander 41-0.

Sandy Creek finished in second place in the first Fayette sweet 16 volleyball tournament losing to Northview in the final 20-25 and 20-25.

Whitewater’s girls placed 14th in the Class AAAA/AAAAA division at The Berry Invitational.

The Our Lady of Mercy High School varsity cheerleaders recently returned from cheerleading camp. The camp was held at Emory University and was administered by the Universal Cheerleading Association (UCA).  The team received first place for their home dance routine that the team prepared prior to the camp. The team received second place in the cheer division of the camp championships and the spirit stick.