Basketball

When the two teams tangled earlier this month at the Panther Pit, the Starr’s Mill Lady Panthers knocked off the Lady Chiefs, while McIntosh’s boys picked up a much needed win. Tonight, McIntosh’s girls were looking for revenge and the boys team was hoping to help secure the second seed in the sub-region.

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.

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.

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

The Starr’s Mill’s girls’ basketball team made a triumphant return from Florida over the weekend. The team, who finished 4-17 as recently as the 2009-2010 season, won the 2011 Marlin Classic Tournament in Panama City. It was the girls’ programs first tournament win ever.

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.

The Starr's Mill Athletics announced the hiring of a new head Girls Basketball coach, Shane Ratliff, this afternoon.