CHULA — For the first time ever, Tiftarea Academy and Tift County varsity girls basketball teams will face off on the basketball court. The two will meet in a scrimmage Tuesday at Tiftarea at 6 p.m.

The schools have met in other varsity sports, including wrestling, track and cross country, plus a baseball scrimmage this spring. Tiftarea’s boys basketball squad also suited up for a Christmas invitational at the TCHS gym in recent years, but never have the teams been on the court at the same time.

Tift will not have its full lineup available because of injuries, but the Lady Devils are expecting to have yet another deep lineup coming off their Class 6A elite eight appearance last season. Tiftarea is two years removed from a trip to the state finals in GIAA Class 3A.