May 19, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cartersville High School boys’ golf team secured its second straight GHSA Class 4A State Championship on Tuesday with a two-day total of 582 (14-over par). They defeated the runner-up North Oconee (600, 32-over par) by eighteen shots and third-place Benedictine Military (602, 34-over par) by twenty shots at the 6,415-yard, par-71 Savannah Golf Club. Marist (609) and Westminster (624) rounded out the top five teams in the

May 18, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cartersville High School boys’ golf team started strong and holds the first-round lead following Monday’s opening round of the GHSA Class 4A State Championship Tournament at the 6,415-yard, par-71 Savannah Golf Club. Junior Bodie Brumlow shot a 6-under-par 65, helping the Hurricanes to a team total of 1-over-par and an eleven-shot lead over second-place North Oconee. The final round of the 36-hole event will be held on Tu

May 17, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Updates on contributions made by local athletes at the professional and collegiate level for the week ending Sunday, May 17. MiLB MASON BARNETT — Las Vegas Aviators (MLB Athletics Triple-A affiliate; 5th-year pro; Auburn; Cartersville HS) … made a five-inning start with no decision this past Saturday as the Aviators won 11-5 at the Reno Aces. The 25-year-old allowed three earned runs on five hits and six walks, recording thre

May 15, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Purple Hurricanes' run in the state playoffs ended Thursday with a doubleheader loss to the Kell Longhorns at Richard Bell Field. Kell moved on to the Class 4A State Championship series by edging Cartersville 7-6 in the first game of the semifinal series, then clinched the spot with an 11-7 win in Game 2. GAME 1: KELL 7, CARTERSVILLE 6 Nolan Elrod had a first-inning hit in Game 1 on Thursday that helped build an early Ca

May 13, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Andrew Bishop hit a three-run home run in the top of the first inning on Wednesday, giving the Chargers an early lead. Photo: Russell Andrews Walters State Community College (TN) hit six home runs on Wednesday, including three by third baseman Holden Pantier, to power past and eliminate the Georgia Highlands College Chargers, 9-6. The Senators' win, combined with Tuesday's 12-4 victory over the Chargers, clinched the NJCAA A

May 12, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Georgia Highlands College softball team’s postseason run came to an end on Tuesday with two losses to Gaston College (NC) in the Mid-Atlantic District Championship Series at Carol Brown Field in Cartersville. The visiting Rhinos (60-4) won 9-2 and 9-1 on Tuesday and advanced to the 2026 NJCAA Division I Softball World Series, May 25-30 at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama. Emily Ferro (7 IP, 9R, 4ER, 8H, 6BB, 2K) went t

May 12, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Georgia Highlands baseball fell behind early on Tuesday and could not recover, losing the first game of their best-of-three Appalachian District Championship Series to Walters State (TN) Community College, 12-4, in Cartersville. Both teams produced thirteen hits in the game, but Walters State’s offense was more productive. The visiting Senators scored five runs in the second inning, including Holden Pantier’s grand slam, and

May 11, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cartersville High School boys' track and field team celebrates its capture of the GHSA 2026 Class 4A State Championship at the University of Georgia in Athens. / Photo: Nick Johnson The Cartersville High School boys’ track and field team won the 2026 GHSA Class 4A championship on Monday at the University of Georgia Track & Field Complex in Athens. The Hurricanes finished with 70 points, finishing 22 points ahead of Benedi

May 11, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Cartersville High product Anthony Seigler extended a seven-game hitting streak and hit his first 2026 home run last week for the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox. In college softball and baseball action, former Cartersville Hurricane Aidan Larkin was selected the GCAA Player of the Year, and at least four other local athletes are on teams advancing to national tournaments. MiLB MASON BARNETT — Las Vegas Aviators (MLB Athletics Tri

May 9, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Gianni Gandy and his Cartersville teammates celebrate following his walkoff hit to win the Canes' state quarterfinal series versus St. Pius X Catholic. The Cartersville Hurricanes won the deciding game of their Class 4A quarterfinal series Saturday afternoon in dramatic fashion, earning a come-from-behind 4-3 walk-off victory over St. Pius X Catholic at Richard Bell Field. Cartersville trailed 3-0 through the first four inning