February 17, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Georgia Highlands Chargers baseball team swept a home doubleheader with USC Salkehatchie on Monday, winning 14-1 and 19-5 at Cdr. Robert Bentley USN (Ret) Baseball Field. The Chargers scored ten runs in the second inning of the opener and outhit the Indians eleven to four. Alex Karst and Wyatt Gatlin homered for GHC. Carson Page and Andrew Bishop each had two hits.  Braxton Wade collected the Game 1 pitching win for

February 17, 2026 The Adairsville Tigers scored nine runs over the final two innings on Monday and defeated visiting Woodland-Stockbridge, 12-2, in six innings. The Tigers scored two in the bottom of the fifth to lead 5-2, then exploded for seven runs in the sixth to abbreviate the game and hand Woodland-Stockbridge (3-1) its first loss. Adairsville outhit the Wolfpack eight to five, but Woodland-Stockbridge committed nine errors, including three in the final frame. McCayden

February 17, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cass Colonels routed winless Southeast Whitfield on Monday night at Cartersville High School to advance in the Region 7-AAAA Tournament, but the other local teams in region tournament action on Monday were not as fortunate. CASS BOYS 74, SOUTHEAST WHITFIELD 35 The Colonels advanced to the second round of the Region 7-AAAA Tournament at Cartersville High School with an opening round 74-35 win over Southeast Whitfield.

February 16, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com This week's update, for the week ending February 15, includes contributions from more than 50 local athletes. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL MASON BARNETT — Oakland Athletics (RHP, 5th-yr. pro; Auburn; Cartersville HS) … reported to the A’s spring training in Arizona with the other pitchers and catchers on February 11, where he will compete for a spot in Oakland’s rotation. Cactus League games begin this week at Hohokam Stadium i

February 15, 2026 The Adairsville Tigers opened play in the Region 7-AAA basketball tournament on Saturday afternoon at home with a 67-59 win over Ridgeland. For the 6th-seeded Tigers, it was their third win this season over the 7th-seeded Panthers. Adairsville won at Ridgeland in early January 53-29 and beat the Panthers 62-39 on January 30. No individual stats or details were provided. The season ended for Ridgeland with an 8-18 record. Adairsville (5-21) advanced to play 3

February 15, 2026 Photo credit: Nick Johnson The Cartersville High School track and field team began its 2026 season on Saturday by participating in the 12-team Allatoona High School All-Comers Meet in Acworth. The Cartersville boys scored 128 points to finish second, only one-half point behind host Allatoona. Cherokee (123.50), Heritage-Conyers (86.50), and North Paulding (73.50) rounded out the top five. The Lady Canes (67) tied for fifth behind North Paulding (111.50), All

February 15, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Georgia Highlands College baseball completed a four-game weekend sweep of visiting Lincoln Trail CC with two more wins on Saturday. The Chargers, who beat the Statesmen 17-0 and 11-4 on Friday, won 14-4 in five innings and 12-1  in six innings on Saturday. David McKechnie (4.2 IP, 4ER, 7H, 1BB, 9K) struck out nine and was the winning pitcher in Saturday’s opener. Sam Clower retired the game’s final out in relief. Matthew

February 14, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Woodland Wildcats won a third-straight game to open the 2026 season on Saturday, taking a 6-4 decision at Kennesaw Mountain. The Wildcats took advantage of a walk, a hit batter, an error, and a passed ball to break open a 4-4 game and scored twice in the top of the seventh inning. Alfredo Romo also had a clutch RBI single in the go-ahead frame. Woodland utilized six pitchers in brief stints during the win. Logan Smit

February 14, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Georgia Highlands College softball split two games on Saturday at the Gadsden State Classic. The Chargers lost to the host Cardinals 8-4, but responded in their second game of the day with a 24-3 win over Alpena CC (MI).  Gadsden State scored six runs in the first inning to build an early advantage. The Chargers narrowed the margin to 6-4 with a run in the third and three in the fourth, but the Cardinals put the game awa

February 14, 2026 Photos: Adairsville Wrestling Community / Facebook Adairsville High School wrestler Jaylee Long won the 100-pound GHSA Girls State Championship on Saturday in Morrow. Long was seeded 15th in the 16-wrestler all-classification field, but won four straight bouts on Friday and Saturday to capture the title. She won her first two bouts by pinfall on Friday, including a pin of 2nd-seeded Tatum Rooks of Shiloh. Long won by major decision in the state semifinals on