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