August 22, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cass Colonels overcame a back-and-forth first half and pulled away after halftime Friday night, defeating Flowery Branch 46-27 at Falcon Field. The season opener featured four lead exchanges during the first half as both teams battled through a competitive opening two quarters. Both teams entered the season after finishing as runners-up in their respective regions in 2025. Flowery Branch went 7-4 last season before fal

August 22, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Woodland Wildcats opened the 2026 football season in winning fashion Friday night, pulling away for a 28-10 victory over the Pope Greyhounds at Matt Hobby Field at Greyhound Stadium in Marietta. Both teams entered the season opener looking to improve on their 2025 campaigns, in which Pope finished 1-9, and Woodland went 2-8. Neither team scored in the opening quarter, but the Greyhounds broke the scoreless tie when Bra

The Adairsville Tigers opened the regular season in impressive fashion Friday night, shutting out the Sonoraville Phoenix 13-0 at The Furnace on the Sonoraville High School campus.

August 20, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com All four local high school softball teams were in action Thursday night, and each team played a region opponent. CARTERSVILLE 2, CASS 1 Lady Canes’ pitcher Presley Crabbe tossed a seven-inning, complete-game four-hitter Thursday night to win at Cass, 2-1. Crabbe scattered four hits and one walk while striking out eight. Cass hurler Kylie Gentry was solid in the circle also. She allowed just two unearned runs in seven innin

August 20, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Cartersville volleyball defeated Pepperell in straight sets and beat region-rival Dalton in four sets Tuesday night at Dalton High School. The Lady Canes topped Pepperell 25-11 and 25-5. Cartersville lost the opening set to Dalton 21-25, but bounced back in the next three sets, winning 25-21, 25-9, and 25-20. Amara Ejieke totaled 26 kills and three blocks across the six sets. Adelyn England had 15 kills. Blakely Morris co

August 19, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Adairsville Lady Tigers scored three runs in the second inning and added five more in the seventh Wednesday night to win at Calhoun, 8-3. The Tigers outhit Calhoun 12 to 4, and the Adairsville defense made no errors. Adairsville pitchers Chloe Hill (3 IP, 3ER, 2H, 2BB, 2K) and Paislee Rooks (4 IP, 0R, 2H, 0BB, 2K) combined for four strikeouts, with Hill collecting the win and Rooks closing out the final 13 batters. Mad

August 19, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Woodland volleyball dropped a 1-3 home decision on Tuesday to Darlington (15-25, 20-25, 25-17, 16-25). Ava Lawler had 17 assists, 10 digs, and two aces across the four sets. Dayana Jaimes totaled 20 digs and two aces. Aby Childs finished with 10 digs, three kills, and two aces. Emily Guin produced 10 digs, six kills, and two aces. Bella King supplied four blocks, three digs, and five kills, and Reese Martinak contributed 1

August 18, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Lady Canes pounded out 14 hits and produced 13 runs in just four offensive frames Tuesday at Dellinger Park to defeat Woodland 13-0. Zoie Shiflett tossed a four-inning shutout for Cartersville, yielding just two hits and one walk while fanning eleven. LaKiaya Banks homered twice for the Lady Canes. Allana Williams and Shiflett also hit home runs. Banks totaled three hits and three RBI. Williams added a double and two R

August 17, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Sonoraville Lady Phoenix scored runs in each of their four frames Monday night to defeat the Woodland Lady Cats, 12-4. All four Woodland runs crossed in the third inning, narrowing the margin to 7-4 at the time. Bella Kuykendall (4 IP, 12R, 5ER, 9H, 3BB) pitched all four innings for the Lady Cats. Kylee Poston (double, two RBI), Gracie Korb (RBI), Lilian Hollis (RBI), and Bailey Ryan (double) each had one hit for the W

August 17, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com MLB / MiLB MASON BARNETT — MLB Athletics; 5th-year pro; Auburn; Cartersville HS) … made a four-inning start at home on August 11 and was saddled with the pitching loss as the Athletics fell 12-4 to the Tampa Bay Rays. Barnett was charged with six runs (five earned) on five hits and three walks. Three of the five hits against him were homers, and he left the game trailing 6-2. The 25-year-old right-hand pitcher has split ti