February 21, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com PHOTO: Courtesy Excel Christian Academy The Excel Christian Academy boys basketball team made it back-to-back state championships on Saturday at Gordon State College in Barnesville by defeating Promise Preparatory Academy of Dawsonville 87-64 in the Georgia Association of Private and Parochial Schools (GAPPS) Class A title game. The Eagles started quickly and led at the end of each quarter.  Excel led 26-17 after one qua

February 21, 2026 The Cass Colonels picked up their second win of the young season on Friday evening at Model to earn a split with the Blue Devils during the week, and the Cartersville Purple Hurricanes suffered their third-straight loss. CASS 1, MODEL 0 Cass freshman Noah Rogers bounced an RBI single into left field in the top of the seventh inning for the game’s only run, lifting the Colonels to a 1-0 non-region win on Friday at Model. Zach Stiles had reached on a two-base

February 21, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Trinity Montgomery (5) releases a shot on Friday night in the Lady Canes' overtime loss to Dalton. Montgomery paced Cartersville with 26 points and added six rebounds. PHOTO: Bryce Barkley / CanesAthletics.com The Lady Canes battled Dalton into overtime on Friday night, but came up just short in the Region 7-AAAA championship game at The Storm Center. Earlier on Friday, the Cass girls and the Cartersville boys won Regio

February 20, 2026 By Scott Barkley / CanesAthletics.com Photo courtesy of Canes Rifle/Facebook Lucy Evans and Maggie Sheffield finished 1-2, and Chance Van Pelt set a personal best as the Canes Rifle team dispatched Columbus Thursday afternoon, Feb. 19, for a semi-final date in the state playoffs.    The Canes shot an 1146-59x to Columbus’ 1130-49x. Evans, the team’s captain, led the way with 293-20x while junior co-captain Sheffield posted 289-18x. Van Pelt secured a third t

February 19, 2026 BRUNSWICK 1, CARTERSVILLE 0 Tyler Hickman (34) celebrates a home run with Gianni Gandy (20) in Tuesday's home loss to Etowah. The Brunswick Pirates improved to 6-0 on Thursday by winning a 1-0 pitcher’s duel over the visiting Cartersville Purple Hurricanes.  Avery Jefferson of the Pirates hit a solo home run to leadoff the bottom of the second inning for the game’s only run. Trenton Robinson had the only other Brunswick hit in the game — a double in the fift

February 19, 2026 Woodland boys’ soccer earned a non-region 3-1 road win at Villa Rica on Thursday, with the visiting Wildcats controlling play from the opening whistle. Woodland wasted little time asserting dominance, striking just five minutes into the contest. Aiden Carrillo finished off a crisp through ball from Hunter Limbaugh to give the Wildcats an early 1-0 lead. The pressure continued, and Limbaugh was involved again in the 16th minute. The playmaker delivered anothe