April 27, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Cartersville High product Devonte Ross signed with the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League this weekend as an undrafted free agent. Ross, who played three seasons at Troy University before playing his senior season at Penn State, had over 2,100 receiving yards in college. Elsewhere, local athletes made their marks this past week in Minor League Baseball, college track and field, tennis, college softball, an

April 25, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com For the first time in 20 years, the Cartersville Purple Hurricanes boys soccer team secured a road victory in the Georgia High School Association state playoffs, defeating the host Drew Titans of Riverdale 3-2 in overtime Friday night in a Class AAAA first-round matchup. Drew jumped out to an early lead, scoring within the first five minutes of the game. Cartersville responded in the 20th minute when Rhett Jacobs was fouled

April 24, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Adairsville Tigers overpowered the host Douglass Astros on Friday in Atlanta to sweep their first-round Class 3A state playoff series in two straight games. Adairsville claimed victory in the first game with a 15-0 win in six innings and ousted the Astros 12-2 in five innings in the second game to clinch the best-of-three series. Starting pitcher Hudson Parr struck out ten and scattered two hits without allowing a walk

April 24, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Freshman defender Sofia Mayorga moves upfield April 23 in the Lady Canes' playoff loss to Pace Academy. RANDY PARKER / THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS On Thursday night, both the Woodland Lady Cats and the Cartersville Lady Canes were defeated in their Class 4A first-round state playoff games. JACKSON-ATLANTA 5, WOODLAND 1 The Woodland Lady Wildcats fell 5-1 to the Maynard Jackson-Atlanta Lady Jaguars on Thursday night in Atlanta, b

April 23, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Ellie Kate Jones, coach Kimberly Mostellar, and Emerie Elrod at the GHSA State Preliminary Meet in Buford on Wednesday. Senior Emerie Elrod and freshman Ellie Kate Jones from Cartersville High School's varsity gymnastics team competed in the Georgia High School Association State Preliminary Meet on Wednesday, April 22, in Buford, facing some of the leading athletes in the A–4A classification. Among 32 vault competitors, Elr

April 22, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Nate Russell collected the Game 1 pitching win on Wednesday as the Hurricanes swept their first-round state playoff series against the M.L. King Lions. Dominant pitching and plenty of offensive production lifted the Cartersville Purple Hurricanes to a Class AAA state playoff first-round sweep of the M.L. King Lions on Wednesday at Richard Bell Field. The Canes secured the best-of-three playoff series with victories of 11-0

April 22, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Adairsville boys’ track and field team finished third, and the Lady Tigers were sixth on Monday at the Region 7-AAA Championships hosted by Calhoun High School. Heritage-Catoosa won the girls’ team title, followed by Calhoun and Gilmer. The Calhoun boys won the region championship with 210 points, followed by Heritage-Catoosa (155.33) and Adairsville (86) in the seven-team field. The top four placers in each event advan

April 22, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Cartersville High School junior golfer Bodie Brumlow carded a 4-under par 68 on Monday at the U.S. Open Local Qualifying held at Druid Hills Golf Club, and has advanced to the Final Stage qualifying. The 126th U.S. Open will be held at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York, on June 18-21, 2026. Brumlow, a University of Georgia commit, was one of seven professional and amateur players to advance from a field of

April 22, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Georgia Highlands College softball won both games of a conference doubleheader on Tuesday at Carol Brown Field in Cartersville against South Georgia State. The Chargers won the first game 4-1 and outlasted the Hawks in the second game, 8-7. Single runs in the first, second, third, and fifth innings overcame an early 1-0 deficit for the first GHC win. A walk-off run on a passed ball lifted the Chargers to an extra-inning vic

April 22, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cartersville High School boys’ track and field team won its second consecutive Region 7-AAAA championship, and the Lady Canes placed third on Tuesday at Dalton High School. Allatoona won the girls’ title with 208.5 points, followed by Hiram (117), Cartersville (116), and Woodland (81). The Cass girls were sixth (68) in the eight-team field. The Cartersville boys scored 210 points, followed by Allatoona (169), Cedartown