January 28, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Local high school basketball teams returned to action on Tuesday night with the Cartersville High teams completing regular-season sweeps of the Cass girls and boys. The Adairsville Lady Tigers also earned a non-region win at Ringgold. CARTERSVILLE GIRLS 74, CASS 47 Sophomore Blakely Morris recorded a double-double on Tuesday at Cass in the Lady Canes' win. The Lady Canes continued their strong run in Region 7-AAAA play wi

January 27, 2026 Region basketball standings for local high school teams, including their schedules for the week. LINK -- The Bartow Sports Zone Podcast does a regular update -- have a listen -- https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/bartowsportszone/episodes/2026-01-24T15_37_56-08_00 LOCAL REGION BASKETBALL STANDINGS (through Monday, January 26) BOYS GAPPS Region 1 IA Sub A Region All Games This week Excel Christian Academy 5-0 17-5 KING'S ACADEMY / STONEHAVEN / HILLS ACADEMY P

January 25, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com A large number of college events were postponed or canceled this past weekend as a major winter weather system moved across the country.  Some events were completed earlier in the week; this update includes contributions from local athletes with ties to Bartow County. BASKETBALL NA’YEL CAMPER — Reinhardt University (So., Cartersville HS) … scored two points with three rebounds, two steals, and one assist in the Lady Eagle

January 23, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cartersville girls and boys basketball teams swept visiting Allatoona on Friday night at The Storm Center, and the Excel Christian Academy boys defeated Arlington Christian. CARTERSVILLE BOYS 76, ALLATOONA 46 Four Canes scored in double digits Friday night as the Cartersville boys blasted the visiting Allatoona Buccaneers, 76-46. The Purple Hurricanes led 31-12 at the end of the first quarter, 54-20 at halftime, and 7

January 23, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Members of medley relay teams for Cartersville and Woodland in action on Thursday in Adairsville. The Woodland swim team won a local dual meet on Thursday at the Adairsville natatorium, defeating Cartersville. Woodland won the combined team scores 250-183. Woodland topped Cartersville in the girls’ division, while the Cartersville boys edged the Wildcats by two points. Cass had one swimmer compete in the meet, but did not

January 23, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com With inclement weather threatening the weekend, two local high schools moved basketball games from Friday to Thursday evening. Both Cass teams won easily at Southeast Whitfield, but the Woodland teams dropped home games to Hiram. CASS GIRLS 60, SOUTHEAST WHITFIELD 18 The Lady Colonels had three players reach double-figure scoring on Thursday night at Southeast Whitfield in a one-sided Region 7-AAAA win, 60-18. Cadie Paez

January 22, 2026 The Cass swim team finished second in combined scores on Tuesday as the Colonels hosted a five-team meet at the Adairsville pool. Pickens won the combined scores competition with 218 points. Cass was runner-up with 187, followed by Model (133), Armuchee (28), and Pepperell (6). The Cass girls had the best total with 116, followed by Model (77), Pickens (61), and Armuchee (28). Pickens (157) won the boys’ competition, followed by Cass (71), Model (56), and Pep

January 21, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cass girls' and boys' basketball teams both won region games at Woodland on Tuesday night. Additionally, the Cartersville and Excel Christian boys' teams remained undefeated in their respective regions. The Canes won at Dalton, and the Eagles won at Oakwood Christian in Chickamauga. CASS GIRLS 58, WOODLAND 8 Nakayla Evans scored 17 points, and Cadie Paez finished with 14 in the Lady Colonels’ win on Tuesday at Woodlan

January 19, 2026 The Cartersville High basketball teams split games on Monday at the MLK Showcase hosted by Rome High School. CARTERSVILLE BOYS 85, SECTION (AL) 69 Kyron McClendon scored 27 points and grabbed 10 rebounds on Monday as Cartersville defeated Section (AL) at the Rome MLK Showcase. The Canes stepped out of region play on Monday afternoon, but extended their current winning streak to five games with an 85-69 win over Section (AL) at the Rome High School MLK Showcas

January 19, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com This week’s Athletes Beyond Bartow edition includes updates on two dozen local contributors with their collegiate programs in wrestling, basketball, gymnastics, and indoor track and field. This update is for the week ending January 18. WRESTLING COLTON BISHOP — Reinhardt University (Sr., Woodland HS) … won his 125-pound bout this past Friday as the Eagles beat visiting Montreat College (NC) 46-4 on Reinhardt’s Senior Nigh