February 24, 2026 By Scott Barkley / CanesAthletic.com Reese Gibson defends against Pace's Lawson Monroe on Tuesday, Feb. 24 in the first round of Cartersville's 60-55 win. Photo by Scott Barkley Barely ten seconds into the final quarter Tuesday night, things were not looking good for Cartersville to advance in the girls basketball 4A state playoffs. A Pace Academy three-pointer had just extended the Knights’ advantage to 11. The Lady Canes had seemingly spent the majority o

February 24, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Georgia Highlands College softball split a home doubleheader on Tuesday with the Chattanooga State CC Tigers. The Chargers won the first game 4-3, but dropped Game 2, 5-4. In the opening game, Emily Ferro (Villa Rica) tossed a complete game, Gracie Azpeitia (Chamblee) homered, and the Chargers scored single runs in the second through the fifth innings on Tuesday for a 4-3 win over visiting Chattanooga State CC. Ferro al

February 23, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Woodland Wildcats scored seven runs in the top of the first inning on Monday afternoon at Darlington, but couldn’t make it stand up in an 8-7 loss to the Tigers. A lack of production over the next six innings and some costly defensive miscues proved the difference in the non-region contest. Two singles, two walks, and a two-run double sparked the Wildcats’ opening frame, but they did not score again. Darlington ultim

February 23, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com With winter collegiate sports approaching postseason play and spring sports hitting full stride, this week’s update includes contributions from 57 local collegiate athletes across the country in nine sports. BASKETBALL TAFF BRADLEY — Huntingdon College (So., Cartersville HS) … made brief road appearances on February 17 and this past Friday. She totaled three points, one rebound, and one steal as the Hawks lost at Belhave

February 23, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Georgia Highlands College baseball team went 2-2 this past weekend, hosting the GHC Invitational. The Chargers earned a 16-6 win over Macomb College (MI) on Saturday and blanked Catawba Valley College (SC) 8-0 on Sunday. The losses were to Wabash Valley CC (IL) on Friday (11-5) and Sunday (7-1). Wabash Valley used big innings to take control in the Warriors’ two wins over the Chargers. Wabash scored four runs in bac

February 21, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Georgia Highlands College softball split a home doubleheader on Saturday with visiting Gaston College (NC), winning the first game 2-0 before falling in the second game by the same 2-0 score. Emily Ferro tossed a complete-game shutout in the first game for the Chargers. She scattered five hits and one walk with one strikeout. The pitching performance by Haley Curtis was also outstanding for the Chargers in the second gam

February 21, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Woodland Wildcats and the Adairsville Tigers both earned their fifth wins of the young season on the road on Saturday, while the Cartersville Hurricanes were blanked in their final game at the Brunswick Baseball at the Beach event. WOODLAND 12, NORTH COBB 4 The Wildcats broke open a 1-1 game in the top of the sixth inning on Saturday at North Cobb, scoring nine runs en route to a 12-4 victory. Grant Tidwell (5.1 IP,

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