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

February 19, 2026 Zoe McCurry (with ball) scored 14 points with nine rebounds and six assists in the Lady Canes' Region 7-AAAA semifinal win on Thursday over Cass. Kylie Miles of Cass (20) plays defense on Thursday. PHOTO: CanesAthletics.com The Lady Canes defeated Cass 44-29 on Thursday evening at The Storm Center in the Region 7-AAAA tournament semifinals and will play in the championship game against Dalton on Friday night at 7 p.m. Cartersville led 19-16 at halftime and e

February 18, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Adairsville pitcher Kaden Coker tossed a four-inning no-hitter, and the Tigers pounded visiting Cass on Wednesday evening, 15-0, for a non-region win. The Tigers took an early lead by scoring three runs in the bottom of the first inning, then added seven runs in the third and five more in the fourth to secure the win. Coker walked one and struck out two. Cass starter Darren Cole (2.1 IP, 9R, 5ER, 6H, 1BB, 2K) was saddled

February 18, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Georgia Highlands College softball won both games of a home doubleheader on Tuesday, sweeping Cleveland State CC (TN) 13-4 and 5-2. In the opener, the Chargers broke open a 4-4 game with three runs in the third and added six in the fourth to pull away. In Game 2, GHC pitcher Haley Curtis went seven strong innings in the circle and struck out five to limit the Cleveland State offense. CeCe Williams (2 IP, 4ER, 4H, 2BB, 1K

February 18, 2026 WOODLAND GIRLS 8, NORTH COBB 2 The Lady Cats led 3-2 at halftime on Tuesday, but overpowered the visiting North Cobb Lady Warriors with five unanswered goals in the second half to record Woodland’s first win. Ansley Burns and Mahdi Hernandez each scored two goals for the Lady Cats. Maddie Weightman, Jaqueline Arias, Samantha Espinosa, and Avery Burns added one goal each. Woodland goalkeeper Maya Baldwin was credited with a few saves, including one on a break

February 18, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cartersville Lady Canes picked up a solid road victory Tuesday night, defeating the Heritage-Catoosa Lady Generals 3-1 in a non-region showdown at Heritage High School in Ringgold. Junior forward Helen Leaming set the tone early, netting the game's opening goal 30 minutes into the first half to give Cartersville a 1-0 lead and valuable momentum on the visitors' side. The Lady Generals (2-1) responded before halftime,

February 17, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Damir McBride knocks down two of his 14 points as the Eagles defeated Sugar Hill Christian on Tuesday, 73-54. The Excel Christian Academy boys basketball team defeated Sugar Hill Christian 73-54 on Tuesday at Gordon State College in Barnesville to advance to the GAPPS Class A state championship game. The Eagles will now try to defend the Georgia Association of Private and Parochial Schools (GAPPS) Class A state title the

February 17, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Georgia Highlands Chargers baseball team swept a home doubleheader with USC Salkehatchie on Monday, winning 14-1 and 19-5 at Cdr. Robert Bentley USN (Ret) Baseball Field. The Chargers scored ten runs in the second inning of the opener and outhit the Indians eleven to four. Alex Karst and Wyatt Gatlin homered for GHC. Carson Page and Andrew Bishop each had two hits. Braxton Wade collected the Game 1 pitching win for