Scott Barkley / CanesAthletics.com Canes Rifle lines up in prone position on the team’s home range at CHS on Jan. 13. PHOTO: CanesAthletics.com Maggie Sheffield earned Top Gun honors as CHS Rifle moved to 12-0 on the season, defeating Woodstock on Tuesday by an overall score of 1139-1089 while hitting the X 57 times compared to the Wolverines’ 24. Senior Night honored Lucy Evans, Lucas Gibson, and Graham Farrell. Evans will continue next year as a member of Morehead State Un

January 14, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Five local high school basketball teams secured region victories on Tuesday night, including the girls' teams from Cass, Adairsville, and Cartersville. Additionally, the boys' teams from Excel Christian Academy and Cartersville also achieved wins. CASS GIRLS 50, HIRAM 29 The Lady Colonels took a nice step forward in the race for a top-four seed in the Region 7-AAAA tournament on Tuesday night with a 50-29 road win at Hira

January 12, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Jacksonville Jaguars' remarkable season came to a heartbreaking end on Sunday, with a narrow 27-24 home Wild Card playoff loss to the Buffalo Bills. Cartersville High alum Trevor Lawrence passed for three touchdowns, but Jacksonville’s turnaround season came to an end. On the collegiate front, several local alumni from Cartersville, Cass, and Adairsville High Schools delivered standout performances across basketball,

January 10, 2026 The Woodland High School swim team won the 2025-26 Bartow County Championship on Saturday at Adairsville High School. PHOTO: Woodland Swim on Facebook Final results from the 2026 Bartow County Swim Championships held on Saturday at Adairsville High School. Combined Team Scores 1 — Woodland, 313 2 — Adairsville, 290 3 — Cartersville, 229 4 — Cass, 102 Girls 1 — Woodland, 206 2 — Adairsville, 122 3 — Cass, 82 4 — Cartersville, 72 Boys 1 — Adairsville, 168 2 —

January 10, 2026 The Adairsville Tigers' wrestling team went 0-2 at their Area 3A Duals Championship on Saturday, falling to LaFayette and Heritage-Catoosa. Adairsville 157-pounder Jarret Chriswell won both of his bouts by pinfall. The Tigers now turn their attention to the traditional format for the remainder of the season with matches at Armuchee on Tuesday and Cedartown on Thursday.

January 10, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Local teams came away with four wins from a full slate of high school basketball action on Friday night.  Both Cartersville teams blasted host Southeast Whitfield. The Adairsville girls defeated visiting Calhoun, and the Excel Christian Academy boys overpowered The Stonehaven School in Marietta. CARTERSVILLE BOYS 87, SOUTHEAST WHITFIELD 39 Wyatt Thomason scored 18 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in the Canes' blowout win a

January 6, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cartersville girls’ and boys’ basketball teams earned wins on Tuesday at Hiram to stay at the top of the Region 7-AAAA standings. At Cedartown, the Cass girls rallied from a 21-point deficit for a region win.  CARTERSVILLE GIRLS 50, HIRAM 16 Bayley Stanley scored 14 points and had six steals in the Lady Canes' win at Hiram. The third-ranked Lady Canes overpowered host Hiram Tuesday night, 50-16, to stay unbeaten in Reg

January 5, 2025 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com NFL Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) runs the ball past Tennessee Titans outside linebackers Truman Jones (56) and Jaylen Harrell, far right, during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) TREVOR LAWRENCE — Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL, 5th-year pro; Clemson; Cartersville HS)  … completed 22 out of 30 pass attempts for 255 yards and three t

Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com In conjunction with WBHF and Bartow Sports Zone, Elite Stone Supply presents the ELITE ATHLETES OF THE MONTH. Each month, local high schools select an Elite Athlete of the Month from their varsity programs and share the information about their honoree through Bartow Sports Zone and on 100.3 FM and AM 1450, WBHF in Cartersville. David Coon is the December 2025 Elite Athlete of the Month representing Adairsville High School. A senior on t

January 4, 2025 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Woodland's Dylan Couey in action on Saturday at the Region 7-AAAA Duals Championships at Cartersville High School. PHOTO: RANDY PARKER / DTN Woodland wrestling won a third-consecutive region duals title on Saturday, edging rival Cass in the Region 7-AAAA championship match 38-35. The Wildcats had five wrestlers go 3-0 on the day, leading their charge. Cayden Bagley (106 pounds), Nick Weathersbee (113), Adrian Zapata (125),