March 7, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Woodland girls and boys track and field teams finished runner-up on Saturday at the 12-team Southeast High School Invitational in Dalton. Heritage-Catoosa won the girls’ title with 146 points. Woodland (97), Dalton (78), Cass (69), and Gordon Lee (61) rounded out the top five. Adairsville (35) placed ninth. Calhoun won the boys’ title with 133 points. Woodland (113.5), Heritage-Catoosa (96.5), Dalton (77), and Gordon Le

March 7, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Kaytlin Arnold and the Lady Canes had their 2026 campaign come to an end on Saturday with a Final Four loss to Marist in Athens. The Cartersville Lady Canes' 2026 tournament run ended Saturday with a 77-41 Final Four loss to Marist at Akins Ford Arena in Athens. Naismith High School Girls National Player of the Year finalist Kate Harpring scored 37 points for the top-ranked War Eagles. The North Carolina signee added seven r

March 7, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cartersville High School Lady Canes gymnastics team showed continued growth and resilience at the Cherokee Invitational on Friday in Canton. Competing against several Class 5A and Class 6A programs—including Cherokee, River Ridge, Etowah, Woodstock, Roswell, Lassiter, North Atlanta, and Kell—the Lady Canes posted a solid team score of 95.900, good for sixth place overall in the competitive field. The team delivered stron

March 7, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes completed a three-game region series sweep at Allatoona on Saturday by winning both games of a doubleheader, 10-2 and 21-7. In Saturday’s first game, the Canes broke open a 1-1 game with four runs in the top of the fifth inning and sealed it with five additional runs in the seventh. In the second game, the host Buccaneers led 6-1 after two innings before Cartersville exploded for 20 runs ov

March 7, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Local high school baseball teams dropped all five games played on Friday, while a scheduled doubleheader between Cartersville and Allatoona was postponed until Saturday. GAME 1: DALTON 9, CASS 3 GAME 2: DALTON 13, CASS 7 The visiting Dalton Catamounts swept a doubleheader at Cass on Friday night and completed a three-game series sweep of the Colonels. Dalton posted a six-run top of the second inning in the first game that

March 7, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cass Colonels secured a gritty 1-0 shutout victory over the Cartersville Hurricanes in a Region 7-AAAA boys soccer match played on Friday night at Cochran Stadium at Cass High School. The lone goal came in the 30th minute when Francisco Castaneda found the back of the net, assisted by Miguel Padilla. Cass head coach Lucas Kinsey praised the outstanding defensive effort of Karter Berdnik, who anchored the back line and th

March 6, 2026 Laney Saunders cleared 10 feet and won the pole vault competition at Rockmart on March 5. Photos: Cartersville HS Athletics The Cartersville High School girls and boys track and field teams each won a five-team meet on Thursday at Rockmart High School. The Lady Canes (78 points) finished ahead of host Rockmart (51) and Paulding County (51). Hiram (46) was fourth, followed by South Paulding (24). The Cartersville boys (124) dominated their competition, with Paul

March 5, 2026 The Adairsville Lady Tigers opened Region 7-AAA play in dominant fashion Thursday night, defeating the Northwest Whitfield Lady Bruins 5-0 at Northwest in Tunnel Hill. Adairsville wasted little time getting on the scoreboard. Alexa Damer netted the first goal in the ninth minute off an assist from Addi Jerauld, giving the Lady Tigers an early 1-0 advantage. Damer struck again late in the first half, scoring in the 37th minute on an assist from Alivia Joslin to e

March 5, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Adairsville’s Tyler Parker delivered the decisive blow Thursday night, doubling home the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Tigers a dramatic 4-3 walkoff victory over visiting Calhoun. Colton Sanford, who entered as a pinch runner after Hudson Parr drew a walk, crossed the plate with the winning run to cap the comeback. The win evened the Region 7-AAA series at one game apiece after Calhoun took t

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