The Lady Canes won two of three games this past weekend as they hosted the Canes Classic at Dellinger Park. Cartersville dropped a 6-1 decision to Lambert on Friday night, but bounced back on Saturday to blank Pace Academy 13-0 and Northwest Whitfield 8-0.

The Lady Cats won twice on Saturday at Dellinger Park in Cartersville, defeating Mount Paran Christian 10-4 and Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe 4-2.

The Lady Tigers split two games on Saturday at Banks County, defeating East Hall 15-0 before falling to the host Leopards, 14-0.

The Cartersville defense allowed Hiram across midfield only once while the Canes offense scored touchdowns on each of its seven first-half possessions to build a 48-0 halftime lead on the way to a one-sided season-opening road victory Friday night, Aug. 21.

August 22, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cass Colonels overcame a back-and-forth first half and pulled away after halftime Friday night, defeating Flowery Branch 46-27 at Falcon Field. The season opener featured four lead exchanges during the first half as both teams battled through a competitive opening two quarters. Both teams entered the season after finishing as runners-up in their respective regions in 2025. Flowery Branch went 7-4 last season before fal

August 22, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Woodland Wildcats opened the 2026 football season in winning fashion Friday night, pulling away for a 28-10 victory over the Pope Greyhounds at Matt Hobby Field at Greyhound Stadium in Marietta. Both teams entered the season opener looking to improve on their 2025 campaigns, in which Pope finished 1-9, and Woodland went 2-8. Neither team scored in the opening quarter, but the Greyhounds broke the scoreless tie when Bra

The Adairsville Tigers opened the regular season in impressive fashion Friday night, shutting out the Sonoraville Phoenix 13-0 at The Furnace on the Sonoraville High School campus.

Cartersville volleyball swept home matches Thursday evening (Aug. 20), defeating North Paulding (25-19, 25-15), Newnan (25-13, 25-19), and Calhoun (25-21, 25-16).

August 20, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com All four local high school softball teams were in action Thursday night, and each team played a region opponent. CARTERSVILLE 2, CASS 1 Lady Canes’ pitcher Presley Crabbe tossed a seven-inning, complete-game four-hitter Thursday night to win at Cass, 2-1. Crabbe scattered four hits and one walk while striking out eight. Cass hurler Kylie Gentry was solid in the circle also. She allowed just two unearned runs in seven innin

August 20, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Cartersville volleyball defeated Pepperell in straight sets and beat region-rival Dalton in four sets Tuesday night at Dalton High School. The Lady Canes topped Pepperell 25-11 and 25-5. Cartersville lost the opening set to Dalton 21-25, but bounced back in the next three sets, winning 25-21, 25-9, and 25-20. Amara Ejieke totaled 26 kills and three blocks across the six sets. Adelyn England had 15 kills. Blakely Morris co