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April 1, 2024 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Former Adairsville High star, Clemson All-American, and Atlanta Falcons Pro Bowler Vic Beasley, Jr. made his United Football League debut last Saturday with the Arlington Renegades. The 31-year-old outside linebacker lands with the Texas team after pro stops with the Falcons, Tennessee Titans, Las Vegas Raiders, and Vegas Vipers of the XFL. Former Hurricane Buck Brumlow helped lead the Georgia Bulldogs to a tournament championship in college golf and coming up this weekend, three former Cartersville High baseball standouts open the 2024 MiLB season with their respective clubs. NBA ASHTON HAGANS — Portland Trailblazers — (4th yr. pro; Cartersville native; Kentucky; Newton HS) … saw 16 minutes of court time and scored 10 points with three assists and two rebounds last Wednesday during a 120-106 loss at the Atlanta Hawks. Last Monday, he saw 23 minutes on the floor and scored eight points with four rebounds and three assists. Portland (19-55) plays at Charlotte on Wednesday, at Washington on Friday, and at Boston on Sunday night. BASKETBALL SUPER LEAGUE A.J. MOSBY, JR. — Sudbury Five (6th-yr. pro; Alcorn State; Cartersville HS) … in a 136-126 home win over the Lebanon Leprechauns, Mosby scored 33 points with seven assists and seven rebounds. The Five (13-10) host the Newfoundland Rogues on Saturday afternoon and the Glass City Wranglers on Sunday. UFL VIC BEASLEY, JR. — Arlington Renegades (10th-yr. pro; Clemson; Adairsville HS) … in both teams’ UFL opener, Beasley had four tackles (two solo) including one sack in the Renegades 27-14 home loss this past Saturday to the Birmingham Stallions. Arlington (0-1) plays at the St. Louis Battlehawks on Saturday night. MiLB MASON BARNETT — Northwest Arkansas Naturals (3rd-yr. pro; Auburn; Cartersville HS) … was the starting pitcher for the Kansas City Royals’ affiliates in the inaugural Spring Training Breakout games. The Royals' prospects defeated the Milwaukee Brewers’ prospects 4-3. Barnett pitched 1-⅔ innings and allowed two runs (only one earned) on two hits and three walks. The Double-A Naturals begin their regular season schedule this weekend with a home series against the Tulsa Drillers. LOGAN MARTIN — Columbia Fireflies (2nd-yr. pro; Kentucky; Cartersville HS) … Columbia, a Class A affiliate in the Carolina League, opens the 2024 season this weekend with a series at the Augusta Greenjackets. ANTHONY SEIGLER — Somerset Patriots (7th-yr. pro; Cartersville HS) … the Double-A Patriots will open the 2024 schedule at home this weekend in a series against the Richmond Flying Squirrels. TENNIS EMILY SURCEY — Samford University (Jr., Cass HS) … in a 5-2 team victory last Friday over visiting Western Carolina University, Surcey, and doubles partner Grace Keller, lost their Line 2 set 4-6 and Surcey lost her Line 2 singles match, 4-6, 4-6. Samford (6-10) hosts Chattanooga on Thursday and plays at East Tennessee State on Sunday. TRACK AND FIELD ERIC TOVIAVE — Belmont University (So., Cartersville HS) … finished 28th (56.751) in the 400-meter hurdles last weekend at the 96th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays. The Bruins run Friday and Saturday at the Ole Miss Joe Walker Invitational. GOLF BUCK BRUMLOW — University of Georgia (Jr., Cartersville HS) … shot an even-par 210 total and tied for 11th overall helping the Bulldogs to a team title at The Goodwin hosted at San Francisco’s TPC Harding Park. The tournament was last Thursday through Saturday. 22nd-ranked UGA edged Utah by one shot to win the tournament. 44th-ranked Stanford finished third followed by 8th-ranked Tennessee and 15th-ranked Georgia Tech in the 10-team field. Brumlow carded rounds of 69-73-68 on the par-70, 7,193-yard TPC Harding Park course. Georgia will close out the regular season in Naples, Florida at the Calusa Cup hosted by Iowa on April 7-9. SOFTBALL LAINEY BAKER — Union University (So., Woodland HS) … tossed a completed game, one-hit shutout last Wednesday in a Bulldogs’ 3-0 win at Henderson State (Ark.). Baker fanned seven and improved to 8-5 in the circle this season with a 2.07 ERA. Union (22-14, 11-7 Gulf South Conference) visits the University of West Florida for a three-game series on Friday and Saturday. HAYLEE DISHMON — Georgia Highlands College (Fr., Cass HS) … in four games last week, Dishmon was 5-for-12 at the plate with a walk and two RBIs. She also stole five bases as the Lady Chargers won twice at ABAC and lost twice at Gordon State College. GHC (9-22, 6-6 GCAA) hosts Georgia Military College for a doubleheader on Saturday. ANSLEY EVANS — Reinhardt University (Jr., Woodland HS) … was 0-for-4 at the plate with two walks and one RBI last Wednesday as the Eagles split a doubleheader at Georgia Gwinnett College. Reinhardt (21-7, 10-0 Appalachian Athletic Conference) hosts a doubleheader with Truett-McConnell University on Wednesday, Columbia International University on Friday, and the University of Pikeville (Ky.) on Saturday. MEGAN GREGORY — Campbell University (Fr., Adairsville HS) … was tagged with the pitching loss last Saturday in a 5-4 home loss to Monmouth University. Gregory started in the circle and allowed three earned runs (five total) on five hits and two walks in three innings. The Camels went 4-1 for the week with two wins over North Carolina Central and two over Monmouth. Campbell (18-16-1, 8-4) entertains East Carolina on Tuesday before visiting Hampton University this weekend for a Coastal Athletic Association series. ALYSSA JARRETT — Piedmont University (Fr., Adairsville HS) … made three starts and appeared in four Lions’ wins last week over St. Olaf College and Covenant College. Jarrett was 2-for-6 at the plate with one walk. She was also hit by a pitch twice. Piedmont (14-11, 8-0 Collegiate Conference of the South) carries a 10-game win streak into a doubleheader on Friday at Belhaven University (Miss.). ERYN LEE — Reinhardt University (So., Cass HS) … in a doubleheader split last Wednesday at Georgia Gwinnett College, Lee was 1-for-5 at the plate. The Eagles host Truett-McConnell, Columbia International, and the University of Pikeville (Ky.) on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. RACHAEL LEE — Gulf Coast State (So., Cass HS) … went 3-for-7 last Thursday in a pair of wins at Tallahassee CC. She walked once and scored three runs. The 13th-ranked Commodores (31-9, 5-3 FSCCAA) visit Pensacola State CC on Wednesday for a doubleheader and host Chipola College for two games on Saturday. AVA PERKINS — Lee University (Fr., Cartersville HS) … appeared in losses last Wednesday and Friday against No. 1 ranked North Georgia at home and at Alabama-Huntsville. She drew a walk as a pinch hitter against UNG and retired two batters in a second-inning pitching performance at UAH. She allowed three earned runs on three hits and three walks in the circle. The Flames (13-18, 8-10 Gulf South Conference) visit Young Harris College for two games on Wednesday and host the University of West Alabama on Saturday and Sunday for a three-game conference series. HOPE SHORT — Shorter University (Sr., Cartersville HS) … was 0-for-1 as a pinch hitter last Friday in a 9-3 loss at the University of West Florida. The Lady Hawks (2-32, 1-20 Gulf South Conference) host No. 1-ranked North Georgia for a doubleheader on Tuesday and the University of Montevallo for three conference games on Friday and Saturday. ALEXA VARNER — Shorter University (Sr., Adairsville HS) … in three losses at the University of West Florida last Friday and Saturday Varner was 1-for-6 at the plate. Shorter (2-32, 1-20 Gulf South Conference) has home games with North Georgia on Tuesday and Montevallo on Friday and Saturday. ALEXIS WOODS — Tennessee State University (Fr., Cass HS) … went 2-for-9 with one walk, one double, one run scored, and one RBI as the Lady Tigers won one of three home games this past weekend with UT-Martin. TSU (16-16, 7-5 Ohio Valley Conference) plays a three-game conference series at Eastern Illinois on Saturday and Sunday. JENNA YOUNG — Covenant College (Fr., Adairsville HS) … went 0-for-1 as a pinch hitter in a 24-4 home loss last Monday to Belhaven University (Miss.). The Scots (3-19, 0-6 Collegiate Conference of the South) host a doubleheader with Huntingdon College on Saturday. BASEBALL CURT BONNER — LaGrange College (So., Cartersville HS) … in two starts and three appearances last week, Bonner was 2-for-8 and scored one run. The Panthers lost a game to Birmingham Southern and split games at Covenant College. LaGrange (16-7, 4-2 Collegiate Conference of the South) plays at Oglethorpe University on Tuesday. CADEN CARROLL — Kennesaw State University (Fr., Cartersville HS) … faced three batters and allowed three earned runs on one hit, one walk, and one hit batsman last Friday in a 14-2 home loss to Austin Peay. Kennesaw (15-11, 6-3 Atlantic Sun Conference) visits Mercer on Tuesday night and plays a three-game conference series at Stetson this weekend. EASTIN ELLIOTT — Covenant College (R-Fr., Cartersville HS) … was entered off the Scots’ bench last Tuesday and Friday in losses at Berry and at home vs. LaGrange. Covenant (10-15, 3-3 Collegiate Conference of the South) hosts Berry on Tuesday and Belhaven University (Miss.) this weekend for a three-game conference series. KENNY JINKS — Wheeling University (R-Sr., Woodland HS) … made a pitching start last Friday at home against Concord University with no decision in an eventual 6-5 win. Jinks pitched into the seventh inning (6-⅓ innings) and allowed five earned runs on nine hits and two walks. The Cardinals (16-10, 6-6 Mountain East Conference) visit Walsh University (Ohio) on Tuesday and travel to Notre Dame College (Ohio) on Saturday and Sunday for a three-game conference series. COLT McKIBBEN — Lee University (So., Cartersville HS) … in two relief appearances last week on Wednesday at Tusculum University and Saturday at Alabama-Huntsville, McKibben worked 3-⅔ innings allowing three earned runs on five hits and five walks. The 15th-ranked Flames went 1-1 in those games and 3-1 for the week. Lee (25-9, 14-4) hosts Trevecca Nazarene on Tuesday and the University of West Alabama on Friday and Saturday for a three-game conference series. SAM MELTON — Rockingham CC (So., Cartersville HS) … was 0-for-2 with one walk this past Saturday in an 8-0 loss at Camp CC. Rockingham (11-23, 5-9 NJCAA Region 10) plays a three-game, home-and-home series with Caldwell Tech CC on Saturday and Sunday. DREW ROTHSCHILD — Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (So., Cartersville HS) … in four games last week against Andrew College, he hit safely in each game and was 7-for-16 with a walk, one double, and seven RBIs. The Stallions (12-18, 4-4 GCAA) play at South Georgia State on Tuesday night and will host games with the Hawks on Thursday and Saturday. TREY SCOTT — Alabama A&M University (Jr., Cass HS) … made pitching appearances last week at UAB on Tuesday and at Bethune-Cookman on Saturday. Tuesday was a no-decision and he was saddled with the pitching loss on Saturday. In the two games, Scott worked 3-⅔ innings and allowed five earned runs on seven hits and eight walks. He struck out two. The Bulldogs (3-23, 1-8 SWAC) visit North Alabama on Wednesday and will host Mississippi Valley State for a three-game conference series on Friday through Sunday. HANK SMITH — Jacksonville State University (R-Fr., Cartersville HS) … made a defensive appearance at catcher last Tuesday in a 13-3 loss at Auburn. The Gamecocks (9-18, 0-6 Conference USA) host Troy University on Wednesday and Florida International on Friday through Sunday for a three-game conference series. SCOTTY SMITH — Covenant College (Jr., Woodland HS) … made pitching starts last Monday and Saturday with a loss at Huntingdon College and a no-decision at home against LaGrange in an eventual win. Smith went six innings in each start allowing 11 earned runs on 16 hits and six walks. He struck out six and hit one batter. The Scots (10-15, 3-3 Collegiate Conference of the South) host Berry College on Tuesday and a three-game conference series with Belhaven University (Miss.) on Friday and Saturday. STEVEN SPELL — Young Harris College (Grad student, Cass HS) … went 4-for-17 with three walks, one hit by pitch, four runs scored, one sac fly, and two RBIs as the Mountain Lions finished a 1-4 week. The lone win was at Francis Marion last Monday. They also lost at home against Mars Hill and had three losses at North Greenville. YHC (25-9, 12-6 Carolinas Conference), ranked No. 9, visits Tusculum University on Wednesday before hosting a three-game conference series with King University (Tenn.) on Saturday and Sunday. PRESTON WELCHEL — Cumberland University (Jr., Cartersville HS) … in three losses at 3rd-ranked Georgia Gwinnett College last Friday and Saturday, Welchel was 4-for-11 with two walks, two runs scored, and two RBIs. The Phoenix (17-16, 2-3 Mid-South Conference) has a doubleheader at 21st-ranked Tennessee Wesleyan on Wednesday and hosts a three-game conference series on Friday and Saturday with 22nd-ranked Freed-Hardeman University. COHEN WILBANKS — Georgia Gwinnett College (Jr., Cartersville HS) … made three starts last week and went 3-for-9 at the plate with two walks, one run scored, and two RBIs as the 3rd-ranked Grizzlies beat Tennessee Wesleyan on Monday and Cumberland (Tenn.) on Friday and Saturday. GGC (30-5, 5-0 Continental Athletic Conference) visits Bryan College (Tenn.) for a doubleheader on Friday. JORDAN WILKIE — Augusta University (Sr., Cartersville HS) … came off the bench in two games last week — home wins over USC Aiken and Columbus State — and went 0-for-2 with one walk at the plate. The Jaguars (21-14, 10-5 Peach Belt Conference) play a three-game conference series at North Georgia on Friday through Sunday.

March 30, 2024 The Adairsville tennis teams finished their regular season schedules Friday night at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe with region wins. The Tigers defeated the Warriors 5-0 and the Lady Tigers won a 4-1 decision. ADAIRSVILLE BOYS 5, LFO 0 Singles Line 1-----Braden Potter won 6-0, 6-0 Line 2-----Michael Spinks won 6-3, 6-0 Line 3-----RJ Bowling won 6-0, 6-0 Doubles Line 1-----Braden Mathis/ Jack Baxter won 6-0, 6-0 Line 2-----Camden Teems/ Carter Collum won 6-1, 6-0 ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 4, LFO 1 Singles Line 1-----Ella Baker lost 3-6, 2-6 Line 2-----Adysen Garvey won 6-2, 6-3 Line 3-----Caroline O'Kelley Won 7-6, 6-2 Doubles Line 1-----Darby Adams/ Madison Abernathy won 6-0, 6-0 Line 2-----Stella Rood/ Allison Potter won 6-0, 6-1 The Adairsville teams, both 4-3 in region play, will play in the Region 6-AAA tournament on April 9-10 at Lakeshore Tennis Center in Dalton. Tournament play begins at 10 a.m.

March 30, 2024 After losing the first two games in their home-and-home conference series with East Georgia College, the Georgia Highlands Chargers won both games of a doubleheader Saturday afternoon to earn a series split. Georgia Highlands won 16-6 and 10-7. Trip Dovale picked up the pitching win in the opening game. H allowed six runs (five earned) on seven hits and one walk while striking out six. Brodie Chestnutt worked a three-up, three-down seventh inning to close out the game. In the second game, four Chargers toed the rubber. Chandler Anderson (5 IP, 5ER, 9H, 0BB, 5K) made the start. Reece Robertson (0.2 IP, 2ER, 0H, 3BB), Hunter Ward (0.1 IP, 3BF), and Andrew Arnold (1 IP, 0R, 1H, 1K) pitched in relief. Luke Orfi paced the Charger offense with six hits in the doubleheader including a homer, one double, and four RBIs. Grayson Godbee (HR, two RBIs), Ryan Wideman (HR, three RBIs), Will Cawthon (three RBIs), Barrett Eldridge (HR, five RBIs), and Gray Wilson (double, two RBIs) produced three hits. Ali Banks (double, RBI) produced two hits. Ryan Martin (HR, three RBIs) and Davis Newman (sac fly, RBI) added one hit for the day. East Georgia slipped to 24-14 overall and 2-6 in conference play with the two losses. Georgia Highlands (33-5, 5-3 GCAA) has four conference games next week with conference-leading Gordon State College. The Chargers host on Tuesday at 2 p.m. and will play a single game in Barnesville on Thursday and a doubleheader at the Highlanders home field on Saturday.

March 29, 2024 Georgia Highlands baseball dropped a second straight conference game to East Georgia College Friday night, falling 8-4. The Bobcats scored six runs in their first three frames and never trailed as they outhit the Chargers sixteen to eleven. The losing pitcher was Michael Sharman (6 IP, 7R, 5ER, 13H, 2BB, 3K). Kyle Stephenson (1 IP, 0R, 1H, 2BB, 1K) and Declan Dun (1 IP, 1ER, 2H, 1K) pitched in relief for GHC. Every player in the Chargers’ lineup had at least one hit led by Luke Orfi and Grayson Godbee with two hits. Will Cawthon (two RBIs), Davis Newman (RBI), Barrett Eldridge (RBI), Ryan Wideman, Gray Wilson, Ali Banks, and Trevor Lovett added one hit. The Chargers (31-5, 3-3) will look to split the series on Saturday in a doubleheader at Swainsboro.

March 29, 2024 Cartersville swept a Region 7-5A doubleheader with Dalton Friday night at Richard Bell Field. The two wins also completed a three-game series sweep for the No. 1 ranked Hurricanes. Cartersville won 3-0 and 7-1 Friday night. Sawyer Wilson (6 IP, 0R, 3H, 0BB, 7K) picked up the pitching win in Game 1 with Andrew Purdy fanning all three batters he faced in the final inning to earn a save. Three Cartersville pitchers limited the Catamounts to one run on three hits in Game 2. Nate Russell (3 IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB, 1K) made the start and collected the win. Logan Shrewsbury (3 IP, 1ER, 2H, 1BB, 4K) and Nicholas Hruby (1 IP, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 2K) pitched for the Canes in relief. Cartersville totaled 13 hits in the doubleheader. Aidan Larkin led the Purple Hurricanes’ offense with three hits including a homer, one double, and two RBIs. Luke Miller (double), Purdy (triple, double, two RBIs), and Landon Cole (double, 2 sac flies, three RBIs) contributed two hits. Cameron Cochran, Tristan McKibben, Cole Crawford, and Caleb Daniel added one hit. Dalton falls to 5-13 overall and 1-8 in region games. Cartersville (17-3, 9-0 Region 7-5A) faces McIntosh (1 p.m.) and Houston County (7 p.m.) on Thursday in the Battle for Bartow at LakePoint. ADAIRSVILLE 6, LAFAYETTE 2 Adairsville pitcher Jack Nelson struck out eleven and limited LaFayette to just one earned run on four hits and two walks Friday as the Tigers beat the Ramblers, 6-2. PJ Weeks had two hits with two RBIs for the Adairsville offense. Hudson Parr (RBI), Hayden Blalock, Braxton Ryan, and Peyton Bowen added one hit for the Tigers. The loss dropped LaFayette to 8-11 overall and 1-4 in region play. Adairsville (11-5, 3-2), ranked 10th in Class 3A hosts 7th-ranked Ringgold on Tuesday. McEACHERN 7, WOODLAND 6 The Woodland Wildcats led 6-2 in the middle of the fifth inning Friday night at McEachern but the host Indians scored five runs over their last two frames to pull out a 7-6 win. Woodland posted their six runs on just four hits but took advantage of nine walks. McEachern totaled seven hits. J.D. Trail (0.2 IP, 2R, 1ER, 2H, 1K) was tagged with the Wildcats’ pitching loss in relief of starter Austin Daves (4.2 IP, 5R, 3ER, 5H, 6BB, 4K) who worked into the fifth inning. Lucas Baker (0.2 IP) retired the two batters he faced in the sixth inning. Ayden Ray had one hit and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Jake Clowers, Mason Williams, and Jonathan Ryan added one hit. McEachern improved to 9-6. Woodland (10-8, 2-4) will play Alexander (1 p.m.) and Cedartown (7 p.m.) on Thursday in the Battle for Bartow Tournament at LakePoint. CALHOUN 12, CASS 4 Calhoun won the rubber game of their Region 7-5A series with Cass Friday night on the Colonels’ home field, 12-4. The Yellow Jackets (6-12, 2-4) won the three-game series two games to one with the road team winning each game. Cass led 4-2 after one inning and 4-3 heading to the fifth inning.  In the top of the fifth, Calhoun took advantage of two walks, a hit batsman, and two errors with two hits and a home run to score eight runs. Chase Tatum (1 IP, 8R, 3H, 2BB, 1K) was saddled with the pitching loss in relief of starter Cayden Roberts (4 IP, 4R, 1ER, 5H, 2BB, 3K). Devan Hutchinson (1 IP, 1R, 0ER, 1H, 1K) and Jake Johnson (1 IP, 2K) also pitched for the Colonels. Hutchinson (RBI), Caleb Freeman (RBI), Hunter Lovett, and Jesiel Moctezuma (double) had one hit for Cass. Connor Jenkins and Trenton Payne added one RBI. Cass (12-8, 4-2) will play at Athens Academy on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. The Colonels will also play a doubleheader on Thursday at Oconee County beginning at noon.

March 29, 2024 The Cartersville girls' and boys' track and field teams won the 2024 Bartow County Track and Field Championships on Thursday evening at Woodland High School. Girls Team Scores ========================== 1 Cartersville High School 83 2 Woodland 77.5 3 Cass High School 67 4 Adairsville High School 37.5 Boys Team Scores ============================ 1 Cartersville High School 109.3 2 Woodland 93 3 Adairsville High School 38.6 4 Cass High School 31 Complete event results: Girls Discus Throw NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND 1 Nicole Perez 12 Adairsville High School 111-1 2 Taff Bradley 12 Cartersville High School 93-10 3 Allana Williams 9 Cartersville High School 85-1 4 Gretchen Collins 12 Woodland 72-4.50 5 Savannah Viktora 10 Adairsville High School 71-0 6 Ava Whatley 12 Woodland 66-6.50 7 Cadence Caudill 9 Adairsville High School 66-2.50 8 Jiyah Tomlin 9 Cass High School 65-9.50 9 Paris Moultrie 11 Cartersville High School 61-10 10 Braylee Clayton 9 Woodland 61-7 11 Jah'Liyah Long 11 Woodland 59-7.50 12 Britney Perez-Oseguera 12 Cass High School 52-6 13 Maggie Story 9 Adairsville High School 48-8 Boys Discus Throw =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Thoreau Lipscomb 9 Cartersville High School 142-6 2 Samuel Carlsen 12 Woodland 125-9 3 Devan Curtis 11 Cass High School 122-4 4 Malik Henry 11 Cass High School 121-7 5 Steven Dumas 12 Woodland 119-0 6 Mason James 10 Cartersville High School 116-7 7 Adam Poch 11 Adairsville High School 107-6 8 Evan Eastin 11 Cartersville High School 105-3 9 Christopher Gardner 10 Adairsville High School 96-6 10 Grayson Villar 9 Cartersville High School 91-4 11 Francisco Flores 9 Adairsville High School 86-1.50 12 Blaine Leighly 11 Adairsville High School 85-8 13 Bryce Martin 12 Woodland 85-5.50 14 Korban Jarrett 10 Woodland 73-7 15 Malakai Keita 9 Cass High School 60-7 Girls Triple Jump =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Liala Webb 10 Cass High School 31-7.50 2 Aaliyah McGill 10 Adairsville High School 28-10 3 Courtney Hodges 10 Cass High School 28-9 4 Kyjah Miller 11 Cartersville High School 27-2 5 Kirae Grayson 10 Woodland 24-9 Boys Triple Jump =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Jamarion Walker 12 Woodland 43-1 2 Noah Matthews 12 Adairsville High School 42-6.50 3 Jackson Montgomery 10 Cartersville High School 39-7 4 David Byars 12 Woodland 37-9.50 5 Thomas Smith 10 Cartersville High School 37-8.50 6 Ben Abernathy 11 Adairsville High School 37-5 7 Nazaire Fleurine 10 Cass High School 36-6 8 Elijah Slocum 9 Cass High School 36-3.50 9 Brayden Cochran 10 Adairsville High School 34-0 10 William Irish 10 Cartersville High School 33-10.25 Girls High Jump =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Nakayla KK Evans 10 Cass High School 4-10 1 Aliya McBryde 12 Adairsville High School 4-10 3 Amirra Davis 10 Cartersville High School 4-8 4 Gillian Bergman 12 Woodland 4-2 4 Aaliyah McGill 10 Adairsville High School 4-2 6 Khloe Lumsden 12 Woodland 4-0 Boys High Jump =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Charles Coleman 11 Adairsville High School 5-10 1 Cam'ren Collum 11 Cartersville High School 5-10 1 Tamarius Wilkey 11 Adairsville High School 5-10 4 Kenneth Wilkey 10 Adairsville High School 5-10 5 Monterius Tolbert 12 Cartersville High School 5-8 6 Nasier Bennett 10 Cartersville High School 5-4 7 Kaleb Dennis 10 Woodland 5-0 8 Emery Holt 9 Woodland 4-8 Girls Shot Put =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Allana Williams 9 Cartersville High School 38-7 2 Kiana McDaniel 11 Cass High School 34-9.50 3 Nicole Perez 12 Adairsville High School 32-4.50 4 Paris Moultrie 11 Cartersville High School 27-11.50 5 Shakiyah Ware 10 Cass High School 27-10 6 Jiyah Tomlin 9 Cass High School 26-11.50 7 Jade Nelson 11 Cartersville High School 26-10 8 Cadence Caudill 9 Adairsville High School 26-6.50 9 Savannah Viktora 10 Adairsville High School 24-11.50 10 Molly Densmore 9 Cartersville High School 24-7.50 11 Braylee Clayton 9 Woodland 24-6 11 Jah'Liyah Long 11 Woodland 24-6 13 Courtney Hodges 10 Cass High School 24-0 14 Ava Whatley 12 Woodland 23-3.50 15 Gretchen Collins 12 Woodland 22-1.50 16 Maggie Story 9 Adairsville High School 20-2.50 Boys Shot Put =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Thoreau Lipscomb 9 Cartersville High School 45-2 2 Steven Dumas 12 Woodland 41-9 3 Malik Henry 11 Cass High School 40-2.50 4 Samuel Carlsen 12 Woodland 39-11.50 5 Malakai Keita 9 Cass High School 37-0 6 Devan Curtis 11 Cass High School 36-9 7 Bryce Martin 12 Woodland 36-0 8 Grayson Villar 9 Cartersville High School 35-10.50 9 Blaine Leighly 11 Adairsville High School 35-1.50 10 Konnor Calvert 9 Adairsville High School 34-11.50 11 Hayden Bailey 11 Adairsville High School 34-4 12 Mason James 10 Cartersville High School 32-11.50 13 Korban Jarrett 10 Woodland 32-6 14 Caleb Woods 9 Adairsville High School 31-11 Girls Long Jump =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Liala Webb 10 Cass High School 14-1 2 Milena Bihm 11 Cartersville High School 14-1 3 Ella Bailey 11 Adairsville High School 13-5.50 4 Zofia Wielgusz 9 Adairsville High School 13-4 5 Jordan Mays 10 Woodland 13-3 6 Javia Woodard 9 Cass High School 13-2 7 Aliya McBryde 12 Adairsville High School 12-9 8 Callie Hastings 9 Cartersville High School 12-6.50 9 Jordan Hammons 11 Woodland 12-4.50 10 Courtney Hodges 10 Cass High School 12-1 11 Kirae Grayson 10 Woodland 11-8 12 Seyge Powell 11 Adairsville High School 11-7.50 13 Ella Wallingford 12 Woodland 11-1 Boys Long Jump =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Jamarion Walker 12 Woodland 21-0 2 Noah Matthews 12 Adairsville High School 20-9.50 3 Charles Coleman 11 Adairsville High School 20-4.75 4 Ben Abernathy 11 Adairsville High School 19-8 5 Jackson Montgomery 10 Cartersville High School 19-7 6 Isaiah Livsey 11 Woodland 19-7 7 Kenneth Wilkey 10 Adairsville High School 18-4.50 8 Anthony Banks 10 Cass High School 18-0.50 9 Brody Hoyt 12 Woodland 17-10.25 10 Christian Thomas 12 Cartersville High School 17-9.25 11 David Byars 12 Woodland 17-8 12 Elijah Slocum 9 Cass High School 17-5.50 13 Thomas Smith 10 Cartersville High School 17-3 14 Yuvi Singh 10 Cass High School 16-4.50 15 Jayden Dance 11 Cass High School 15-4 Girls Pole Vault =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Laney Saunders 9 Cartersville High School 9-3 2 Elizabeth Hardy 11 Cartersville High School 8-0 3 Gillian Bergman 12 Woodland 7-0 Boys Pole Vault =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Heath Tatum 12 Woodland 10-0 2 Tripp Chitwood 9 Cartersville High School 9-6 3 Kaiden Holbrook 10 Woodland 9-6 4 Luke Gibson 10 Cartersville High School 9-0 5 Khoa Tang 11 Cartersville High School 8-0 Girls 100 meter Hurdles =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Aliya McBryde 12 Adairsville High School 16.08 2 Markayla Sanford 11 Cass High School 16.91 3 Nakayla KK Evans 10 Cass High School 17.17 4 Ella Bailey 11 Adairsville High School 17.43 5 Laney Saunders 9 Cartersville High School 17.76 6 Sydney Rhodes 12 Cartersville High School 17.76 7 Amirra Davis 10 Cartersville High School 17.86 8 Elizabeth Hardy 11 Cartersville High School 18.05 9 Maloni Rodriguez 10 Woodland 18.17 10 Paisley Harp 9 Woodland 18.82 11 Jaela Smith 10 Cass High School 19.08 12 Aaliyah McGill 10 Adairsville High School 21.13 13 Khloe Lumsden 12 Woodland 21.54 14 Brynna Roberts 11 Woodland 21.60 Boys 110 meter Hurdles =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Zachary Wiggins 12 Woodland 14.73 2 Victor McQueen 11 Adairsville High School 18.42 3 Nazaire Fleurine 10 Cass High School 18.46 4 Thomas Smith 10 Cartersville High School 18.56 5 Deion Winters 9 Cartersville High School 19.36 6 Ethan Brown 11 Adairsville High School 19.90 7 Gabriel Alvarez 12 Cass High School 20.59 Girls 100 meter Dash =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Kaitlyn Godwin 12 Cass High School 12.18 2 Aliya Strachan 9 Woodland 12.66 3 Ja'zavia Bryan 9 Woodland 12.70 4 Aliya McBryde 12 Adairsville High School 13.16 5 Liala Webb 10 Cass High School 13.23 2 6 Jordan Mays 10 Woodland 13.66 7 Javia Woodard 9 Cass High School 13.85 8 Kyjah Miller 11 Cartersville High School 13.91 9 Kaya Solomon 11 Cartersville High School 14.02 10 Zofia Wielgusz 9 Adairsville High School 14.14 11 Tyajia Benjamin 11 Woodland 14.57 12 Layne Callan 11 Cartersville High School 14.69 13 GiGi Bertrand 12 Cartersville High School 15.01 14 Tarea White 9 Adairsville High School 16.50 Boys 100 meter Dash =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Kendrick Price 12 Cartersville High School 10.87 2 Heath Tatum 12 Woodland 11.06 3 Ian Williams 11 Cass High School 11.23 4 Caleb Cooley 12 Cartersville High School 11.38 5 Nehemiah Colon 11 Woodland 11.42 6 Charles Coleman 11 Adairsville High School 11.47 7 Kenneth Wilkey 10 Adairsville High School 11.55 8 Brady Marchese 10 Cartersville High School 11.59 9 Quashawn Lopez 12 Cartersville High School 11.59 10 Westin Crisp 10 Adairsville High School 11.74 11 Colton Cotton 12 Cass High School 11.79 12 Braylon Hill 10 Cass High School 11.94 13 Jayden Dance 11 Cass High School 11.94 14 Jamarian Pullum 11 Adairsville High School 11.95 15 Caleb Levey 12 Woodland 12.11 16 Joshua McBroom 11 Woodland 12.25 Girls 1600 meter Run =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Miranda Pelow 11 Woodland 6:00.08 2 Olivia Berry 12 Woodland 6:01.85 3 Kimberly Guerra 11 Cartersville High School 6:03.76 4 Sadie Abernathy 11 Adairsville High School 6:08.01 5 Addison Brown 10 Woodland 6:11.40 6 Callie Viktora 12 Adairsville High School 6:14.58 7 Ella Sabaka 9 Cartersville High School 6:27.88 8 Hadley Finnemore 9 Cartersville High School 6:29.31 9 Madison Baker 10 Adairsville High School 6:44.39 Boys 1600 meter Run =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Landon McSwain 12 Woodland 4:35.66 2 Malachi Vosburgh 12 Cartersville High School 4:37.09 3 Andy Forsyth 12 Woodland 4:44.65 4 Critton Gearhart 12 Cass High School 5:01.18 5 Logan Franklin 11 Adairsville High School 5:03.98 6 Kaleb Lanier 10 Cartersville High School 5:06.74 7 Leonardo Galeana 11 Cass High School 5:13.95 8 Sawyer Foy 11 Cass High School 5:18.62 9 Griffin Bozeman 11 Adairsville High School 5:20.25 10 Ethan Nix 10 Cartersville High School 5:26.86 11 Aaron Souders 9 Adairsville High School 5:53.92 12 David Lopez 11 Cass High School 6:10.43 13 Emery Holt 9 Woodland 6:13.50 Girls 4x800 Meter Relay =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Woodland 12:10.03 2 Cartersville High School 12:43.16 Boys 4x800 Meter Relay =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Cartersville High School 9:02.65 2 Woodland 9:15.25 3 Cass High School 9:23.90 4 Adairsville High School 9:30.23 5 Woodland 10:36.46 Boys 4x200 Meter Relay =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Cartersville High School 1:34.48 2 Cass High School 1:35.02 3 Woodland 1:35.41 4 Cartersville High School 1:35.77 5 Adairsville High School 1:38.16 Girls 4x200 Meter Relay =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Woodland 1:49.69 2 Woodland 2:07.92 3 Cass High School 2:14.24 Girls 4x100 Meter Relay =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Cass High School 50.77 2 Woodland 52.54 3 Cass High School 54.07 4 Cartersville High School 54.08 Boys 4x100 Meter Relay =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Cartersville High School 43.02 2 Woodland 44.73 3 Cass High School 45.10 4 Adairsville High School 45.30 5 Cartersville High School 45.39 6 Woodland 46.97 Girls 400 meter Dash =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Kaitlyn Godwin 12 Cass High School 1:02.21 2 Milena Bihm 11 Cartersville High School 1:05.90 3 Abigail George 10 Woodland 1:07.38 4 Cyler Williams 10 Woodland 1:08.02 5 Layne Callan 11 Cartersville High School 1:08.24 6 Novella Berlus 9 Cartersville High School 1:10.90 7 Jimena Perez 11 Cass High School 1:12.78 8 Maliyah Rogers 9 Woodland 1:15.00 9 Francesca Fitzgerld 9 Woodland 1:19.64 10 Alina Murrillo-Luna 11 Cass High School 1:26.81 Boys 400 meter Dash =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Jamarion Walker 12 Woodland 50.84 2 Kemarie Mitchell 12 Cartersville High School 51.63 3 Norman Poch 10 Adairsville High School 52.49 4 Jaiven Johnson 12 Cartersville High School 52.73 5 Rowen Lee 10 Woodland 55.34 6 Kemontae Parker 11 Cartersville High School 55.58 7 Westin Crisp 10 Adairsville High School 56.31 8 Paul Lanier 10 Woodland 56.34 9 Zach Stephey 11 Adairsville High School 57.84 10 William Irish 10 Cartersville High School 57.97 11 Michael Berry 10 Woodland 59.37 12 Cole Przbylinski 12 Adairsville High School 1:00.15 13 Ezekiel Helton 10 Cass High School 1:00.63 14 Landen Nelson 9 Cass High School 1:00.77 15 Andrew Williams 9 Cass High School 1:01.23 Girls 300 meter Hurdles =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Paisley Harp 9 Woodland 50.41 2 Leyla Booth 10 Cartersville High School 50.72 3 Kori Mandibaya 9 Cartersville High School 51.92 4 Amirra Davis 10 Cartersville High School 51.98 5 Laney Saunders 9 Cartersville High School 52.72 6 June Delauder 12 Cass High School 52.75 7 Jaela Smith 10 Cass High School 52.79 8 Ella Bailey 11 Adairsville High School 53.21 9 Maloni Rodriguez 10 Woodland 53.71 10 Aaliyah McGill 10 Adairsville High School 57.64 11 Brynna Roberts 11 Woodland 57.99 12 Khloe Lumsden 12 Woodland 1:00.26 Boys 300 meter Hurdles =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Zachary Wiggins 12 Woodland 39.35 2 Jimmy Channell 12 Cartersville High School 44.47 3 Kyser Mosley 12 Cass High School 45.36 4 Victor McQueen 11 Adairsville High School 45.85 5 Thomas Smith 10 Cartersville High School 47.70 6 Nazaire Fleurine 10 Cass High School 48.18 7 Gabriel Alvarez 12 Cass High School 49.36 8 Ethan Brown 11 Adairsville High School 49.41 9 Deion Winters 9 Cartersville High School 49.47 10 Ben Scott 10 Cartersville High School 49.74 11 Melvin Ramos 11 Woodland 49.86 12 Brayden Cochran 10 Adairsville High School 49.91 Girls 800 meter Run =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Vivi Vest 10 Cartersville High School 2:40.61 2 Kylie Ham 9 Cartersville High School 2:41.54 3 Addi Burns 10 Cartersville High School 2:42.90 4 Miranda Pelow 11 Woodland 2:44.92 5 Abigail George 10 Woodland 2:45.01 6 Sadie Abernathy 11 Adairsville High School 2:48.26 7 Madison Baker 10 Adairsville High School 3:04.12 8 Jimena Perez 11 Cass High School 3:07.28 9 Riley Keller 9 Woodland 3:18.40 10 Britney Perez-Oseguera 12 Cass High School 3:50.58 11 Isabelle Verhine 11 Cass High School 3:58.05 12 Alina Murrillo-Luna 11 Cass High School 4:07.77 Boys 800 meter Run =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Andy Forsyth 12 Woodland 2:01.33 2 Will Feuerbach 11 Cartersville High School 2:02.00 3 Barrett Stepp 11 Cartersville High School 2:06.54 4 Critton Gearhart 12 Cass High School 2:08.33 5 Luca Federico 12 Cartersville High School 2:09.45 6 Cael Hidgon 12 Woodland 2:12.46 7 Logan Franklin 11 Adairsville High School 2:13.15 8 Noah Vincent 12 Woodland 2:14.11 9 Sawyer Foy 11 Cass High School 2:14.55 10 Tripp Chitwood 9 Cartersville High School 2:15.87 11 Leonardo Galeana 11 Cass High School 2:19.71 12 Gabriel Hardin 11 Woodland 2:25.52 13 Aaron Souders 9 Adairsville High School 2:31.87 14 David Lopez 11 Cass High School 2:41.54 15 Preston Chapman 10 Adairsville High School 2:48.68 Girls 200 meter Dash =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Kaitlyn Godwin 12 Cass High School 27.04 2 Ja'zavia Bryan 9 Woodland 27.08 3 Markayla Sanford 11 Cass High School 27.10 4 Aliya Strachan 9 Woodland 27.19 5 Elizabeth Hardy 11 Cartersville High School 27.20 6 Shakiyah Ware 10 Cass High School 27.22 7 Kirae Grayson 10 Woodland 29.72 8 Zofia Wielgusz 9 Adairsville High School 29.75 9 Kyjah Miller 11 Cartersville High School 29.89 10 Kaya Solomon 11 Cartersville High School 29.96 11 Railey Dance 10 Cass High School 30.75 12 Tyajia Benjamin 11 Woodland 30.95 13 Tarea White 9 Adairsville High School 31.07 Boys 200 meter Dash =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Kendrick Price 12 Cartersville High School 22.39 2 Khristian Lando 12 Cartersville High School 22.51 3 Bryson Everett 10 Cartersville High School 22.85 4 Norman Poch 10 Adairsville High School 22.91 5 Colton Cotton 12 Cass High School 22.97 6 Kenneth Wilkey 10 Adairsville High School 23.93 7 Jordan Powell 10 Cass High School 23.97 8 Joshua McBroom 11 Woodland 24.08 9 Rhys Neal 11 Cartersville High School 24.12 10 Caleb Levey 12 Woodland 24.22 11 Westin Crisp 10 Adairsville High School 24.23 12 Braylon Hill 10 Cass High School 24.59 13 Isaiah Livsey 11 Woodland 26.31 Girls 3200 meter Run =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Olivia Berry 12 Woodland 13:19.72 2 Addison Brown 10 Woodland 13:27.83 3 Jordan Hathaway 9 Cartersville High School 13:45.03 4 Lucy Dicara 9 Cartersville High School 14:07.29 5 Sophia St.James 10 Woodland 14:09.01 6 Mary Harris Gambill 9 Cartersville High School 16:00.68 Boys 3200 meter Run ============================= NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Landon McSwain 12 Woodland 10:07.76 2 Hayden Mitchell 11 Cartersville High School 10:34.10 3 Malachi Vosburgh 12 Cartersville High School 10:37.79 4 Micah Sanders 10 Cartersville High School 11:05.92 5 Griffin Bozeman 11 Adairsville High School 12:02.26 6 Kaiden Holbrook 10 Woodland 14:04.50 Girls 4x400 Meter Relay =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Cartersville High School 4:28.29 2 Woodland 4:38.92 3 Cass High School 4:59.36 4 Woodland 5:20.14 Boys 4x400 Meter Relay =============================== NAME YR TEAM MARK H# WIND ============================= 1 Cartersville High School 3:31.09 2 Woodland 3:39.98 3 Cartersville High School 3:45.90 4 Adairsville High School 3:51.90 5 Cass High School 4:04.12 6 Woodland 4:26.22

March 29, 2024 The Cass boys’ soccer team clinched the Region 7-5A championship and a No. 1 seed in the GHSA state playoffs Thursday night with a 4-2 victory at Calhoun. Edgar Abeja put the Colonels on the scoreboard unassisted five minutes into the match. Melvin Velasquez scored from a Camden Hillhouse helper five minutes later for a 2-0 Cass lead. Velasquez scored again unassisted in the 15th minute and the Colonels quickly held a 3-0 lead. Calhoun scored late in the first half to make the score 3-1 at the intermission. The Colonels’ two-goal advantage held until the 76th minute when Velasquez completed his hat trick with a goal that made the score 4-1. The Yellow Jackets made it 4-2 just 45 seconds later but the scoring would end there. Calhoun slipped to 9-5-2 overall and 3-2 in region play. The Yellow Jackets will be a 3-seed in the state playoffs that begin April 17. Cass (11-2-1, 5-0), ranked 4th in Class 5A, will be a No. 1 seed and host the No. 4 seed from Region 6-5A on April 17 in the opening round. After Spring Break, the Colonels will play at South Paulding on April 9 and host Sequoyah on April 11 in non-region matches. CALHOUN 4, CASS GIRLS 0 The hosting Lady Jackets broke open a tight contest in the second half to beat the Cass girls, 4-0. Calhoun (7-6, 2-3) led 1-0 at halftime. Cass (3-9, 0-5) plays at South Paulding on April 9. WOODLAND BOYS 1, HIRAM 0 The Wildcats qualified for the GHSA Class 5A state playoffs on Thursday night with a 1-0 region win at Hiram. The Woodland victory secured the No. 4 seed from Region 7-5A. Following a scoreless first half, Chris Sanchez scored the only goal of the night off an assist from David Hernandez in the 67th minute. Woodland keeper Miguel Pineda had four saves to aid his defense in the shutout. Hiram falls to 2-14-2 on the season and 0-5 in Region 7-5A. Woodland (9-4, 2-3) has non-region regular season matches at North Paulding (5:30 p.m.) on April 11 and will host Bremen (7:30 p.m.) on April 12. WOODLAND GIRLS 6, HIRAM 0 Three Lady Cats scored two goals each on Thursday night as the Woodland girls’ soccer team won at Hiram, 6-0. Reagan Weightman, who finished the night with two goals and two assists, was first on the scoring sheet with a goal in the 14th minute. Carlie Forman assisted on the opening goal. Seven minutes later, Ansley Burns made the score 2-0 off an assist from Reagan Weightman. Up 2-0 at the intermission, Woodland scored four times in the second half to put the match away. Libby Morgan scored in the 47th minute off a helper from Allie York. Burns got her second goal in the 49th minute off another feed from York. Maddie Weightman assisted Reagan Weightman’s second goal in the 53rd minute and Morgan’s second goal was from a Reagan Weightman feed in the 59th minute. The loss dropped Hiram to 3-12 on the season and 1-4 in region play. Woodland (9-2, 3-2) secured a No. 3 seed in the Class 5A state playoffs that begin April 16. The Lady Cats will play a road match at the No. 2 seed from Region 6-5A in the first round of the state playoffs. Before then, Woodland will host Bremen (5:30 p.m.) on April 10 and visit Adairsville (5 p.m.) on April 11 in non-region, regular season matches.

March 29, 2024 Cass evened its Region 7-5A series with Calhoun on Thursday night by winning on the Yellow Jackets’ home field, 14-4, in six innings. The Colonels posted three runs in the top of the first inning including a Chase Tatum home run. The score remained 3-0 until Cass added two more runs in the top of the fourth to go up 5-0. In the top of the fifth inning, the Colonels produced four consecutive hits, took advantage of a Yellow Jackets’ error, and Connor Jenkins hit a two-run home run to put Cass up 10-0. Calhoun got on the scoreboard with a run in the bottom of the inning but the Colonels answered with four more runs in the top of the sixth — including Nic Wright’s three-run home run — to lead 14-1. Calhoun plated three runs in the bottom of the sixth but failed to extend the game to a seventh inning. Trenton Payne collected the pitching win for the Colonels allowing just one run on one hit and four walks. He struck out nine in five innings on the bump. Justin Peace (1 IP, 3ER, 2H) pitched in the sixth inning. Four Colonels finished with two hits. Hunter Lovett (double, RBI), Tatum (HR, four RBIs), Jenkins (HR, three RBIs), and Payne (two doubles, two RBIs) contributed two hits. Wright (HR, three RBIs), Cayden Roberts (RBI), and Jesiel Moctezuma added one hit. Cass (12-7, 4-1) hosts Calhoun (5-12, 1-4) in the series finale on Friday at 5:55 p.m. ADAIRSVILLE 11, LAFAYETTE 1 LaFayette scored first on Thursday night at Adairsville but the Tigers gained the lead for good in the bottom of the first inning on their way to an 11-1 victory in six innings. Adairsville led 2-1 after one inning; 6-1 after two innings; and added five runs in the bottom of the sixth to close out the game by mercy run rule. McCayden Hufstetler picked up the pitching win for the Tigers by tossing a six-inning, three-hitter. He walked three and fanned four. Braxton Ryan had three hits with a double and two RBIs to pace the Adairsville attack. Peyton Bowen (double, RBI) and Easton Elrod contributed two hits. Hayden Blalock (two RBIs), Jarrett Scott (two RBIs), Jack Nelson (RBI), and Lucas Henry (RBI) added one hit. PJ Weeks was credited with one RBI. Adairsville (10-5, 3-2) completes the two-game series at LaFayette (8-10, 1-4) on Friday at 5:55 p.m.

March 28, 2024 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Adairsville 11, LaFayette 1 Cass 14, Calhoun 4 HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER Woodland 6, Hiram 0 HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER Woodland 1, Hiram 0 Cass 4, Calhoun 2 (Cass wins region championship at 5-0) COLLEGE SOFTBALL Gordon State 3, Georgia Highlands 1 Gordon State 11, Georgia Highlands 3 Game stories to be added later.

March 28, 2024 The Adairsville boys' tennis team won 4-1 and the Lady Tigers lost 2-3 in region matches hosted against LaFayette on Wednesday night at Adairsville. Adairsville results: ADAIRSVILLE BOYS 4, LAFAYETTE 1 Singles Line 1----- Braden Potter won 6-1, 6-2 Line 2----- Michael Spinks lost 1-6, 6-1, 5-7 Line 3----- RJ Bowling won 6-0, 6-0 Doubles Line 1----- Braden Mathis/ Jack Baxter won 6-2, 7-5 Line 2----- Camden Teems/ Carter Collum won 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 LAFAYETTE 3, ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 2 Singles Line 1----- Madison Abernathy lost 2-6, 1-6 Line 2----- Adysen Garvey won 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 Line 3----- Caroline O'Kelley lost 4-6, 3-6 Doubles Line 1----- Ella Baker/ Allison Potter lost 2-6, 2-6 Line 2----- Darby Adams/ Stella Rood won 6-1, 6-0 The Adairsville teams have a final regular season match on Thursday at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe at 4 p.m.

March 28, 2024 The Cartersville High girls' soccer team lost their Region 7-5A showdown with Dalton on Tuesday night and will finish as a region runner-up. The No. 2 seed position for the Lady Canes ensures a home, first-round state playoff game when the Class 5A state playoffs begin in mid-April. Dalton, who beat Cartersville 4-0, finished 5-0 in region games and will be the region’s No. 1 seed. The Lady Cats improved to 7-4-2 on Tuesday. The Dalton boys defeated Cartersville 9-0 on Tuesday to finish region play with a 4-1 record. The 3rd-ranked Catamounts (11-3-1 overall) led 3-0 at the intermission and added six more goals in the second half. Dalton will either finish second or in a three-way tie for first pending the outcome of the Cass (10-2-1, 4-0) at Calhoun (9-4-2, 3-1) match on Thursday. The Cartersville boys also dropped a non-region home match with Cedartown on Wednesday, 3-1. The Cartersville boys (3-12) play another non-region match at Sandy Creek on Thursday. The Canes also have non-region regular season matches after Spring Break at home against Ringgold (April 9) and at Rome (April 11). The Cartersville girls (8-6, 4-1) have a non-region regular season match at home on April 9 against Ringgold.

March 27, 2024 Three Canes homered and Ryan Johnson struck out seven in a five-inning, one-hitter Wednesday as No. 1-ranked Cartersville won at Dalton, 10-0. Cameron Cochran, Aidan Larkin, and Luke Miller hit home runs for the Hurricanes who pounded out 14 total hits against the Catamounts. Caleb Daniel had three hits including a pair of doubles and two RBIs. Miller (two RBIs), Larkin (two RBIs), Cochran (four RBIs), Charlie Rothschild, and Nolan Elrod contributed two hits. Landon Cole added one hit. Cartersville (15-3, 7-0) and Dalton (5-11, 1-6) will continue their Region 7-5A series on Friday at Richard Bell Field with a doubleheader at 5 p.m. WOODLAND 8, MODEL 3 A five-run third inning jump-started Woodland on Wednesday night launching the Wildcats to a non-region 8-3 home win over the Model Blue Devils. Model led 2-1 in the middle of the second inning when the Wildcats posted their big inning with  two walks, two singles, and two doubles. Woodland added on insurance runs in the fourth and fifth innings as they outhit the Blue Devils ten to seven and took advantage of seven walks and four hit batsmen. Logan Bentley (double, sac fly, RBI) and Ayden Ray (double, RBI) led the Wildcats with three hits. Joshua Hicks contributed two hits (double, two RBIs). Mason Williams and Conner Lujan added one hit. Jake Clowers had one RBI. Zach Lambert (6 IP, 3R, 2ER, 7H, 1BB, 3K) collected the Woodland pitching win. Ray walked one and struck out one in the seventh inning. The loss dropped Model to 12-5 on the season. Woodland (10-7, 2-4) plays another non-region game at McEachern on Friday at 5:55 p.m. CALHOUN 9, CASS 5 The Cass Colonels dropped their Region 7-5A opener with Calhoun on Wednesday 9-5 at the Cass Athletic Complex. The Colonels led 5-1 after the first two innings but saw that lead slip away when the Yellow Jackets scored five times in the fourth inning. Calhoun added two more insurance runs in the sixth to secure their 9-5 win. Calhoun outhit Cass, eleven to eight. Hunter Lovett (4 IP, 7R, 6ER, 9H, 1BB, 4K) was saddled with the pitching loss for the Colonels. Jacob Johnson (2 IP, 2ER, 2H, 3BB) and Justin Peace (1 IP, 3BF) also pitched for Cass. Chase Tatum had three hits including one double and one RBI. Lovett (double, RBI) contributed two hits. Connor Jenkins (double, two RBIs), Nic Wright, and Jesiel Moctezuma added one hit. Cass (11-7, 3-1) and Calhoun (5-11, 1-3) continue their series Thursday at Calhoun at 5:55 p.m. and will wrap it up on Friday at Cass at 5:55 p.m. GORDON LEE 14, ADAIRSVILLE 1 The visiting Gordon Lee Trojans broke open a 1-1 game with seven runs in the top of the third inning Wednesday night at Adairsville en route to a 14-1 Region 6-AAA victory over the Tigers. Gordon Lee added six more runs in the fourth inning in their five-inning win. Dawson Craig (2.1 IP, 6R, 5ER, 3H, 5BB, 2K) made the pitching start for Adairsville and suffered the loss on the mound. K Coker (1.1 IP, 4ER, 3H, 1BB, 2K), Hudson Parr (0.1 IP, 4R, 0ER, 2H, 3BB), and Braxton Ryan (1 IP, 1K) also pitched for the Tigers. Ryan had two hits including a double for the Adairsville offense. Peyton Bowen and Ryan Farr added one hit. Parr contributed one RBI. Gordon Lee improved to 10-8 on the season and 4-0 in region play. Adairsville (9-5, 2-2) hosts a home-and-home region series with LaFayette on Thursday and Friday. The Tigers host on Thursday and the Ramblers host on Friday. Both dates are 5:55 p.m. starts.