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There are now more than ten different proposals for the Georgia High School Association to consider as they prepare for the next round of reclassification of schools. The Reclassification Committee met for the third time Monday, May 11 in preparation for the Fall 2015 reclassification cycle. The minutes from the most recent meeting and links to the proposals are found on the GHSA web site at this link: Minutes from May 11 Meeting on Reclassification

Adairsville's Vic Beasley was impressive at the Atlanta Falcons' opening mini-camp and he explains his new jersey number choice. See the full story at AtlantaFalcons.com

Cartersville’s opponent in the next round of the 2015 Class AAAA state baseball playoffs was extended to a third game in their second round series, but the Region 3-AAAA champions survived and advanced. Wayne County pitcher J.D. Paul carried the Yellow Jackets through that series tossing two complete games. Paul went the full seven innings in a 4-1 victory in Game 1 and then continually escaped trouble the next day in Game 3 for a 3-1 series clinching win. Troup won the middle game of the series, 3-2. In Game 3, Troup totaled nine hits, but left a lot of runners in scoring position. The Tigers took a 1-0 lead into the third inning when Wayne County struck for their deciding three runs. Paul, Brooks Parker, and Hunter Roberson each had a pair of hits in the series clincher for Wayne County. Parker, Roberson, and Chase Hinson drove in the Jackets’ runs. The Yellow Jackets (21-8) will host Cartersville in the GHSA Class AAAA quarterfinals Tuesday, May 12 (doubleheader). If the teams split games Tuesday, the best-of-three series will conclude Wednesday, May 13. That game is also scheduled for Jesup. The winner of the Cartersville/Wayne County series will advance to the Class 4A semifinals and will host the survivor of the Locust Grove/Buford series May 18-19. SEE ALSO Jason Greenberg's series preview story in The Daily Tribune News

Two Cass track and field athletes reached the finals of the Class 5A shot put competition at the 2015 Girls Track and Field State Championships. Hayley Gildersleeve placed fourth with a distance of 38 feet, 9.5 inches. Lady Colonels’ teammate Chapelle Clemons placed fifteenth at 33 feet and 7 inches. Timberly Molden of Stephenson High School won the event at 43 feet, 1.5 inches. Megan Douglas of Union Grove was second at 41 feet 8.25 inches and Brianna Sims of Winder-Barrow was third at 39 feet, 9.25 inches. The 2015 Girls Track and Field State Championships conclude Saturday at Hugh Mills Stadium in Albany.

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The Georgia Highlands baseball team finished the regular season strong, qualified for the final conference playoff spot, and even knocked off Georgia Perimeter College in their opening game of the 2015 Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association tournament. That hot streak, unfortunately, came to a close Thursday (May 7) with a pair of tournament losses. Coach Mike Marra’s Chargers fell to the tournament losers’ bracket with a 4-1 loss to South Georgia and were later eliminated from the post season by West Georgia Tech 4-2. The Chargers season ended with a 26-26 record. Host Darton State and South Georgia remained the only unbeaten teams in the tournament heading into Friday (May 8). Those two play the opening game of the day with the winner advancing to the conference finals on Saturday. West Georgia Tech and ABAC remain alive in the losers’ bracket and would each need to win four more elimination games to take the conference crown.

Anna Hightower of Cartersville High School won the 2015 Girls Class AAAA state pole vault title today (May 7) with a winning vault of 11 feet, 7 inches. Her vault not only bested runner up, Bria Caesar, of Marist who cleared 10 feet, but established a new state record. Anne Marie Simoneaux, also from Marist, and Sydney Holmes of Chamlee tied for third with vaults of 9 feet, 6 inches. In other action at the Girls Georgia Olympics, Adairsville High School had two competitors in the Class AAA State finals. Emily Sexauer placed tenth in the 3200 meter run and Josie Summerville placed 15th in the shot put. The 2015 Girls State Track and Field Championships continue through Saturday, May 9 at Hugh Mills Stadium in Albany.

The 2015 GHSA Girls Track and Field State Championships begin today (May 7) through May 9 in Albany. Local state qualifiers include a pair of athletes from Adairsville High School and one from Cartersville High School. Josie Summerville and Emily Sexauer will represent the Tigers. Summerville will compete in the shot put. She qualified with a throw of 32 feet, 2 inches. Teammate, Emily Sexauer qualified for the 3200 meter run with a time of 12:48.87. Anna Hightower will represent the Lady ‘Canes in the state pole vault finals. She qualified with a vault of 11 feet. The GHSA Track and Field State Championships are being held at Hugh Mills Stadium in Albany.

Four members of the Woodland track and field team advanced to the state finals last Saturday at Starrs Mill High School. Thomas Jolly placed first in pole vault, winning the event with a vault of 12 feet, 6 inches. Wildcat teammate, Tyler Heath, was second in the pole vault at 12 feet. DaMek Lewis finished second in the discus with a throw of 157 feet and Duane Davis qualified for state with a fifth place finish in the triple jump. His distance was 45 feet, 1 inch. The State Championship Meet begins Thursday, May 14 in Jefferson.

Cartersville native and Georgia Tech shortstop Connor Justus had a huge night to help Georgia Tech to a mid-week, non-conference victory over in-state rival Mercer. See the full story at ramblinwreck.com

The No. 6 seeded Chargers (24-26) rallied from behind to knock off No. 3 seed Georgia Perimeter College (31-25) in opening round play of the 2015 GCAA baseball tournament. Georgia HIghlands collected a 5-2 victory thanks to Freddie Beamon's late-game heroics. Beamon drove in the go-ahead run to give the Chargers the lead in a five-run seventh inning. Highlands then hung on to beat Georgia Perimeter College Wednesday in the GCAA conference tournament at Darton State College in Albany. Parker Acuff recorded the pitching win for the Chargers. He allowed two runs over six innings. Acuff struck out four, walked two, and gave up six hits. Devin Vainer suffered the pitching loss for Georgia Perimeter College. He lasted 6 1/3 innings, walked five, struck out 10, and allowed four runs. Georgia Highlands will next face No. 2 seed, South Georgia College, Thursday (May 7) in the next round. In other action at the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association tournament, No. 5 seed West Georgia Tech topped No. 4 seed ABAC 5-1. WGT will face top-seed and host Darton State on Thursday. ABAC will play Georgia Perimeter in an elimination game, also on Thursday.

Head coach Stuart Chester’s Cartersville Hurricanes completed a sweep of visiting Thomas County Central Wednesday night (May 6) at Richard Bell Field to advance to the GHSA Class AAAA state quarterfinals for the sixteenth time in the last seventeen years. The ‘Canes got solid performances from four different pitchers to limit Central to only three runs in the doubleheader. Cartersville won 8-2 and 2-1 to eliminate the visiting Yellow Jackets. GAME 2 — Cartersville 2, Thomas County Central 1 In the series clinching game, the Hurricanes used the strong pitching performances of Micah Smith and Lane Wilson and took advantage of a two-run error in the fifth inning to complete the doubleheader and series sweep. The 2-1 victory sends Cartersville into the Elite Eight of the GHSA Class AAAA state playoffs where they will either host Troup or travel to Wayne County. Smith recorded the pitching victory for the ‘Canes allowing only one run on five hits and three walks. Smith struck out two. Johnathan Robinson suffered the loss for the Yellow Jackets, despite not yielding an earned run. Robinson gave up five hits, walked three, and struck out five. Anthony Siegler closed out the fifth inning in relief of Smith and Wilson earned a two inning save taking the mound for the sixth and seventh innings. Siegler got the final two outs of the fifth, while Wilson allowed only one hit and a walk over the final two frames. He struck out two. Thomas County Central took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Eli Taylor led off with a double and scored on a Colby Melton groundout. That lead held until the top of the fifth when the Hurricanes tallied the deciding runs. Trent Frazier reached on an infield error and was sacrificed to second by Jacob Fowler. Wilson then singled sharply into centerfield moving Frazier to third. After a strikeout and an intentional walk to Anderson loaded the bases, Carrington Evans hit a hard ground ball that got through the Jackets’ shortstop and plated both Frazier and Wilson. With their second straight playoff series sweep, the ‘Canes improved to 20-9 on the year. Cartersville will either host Troup or travel to Wayne County for the quarterfinal round Tuesday, May 12 (doubleheader) and Wednesday, May 13 (if needed). GAME 1 — Cartersville 8, Thomas County Central 2 Trent Frazier, Devin Warner, and Anthony Siegler had three hits each to lead Cartersville offensively, while Elliott Anderson gave up only four hits on the mound as the ‘Canes took Game 1 of their Class AAAA Sweet Sixteen playoff series against visiting Thomas County Central, 8-2. Anderson tossed six complete innings, struck out seven, and yielded only four hits and three walks to earn the pitching victory. He allowed only two earned runs in his 91 pitch performance. Cartersville scored first in their opening frame when Devin Warner lined a single to right field to drive in Lane Wilson. After Thomas County Central tied the game 1-1 in the top of the second, the ‘Canes produced a three run bottom of the third. Siegler reached on an infield single, moved to second on an Anderson single, and later scored on Parker Tidwell's groundout. Tate Mathis, a courtesy runner for Anderson, and Warner — who was hit by a pitch — both scored on a 2-RBI single by Frazier to give Cartersville a 4-1 lead after three innings. The ‘Canes added a run in the fifth on a line drive single to right by Warner and a pair of infield hits by Tidwell and Frazier. The Yellow Jackets loaded the bases in the top of the sixth and cut the lead to 5-2 on an RBI hit by Stone Stephenson, but Cartersville starter Anderson got a strikeout and a groundout to escape the threat. Cartersville broke the game open in the bottom of the sixth. Carrington Evans and Frazier drove in insurance runs and the ‘Canes picked up another run on an infield error. Wilson came on to pitch the seventh and earn a save with a pair of strikeouts. Frazier had four RBI on his three hits. Warner, Evans, Tidwell, and Elliott Berrey had the other ‘Canes RBI.