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The Cartersville Lady 'Canes soccer team will host Upson-Lee tonight (May 5) in the second round of the 2015 GHSA Class AAAA state playoffs. Cartersville (10-5), the Region 7-AAAA champ, shutout Madison County 7-0 in the opening round. The visiting Lady Knights also advanced with a shutout victory. Upson-Lee went on the road to knock off Cairo in the first round, 1-0. Upson-Lee is the No. 3 seed from Region 2-AAAA, but the region swept all of Region 1-AAAA in the first round. Mary Persons defeated Westover 10-2, Veterans shutout Bainbridge 7-0, and West Laurens got by No. 1 seed Thomas County Central, 5-4.

While Cartersville dispatched North Oconee in a doubleheader sweep last Friday in the first round of the 2015 Class 4A baseball playoffs, their second round opponent was battling through an extended three game series that consisted of three, one-run games. Thomas County Central (21-7, 16-4 Region 1-AAAA) lost their playoff opener to West Laurens Friday, but pushed the series to a Saturday rubber game with a 3-2 win in the doubleheader nightcap. The Yellow Jackets then captured the series Saturday with a second 3-2 victory. Cartersville (18-9, 12-2 Region 7-AAAA) will host the series Wednesday (May 6) at Richard Bell Field. If needed, Game 3 will be Thursday. THOMAS COUNTY CENTRAL Head Coach: Chad Parkerson TCC key players in their opening series: Doug Smith, Jonathan Robinson, Colby Melton, Carlton Ogletree, Bryce Clanton, Wes Hamby,

Coach Mike Marra’s Georgia Highlands baseball club may have started their conference season 0-9, but the Chargers rallied down the stretch to snatch one of the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association’s six playoff spots. GHC won nine of eleven conference games at the end of the regular season to garner the conference's sixth seed. The Chargers open the GCAA tournament Wednesday (May 6) against Georgia Perimeter. The double-elimination tournament is being hosted by top-seeded Darton State College in Albany. The final playoff spots and seeding were not determined until the final weekend of conference play. Darton State had secured the regular season title a week ago and takes the #1 seed followed by South Georgia State with the #2 seed. The #3 and #4 seeds are held by Georgia Perimeter and ABAC respectively. West Georgia Tech and Georgia Highlands come in as the #5 and #6 seeds.

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Adairsville's Sean McDermott tossed a shutout in Game 1, but Callaway rallied in Games 2 and 3 for a pair of wins to eliminate the Tigers in the opening round of the 2015 GHSA Class AAA state baseball playoffs. Callaway won 4-0 and 10-1 to take the best-of-three series. In the Game 1 victory, McDermott allowed only three hits. The Tigers were led offensively by Reece Spencer and Verta Collum. They went 2-for-3 each. Lane Griffith and Jacob Smith also had hits. Adairsville was shutout in Game 2, but Landon Howren led the Tigers with a pair of hits. Sam Seaman, Hayden Morrow, and Spencer each added hits. The Tigers took an early lead in Game 3, but Callaway’s offense proved too much for coach Billy Roper’s Adairsville club. Callaway advanced to meet Decatur in the round of sixteen May 6 and 7. Adairsville finished their season 13-12-1.

The Cartersville Hurricanes took care of business Saturday in the opening round of the 2015 GHSA Class AAAA baseball playoffs by sweeping visiting North Oconee Titans at Richard Bell Field. The 'Canes advanced to the second round for the 17th consecutive year under head coach Stuart Chester. Cartersville won 4-1 in Game 1 behind ace pitcher Elliott Anderson. Anderson limited North Oconee to no earned runs and only four hits. He also struck out eight to earn the complete game victory. Elliott Berrey had a pair of RBI singles to lead the Cartersville offense in Game 1. Parker Tidwell and Anderson also added RBI singles. The 'Canes completed the series sweep with a 13-8 victory in Game 2. The Titans took an early 5-0 lead off ambidextrious, freshman starter Anthony Seigler, but Cartersville would begin their answer in the third. Carrington Evans had a two-run hit in the third inning and Anderson tripled in three more runs in the fourth inning to catch the Titans 5-5. Anderson would later score on a wild pitch to give the Hurricanes their first lead of Game 2, 6-5. Jacob Fowler and Trenton Frazier had key RBI doubles in the fifth and sixth innings to expand the Cartersville lead to 12-6. Cartersville improved to 18-9 on the year and will host Region 2 runner up, Thomas County Central in the next round. Those games will be Wednesday (May 6 DH) and Thursday (May 7, if needed) at Richard Bell Field. Game times TBA.

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Tyjuan Jett of Cass and Cody Cochran of Woodland each won their respective weight class state championships Saturday at the Class AAAAA state tournament at Macon Coliseum. Jett is the 2015 heavyweight champion and Cochran won the 145-pound classification. Cochran wrapped up a 47-5 season and his state title by winning an 8-5 decision over Will Britain of Cambridge. Jett, (shown in photo) who finished his season with a 39-2 record, won his championship match in sudden victory over Caleb Branham of Richmond HIll. Branham's season concluded with a 42-2 mark. In the team results, Woodland finished runner-up to Camden County. Cass placed eighth. Woodland had five other wrestlers to place at the state tournament. Dawson Woods (3rd-106), Jahvar Lewis (2nd-113), Logan Sims (3rd-120), Jake Huffine (5th-126), and Spencer Cooper (2nd-138) all placed. Hunter Quinn (4th-132) and Montavious Turner (5th-138) were additional placers for Cass. Adairsville's Salavador Grimaldo wrapped up a 41-3 season record and won third place in Class AAA with a major decision over Truett Bowman of Rockmart.

The Cartersville boys' basketball team won its third straight region championship Saturday night (Feb. 14) at Southeast Whitfield High School in Dalton by knocking off top-seed Heritage-Catoosa in the finals, 68-55. The 'Canes victory avenged a pair of regular season losses to the Generals during regular season play. Cartersville trailed by 7 points at halftime, but Coach Mike Tobin's Hurricanes rallied in the second half to take the region crown and the region's top seed heading into the state tournament. The 'Canes will host the first round of the Class AAAA state tournament Wednesday (Feb. 18) at 7pm and will face North Hall, the number 4 seed from Region 8-AAAA. In other action, Northwest Whitfield's boys easily defeated rival Southeast Whitfield 74-46 to claim the third seed from Region 7-AAAA heading into the state tournament. The girls' Region 7-AAAA title went to Gilmer. The Lady Bobcats held off Northwest Whitfield in the finals, 50-40.

The 2015 Class AAAA Boys Basketball State Tournament bracket.