This past Tuesday and Wednesday the track and field teams from Cartersville, Woodland, and Cass participated in Region Tune-Up Meets. Cartersville was at Pepperell High School in Lindale on Tuesday with seven other teams while Woodland and Cass participated in a three-team tune-up meet at Calhoun High School on Wednesday. Cartersville, Woodland, and Cass will be back in action Monday in Calhoun at the Region 7-5A Championship Meet. Cartersville's top-three finishes at the Pepperell Tune-Up: 1st — Kendrick Price — 100M Dash (11.13) 1st — Stephen Rowser — 200M Dash (22.98) 1st — Girls 4x400M Relay Team (4:23.73) 1st — Boys 4x200M Relay Team (1:32.60) 1st — Boys 4x400M Relay Team (3:35.93) 2nd — Amirra Davis — High Jump (4-6) 2nd — Kace Adams — 100M Dash (11.55) 2nd — Kace Adams — Long Jump (19-11-½) 2nd — Boys 4x100M Relay Team (44.08) 3rd — Amirra Davis — 100M Hurdles (19.02) 3rd — Leyla Booth — 300M Hurdles (51.52) 3rd — Taff Bradley — Discus (78-11) 3rd — Kemarie Mitchell — 400M Dash (52.83) 3rd — Girls 4x100M Relay Team (53.23) 3rd — Girls 4x200M Relay Team (1:56.49) Woodland and Cass top two placers at Calhoun Tune-Up: CASS GIRLS 1st — Kaitlyn Godwin — 100M Dash (12.30) 1st — Kaitlyn Godwin — 200M Dash (26.43) 1st — Kaitlyn Godwin — 400M Dash (1:03.75) 1st — Girls 4x100M Relay Team (50.87) 1st — Nakayla Evans — High Jump (4-10) 1st — Nyliah Woods — Triple Jump (32-3) 2nd — Nyliah Woods — Long Jump (14-7) WOODLAND GIRLS 1st — Danielle Thayer — 800M Run (2:31.09) 1st — Danielle Thayer — 1600M Run (5:33.28) 1st — Kiconco Bassler — 100M Hurdles (16.13) 1st — Kiconco Bassler — 300M Hurdles (51.48) 1st — Gillian Bergman — Pole Vault (7-0) 1st — Ava Whatley — Discus (81-1) 2nd — Emma Segars — 1600M Run (5:50.09) 2nd — Karynne McKenney — Pole Vault (6-6) CASS BOYS 1st — Sacovie White — 100M Dash (11.06) 1st — Sacovie White — High Jump (6-2) 1st — Adam Pierce — 800M Run (2:04.28) 1st — JaShaun Brown Whatley — Triple Jump (43-4) 1st — Boys 4x200M Relay Team — (1:37.87) 1st — Boys 4x400M Relay Team — (4:02.01) 1st — Boys 4x800M Relay Team — (9:53.00) 2nd — Leonardo Galeana — 3200M Run (11:32.00 2nd — JaShaun Brown Whatley — 110M Hurdles (15.69) 2nd — Samson Stevenson — Pole Vault (9-0) 2nd — Boys 4x100M Relay Team — (45.70) WOODLAND BOYS 1st — Jamarion Walker — 400M Dash (50.78) 1st — Tyler Jones — 1600M Run (4:38.60) 1st — Knox Koontz — 3200M Run (11:31.00) 1st — Zachary Wiggins — 110M Hurdles (15.23) 1st — Zachary Wiggins — 300M Hurdles (41.50) 1st — Jamarion Walker — Long Jump (20-10) 2nd — Heath Tatum — 200M Dash (22.72) 2nd — Tyler Jones — 800M Dash (2:05.97) 2nd — Drew Thayer — 1600M Run (4:41.10) 2nd — Jamarion Walker — Triple Jump (42-4-½) 2nd — Samuel Carlsen — Discus (116-8)

The Adairsville Tigers lost their regular season finale at Bremen Thursday night 4-3 but will retain their No. 3-seed from Region 6-AAA when the state playoffs begin next Monday, Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe held a tie-breaker advantage with the Tigers heading into their final game Thursday night with Coahulla Creek but lost to the Colts 2-0 and will place fourth. Ringgold went undefeated in region play and earned the league's No. 1 seed. Gordon Lee placed second with a 10-4 region record. Adairsville scored first Thursday and led 1-0 in the top of the third inning on an RBI single by Chris Roper. Bremen answered, however, scoring twice in the bottom of the frame. The Blue Devils added a run in the fifth to go up 3-1 but a pair of runs by the Tigers in the top of the sixth knotted the score at 3-all. Bremen took the lead for good in the bottom of the sixth with a leadoff triple and a sacrifice fly. Adairsville got the potential tying run on base with a walk in the top of the seventh but otherwise went quietly to end the game. Jack Nelson (5 IP, 3R, 2ER, 4H, 4BB, 3K) limited the Blue Devils to only two earned runs but received no decision. Jack Whitley (1 IP, 1ER, 1H) suffered the pitching loss for the Tigers in relief. Three Tigers had two hits apiece including Roper (double, RBI), Peyton Bowen, and Luke Altizer (double, RBI). Tyler Driggers and Nelson added one hit each. Bremen improved to 16-10 overall but will finish 7-7 in region play and miss the playoffs. Adairsville finishes the regular season with a 16-11 record and a 9-5 region mark. The Tigers placed third in the league and will open the Class AAA state playoffs next Monday in a best-of-three series at Carver-Atlanta. The first-round series begins with a doubleheader Monday (time TBA). If a third game is needed at Carver-Atlanta, it will be played Tuesday.

Georgia Highlands baseball scored six runs in the bottom of the second inning Thursday afternoon and added on each inning after as the Chargers cruised to a 15-4 home win over Andrew College. The Chargers have now won the first two games in this week’s four-game series with the Tigers which is scheduled to continue Friday with a home doubleheader. GHC starting pitcher Oliver Wood tossed a seven-inning complete game Thursday to earn the win on the mound. He scattered eight hits with no walks, allowing four earned runs. He struck out six. Ryan Wideman and CJ Blackwell led the Chargers’ offense with three hits each. Wideman’s day included a triple and four RBIs. Blackwell’s efforts included a solo home run and two RBIs. Jay Murdock (three RBIs), Hudson Sapp (two RBIs), and Nic Ferrer produced a pair of hits each. Connor Faulkner had a solo home run and Parker Poteet added one other hit. The loss drops Andrew to 24-17 on the season and 5-12 in conference play. Georgia Highlands (28-17, 8-9) trails Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association leader South Georgia State by four games in the regular season conference standings with seven games to play. The Chargers are currently in fourth place but only one game behind Gordon College and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College who are tied for second. The GCAA conference tournament will be hosted by Georgia Highlands May 8-10.

The Cartersville, Adairsville, and Woodland boys’ tennis teams won their first-round matches in their respective state tournaments. On Wednesday, the Canes beat visiting Clarke Central at Dellinger Park in the Class 5A first round, 3-0. Jack Minhinnett and Walker Cooney won at Line 2 and Line 3 singles while the Canes’ Line 1 doubles team of John Paul and Bryce Summey took their match in straight sets. Minhinnett won 6-3, 6-1. Cooney won his match, 6-0, 6-0. The other Canes’ participants were leading their matches and had won an opening set when the team victory was secured. Cartersville will host Chattahoochee next week in the Sweet Sixteen round. Chattahoochee was a 4-0 winner over Jackson-Atlanta in the first round. Also Wednesday, the Woodland boys knocked off No. 1-seed Jefferson, 3-2. The Wildcats swept all three singles lines for their three points. Peter Heins won 7-5, 6-4 at Line 1, Cadyn Wade won 6-2, 6-3 at Line 2, and Domenic Ciavarro won 6-1, 6-2 at Line 3 singles. Jathan Camp and Titus Bagley fell at Line 1 doubles 2-6, 2-6, and Mason Williams and Jack Gore lost 2-6, 4-6 at Line 2 doubles for the Wildcats. Woodland will travel to Cambridge next week for a Sweet Sixteen match. The Bears, a 3-seed, defeated Chapel Hill 3-0 in the first round. On Tuesday, the Adairsville boys defeated Sandy Creek in the Class AAA first round, 3-1. Camden Teems and Michael Spinks won at Line 2 and Line 3 singles for the Tigers. Teems was a 6-1, 6-4 winner while Spinks took his match 6-2, 6-0. The third Adairsville point was won by the Line 2 doubles pair Carter Collum and Bryson Gooden who won 6-2, 6-3. Braden Potter lost his Line 1 singles match 2-6, 4-6 and the Line 1 doubles team — Braden Mathis and Jack Baxter — won their first set 6-2 and were tied 4-4 in the second set when the team victory was secured. The Tigers move on to the Sweet Sixteen round next week at Hebron Christian Academy. HCA defeated Dawson County in the first round 3-1 on Wednesday.

The Adairsville boys placed fifth and the Lady Tigers were sixth Tuesday at the Region 6-AAA Track & Field Championships held at Bremen High School. The Bremen girls and boys won the region titles. Ridgeland and LFO were second and third in the girls' meet. Coahulla Creek and LaFayette took second and third in the boys' meet. Adairsville’s top performances: 1st Place Aliya McBryde — 100M hurdles (16.32) Tre Winters — High jump (6-6) 2nd Place David Betanzos — 3200M run (11:08.98) Aliya McBryde — High jump (5-2) Kenneth Wilkey — High jump (5-10) Callie Viktora — 1600M run (6:00.44) 3rd Place Boys 4x100M relay team (46.02) Charles Coleman — High jump (5-10) Norman Poch — 400M run (52.78)

The Adairsville Tigers locked up a state playoff berth Tuesday night at home with a 6-5 win over Bremen. The Tigers scored all six of their runs in the fourth inning to take a 6-2 lead and then held off the Blue Devils late for the one-run win. Bremen scored twice in the top of the fourth for a 2-0 lead and added three more runs in the sixth inning. Dawson Craig (5.2 IP, 5R, 0ER, 2H, 4BB, 4K) earned the pitching win for Adairsville by working into the sixth inning. Jarrett Scott (1.1 IP, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 1K) earned a save by retiring the final four outs. Three Tigers finished with two hits each including Jarrett Scott (double, RBI), Landon O’Neal (RBI), and Chris Roper. Adairsville (15-10, 9-4 Region 6-AAA) visits Bremen (15-10, 6-7) Thursday at 5:55 p.m. to wrap up regular season play. With a win, Adairsville could reach a second-place tie with Gordon Lee in the region standings, but the Trojans hold the seeding tie-breaker. That means the Tigers will begin the Class AAA state playoffs on the road with a doubleheader next Monday at either Carver-Atlanta or Sandy Creek.

Cartersville pitchers Logan Shrewsbury and Sawyer Wilson combined for eleven strikeouts and a two-hit shutout Tuesday night in a 14-0 win at Hiram to close out the Hurricanes’ regular season. The win for the Canes completed a 15-game sweep of their 2023 Region 7-5A opponents and set a new regular season win record for the Cartersville program with 27 wins. The victory also marks the first time the Canes have gone undefeated in region play since 2013. Eighteen different Cartersville players saw action in the five-inning shutout. The Purple Hurricanes scored single runs in the first and third innings followed by three runs in the fourth and nine runs in the fifth. Cameron Cochran was the only Cartersville player with two hits including one double. Charlie Rothschild had a double and three RBIs. Hunter Kelly doubled in one run and Shrewsbury hit a solo home run. Miles Owen, Trip Bradley, Caleb Daniel (RBI), Tristan McKibben, Julez Pratt, and Hayden James (two RBIs) added one hit apiece. Luke Miller (sac fly) and Maddox Frazier (sac fly) added two RBIs each. Hiram’s season ends with a 4-22 record. The Hornets were winless in Region 7-5A. Cartersville (27-2, 15-0) will be the No. 1-seed from Region 7-5A and will host a best-of-three first-round state playoff series beginning next Monday against Jefferson (18-8) — the No. 4-seed from Region 8-5A. The series will begin with a doubleheader on Monday (time TBA) with a third game on Tuesday if needed. The Dragons defeated the Purple Hurricanes for the Class 4A state title in 2018.

The Woodland Wildcats completed a three-game sweep of Cass Tuesday night with a 5-1 home win over the Colonels. Woodland led 3-0 after the first two innings and tacked on single runs in the fourth and fifth innings to secure the win. Cass scored its only run in the top of the fifth on a two-out, RBI double by Chase Tatum. Ayden Ray hit a two-run home run in the first inning for Woodland and Coby Barrett gave the Wildcats a 3-0 lead in the second inning with a sacrifice fly. Woodland’s fourth-inning run scored on an infield error and the Wildcats’ insurance run in the fifth was driven in by Mason Williams. Hunter Shirley (3.2 IP, 0R, 4H, 1BB, 3K) picked up the pitching win for Woodland. Zach Lambert (3.1 IP, 1R, 0ER, 6H) also pitched for the Wildcats. Trenton Payne (4 IP, 5R, 3ER, 3H, 2BB, 3K) took the pitching loss for Cass. Hunter Lovett (2 IP, 0R, 3H, 2K) pitched in relief for the Colonels. Ray had one other hit to go with his homer. Jakiyon Porter, Williams (RBI), Rowan Billings, and Connor Stermer had the other Woodland base hits. Tatum had a pair of doubles for Cass. Jesiel Moctezuma, Cayden Roberts, and Luke Hollis also had two hits for the Colonels. Connor Jenkins and Nic Wright added one hit apiece. Woodland (18-12, 12-3) finishes as the No. 2-seed from Region 7-5A and will host the No. 3 team from Region 8-5A in the first round of the state playoffs. That best-of-three series begins Monday with a doubleheader. If a third game is necessary, it will be played on Tuesday. With Dalton’s 9-4 win at Calhoun Tuesday night, the loss for Cass eliminated the Colonels from playoff contention and ended their season with a 10-18 overall record and a 5-10 mark in region play.

In the first game of a four-game conference series this week, Georgia Highlands College baseball defeated the Andrew College Tigers 10-8 Tuesday night in Cuthbert. The next three games of the series will be hosted by Georgia Highlands with a single game Friday and a doubleheader on Saturday. Tuesday, Jay Murdock hit a three-run home run in the top of the first inning as the Chargers scored four runs and grabbed an early lead. In the fifth, GHC added three more runs to increase their lead to 8-2 and added two more in the sixth inning to make the score 10-3. The Chargers then held off the Tigers down the stretch for their two-run win. Declan Dun (4.2 IP, 3ER, 8H, 2BB, 4K) made the pitching start for Georgia Highlands and was credited with the win. Five other pitchers — Trippe Moore (1 IP, 4ER, 5H), Cason Rich (1 IP, 1R, 0ER, 2K), Garrett Sagro (0.1 IP, 1K), Skyler Thellman (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 1K), and Chandler Anderson (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 1K) all worked in relief. Anderson was credited with a save. Murdock was one of five Chargers to produce two hits. He finished with four RBIs. Mitchell Walker, Ryan Wideman, Adam Love (RBI), and CJ Blackwell (two RBIs) also had two hits each. Hudson Sapp added one hit and one RBI in the victory. Georgia Highlands (28-17, 8-9 GCAA) hosts Andrew College (24-17, 5-12) Friday night at 5 p.m. and Saturday in a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.

The Georgia Highlands College softball team won both games of a doubleheader Tuesday afternoon at East Georgia State. The Lady Chargers won the opening game 7-3 and took the second game 7-1. Georgia Highlands had a pair of freshman left-handed pitchers toss complete games in the two victories. Jaycie Hand pitched all seven innings in the opening win scattering ten hits and three walks to allow three runs. She struck out eight. Rena Fraga tossed seven complete innings in the Game 2 win limiting the Bobcats to six hits and two walks. Fraga struck out two. Madison Dennis led the Chargers’ offense with five hits on the day including a double and three RBIs. Brady Tharp and Annsley Todd followed with three hits each. Tharp homered, doubled, and drove in two runs. Todd had one RBI. Malone Aldridge, Abigail Lathrop (RBI), Avery Fisher, Allison Deweese, Sydney Goddard (double, two RBIs), Audrey Johnson (three RBIs), and Jordan Blair (double) added one hit apiece. Tuesday’s two losses dropped East Georgia to 8-17-1 on the season and 4-6 in conference play. Georgia Highlands (18-24, 12-8) will host Motlow State CC next Monday in a non-conference doubleheader.

The Adairsville girls' soccer team was eliminated in the second round of the GHSA Class AAA playoffs Monday night in Watkinsville, falling to Oconee County 10-0. The host Warriors raced to a 6-0 lead in the first half and closed out the contest in the second half with four more goals. Oconee County improved to 15-4-1 on the season and advanced to the state quarterfinals on April 24 against the Pike County/Savannah Country Day winner. The Lady Tigers have their season close with an 11-6 record.

The Cartersville girls’ tennis team lost 3-1 at Jefferson Monday in the opening round of the Class 5A state tournament. Cartersville’s Chloie Obanion won her Line 3 singles match in straight sets for the only Lady Canes’ point. The Line 1 doubles pair of Anna Ramey/Lauren Lawson were leading in the third set when their match was halted. The Lady Dragons, runners-up from Region 8-5A, advance to the second round of the state tournament to play the Midtown/Chattahoochee first-round winner. LOGANVILLE 3, CASS GIRLS 0 The Cass girls' tennis team lost its first-round match in the Class 5A state tournament on the road, falling at Loganville, 3-0. The Red Devils, Region 8-5A champions, advance to the second round and will host the winner of an opening-round match between Villa Rica and Northview.