Georgia Highlands lost the first game in their best-of-three Appalachian District Championship series at No. 1-ranked Walters State Tuesday afternoon, 4-3. The game was tied 2-2 through four innings before the host Senators grabbed a 4-2 lead in the bottom of the fifth. David Smith hit a solo home run for the Chargers in the top of the eighth to narrow the lead to 4-3, but GHC got no closer. Gage Vailes was the tough-luck losing pitcher for Georgia Highlands. He went the distance and gave up only three earned runs on seven hits and three walks in eight innings. Conner Todaro produced the 16th-ranked Chargers first run with a first inning solo home run. David Smith drove in Max Kops with the second GHC run in the top of the third inning with a groundout. In addition to the two solo home runs, the Chargers had six other hits. Ben Olson had a triple. Kops, Parker Poteet, Caden Smith, Zayd Brannigan, and Mick Moody added one hit each for Georgia Highlands (44-10). Walters State CC improved to 56-5 on the season. Game 2 of the series is Wednesday at 2 p.m.

R.B. Clyburn of Cartersville shot rounds of 67-75 to finish third at the 105th Yamaha Atlanta Open Monday and Tuesday at Echelon Golf Club in Alpharetta. His 142 (2-under-par) total finished five shots back on the 7,067, par-72 course. Clyburn held the first round lead but slipped to third on the final day behind 2022 champion Ted Moon of TPC At Sugarloaf and fellow amateur Brock Hoover. Moon fired a 66 Tuesday to finish 7-under-par. Hoover shot a pair of 70s to finish 4-under-par. The tournament field included 156 professionals and amateurs. BRANTON, HOSICK REACH MATCH PLAY AT 7TH U.S. AMATEUR FOUR-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP Chad Branton of Cartersville and Kyle Hosick of Calhoun advanced to the match play portion of the 2022 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball Championship played at Country Club of Birmingham. The duo shot rounds of 65 and 68 in the stroke play portion of the tournament Saturday and Sunday to earn a spot in a 10-team playoff for the final nine spots in match play. A par on the first playoff hole earned Branton/Hosick the 32nd seed in match play that began Monday. The locals fell 4 and 2 in the Round of 32 to top seeds Torey Edwards and Bret Parker of Long Beach, California and Alpine, Utah.

In professional baseball this past week, Connor Justus continued to be productive at the plate for the Triple-A Charleston (West Virginia) Dirty Birds while Sam Howard was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Tigers organization. Howard was placed on the Tigers’ 40-man roster, but has been assigned to the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens for now. On the pro hardwoods of The Basketball League, Cartersville product AJ Mosby and the Albany Patroons continue to lead their division heading into the home stretch of the regular season. In college softball, former Hurricanes pitcher Hannah Todd finished off her grad student season with the University of Houston while collegiate baseball pitcher Logan Martin and Davis Williams earned all-conference honors. Former Cass standout Steven Spell played a role in Young Harris College’s Peach Belt Conference tournament championship and local golfers compete in their runs at NCAA and NAIA national titles. PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL SAM HOWARD — Toledo Mud Hens (Triple-A affiliate, Detroit Tigers; 9th-yr. pro; Georgia Southern; Cartersville HS) … was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Tigers last week after being designated for assignment by the Pittsburgh Pirates. The 29-year-old southpaw has been added to the Tigers’ 40-man roster but has currently been assigned to the Triple-A Mud Hens. Howard made three appearances with the Pirates in late April totaling two innings with a 9.00 ERA. CONNOR JUSTUS — Charleston Dirty Birds (Triple-A, Independent; 7th-yr. pro; Georgia Tech; Cartersville HS) … in six games last week — three at home against the High Point Rockers and three at the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs — the shortstop hit safely in every game and was 8-for-23 at the plate including a pair of doubles, two walks, four RBIs, and three runs scored. The Dirty Birds are 11-11 and currently third in the Triple-A Atlantic League’s South Division trailing the Gastonia Honey Hunters by five games. Charleston plays at the Wild Health Genomes (Lexington, KY) Tuesday through Thursday and at Gastonia Friday through Sunday. ANTHONY SEIGLER — Tampa Tarpons (Class A; NY Yankees affiliate; 5th-yr. pro; Cartersville HS) … went 3-for-15 last week in five games at the Dunedin Blue Jays with a double, six walks, and two RBIs. The catcher is currently hitting .257 with three homers and 13 RBIs through 23 games in the Florida State League. The Tarpons (14-18) host the St. Lucie Mets this week. SOFTBALL HANNAH TODD — University of Houston (Grad Student, Cartersville HS) … was the pitcher of record in both of the Cougars American Athletic Conference Tournament games last Thursday and Friday in Greenville, North Carolina. Houston beat Tulsa 5-2 in the opening round before falling to top-seeded UCF 4-2 Friday in extra innings in the single-elimination semifinals. Todd worked four innings in relief Thursday facing 21 batters for her 11th win of the year. The righty gave up two earned runs on five hits, two walks, and two hit batters. She struck out two. She then worked 2-1/3 innings in relief in the loss to eventual tournament champion UCF allowing two earned runs on five hits, two walks (one intentional) with one strikeout. Houston finished its season 27-27-1 and was not selected to the NCAA Tournament. Todd finished her grad season 11-10 in 36 appearances. She worked 127 innings recording 64 strikeouts with a 2.54 ERA. BASEBALL MASON BARNETT — Auburn University (Jr., Cartersville HS) … made a start last Friday against visiting Alabama and worked into the sixth inning but received no decision as the 19th-ranked Tigers went on to defeat the Crimson Tide 3-2. Barnett allowed two earned runs on five hits and three walks while facing 22 batters in 5-1/3 innings. He recorded four strikeouts. The right hand hurler is 2-1 this season in 15 appearances and 10 starts with a 4.13 ERA and 59 strikeouts. Auburn (35-16, 15-11 SEC) plays Samford Tuesday in Hoover before hosting Kentucky in a three game conference series that begins Thursday. KENNY JINKS — Shorter University (So., Woodland HS) … faced just four batters in the fifth inning last Tuesday but was saddled with the pitching loss as the Hawks fell in the championship round of the Gulf South Conference tournament to Lee University, 19-8. Jinks allowed two earned runs on three hits as Shorter fell behind 6-5. The southpaw finished the season 2-3 in 14 appearances with a 7.13 ERA. The Hawks finished the season with a 29-22 mark. LOGAN MARTIN — Sewanee, University of the South (Jr., Cartersville HS) … received the Southern Athletic Association Pitcher of the Year award. The right-hander, who also earned first-team all-conference honors, finished the season with a 3.89 ERA and 1.30 WHIP. He posted 98 strikeouts in 69 1/3 innings. Martin recorded nine-plus strikeouts in eight of his 11 appearances. He announced over the weekend that he will continue his collegiate career at the University of Kentucky. STEVEN SPELL — Young Harris College (Jr., Cass HS) … was only 1-for-11 at the plate in three games over the last weekend, but the third basemen and the Mountain Lions won all three games to win the Peach Belt Conference tournament championship and an automatic bid to the NCAA Division 2 Southeast Regional at Wingate, North Carolina. Spell walked twice in the tournament, scored twice, and drove in two runs. Heading into the national tournament, he is hitting .323 and has started all 48 games for the Mountain Lions with three home runs and 31 RBIs. YHC (38-17) opens the regional Thursday against 5th-ranked Wingate. The regional, which continues through Saturday, also includes 9th-ranked Columbus State and Belmont Abbey. PRESTON WELCHEL — Coastal Alabama South (So., Cartersville HS) … in three playoff games during the Alabama Community College Conference tournament, the Sun Chiefs’ outfielder went 5-for-9 with a pair of home runs, three walks, and three RBIs. Through Saturday’s victory, Welchel is batting .342 with 12 home runs and 49 RBIs in 54 games. He also has nine stolen bases. Note: Coastal South had tourney wins Sunday and Monday over Coastal-North and Wallace State-Hanceville before falling to Wallace State-Dothan Monday night. The stats from those game were not available at the time of this release. Those wins advanced Coastal-South to the final three of the double-elimination tournament. BSZ will edit this entry when those stats become available. DAVIS WILLIAMS — Birmingham-Southern College (Fr., Cartersville HS) … helped 3rd-ranked Birmingham-Southern to the Southern Athletic Association conference championship May 9 recording the final six outs of the title-clinching win over Millsaps College. The freshman was also recognized as an Honorable Mention selection for the All-Conference team. The Panthers (38-8) will play Earlham College (Indiana) Thursday in the opening round of the Lynchburg, Virginia NCAA D-III Regional. Salve Regina University (Rhode Island) and University of Lynchburg are also in the four-team regional that continues through Sunday. PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL AJ MOSBY — Albany Patroons (5th-yr. pro; The Basketball League) … scored 5 points Sunday on 1-for-13 shooting from the floor in a 106-99 loss Sunday to Syracuse. He also had three steals, two assists, and four rebounds. Game stats from a Patroons 133-114 win Saturday over the Tri-State Admirals were not available on The Basketball League’s website. Albany (16-2) continues to lead the Northeast Division by 3-1/2 games over the Atlantic City Gambits. GOLF BUCK BRUMLOW — University of Georgia (Fr., Cartersville HS) … shot an opening round, 2-over-par 74 helping the 13th-ranked Bulldogs to fourth place through the first round of the NCAA Bryant Regional being held at the 7,146-yard, par-72 Traditions Golf Club in Bryan, Texas. Brumlow is tied for 36th individually in the 75-player field. With two rounds remaining, Georgia (7-under team score) trails Arizona (12-under), Pepperdine (9-under), and Texas A&M (8-under). Georgia seeks to top five finish in the regional to advance to the NCAA National Championship Tournament May 27-June 1 on the Raptor Course at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. SMU (Even par), Oregon State (1-over-par), and Kansas (1-over-par) hold positions five through seven in the 18-hole standings. DALTON HENSON — Reinhardt University (So., Cartersville HS) … scheduled to start as one of the 15th-ranked Eagles’ five players at the 19-team NAIA Men’s Golf Championship Tuesday through Thursday on the 6,691-yard, par-71 TPC at Deere Run course in Silvis, Illinois. The field will include 156 players. CHANC WILLIS — Reinhardt University (So., Cartersville HS) … scheduled to start as one of the 15th-ranked Eagles’ five players at the 19-team NAIA Men’s Golf Championship Tuesday through Thursday on the 6,691-yard, par-71 TPC at Deere Run course in Silvis, Illinois. The field will include 156 players. TRACK AND FIELD TREVOR KNOWLES — Albion College (Sr., Woodland HS) … placed third in the long jump and fourth in the triple jump at the Carius/Gregory Invitational hosted by North Central University last Thursday and Friday in Napierville, Illinois. Knowles cleared 23 feet, 1.75 inches in the long jump and cleared 43 feet, 3-3/4 inches in the triple jump finals. STEPHEN SMITH — Kennesaw State University (So., Cass HS) … cleared 15 feet, 3-3/4 inches to finish third in pole vault at the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship last Friday in Jacksonville, Florida. The Owls finished the meet as conference runner-up behind Liberty University.

The Cartersville High School boys golf team is in second place at the midway point of the 2022 GHSA Class 5A State Championships. The 36-hole tournament is being hosted on the 6,700-yard, par-72 course at Okefenokee Country Club in Blackshear. Each team fields six starters with the best four scores counting toward the team total. Starr’s Mill has the lead following Monday’s 18 holes with a 2-under-par team total. Cartersville is ten shots back and next at 8-over-par. The Canes are trailed by Woodward Academy (13-over), Northgate (16-over) and Wayne County (17-over). The 12-team finals field will conclude the Championship Tuesday. Cartersville’s Jake Lawson shot a 1-under-par 71 to lead the Hurricanes in Round 1. He is currently tied for second in the individual race with Will Coffman and Lee Smith of Ware County. The trio trails tournament leader Thomas Reininger of Starr’s Mill after 18 holes. Reininger fired a 5-under-par 67 Monday. Lawson was followed on the Canes’ scorecard by Jake Wehunt (+1, 73) who is tied for seventh, Camden Meadows (+3, 75, T-14) Brody Tidwell (+5, 77, T-22) and Andrew Lutjens (+5, 77, T-22). Anderson McCary (+14 T-57) shot an 86.

More than 20 local track and field athletes competed this past weekend at the Georgia High School Association Championships in both Columbus and Carrollton with a trio of those competitors placing fourth in their respective events and classifications. Cartersville, Woodland, and Cass had athletes at Kinnett Stadium in Columbus for the Class 5A Championships. Adairsville had three athletes at Grisham Stadium in Carrollton for the Class 3A Championships. Cartersville’s Eric Toviave placed fourth in the 300M hurdles (38.47) and took home a fifth place finish in the 110M hurdles (14.52). Noah Baer of Woodland placed fourth in the Class 5A boys pole vault by clearing the 13-00 mark. In Carrollton, Adairsville’s Tre Mitchell placed fourth in Class 3A in the 400M dash (50.52). Others earning state championship points were Cartersville’s Anna Grace Boone. She cleared 5-00 in the high jump for a seventh place finish and the Woodland boys 4x800M relay team placed eighth in 8:20.18. That Wildcats’ team was comprised of McKinley Chappell, Tyler Jones, Drew Thayer, and JT Forsyth. Other local finalists: 9th - Tyler Jones - Woodland - 5A Boys 3200M Run - 9:57.98 9th - Rylee Evans - Woodland - 5A Girls 3200M Run - 11:48.45 9th - Cartersville Girls 4x800M Relay - 10:11.92 (Mason Cline, Trinity Atkins, Anna Grace Boone, Elizabeth Nelson) 15th - Raziyah Ware - Cass - 5A Girls Shot Put - 33-05.50 16th - Tre Winters - Adairsville - 3A Boys High Jump - 5-08 From preliminaries, did not make finals: 9th - Tre Mitchell - Adairsville - 3A Boys 100M Dash - 11.13 9th - Kaitlyn Godwin - Cass - 5A Girls 100M Dash - 12.58 10th - Kaitlyn Godwin - Cass - 5A Girls 200M Dash - 25.28 10th - Tre Mitchell - Adairsville - 3A Boys 200M Dash - 22.84 15th - Cartersville boys 4x100M Relay - 43.21 (Eric Toviave, Stephen Rowser, Khristian Lando, Kendrick Price) 16th - Aliya McBride - Adairsville - 3A Girls 100M Hurdles - 18.09 16th - Cartersville boys 4x400M Relay - 3:33.97 (Kemari Mitchell, Will Feuerbach, Kendrick Price, Eric Toviave) Maynard Jackson won the girls Class 5A championship followed by Woodward Academy and Blessed Trinity. The Cartersville girls placed 36th with Woodland and Cass not scoring. Southwest DeKalb won the boys Class 5A title followed by Blessed Trinity and Calhoun. The Cartersville boys were 20th with Woodland placing 25th. The Adairsville boys placed 30th in Class 3A which was won by Westminster. Hart County was 3A runner-up followed by Southeast Bulloch. Westminster also won the Class 3A girls championship followed by Sandy Creek and Greater Atlanta Christian.

The No. 1 ranked Cartersville Purple Hurricanes finished off their Class 5A state semifinal series Saturday night by completing a doubleheader sweep of visiting Apalachee at Richard Bell Field. The locals won the opening game 3-2 and secured the second game with an 11-8 victory. Cartersville (31-6) advances to the baseball program’s tenth state championship series since 2001 next Saturday (if needed game Monday, May 23) at the Rome Braves’ AdventHealth Stadium. Cartersville will be seeking a seventh state title in school history against 3rd-ranked Loganville. Loganville (30-8) defeated Decatur in two straight games Saturday in the other state semifinal. Cartersville took an early 6-0 lead midway through the third inning of the series-deciding game Saturday night. Drew Rothschild doubled home the Canes first run in the top of the first. Jake Brasfield, Curt Bonner, and Caleb Daniel all produced RBI hits in the second and Blake Sutton singled home two more runs in the third. Apalachee narrowed the lead to 6-4 with three runs in the bottom of the third and one more in the six. Traver Park singled home Zack Bowman who had tripled to open the frame. Colby Sikes then followed with a two-run homer. In the sixth, Park drove in Bowman with another hit. The Canes appeared to seal the win with a five-run seventh. Harrison Childers doubled and scored on a home run by Jacob Ray that made the score 8-4. A single by Sutton, an infield error, and a walk preceded a two-RBI single by Elliott Eastin. That gave Cartersville a 10-4 lead before Daniel added another run with a sacrifice fly. The Wildcats did not go away easily however. Apalachee sent nine men to the plate in the bottom of the seventh and had the potential tying run at the plate before Canes’ pitcher Phillip Schiltz ended the threat with a strikeout. Caden Carroll (5.2 IP, 4ER, 6H, 3BB, 5K) started and earned the Cartersville pitching win. Schiltz (1.1 IP, 4R, 1ER, 4H, 2BB, 3K), who got the win in Game 1, retired the final four outs of Game 2. The Hurricanes finished with fourteen hits in Game 2. Childers had three hits including a pair of doubles. Sutton also totaled three hits. Ray produced two hits including his two-run homer. Rothschild also produced two hits including a double and one RBI. Eastin (2 RBIs), Daniel (2 RBIs), Bonner (RBI), and Brasfield (triple) added one hit each. GAME ONE: CARTERSVILLE 3, APALACHEE 2 (8 innings) Cartersville won the opening game when pinch runner Miles Owen scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the eighth inning. The extra inning, walk-off run was the result of Blake Sutton’s leadoff double and an ensuing sacrifice bunt by Jake Brasfield. Owen was inserted as a runner for Sutton after his safety. With a 1-0 count to batter Elliott Eastin, the pitch went to the backstop allowing Owen to cross with the game-winner and a 3-2 final score. Apalachee took a 2-0 lead on a two-out, two-run single by Ethan Middlebrooks in the top of the third inning. Cartersville tied the score 2-2 in the bottom of the fourth. Hank Smith walked to open the Canes’ fourth and Paul Gamble was entered as the catcher’s courtesy runner. Harrison Childers then reached on an infield error with Gamble moving up ninety feet. Blake Sutton singled to load the bases and Jake Brasfield followed with an RBI single into left field that kept the bases loaded. The Canes’ second run crossed when Curt Bonner was hit by a pitch. Manning West (7.2 IP, 3R, 2ER, 7H, 3BB, 7K) was the hard luck losing pitcher for the Wildcats. He went the distance scattering seven hits and three walks. He struck out seven. Phillip Schiltz (2 IP, 0R, 1H, 0BB, 2K) worked two scoreless innings in the seventh and eighth to collect the Cartersville pitching victory. He allowed just one hit and struck out two. Ryan Johnson (2.2 IP, 2ER, 4H, 2BB, 2K) started on the mound for the Hurricanes and Geoffrey Gore (3.1 IP, 0R, 2H, 0BB, 3K) kept the Wildcats off the scoreboard for 3-1/3 innings of middle relief. Middlebrooks, Traver Park, and Ashton Sapp had two hits each to lead the Apalachee offense. Childers and Sutton paced the Canes with two hits apiece including one double each. Bonner (RBI), Caleb Daniel, and Brasfield (RBI) had the other Cartersville base hits.

Georgia Highlands pitchers Eric Moore and Cason Rich combined for a nine inning shutout of South Georgia State Thursday afternoon as the Chargers captured the 2022 GCAA and Region 17 championship with a 14-0 victory over the Hawks. The Chargers took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning on an RBI single by David Smith and a sacrifice fly by Parker Poteet. After going up 3-0 on a groundout, Ethan Anderson hit a two-run home run in the fifth for a 5-0 advantage. Four more runs in the seventh opened the flood gates and a five run eighth for the Chargers put the game away. Georgia Highlands (44-9), ranked No. 16 in the latest NJCAA poll, finished off the conference and regional championship tournament going 3-0 in the double-elimination format with a win over Gordon State and two wins over the Hawks. The Chargers now advance to play a best-of-three series next Tuesday through Thursday at No 1-ranked Walters State (55-5) in Morristown, Tennessee. The winner of that series will advance to the NJCAA World Series May 28-June 4 in Grand Junction, Colorado. “I really proud of these guys,” said Georgia Highlands head coach Dash O’Neill following the victory. “We are going to get after them up there next week.” Moore scattered four hits and a pair of walks in the first five innings on the mound Thursday. He struck out five. Rich followed on the mound with four shutout frames. He yielded just three hits and no walks while striking out four. Conner Todaro was 4-for-6 at the plate with three doubles and three RBIs. Zayd Brannigan had three hits including a double with one RBI. Poteet finished with four RBIs off a double, a home run, and a sac fly and Caden Smith also had a two hit day that included a double, two walks, and one RBI. David Smith (RBI), Ben Olson, Anderson (2 RBIs), and Mick Moody (double, 2 RBIs) rounded out the Chargers’ 15-hit attack.

Ethan Anderson’s three run home run in the second inning vaulted Georgia Highlands to an early lead Wednesday afternoon and the Chargers went on to defeat South Georgia State 8-4 in third round action of the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association championship tournament at LakePoint in Emerson. Anderson also tripled in the fourth inning and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Caden Smith. David Smith blasted a two run homer in the fifth inning and Ben Olson added a solo shot for the Chargers who out hit the Hawks eight to seven. Georgia Highlands led 7-0 through five innings and added one more run in the sixth on an RBI double by Zayd Brannigan. South Georgia’s two runs came in the top of the sixth and top of the eighth. Starter Zachary Murray (5 IP, 2ER, 3H, 3BB, 3K) earned the pitching win for the Chargers with five innings on the mound. Caleb Garner (3 IP, 2R, 0ER, 4H, 2K) worked three innings of middle relief and Hunter Goodwin (1 IP, 0R, 0H) retired all three batters he faced to close out the ninth. The win advances Georgia Highlands (44-9) to the championship round Thursday at 1 p.m. needing just one more win over South Georgia State to capture the GCAA title. South Georgia (37-19) bounced back later in the day Wednesday by defeating ABAC 9-1 in eight innings to also qualify for the conference championship round. The Hawks must defeat the Chargers twice Thursday to win the tournament.

Bartow County Little League Majors baseball summaries for games played May 2-5. MONDAY, MAY 2 BRAVES 7, RANGERS 0 BRAVES: Huck Garland and Elijah Bryant two hits each; Matt Zander, Coleman Stubblefield, Mitchell Raughton, Aiden Pike, and Jonathan Hicks one hit each. Pitching: Coleman Stubblefield (2 IP, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 3K); Huck Garland (2 IP, 0R, 2H, 1BB, 4K); Matt Zander (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 1BB, 1K). RANGERS: Logan Smith, Blaine Groce, Declan Parker one hit each. Pitching: Caleb Sorrell (2 IP, 4R, 5H, 1BB, 4K); Logan Smith (2 IP, 3R, 4H, 0BB, 2K). TUESDAY, MAY 3 CARDINALS 4, TWINS 3 CARDINALS: Parker Rampley two hits; Easton Mullinax, Bryce Patterson, and Amari Williams one hit each. Pitching: Bryce Patterson (4.1 IP, 3R, 4H, 3BB, 5K); Cooper Rampley (1.2 IP, 0R, 2H, 1BB, 4K). TWINS: Cade McCorkle and Noah Rogers two hits each; Jaxon Durham, Jackson Watts, and Javonni Delgado one hit each. Pitching: Houston Walden (5 IP, 3R, 5H, 1BB, 4K); Noah Rogers (1 IP, 1R, 0H, 0BB, 2K). THURSDAY, MAY 5 TWINS 5, TIGERS 0 TWINS: Houston Walden two hits; Noah Rogers, Jaxon Durham, and Karsin Darby one hit each. Pitching: Cade McCorkle (2.1 IP, 0R, 1H, 0BB, 3K); Noah Rogers (3.2 IP, 0R, 0H, 1BB, 9K). TIGERS: Jaxton Huskins one hit. Pitching: Lucas Andrew (3 IP, 4R, 4H, 3BB, 1K); Jaxton Huskins (3 IP, 1R, 1H, 2BB, 5K). BRAVES 9, GIANTS 4 BRAVES: Huck Garland three hits; Coleman Stubblefield two hits; Matt Zander, Grayson Isham one hit each. Pitching: Gunner Pullen (1 IP, 3R, 4H, 1BB, 1K); Mitchell Raughton (4 IP, 1R, 1H, 1BB, 11K). GIANTS: Noah Janssen two hits; Parker Rampley, Bryce Weaver, and Kamdyn Rowland one hit each. Pitching: Noah Janssen (4 IP, 9R, 8H, 3BB, 6K). Little League Major results are provided to Bartow Sports Zone by Cartersville Little League and Bartow County Little League. The game data is shared by the leagues via GameChanger reports from the respective teams and/or leagues. Results and capsules are sponsored on Bartow Sports Zone by The Benefit Consulting Group of Cartersville and George F. Willis Realty.

With the final five games remaining, former Cartersville standout A.J. Mosby and the Albany Patroons continue to lead the Northeast Division of The Basketball League with a 14-2 record. In collegiate track and field action, Woodland product Trevor Knowles won two events at the MIAA outdoor championships. The baseball (pro and college) and softball updates were published earlier this week at this link -- -- Baseball and Softball update published earlier this week -- PRO BASKETBALL A.J. Mosby (Albany Patroons, The Basketball League; Alcorn State, Cartersville HS) — Despite a rough showing from 3-point territory, Mosby flirted with double-doubles in each of Albany's two wins last week. In a 147-103 blowout May 5 of Connecticut, the 6-foot-3 guard posted 12 points, seven assists and six rebounds. He improved in each of those categories during a 100-92 triumph against Syracuse. That May 7 victory saw Mosby, who finished a combined 2-for-12 from deep across the two games, record 18 points, dish out nine assists and pull down eight boards. TRACK AND FIELD Bill Archer (Montevallo Fr., Cartersville HS) — Archer placed eighth in the men's 3000-meter steeplechase and finished 19th in the 1500 during the Gulf South Conference outdoor championship meet May 5-7 in Clinton, Mississippi. Trevor Knowles (Albion Grad Student, Woodland HS) — Knowles won the high jump (7.04 meters) and triple jump (13.56 meters) titles during the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association outdoor championship May 6-7 at home. The former Woodland standout also landed fourth-place showings in the high jump and 4x100 relay. -- Nicholas Sullivan of The Daily Tribune News contributed to this update.

Cartersville won the rubber game of its best-of-three state quarterfinal series with Greenbrier Tuesday night, 6-4, to advance to the GHSA Class 5A Final Four. The visiting Wolfpack and Hurricanes split Monday’s doubleheader with Greenbrier winning the first game 3-0 and Cartersville forcing the deciding game with an 11-1 victory. The two teams traded runs early before a three-run fourth inning built the Canes a 6-2 lead. That’s where the score remained until the Wolfpack threatened in the top of the seventh with two runs. Reliever Phillip Schiltz got back-to-back fly outs, however, to close out the win. Colt McKibben started on the mound for Cartersville and left after three innings with the Canes leading 3-2. McKibben gave up a pair of earned runs on five hits with no walks. He recorded one strikeout. Schiltz took over the pitching duties in the fourth and worked three straight scoreless innings before the late rally attempt by the Wolfpack. Schiltz hit a batter in the fourth inning, but otherwise faced the minimum in his first three frames while registering six of his seven strikeouts. The three hits surrendered by Schiltz all came in the top of the seventh. Harrison Childers had two hits, was hit by a pitch, and drove in a run for the Canes. Hank Smith produced a two RBI single in the fourth inning and walked twice in three plate appearances. Blake Sutton drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in the second inning and contributed an infield hit in the fifth. Elliott Eastin added the other Cartersville base hit and reached base three times with a pair of walks. Greenbrier’s season ends with a 23-11 record. Top-ranked Cartersville (29-6) advances to host Apalachee Saturday at Richard Bell Field in the state semifinal series. It will be the Canes' 13th state semifinal appearance. The two teams will play a doubleheader to open the Final Four series. If a third game is needed, it will be played next Monday — also at the Cartersville Baseball Complex. (Game times TBA) The Wildcats (23-14) edged Wayne County 10-9 in the third game of their state quarterfinal series. Apalachee defeated Chapel Hill in the opening round in two straight games and won a third game against Whitewater in the second round.

The 16th-ranked Georgia Highlands College Chargers trailed Gordon State 4-0 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning Tuesday afternoon before sending fourteen men to the plate and scoring ten runs on their way to a 13-11 second round win at the GCAA Tournament held at LakePoint in Emerson. The Chargers had a first round bye as the No. 1 conference seed. Gordon State defeated East Georgia State Monday in the opening round. Five different Chargers’ hitters finished with two hits each in their eleven hit attack. David Smith doubled and hit a grand slam home run to produce five RBIs. Conner Todaro (3 RBIs including a sac fly), Max Kops (2 RBIs), Caden Smith (RBI), and Zayd Brannigan also finished with two hits. Ben Olson added a solo home run for Georgia Highlands. Cason Rich (1.2 IP, 2ER, 1H, 1BB) picked up the GHC pitching win in relief of starter Gage Vailes (5.1 IP, 4R, 3ER, 8H, 2BB, 7K). Hunter Goodwin (1 IP, 1ER, 1H, 2BB) and Chandler Wood (1 IP, 4R, 1ER, 3H, 2BB, 2K) closed out the pitching duties. The second round win in the double-elimination tournament advances the Chargers to face South Georgia State Wednesday at 1 p.m. at LakePoint where the winner will move into the championship round. South Georgia defeated ABAC Tuesday in five innings, 14-4.