The Cass boys soccer team cruised to a 9-0 win at home Tuesday night over Armuchee with six different Colonels scoring at least one goal. Christian Villella scored three goals and added one assist. Camden Hillhouse followed with a pair of goals and contributed one assist. Edwin Veliz, Andrew Nguyen, Jeff Vu, and Alex Hernandez added one goal each. Hernandez also tallied a pair of assists with Veliz, Vu, and Jovany Contreras also adding assists. Armuchee slipped to 1-2 with the loss. The Colonels (6-2) begin play in Region 7-AAAAA Friday night at Calhoun. ADAIRSVILLE BOYS 4, ROCKMART 1 Adairsville’s Blade Bennefield scored all four of the Tigers’ goals off three assists by Arthur Leffler and one more by Eduardo Lopez as Adairsville won its Region 6-AAA opener 4-1 at Rockmart. The victory marks to first road win for the Adairsville boys since 2019 and puts the Tigers at 1-0 in region play. “Our team is improving each game,” said Adairsville coach John Terrell. “Our defense and goalkeeper has played well most of the season. Our communication and passing need to improve but we are working on it daily.” Adairsville (3-3, 1-0) now has more wins this season than all of last year. The Tigers travel to LaFayette Thursday. COOSA 3, WOODLAND BOYS 1 The Wildcats dropped a 3-1 decision to the visiting Coosa Eagles Tuesday night in non-region action. Coosa improved to 2-1 on the season. Woodland (3-2-3) travels to Blessed Trinity to begin Region 7-AAAAA play Friday night. ROCKMART 2, ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 1 With all the scoring occurring in the first half, the Lady Tigers lost at Rockmart Tuesday night, 2-1 in their Region 6-AAA opener. Elle Causby scored the lone Adairsville goal in the 23rd minute of the first half to get the Tigers to the intermission down by one goal. She found the net off an assist from Emma Ridley. “We made adjustments at halftime and took a lot of great shots against a quality keeper,” said Adairsville assistant Amanda Jones following the game. “They were really good with counter attacks.” The Yellow Jackets improved to 1-5 on the season and 1-1 in Region 6-AAA action. Adairsville (3-1-1, 0-1) hosts LaFayette Thursday in Tiger Valley. ARMUCHEE 2, CASS GIRLS 1 After battling through a scoreless first half, visiting Armuchee scored twice in the second half to defeat the Cass Lady Colonels, 2-1. Dayanara Solorzano scored the Cass goal. Armuchee improved to 4-1 with their victory. Cass (1-5-1) begins Region 7-AAAAA play Friday at Calhoun COOSA 3, WOODLAND GIRLS 0 The visiting Lady Eagles picked up their first win of the season Tuesday night at Woodland, defeating the Lady Cats 3-0. Woodland (4-1-2) travels to Blessed Trinity Friday. SOUTHEAST WHITFIELD 4, CARTERSVILLE GIRLS 0 The visiting Lady Raiders improved to 6-0-2 on the season with a 4-0 win Tuesday night at Cartersville. The Lady Canes slipped to 1-4-1 and will look to bounce back Friday night at home against Villa Rica.

The Cass Lady Colonels had their 2021-22 season come to an end Tuesday night on their home floor after suffering an opening round loss to St. Pius X in the Class 5A State Tournament, 55-52. The visiting Golden Lions led 15-10 after one quarter; 26-15 at halftime; and 37-26 through three quarters before holding off the Lady Colonels in the final period to win by three. St. Pius got to the free throw line often and took advantage of a cold perimeter shooting night by Cass. St. Pius finished 26-for-30 at the foul line, while Cass sank 8 of 14 free throws. Alexa Kenah scored a game-high 19 points to lead St. Pius. Kelly Stephenson followed with 12 points. Alex Schiavo scored 11 and Payton O’Bryant added nine for the Golden Lions. Justice Bennett, Mikaela Jackson, Miya Winston, and Claire Davis each scored nine points for Cass. Amaya Ford and Haley Johnson chipped in with six points and Keara McDaniel scored four in the Lady Colonels’ loss. St. Pius (19-10) advances to the second round this weekend to play at Warner Robins. Warner Robins defeated Tri-Cities 77-44 in the opening round. Cass has its season end with a 23-6 record.

The Cartersville tennis teams defeated Adairsville in non-region action Tuesday evening, winning both matches by identical 5-0 team scores. CARTERSVILLE BOYS 5, ADAIRSVILLE 0 Singles Line 1 — John Paul (CV) won 6-0, 6-1 Line 2 — Walker Cooney (CV) won 7-6 (7-1), 6-2 Line 3 — Brock Wilson (CV) won 6-0, 6-0 Doubles Line 1 — Banks Wilson / Julian Cline (CV) won 6-4, 6-3 Line 2 — Henry Tierce / Sam Ford (CV) won 6-0, 6-0 CARTERSVILLE GIRLS 5, ADAIRSVILLE 0 Singles Line 1 — Emily Bush (CV) won 6-0, 6-0 Line 2 — Katie Lewis (CV) won 6-2, 6-1 Line 3 — Madison Ferdon (CV) won 6-4, 6-3 Doubles Line 1 — Mason Cline / Mia Shaw (CV) won 6-0, 6-0 Line 2 — Anna Ramey / Sophia Motuba (CV) won 6-1, 6-1

Georgia Highlands College baseball swept a home doubleheader with Point University Monday afternoon for the Chargers’ 15th and 16th wins of the season. The Chargers won the opener 3-0 and held on in the second game 6-5 improving to 16-0 on the year. Four pitchers — Jacob Ryan, Bubba Luke, Zachary Murray, and Ryan Suppa — combined on the mound in the first game to limit the Skyhawks to only three hits. The quartet of hurlers also combined for nine strikeouts, Ethan Anderson hit a solo home run, a double, and finished with two RBIs. Conner Todaro had two hits including a double and David Smith had a triple and one RBI in the win. Parker Poteet, Zayd Brannigan, and Mick Moody added one hit apiece. In the second game, Georgia Highlands led 5-0 early, but a four-run fourth by Point made things interesting down the stretch before the Chargers held on for a 6-5 win. Todaro hit a first inning two-run home run and Anderson smacked a three-run home run in the third to give the Chargers a 5-0 lead. Point utilized a pair of walks and took advantage of a pair of Chargers’ errors in the fourth inning to mount their runs. The teams each added an unearned run apiece in their final offensive frames to end a rain soaked day. Baylor Akin (3.2 IP, 4R, 1ER, 1H, 2BB, 3K) and Caleb Garner (1.1 IP, 1R, 0ER, 0H, 1BB, 1K) both pitched for the Chargers. Other than the two homers, Caden Smith had the only other GHC base hit. The Chargers will host a three-game series with Wabash Valley College Friday and Saturday at Pickens High School and will play at Wallace State-Hanceville Sunday.

Georgia Highlands College softball dropped a home doubleheader Saturday, falling to Motlow State CC 7-4 and 6-3 in eight innings. In the opener, the Chargers led 2-0 through two innings but the visiting Bucks scored three times in the third inning and posted three more runs in the fifth to build a 6-3 lead. Both teams added a single run in the seventh. Hailey Cronic had four hits in Game 1 including a double and one RBI for the Chargers’ offense. Madison Dennis finished with two hits including a triple while Bradey Tharp added two hits including a home run. Haley Robinson (7 IP, 7R, 4ER, 8H, 1BB, 2K) was tagged with the pitching loss in the opener. Mackenzie Keatts doubled, homered twice and had six RBIs to lead the Motlow State offense. In Game 2, Madison Dennis, who finished with two hits, popped a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh to send the game into an extra inning tied 2-2. The Bucks responded with a four-run eighth and the Chargers could only answer with one run for a 6-3 GHC loss. Malone Aldridge contributed a pair of hits for Georgia Highlands. Haley Overton doubled. Emma Veitch, Hailey Cronic, and Annsley Todd (RBI) had one hit each. Maggie Schandera (8 IP, 5R, 2ER, 10H, 0BB, 3K) suffered the extra innings pitching loss despite a complete game effort. Georgia Highlands (4-10) hosts Cleveland State CC Tuesday in a 3 p.m. doubleheader before heading to the Sand Mountain Classic in Albertville, Alabama for four games Friday and Saturday.

Georgia Highlands improved to 14-0 on the season Saturday by completing a three-game sweep of USC Salkehatchie with a doubleheader win 15-3 and 12-2 played at Pickens High School. The Chargers pounded out 21 hits in Saturday’s twin bill with both games shortened to five innings by mercy rule. Ethan Anderson, Max Kops, and Caden Smith all homered for the Chargers in the 15-3 victory while pitcher Conner Perry tossed a five inning complete game. The three combined for six total hits and eight RBIs. Ben Olson added a three-hit game with a pair of RBIs for the GHC offense. Perry limited the Indians to just three hits and struck out ten. Only one of the runs were earned with a homer and he did not walk anyone. In the series finale’, Chargers’ pitchers Erice Moore and Cason Rich combined for a one-hitter. Moore fanned seven in four innings of work. Meanwhile, the offene flourished with eight different Chargers producing at least one hit. Kops homered twice and drove in three runs. Zayd Brannigan and David Smith also hit home runs. Conner Todaro finished with two hits and two RBIs. Mitchell Walker (2 RBIs), Caden Smith (double), Olson, and Parker Poteet added one hit apiece. Georgia Highlands (14-0) hosts Point University Monday and will play a three-game series with Wabash Valley College at LakePoint Friday and Saturday before traveling to Wallace State-Hanceville next Sunday.

The brackets are set for the 2021-22 GHSA State Basketball Tournaments and Bartow County will be represented by three teams. The Cass girls (23-5) are a No. 2-seed in Class 5A and will host St. Pius X (18-10) Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in the first round. The Adairsville boys (16-11) are also a No. 2-seed in Class 3A and will have a home game — likely Wednesday — against Hart County (19-8). Playing date and times were not finalized at the time of this story’s release. The Cartersville boys (12-12) are a No. 3-seed in Class 5A and will play at Lithonia (20-8). The day and time for that matchup has also not been set. CLASS 5A GIRLS STATE TOURNAMENT BRACKET CLASS 5A BOYS STATE TOURNAMENT BRACKET CLASS 3A BOYS STATE TOURNAMENT BRACKET

The LaFayette Ramblers have had an exceptional season. They cruised through the regular season with a 23-0 record and entered the Region 6-AAA Tournament this past week as the No. 1-seed and ranked No. 7 in Class AAA. Meanwhile, the Adairsville Tigers have experienced a more up-and-down season but have enjoyed a pair of dramatic post season wins over Murray County and Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe. In the two regular season meetings, LaFayette won by 13 and by 10 over the Tigers. That set up Saturday night’s region championship game at LaFayette before a packed house where Adairsville started slowly but in the end stood toe-to-toe with the Ramblers before falling by a single point, 58-57. Adairsville held a brief 5-4 lead in the early going before LaFayette built a 22-9 by the end of the opening period. Adairsville, who never led again, narrowed the margin to five points (32-27) by the intermission. Both teams posted 16 points in the third period and went to the final eight minutes with LaFayette leading 48-43. Aidan Hadaway paced the Ramblers with 25 points. Junior Barber followed with 15. Jordan Kennerly scored eight and Jaylon Ramsey had seven for LaFayette. T.J. Printup, Jr. led Adairsville with a game-high 27 points. Tre Mitchell followed with 15 for the Tigers. Tre Winters and Hayden Poarch scored six points. Jordan Carson added three. LaFayette (25-0) advances to the GHSA Class AAA State Tournament as a 1-seed and will host Oconee County next week in the first round. Adairsville (16-11) will also host a first round game. The Tigers will entertain Hart County — likely on Wednesday.

The Adairsville Tigers split a home doubleheader with Darlington Saturday winning the opener 5-0 before dropping the second game, 3-1. In Game 1, Adairsville scored three runs in the third inning and added single runs in the fourth and fifth innings during the shutout. P.J. Weeks had two hits for Adairsville and drove in a run. Six other Tigers finished with one hit each including Evan Sanders (double, RBI), Brenden Carroll (double, RBI), Jack Whitley, Tyler Driggers, Braden Powell, and Dawson Craig. Sanders (5 IP, 0R, 1H, 3BB, 3K) and Carroll (2 IP, 0R, 0H, 2BB, 1K) combined on the mound for the shutout. In Game 2, Darlington’s single run in the first and two more in the second inning were enough for pitcher Logan Floyd. Floyd tossed a complete-game, four-hitter with just one walk. He struck out 13 in the Darlington victory helping his team improve to 2-2 for the season. Weeks had two hits for Adairsville. Tyler Driggers (RBI) and Hayden Blalock finished with one hit apiece. Adairsville (1-1) travels to Trion Tuesday for a 5:30 p.m. start. The Tigers will host Coosa Thursday (5 p.m.) and a doubleheader vs. Armuchee Saturday starting at 12 noon.

The Cass Colonels were swept in a doubleheader Saturday at Paulding County, 7-2 and 8-7. In the opener, the Colonels only two runs came in the top of the first inning on Carson Hill’s two-run home run. Cayden Roberts had the only other Cass hit in the contest. Josh Price tossed a complete-game, two-hitter and struck out nine for the Patriots. Adam Cottingim (2 IP, 3R, 2ER, 3H, 1BB) suffered the first game pitching loss for Cass. Connor Jenkins (1.1 IP, 2ER, 1H, 4BB, 1K) and Roberts (2.2 IP, 2ER, 1H, 0BB, 1K) also pitched for the Colonels in relief. In the second game, Cass was down 6-0 through four innings before scoring seven runs in the next two frames to tie the score 7-7. Aiden Larkin smacked a two-run home run in the sixth to knot the score. Paulding County won in walk-off fashion, however, in the bottom of the seventh. The Patriots utilized a walk and a double that set up the winning run which scored on an infield error for an 8-7 victory. Hayden Cole (1 IP, 1R, 0ER, 1H, 1BB, 1K) was tagged with the tough luck pitching loss for the Colonels despite not allowing an earned run. Carson Hill (4 IP, 6ER, 9H, 0BB, 2K) started on the mound with Devan Hutchinson (1 IP, 1ER, 4H) working in middle relief. Cass compiled 13 hits in the second game loss. Wesley Collins had three hits including one double. Larkin had a double in addition to his homer with three RBIs. Andrew Middleton finished with two hits including a double and two RBIs. Hill, Roberts, and Jenkins (double) added one hit each. Jesiel Moctezuma had two RBIs. Jack Shipp had three hits and three RBIs to pace the Patriots offense. Chris Carson picked up the pitching win in relief for Paulding County (3-2). Cass (0-3) plays at Kell Tuesday at 5:55 p.m. before hosting Armuchee Thursday (5:30 p.m.) and Heritage-Rockdale Friday (5:55 p.m.).

The Canes’ offense posted ten runs in the first three innings Saturday en route to a 13-4 non-region victory at Sprayberry in Marietta. Cartersville led 10-1 until the Yellow Jackets put up three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to make the score 10-4. The Hurricanes added three more runs in the top of the seventh to seal the win. On the mound, Caden Carroll scattered two hits and two walks over the first three innings to earn the pitching win. He allowed one earned run and fanned seven. Collin Eaton (1 IP, 0R, 0BB, 1K), Geoffrey Gore (2 IP, 0R, 0H, 1BB, 3K), and Phillip Schiltz (1 IP, 3ER, 4H, 1BB, 2K) also spent time on the bump for the Hurricanes. Elliott Eastin had two hits including a triple and two RBIs for the Cartersville offense. Drew Rothschild delivered a double and three RBIs. Curt Bonner, Landon Cole (RBI), Jacob Ray, Hank Smith (RBI), Caleb Daniel (RBI), and Trip Bradley contributed one hit each. Jake Brasfield added one RBI. Pedro Luciano had three hits including a two run home run for the Sprayberry offense. The loss dropped the Yellow Jackets to 0-3 on the season. Cartersville (2-0) starts a four-game home stand Tuesday hosting Etowah at 5:30 p.m. The Canes then entertain Decatur Wednesday (5:30 p.m.), Forsyth Central Saturday (1 p.m.) and Ringgold Wednesday, March 9.

Georgia Highlands pounded out 13 hits and scored at least one run in five of six offensive frames in a 12-2 win Friday over USC Salkehatchie at LakePoint. David Smith had three hits including a pair of home runs and six RBIs to lead the Chargers’ offense. Conner Todaro (triple, RBI), Ben Olson (RBI), and Caden Smith each had two hits. Nate Shipley hit a two-run homer. Zayd Brannigan doubled home a run with Parker Poteet and Austin Slate adding one hit apiece. Gage Vailes (6 IP, 2R, 1ER, 5H, 0BB, 2K) earned the pitching victory with a six inning start. Zack Valentine (1 IP, 0R, 1H) closed out the final frame. Georgia Highlands (12-0) hosts a doubleheader with USC-Salkehatchie Saturday starting at 1 p.m. The Chargers also have wins this season over Emmanuel College JV (2), Chattanooga State CC (3), Point University (2), Lincoln Trail College (3), and Cleveland State CC.