Adairsville boys basketball coach Alex Disbrow and Woodland boys basketball coach Jacob Selman are hosting youth boys basketball camps June 3-6 at their respective schools. Woodland also has a second week June 24-27 available. Camp information and contact information available on the flyer attachments below:

Cartersville High School won Region 5-AAAA and placed eighth overall in Class AAAA in the 2018-19 Georgia Athletic Directors Association Directors’ Cup standings to lead all the local schools in Bartow County. The GADA Directors Cup, in existence since the 1999-2000 school year, recognizes athletic departments in all GHSA classifications who have excelled and show superior performance. Twenty-five GHSA sports are counted in the standings with each school’s eight highest scoring sports counting toward the final standings. Schools receive points for each of their athletic teams reaching the state playoffs. State champions earn 100 points with a runner-up assigned 90 points, semifinalists 83 points, etc. through 32nd place. The overall award combines genders of the highest scoring sports with separate awards for each gender. Coed sports are categorized based on majority number of participants. Cartersville finished the year with 957 GADA Cup points, a state championship in cheerleading, and earned points in a total of fifteen sports. St. Pius X won the Class AAAA overall Cup title with 1,272 points. The Golden Lions athletic department collected state titles in six sports, including boys swimming, boys track, boys cross country, boys golf, girls volleyball, and girls soccer. St. Pius X also won the male standings in Class 4A with the Marist girls’ program winning that gender title. Cartersville was sixth (558 points) in the male rankings and eleventh in the female sports (399 points) with 54 schools in the 4A classification. In addition to the 100 points earned by the Purple Hurricanes for their cheerleading state title, Cartersville picked up points for football (90), volleyball (83), girls tennis (83), boys cross country (72), baseball (70), wrestling (70), boys basketball (70), boys tennis (53), boys soccer (53), girls cross country (48), girls track and field (40), girls soccer (25), and girls swimming (25). Among Region 5-AAAA schools, Cartersville led the way followed by LaGrange (534 points), Sandy Creek (534), and Chapel Hill (526). In male sports, Sandy Creek was second with LaGrange third. The Chapel Hill female program was runner-up in the region followed by LaGrange. Woodland finished 25th overall of 56 schools in Class AAAAA with 489 points and two state championships. The Wildcats won a wrestling state championship and the girls cross country title. The Lady Cats scored 349 of Woodland’s points (cross country 100 points, track and field 60, golf 57, coed cheer 54, softball 53, tennis 25 for a 13th place finish among female sports. Woodland’s male sports were 41st in the classification. The boys cross country team earned 40 points to go with the 100 for wrestling. Cass was 43rd in Class 5A with 226 total points. Lady Colonels’ sports picked up 116 points (63 cheer, 53 basketball) for a 38th place finish. The Colonels added 110 points (72 wrestling, 38 track and field). Starr’s Mill High School won the 2019 Directors Cup in Class AAAAA by edging Buford. McIntosh placed third with Carrollton and Riverwood rounding out the top five in the classification. Buford won the male sports title and Starr’s Mill won the female ranking. Carrollton finished first overall and in both genders in Region 7-AAAAA. The Woodland girls were runner-up among female sports with Rome second in male sports. Kell was the third place school overall and in both genders. Cass was fifth in boys sports with the girls placing seventh. In Class AAA, Adairsville finished 31st of 57 schools with 357 points. The Lady Tigers earned 278 points in female sports (cheer 72 points, golf 60, swim 51, track 45, soccer 25, volleyball 25) to finish 17th statewide. Adairsville collected 79 points in male sports (wrestling 54, tennis 25) and was 50th in the classification. Westminster made it a clean sweep in Class AAA. The Wildcats won the overall, male sports, and female sports titles in the classification and won eight state championships including girls and boys swimming, girls and boys cross country, girls and boys soccer, boys lacrosse, and boys golf. Calhoun won the Region 6-AAA Cup title followed by Coahulla Creek and Sonoraville. Ringgold was fourth and Adairsville fifth, but the Lady Tigers’ teams were second in the region in female sports. The Adairsville male sports placed eighth. Other classifications (top 3): Class A Overall Wesleyan Commerce Gordon Lee Class A Male Wesleyan Commerce Athens Academy Class A Female Wesleyan Mt. Paran Christian Gordon Lee Class AA Overall Bremen Rockmart Jeff Davis Class AA Male Bremen Rockmart Vidalia Class AA Female Bleckley County Bremen Jeff Davis Class AAAAAA Overall Cambridge Harrison Pope Class AAAAAA Male Harrison Pope Cambridge Class AAAAAA Female Cambridge Harrison Creekview Class AAAAAAA Overall Walton Lambert North Gwinnett Class AAAAAAA Male Hillgrove Walton Brookwood Class AAAAAAA Female Walton Lambert North Gwinnett

Cartersville High School sophomore golfer, Buck Brumlow, was named to the 2019 Georgia High School Golf Coaches Association All-State Team earlier this week. The University of Georgia commit was low medalist in several tournaments this season, had a second consecutive top five finish in the GHSA Class AAAA State Tournament, and led the Hurricanes to a fourth place team finish.

Kingston native Spencer Fields concluded his collegiate career with a final 10,000 meter run performance at the NCAA Division III National Championships and former Cartersville High School baseball standouts Elliott Anderson and Devin Warner will join their Auburn Tigers in the Atlanta Regional of the 2019 NCAA Baseball Tournament to highlight this week's edition of the 'Athletes Beyond Bartow' update. Photos (L-R): Fields, Anderson, Warner TRACK AND FIELD TERRY BERDIN — Reinhardt University (Fr., Cartersville HS)… along with his 4x100-meter relay teammates placed ninth in prelims at the NAIA track and field outdoor championships on Thursday in Gulf Shores, Alabama. That finish left them out of the top-eight positions which qualified for the finals. The Eagles’ 4x100-meter team did, however, set a new school record with a 41.35 finish. SPENCER FIELDS — Rhodes College (Sr., Kingston, GA, Darlington HS)… capped his senior campaign with a 13th place finish in the 10K race Thursday at the NCAA D-III National Championships in Geneva, Ohio. His time was 31:26.45. Fields completed his career with the Lynx as the school record-holder in the 10K, 5K, and 3K. COLLEGE BASEBALL ELLIOTT ANDERSON — Auburn University (Jr., LHP, Cartersville HS)… started last Tuesday’s game against Tennessee in the Southeastern Conference Tournament. The southpaw went four innings in a no-decision, allowing two earned runs on three hits and four walks. He fanned six. Anderson left the game with his team up 2-1 and the Tigers went on to top the Vols 5-3. Auburn (33-25) was selected for an at-large berth in this week’s NCAA Division I Tournament and will be a No. 2 seed in the Atlanta Regional at Georgia Tech. The Tigers and top-seeded Yellow Jackets will be joined by 3-seed Coastal Carolina and No. 4 seeded Florida A&M. The double-elimination regional begins Friday. CLIFTON DEMPSEY — Toccoa Falls College (Jr., Inf., Cartersville HS)… went 4-for-14 as his team went 2-2 at the National Christian College Athletic Association National Championship Tournament in Easley, South Carolina last Wednesday through Friday. He also had a walk and scored three runs. His best game in the tournament was a 3-for-4 performance including a double in a 6-4 win over Hiawassee College. The Screaming Eagles finished the 2019 season with a 26-25 mark. MASON ROBINSON — Louisiana Tech (R-Sr., OF, Woodland HS)… hit safely in both of the Bulldogs’ Conference USA Tournament games last week and was 3-for-7 with a double, one RBI, and two runs scored. Louisiana Tech lost both games, however, falling to Marshall and Rice to end the Bulldogs’ season and Robinson’s career. He finished his senior season with a .287 batting average that included three home runs and 24 RBI. Robinson hit .275 across his final two seasons with nine home runs and 60 RBI. DEVIN WARNER — Auburn University (Fr., Inf., Cartersville HS)… made one start and appeared in two of the Tigers’ three games last week at the Southeastern Conference Tournament. He flied out to center field in a seventh inning, pinch hitting appearance during an 11-1 loss Wednesday to 2nd-ranked Vanderbilt. Warner was then 1-for-3 Thursday in a start in right field. The Tigers were eliminated in the tournament by LSU 4-3. Auburn (33-25) was selected for an at-large berth in this week’s NCAA Tournament and will be a No. 2 seed in the Atlanta Regional at Georgia Tech. The Tigers and top-seeded Yellow Jackets will be joined by 3-seed Coastal Carolina and No. 4 seeded Florida A&M. The double-elimination regional begins Friday. PRO BASEBALL SAM HOWARD — Albuquerque Isotopes (6th yr. pro; LHP; Triple-A Pacific Coast League; Colorado Rockies’ organization; Georgia Southern; Cartersville HS)… entered to retire the final two outs of the sixth inning and faced four batters in the seventh last Tuesday in a 9-2 loss at Las Vegas. Howard was charged with four earned runs on four hits and a pair of walks. Sunday night, he entered in the sixth inning with two outs and retired three of the five batters he faced working into the seventh. He allowed one earned run on one hit and one walk and struck out one in an eventual 16-8 home loss to Sacramento. In a Memorial Day home loss to Sacramento, Howard retired the final out in the ninth inning and allowed a hit in the two batters he faced. Howard has appeared in 18 games this season — all in relief — with a 6.04 ERA and 30 strikeouts. Albuquerque (24-28) is currently in third place in the PCL’s Pacific Southern Division and trails first place El Paso by 8 and 1/2 games. CONNOR JUSTUS — Mobile BayBears (4th yr. pro; SS; Double-A Southern League; L.A. Angels organization; Georgia Tech; Cartersville HS)… in a five-game home series with Biloxi last week Justus was 2-for-16 with a walk, a stolen base, one RBI, and two runs scored. In 42 games this season, he has a .215 batting average with one home run and eight RBI. Defensively, he has made 25 starts at shortstop, eight at second base, and seven at third base and carries a .951 fielding percentage in 144 total chances. Justus has been part of 19 of the BayBears’ double plays. Mobile (19-30) is currently tied for fourth place in the five-team Southern League South Division. The BayBears trail division-leading Pensacola by 10 and 1/2 games.

The Cartersville Little League 8U all-stars and 9U all-stars won their respective Georgia Little League District 1 championships this weekend. The Rookie League (8U) team swept a best-of-three series with Rockmart Little League to take that title. Cartersville won the opener Saturday 16-0 and took the second game 14-8 on Sunday. The Sandlot League (9U) team swept Bartow County Little League in their best-of-three series. Cartersville won the first game of the series 7-3 and completed the sweep Saturday, 20-3, in Game 2. Both teams will advance to Georgia Little League Sectional Tournaments. Photos courtesy Cartersville Little League Baseball. Click on image to enlarge. Cartersville Little League Rookie Division Team: Blake Forstie, Will Groce, Bowen Hardy, Parker Huth, Noah Leffew, Cade McFarland, Cash Meadows, Christopher Parker, Walker Phillips, Colt Priest, Kolston Privett, Price Startup, and Easton Stephens. Manager: Drew Startup. Assistant Coaches: Chris Huth and T.J. Leffew. Cartersville Little League Sandlot Division Team: Mason Davis, Ramsey Dunn, Drake Bailey, John Brady Nichols, Avery Slye, River Wade, Dawson Ray, Asher Phillips, Brant Rutledge, Brody Jones, Braden Slocumb, Blake Genrich. Manager: Nick Wade. Assistants: Sam Bailey, Clint Rutledge. Little League results are provided to Bartow Sports Zone by Bartow County Little League and Cartersville 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 Play It Again Sports and CiCi's - Beyond Pizza, both located in the Cartersville Main Street - Cherokee Place Shopping Center.

Former Cartersville High School placekicker, Jonathan Cruz, is one of eight members of the 2019 Charlotte 49ers football squad named to the Athlon Sports all-Conference USA team. At the end of last season, Cruz was a second team all-C-USA selection and a member of the 2018 all-Freshman team. He set school records for field goals made from 40-plus yards and 50 or more yards. He also added a 56-yard field goal against Florida Atlantic that was the longest in Conference USA and the second-longest in the FBS last season. Cruz is joined on the all-C-USA First Team pre-season by four teammates including running back Benny LeMay, offensive lineman Cameron Clark, defensive end Alex Highsmith, and safety Ben DeLuca. Linebacker Jeff Gemmell was selected to the Second Team while wide receiver Victor Tucker and defensive end Tyrig Harris were Third Team selections. The 49ers open the 2019 season at home August 29 against Gardner-Webb. Charlotte was 5-7 last season and 4-4 in Conference USA. For more, visit — https://charlotte49ers.com/news/2019/5/23/football-eight-niners-on-athlons-preseason-all-c-usa-teams.aspx

The Region 7-AAAAA coaches have released their selections for the 2019 All-Region Tennis Team. Woodland High School's Bryce VanOrder was named to the All-Region First Team, while Emily Surcey of Cass High School and Connor Gunnell of Woodland were named All-Region Second Team. Photos (L-R): VanOrder, Gunnell, and Surcey. Photos by Randy Parker, The Daily Tribune News. GIRLS ALL REGION FIRST TEAM Caitlan Arant, Carrollton Nicole Able, Kell Emily Dearing, Kell Nixon/Arant, Carrollton Rapplean/Katsoudas, Kell SECOND TEAM Emily Surcey, Cass Goss/Johnson, Kell BOYS ALL REGION FIRST TEAM Aidan Coleman, Carrollton M.J. Lambert, Kell Bryce VanOder Woodland Kamishlian/Rakestraw, Carrollton Brown/Hawkins, Carrollton SECOND TEAM Connor Gunnell, Woodland Jack Murphy, Kell Aring/Gates, Kell

A pair of Cartersville Little League baseball teams completed undefeated seasons Tuesday night to capture 2019 CLL regular season and city playoff titles in separate age divisions. The Major League Tigers wrapped up a perfect 21-0 season by edging the Dodgers in the league’s championship game while the Minor League A’s outlasted the White Sox 8-6 to finish the year with a 17-0 mark. ​​​​ MAJOR LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TIGERS 4, DODGERS 2 TIGERS: Bodie Brumlow double, two RBI; Noah Pogue double; Casen Cochran, Cam Williams, and Logan Woody one hit each. Brayden Channell (5 IP, 2R, 0ER, 4H, 3BB, 6K); Brumlow (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 2K). DODGERS: Peyton Bowen two hits, two RBI; Talan Nix triple; Carter Rice one hit. Landen Heath (3.2 IP, 3ER, 4H, 6BB, 6K); Rice (1.1 IP, 1R, 0ER, 1H). (L-R top): Major League champion Tigers, Major League runner-up Dodgers (L-R bottom): Minor League champion A's, Minor League runner-up White Sox (click on image to enlarge) ​​ Little League results are provided to Bartow Sports Zone by Bartow County Little League and Cartersville 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 Play It Again Sports and CiCi's - Beyond Pizza, both located in the Cartersville Main Street - Cherokee Place Shopping Center.

The Cartersville High School boys golf team shot a second round, team total 301 Tuesday to finish fourth at the GHSA Class AAAA State Championship Tournament at Country Club of Columbus. The Hurricanes, who shot 297 in Monday’s opening round, moved up one position in the final round. Cartersville was tied for fifth prior to the final eighteen holes on the par-71 CCC course. First round leader, St. Pius X, held off North Oconee to win the state title. Columbus was third with Richmond Academy and Woodward Academy finishing in a tie for fifth. Sophomore and UGA commit Buck Brumlow paced Cartersville with a 1-over-par 143 total (70-73) and tied for fifth individually in the championship. Camden Meadows (79-74) and Carson Harris (78-75) followed with 11-over-par 153 totals and tied for 25th individualy. Jake Lawson contributed to the Canes’ best four scores Monday with a 75, but slipped to a non-counting 82 on Tuesday and tied for 42nd. Dalton Henson stepped up with a 74 Tuesday after firing an 81 on Monday for a 39th place tie. Blane Davis shot 87-80 for the Canes to tie for 68th in the 97-player field. Jonathan Parker of Columbus High School won the individual title with a 4-under-par 138 (66-72). Carter Loflin (65-74) of St. Pius X was the individual runner-up at 3-under-par 139. Aren Patel (72-68) of Woodward Academy was the only other player under par at 2-under-par 140. Cole Kirkland of Northside-Columbus and Matthew Larkin of Marist tied with Brumlow for fifth at 1-over-par 143. LADY CATS PLACE 11TH The Woodland High School girls golf team improved its second round score by a dozen shots Tuesday and finished eleventh at the GHSA Class AAAAA State Championship Tournament at Sunset Hills Country Club in Carrollton. In Tuesday’s final round, Elizabeth Nycum and Erin Evans both shot 104 on the par-72 course. Emily Nycum contributed the team’s third counting score with a 110. The team’s fourth member, Kaylee Jones, shot 123. Starr’s Mill won the state championship by 30 shots over Veterans with McIntosh a distant third place. Starr’s Mill shot 482, +56, Veterans came in at +86, 512, and McIntosh was third at +132, 558. South Effingham (566) and Carrollton (567) rounded out the top five. Mailey Buzzell of Veterans won the individual state title with an 8-over-par 150 total (74-76). She defeated Liza Eubanks of Starr’s Mill by three shots and Ashleigh Mead of Union Grove by five. Eubanks shot 75-78—153 and Mead fired a 77-78—155 total in the 36-hole event. ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS AT AAA STATE TOURNEY The Adairsville High School girls team was tied for tenth heading into Tuesday’s final round of the GHSA Class AAA State Championship Tournament at the Arrowhead Pointe Golf Course at Lake Richard B. Russell in Elberton. Adairsville, who shot 331 in Monday's opening round, slipped to 350 Tuesday to finish in 12th place. Cortni Jacobs had the low score for the Lady Tigers Tuesday with a 106 after firing a 93 on Monday. She tied for 22nd overall in the classification. Maycee Gwinn shot 112 Tuesday to go with her 111 round on Monday for a tie for 36th and Lindsey Angland finished with a 132 Tuesday after an opening round 127 to place 46th overall. Pierce County (500) fought off North Hall (503) to win the team title by three shots. Rutland (563), Hart County (570), and Morgan County (591) rounded out the Class AAA top five. Tori Owens of Murray County, who has signed with Kennesaw State, was medalist with a 36-hole tournament 145 (72-73). Mikayla Dubnik (77-75) of North Hall and Pierce County’s Sloan Lanier (76-76) tied for second.

The Cartersville Little League Major division city playoffs are down to the finals with the Tigers squaring off against the Dodgers Tuesday night in the championship game of the 2019 season at Rudy York Field. The Tigers (20-0) are undefeated in the double-elimination playoff tournament and have not lost this season. They need only one more win to take the regular season and tournament title. The Dodgers (15-6) have one loss in the tournament and need two wins over the Tigers to take the playoff championship. If a second championship game is necessary, it will be played Wednesday at Rudy York Field. The Cartersville Little League Minor division playoffs have also reached the league championship round with the top two teams from the regular season squaring off for the title. The A's (16-0) and White Sox (13-6) play a championship game Tuesday night at 5:45 p.m. on Rudy York Field. If a second championship game is needed, it is scheduled for Wednesday. CARTERSVILLE LITTLE LEAGUE MAJOR City Playoffs (double-elimination) Playoff capsules for May 17 and 20 PHILLIES 7, INDIANS 3 PHILLIES (13-8): Ben Caswekk three hits, two RBI; Brodie McWhorter three hits; Nolan Elrod two hits including a triple, one RBI; Nic Wright and Griffin Woodall one hit, one RBI each; Asa Mitcham, Joshua McWhorter, Declan Asay, Matthew Cook, and Cash Priest one hit each. Woodall (3 IP, 3R, 1ER, 6H, 2BB, 1K); Brodie McWhorter (3 IP, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 8K). INDIANS (14-7): Maddox Frazier three hits including one double; Jake Johnson one hit, one RBI; Blake Lutjens, Caiden Moore, and Andrew Lutjens one hit each. Johnson (1 IP, 3ER, 4H, 3BB, 2K); Owen Dunn (3.1 IP, 4ER, 10H, 0BB, 2K); Logan Shrewsbury (0.2 IP, 0R, 1H, 1K). TIGERS 25, DODGERS 7 TIGERS (20-0): Cameron Cochran five hits including two home runs, eight RBI; Casen Cochran two hits, three RBI; Logan Woody, Cam Williams, and Dixon Lindsey two hits, one RBI each; Brayden Channell and Zachary Stiles one hit, two RBI each; Bodie Brumlow one hit, one RBI; Logan Woody and Matthew Morris one hit each. Brumlow (2.2 IP, 7R, 2ER, 6H, 1BB, 3K); Cameron Cochran (1.1 IP, 0R, 0H, 1BB, 1K). DODGERS (14-6): Peyton Bowen two hits including one home run, three RBI; Landen Heath home run, two RBI; Carter Rice, Will Feuerbach, and William Nelson one hit each; Talan Nix two RBI. Nix (3.1 IP, 11R, 10ER, 8H, 4BB); Isaiah Martin (0.0 IP, 5ER, 2H, 3BB); Nelson (0.0 IP, 4ER, 2H, 2BB); Rice (0.2 IP, 5R, 0ER, 6H). DODGERS 4, PHILLIES 2 DODGERS (15-6): Peyton Bowen two hits including one double; Will Feuerbach triple, one RBI; Talan Nix one hit; Ben Norwood one RBI. Bowen (6 IP, 2ER, 11H, 0BB, 11K). PHILLIES (13-9): Harris Turner three hits including one double; Brodie McWhorter two hits including one double, one RBI; Griffin Woodall two hits including one double; Nolan Elrod one hit, one RBI; Nic Wright, Ben Caswell, and Joshua McWhorter one hit each. Wright (1 IP, 4R, 2ER, 3H, 2K); Woodall (0.1 IP, 0R, 0H, 2BB, 1K); Brodie McWhorter (3.2 IP, 0R, 1H, 6BB, 10K). Little League results are provided to Bartow Sports Zone by Bartow County Little League and Cartersville 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 Play It Again Sports and CiCi's - Beyond Pizza, both located in the Cartersville Main Street - Cherokee Place Shopping Center.

The Cartersville boys golf team shot an opening round 13-over-par 297 Monday at Country Club of Columbus to stand in fifth place halfway through the 2019 GHSA Class AAAA State Championship Tournament. St. Pius X leads the tournament after 18 holes of the 36-hole event with an even par 284. The Golden Lions lead second place North Oconee (290) by six shots and Columbus (292) by eight shots heading into Tuesday’s final round. Marist is in fourth place, one shot ahead of Cartersville. University of Georgia commit, Buck Brumlow, paced the Hurricanes with a 1-under-par opening round 70. He is tied for fifth individually with North Oconee’s Luke Koenig. Carter Loflin of St. Pius X leads the field after an opening round 65 (-6). He is followed by Jonathan Parker (66, -5) of Columbus, Matthew Larkin (68, -3) of Marist, and Cole Kirkland (69, -2) of Northside-Columbus. Camden Meadows (74, +3), Jake Lawson (75, +4), and Carson Harris (78, +7) had the other counting scores for Cartersville in Monday’s first round. Dalton Henson and Blane Davis fired 81 and 87, respectively. LADY CATS 11TH AFTER OPENING ROUND The Woodland girls golf team is in eleventh place in the Class AAAAA Championship Tournament at Sunset Hills Country Club in Carrollton after the Lady Cats shot an opening round 330. Heading into Tuesday’s final round, Starr’s Mill leads by seven shots over second place Veterans. Starr’s Mill fired a 248 team score. Veterans opened with a 255. Union Grove (274) is in third place and Carrollton (288) is fourth with South Effingham (289) only one shot behind in fifth place. Veterans’ Mailey Buzzell leads the individual race with an opening round 74. Liza Eubanks of Starr’s Mill fired a first round 75. Erin Evans had the low round for Woodland with a 108. Elizabeth Nycum shot 109 and Emily Nycum shot 113 for Woodland to round out the Lady Cats’ three counting scores. Kaylee Jones shot 128. LADY TIGERS COMPETE AT AAA STATE TOURNEY The Adairsville girls golf team is participating in the Class AAA State Championship Tournament at Arrowhead Pointe Golf Course at Lake Richard B. Russell State Park in Elberton. Cortni Jacobs had the low round for the Lady Tigers Monday with a 93. She was followed by teammates Maycee Gwinn with a 111 and Lindsey Angland at 127 for a team score total of 331. All three Adairsville players are juniors. The 93 by Jacobs was good for 16th place individually heading into Tuesday's final round. With Tuesday's round to go, the Lady Tigers are tied for tenth place with Dawson County — 12 strokes behind ninth-place Calhoun.

Kingston’s Spencer Fields prepares to compete in the NCAA D-III Outdoor National Track & Field Championships this week as the college baseball season at all levels reaches the post season. TRACK & FIELD TERRY BERDIN -- Reinhardt University (Fr., Cartersville HS)... Berdin and his 4x100-meter relay teammates were officially announced as national qualifiers for the 68th annual NAIA men's outdoor track and field national championships in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The 4x100 trials will take place at 3 p.m. Thursday with the finals scheduled for 2:50 p.m. Saturday. SPENCER FIELDS — Rhodes College (Sr., Kingston, GA; Darlington HS)… officially listed as a participant and is seeded ninth of 20 runners in the 10,000 meter run at the 2019 NCAA D-III Outdoor National Track & Field Championships Thursday through Saturday at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. Fields' seeded time in the event is 30:12.48. TREVOR KNOWLES — Albion College (So., Woodland HS)… concluded his 2019 season by placing third in the long jump (22’-01.50”) and fifth in the triple jump (42’-00.00”) last Thursday at the 2019 Great Lakes Final Qualifying Meet in Delaware, Ohio. Knowles became one of nine Britons to land all-Great Lakes region status fro the USTFCCCA. He earned the distinction by placing in the top-5 in the long jump for the entirety of the season. His leap of 22 feet, 9.25 inches from the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship earlier this month placed him fifth overall in the region. COLLEGE BASEBALL ELLIOTT ANDERSON — Auburn University (Jr., LHP, Cartersville HS)… made his second start of the year Thursday night at 20th-ranked LSU and went 3 and 2/3 innings in an eventual 7-1 loss. Anderson (5-2) gave up five runs (four earned) on eight hits with one strikeout and no walks. For the season, he has a 4.13 ERA in 52.1 innings pitched and 24 appearances. Anderson has recorded 53 strikeouts and contributed to a pair of shutouts. The Tigers (32-23, 14-16 SEC) avoided a sweep at LSU with an extra innings 5-4 win Saturday. Auburn opens the SEC Championship Tournament Tuesday afternoon as the 8-seed against 9-seed Tennessee in the single-elimination opening round. The winner moves into the double-elimination portion of the tournament against nationally 2nd-ranked Vanderbilt on Wednesday. The Tigers are currently projected as a 2-seed by D1baseball.com for one of the NCAA Tournament’s 16 regionals. BAILEY CAMPBELL — Young Harris College (So., 1B/DH, Cass HS)… made a pinch hitting appearance and grounded out in the Mountain Lions elimination game 7-5 loss to 11th ranked Catawba College Saturday at the NCAA D-II South Regional #2 in Newberry, South Carolina. Campbell, hampered by an early-season injury after a hot start, finished the 2019 season with a .309/.441/.469 slash line (BA/OBP/SLG) in 21 starts and 29 appearances as the Mountain Lions enjoyed an historic season. YHC finished the year 36-21 with a Peach Belt Conference tournament title, the school’s first-ever NCAA regional appearance, and matched the program’s record for total wins in a season. MASON ROBINSON — Louisiana Tech (R-Sr., OF, Woodland HS)… went only 1-for-11 in three road games last week as the Bulldogs lost at 5th-ranked Mississippi State, but won two of three Conference USA games at Florida International. Robinson has a .282 batting average for the year with 23 RBI, 5 doubles, 2 triples, and 3 home runs. Louisiana Tech (34-22, 17-13) opens the C-USA Championship Tournament Wednesday at MGM Park in Biloxi, Mississippi as the league’s 3-seed. The Bulldogs will square off against 6-seeded Marshall in a 9 a.m. start at the eight-team, double-elimination tournament that continues through Sunday. TRISTIN SMITH — Young Harris College (Sr., Inf., Adairsville HS)… made a ninth inning, pinch hitting appearance last Thursday in the Mountain Lions’ opening round loss to 11th-ranked Catawba College at the NCAA D-II South Regional #2 in Newberry, South Carolina. Smith struck out, but finished his senior campaign with a .294 batting average in 41 appearances and 34 games started. He had 37 hits in 126 at-bats with 7 doubles and a pair of home runs resulting in 19 RBI. He also finished with a .955 fielding percentage in 157 total chances and was part of 22 double plays for the Mountain Lions’ defense. Young Harris (36-21) picked up an NCAA tournament win over 9th-ranked Newberry College on Friday, but was eliminated by Catawba College Saturday to end its historic 2019 season. YHC won the Peach Belt Conference tournament title, made the school’s first-ever NCAA regional appearance, and matched the program’s record for total wins in a season. TYLER WASHINGTON — Young Harris College (Sr., OF, Adairsville HS)… hit safely in all three of the Mountain Lions’ NCAA D-II South Regional #2 games in Newberry, South Carolina. He finished the tournament 3-for-11 with a walk and a run scored. Young Harris defeated 9th-ranked Newberry College Friday, but had losses to 11th-ranked Catawba College Thursday and Saturday to end their 2019 season with a 36-21 record. Washington finished the year with an active nine-game hitting streak and hit safely in 13 of his last 15 games. He concluded the season with a .340 batting average that included 50 hits in 147 at-bats and 38 starts. Washington had 22 RBI, 13 doubles, and a pair of home runs. His four-year career slash line was .311/.404/.439 with 142 hits and 68 RBI. He also wrapped up his college career with a .987 fielding percentage in 230 total chances. Young Harris won the school’s first-ever Peach Belt Conference Tournament title, made its first-ever NCAA regional appearance, and matched the school record for total wins in a season. PRO BASEBALL SAM HOWARD — Albuquerque Isotopes (6th yr. pro; Triple-A Pacific Coast League; Colorado Rockies’ organization; Georgia Southern University; Cartersville HS)… made relief appearances Thursday and Saturday as the ‘Topes hosted division-leading El Paso. Thursday he entered in the sixth inning and faced the minimum with one strikeout as Albuquerque won 10-2. He then worked the eighth and ninth innings Saturday yielding no runs on one hit and one walk in a 12-2 victory. Howard fanned three of the eight batters he faced. For the season, he has now made 15 appearances — all in relief — and has a 1-0 record with three holds in just over 23 innings. He has 29 strikeouts. Albuquerque (23-21) remains in third place in the PCL’s Pacific Southern Division. The Isotopes trail El Paso by 5 and 1/2 games and Las Vegas by a single game. CONNOR JUSTUS — Mobile BayBears (4th yr. pro; SS; Double-A Southern League; L.A. Angels’ organization; Georgia Tech; Cartersville HS)… went 5-for-23 last week including two doubles with a pair of walks and three RBI in seven games. The BayBears dropped four games at home to the Jackson Generals but then won three of four at Pensacola to go 3-5 for the week. Through 37 games, Justus has a .226 batting average with one home run and seven RBI. Defensively, he has a .953 fielding percentage in 127 total chances at shortstop, second base, and third base. Mobile (18-25) is in fourth place in the Southern League’s South Division. The BayBears trail first place Pensacola by 8 and 1/2 games.