The local high school football region standings and results for the week ending September 8. REGION 6-AAA Last Week's Scores Adairsville 41, Coahulla Creek 10 LFO 42, Murray Co. 15 North Murray 14, Ringgold 7 Calhoun 38, Sonoraville 0 Friday’s games: Adairsville at Haralson Co.; Murray Co. at Coahulla Creek; Ringgold at LFO; Calhoun at North Murray REGION 5-AAAA Last Week's Scores Cartersville 70, McNair 0 Ridgeland 23, Sandy Creek 21 Bremen 13, Cedartown 9 LaGrange 8, Hampton 6 Chapel Hill 49, Starr’s Mill 19 Friday’s games: Cherokee at Cartersville; Sandy Creek at Starr’s Mill, SE Whitfield at Cedartown; Callaway vs. Troup (Callaway Stadium); Chapel Hill at Whitewater; Central-Carroll at Heard Co. REGION 7-AAAAA Last Week's Scores Carrollton 52, Villa Rica 3 Woodland 17, Cass 7 Rome 35, Kell 6 Hiram 21, Paulding Co. 17 Friday’s games: Carrollton at Rome; Cass at Villa Rica; Paulding Co. at Woodland; Kell at East Paulding

Cartersville volleyball won three matches without dropping a set to win the 2018 Bartow County Championship Tournament Saturday at Cass High School. With their title, Cartersville has now won 12 straight Bartow County Tournament championships. The Lady Canes defeated the host Lady Colonels in the championship match, 25-8, 25-20, and 25-10 to take the title. Nedu Evans had 14 kills, four aces, and nine digs in the finals for Cartersville. Grace Hunter made 35 assists and had nine aces. Anna Grace Brock totaled six kills and four aces, while Anna Mathis contributed 15 digs and three aces. “It was a good team effort in the finals,” said Cartersville coach Dutch Cothran. “Grace Hunter got us started with some great serving and she set well all day. Halle Matthews played well in the middle today and we had several players step up in Bekah Stevens’ absence today.” Stevens missed Saturday’s tournaent to take the ACT. In earlier action, the Lady Canes had two other wins. Cartersville defeated Adairsville 25-20, 25-7 and topped Cass 25-16 and 25-18. Evans had 18 kills against Adairsville and 14 against Cass in the first match. She also totaled five aces and 14 digs in those two matches. Hunter had 64 assists in the preliminary matches to go with a dozen assists. Brock contributed 13 kills, seven aces, and nine digs prior to the finals while Mathis had 24 digs in the first two matches. The Lady Canes (11-11) host Chapel Hill and Troup Tuesday at 5 p.m. at the Storm Center. Troup and Cartersville are both unbeaten in region actoin. Cass defeated Woodland twice in preliminary rounds. The Lady Colonels won the first meeting 27-25, 25-18 and needed three sets in the second match. Cass won the second match 25-22, 20-25, 25-19. Cass plays at LaFayette Tuesday in non-region action. Adairsville will host Haralson County. Woodland joins Carrollton for two region matches at Hiram.

The Cartersville boys ran fifth and Woodland was sixth Saturday at the 27-team Class 4A-5A Carrollton Orthopedic Invitational at Carrollton High School. Cass also competed in the event placing 24th. Pace Academy won the division 58 points ahead of second place Carrollton. McIntosh placed third and Union Grove was fourth. Dominic Macias won the boys 4A-5A race on the state championship course in 17:12. Bill Archer led Cartersville with an 11th place individual finish in 18:09. He was followed by fellow Hurricanes Alex Rios (18th, 18:37), Parker Breedlove (34th, 19:19), Jacob Busek (43rd, 19:35), and Colin McCann (46th, 19:37). Woodland was led by John Shropshire who ran 21st in 18:48. Other scoring runners for the Wildcats included Dylan Stermer (24th, 18:59), Kennedy Stinson (26th, 19:07), John Forsyth (27th, 19:12), and Kobe Cochran (35th, 19:19). Prem Patel (70th, 20:14) was the top runner for Cass. Bryce Kresho (109th, 21:25), Logan Van Stinj (147th, 23:18), Craigory Chatman (160th, 24:14), and Brenden Hickman (177th, 27:45) had scoring runs for the Colonels. The Woodland girls’ lineup did not include its normal top runners, but the Lady Cats still placed seventh in the 21-team Class 4A-5A Carrollton Orthopedic Invitational Saturday on the state championship course at Carrollton High School. Cartersville finished eighth. McIntosh won the girls’ race with five runners in the top six. McIntosh was followed by Union Grove, Pace Academy, Columbus, Starrs Mill, and East Paulding. Megan Uszynski of McIntosh won the individual race at 20:07. Rylee Evans led Woodland with a seventh place finish in 20:48. She was followed by Erica Boatner (23rd, 23:10), Marlee Bowles (30th, 23:42), Avery Hull (35th, 24:28), and Rayevan Freeman (82nd, 26:43). Cartersville got scoring runs from Alex Machado (25th, 23:16), Trista Kelly (52nd, 25:04), Vanna Beach (54th, 25:09), Alice Terry (60th, 25:23), and Jaxiry Betancourt (63rd, 25:45). Cass did not field enough runners for a team score, but had Olivia Flynn finish 79th in 26:33. Next for Woodland is the Warpath Invitational next Saturday at Boling Park in Canton. Cartersville will host the Wire2Wire Invitational at Dellinger Park next Saturday.

Woodland improved to 3-0 and won its second straight over Cass Friday night at the Colonels’ Doug Cochran Stadium, 17-7. The intra-county battle was the Region 7-AAAAA opener for both teams. Titus Jones scored the game’s first touchdown on a one-yard plunge with 3:55 left in the first quarter. The play capped off a 66-yard drive that took eight plays and came on the heels of a blocked Cass field goal attempt. It was the first of three times in the game the Wildcats' would thwart the Colonels deep in Woodland territory -- twice in the red zone. Cass had driven deep into Woodland territory and was in position for a 24-yard field goal attempt that was blocked prior to the Wildcats’ drive. Down 7-0, Cass drove 74 yards in 10 plays to knot the score 7-7 in the opening minute of the second quarter. Colonels’ quarterback Rett Moore punched in a two-yard run with 11:03 remaining in the half and Kaleb Speights added the Cass PAT. The game remained tied until late in the third quarter when Woodland took advantage of a Cass turnover. Demarcus Williams (photo) found the end zone on a two-yard run to culminate a 10-play, 39-yard touchdown drive that gave Woodland a 14-7 lead after the second PAT of the night by Ronny Ramirez. Williams finished the night with 71 rushing yards. Ramirez converted a fourth quarter, 34-yard field goal for the game’s final points. The kick gave the Wildcats a 17-7 lead with 7:01 remaining and finished off a nine-play drive that covered 41 yards. Photo courtesy TC Pics Photography Justice Carter added 100 yards rushing on 20 carries for Woodland. Thomas Gilliam led the Cass rushing attack with 85 yards. The second straight loss dropped Cass to 1-2 overall and 0-1 in Region 7-AAAAA. Woodland (3-0, 1-0) hosts Paulding County next Friday. ADAIRSVILLE TAKES HOMECOMING VICTORY The Adairsville Tigers won their 2018 Homecoming game and Region 6-AAA opener Friday night over Coahulla Creek, 41-10. The game started approximately 30 minutes late due to a weather system moving through the area and the visiting Colts actually took an early lead. Coahulla Creek drove 44 yards on 16 plays, but settled for a field goal and a short-lived 3-0 lead. Adairsville’s Savaun Henderson returned the ensuing kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown and a Tigers’ 7-3 lead. Adairsville added to their lead in the opening minute of the second quarter. Mason Boswell scored the touchdown on a two yard run for a 14-3 Tigers’ lead. Adairsville scored again in the final minute of the half to grab a 22-3 lead at halftime. Courtney Slocum scored on a 13-yard touchdown run and Nic Jackson ran in a two-point conversion. In the third quarter, Michael King caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from Cade Bate for the Colts’ only touchdown and narrowed the margin to 22-10, but Boswell answered 17 seconds later with an 80-yard touchdown run that put the Tigers up 28-10 after a missed PAT. Photo by Randy Parker, The Daily Tribune News Later in the third period, Derrick Simmons (photo) scored on a 34-yard touchdown run and Malachi Gardner found the end zone on a 37-yard pick six to provide the final two Adairsville scores and a 41-10 final. The loss keeps Coahulla Creek winless through the Colts’ first three games. Adairsville (2-1, 1-0) travels to Haralson County next Friday night. CANES' TD SHUTOUT STREAK CONTINUES WITH BLANKING OF McNAIR Cartersville continued a dominant start to the 2018 season Friday night with a 70-0 blanking of visiting McNair at Weinman Stadium. The win was a third straight game for the Cartersville defense without allowing a touchdown and the Canes’ offense has averaged 53 points in those wins. The only points scored against Cartersville this season was a second half field goal by Luella. The Hurricanes scored on seven of their first eight possessions in the game and led 35-0 at halftime. Marcus Gary had short touchdown runs of six and four yards in the first half. Quarterback Tee Webb added touchdown passes to Marquail Coaxum and Trendan Horton, and Coaxum also had a 20-yard interception return for a score for five first half touchdowns. In the third quarter, Webb added three more touchdown tosses to finish his night with five scoring strikes and 339 yards. He was 16 of 25 passing with second half TD passes to Devonte Ross, Jackson Lowe, and Marko Dudley. Webb (photo) has 11 touchdown passes in the last two games. Cartersville backup quarterback Evan Slocum had a four-yard touchdown run at the end of the third quarter and Quante Jennings punched in a one-yard scoring run as the Canes reached their 70-0 final score. McNair, who had wins over Towers and Redan to start the season, slipped to 2-1 on the year. Cartersville (3-0) will host Class AAAAAAA Cherokee next Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Woodland pitcher Madi Bentley tossed a four-inning, two-hitter Thursday night as the Lady Cats shutout visiting Paulding County, 12-0. Bentley walked four and struck out five while earning the win in the circle. Woodland scored two runs in both the first and second innings to take a 4-0 lead before ending the game in the bottom of the fourth with an eight run outburst that included six hits, a walk, and a Patriots’ error. Woodland accumulated thirteen hits in just four offensive frames. Morgan Cooper (double, RBI), Skylar Chappell (double, 2 RBI), Hannah Miller (RBI), and Bella Carnes (triple, RBI) all had two hits apiece for the Lady Cats. Jordan Duck had a hit and three RBI. Morgan Bailey contributed a hit and two RBI. Kendyl Hardin doubled and Caroline Higdon added one hit. Kendall Cantrell had both Paulding County hits. The Patriots slipped to 3-12 overall and 1-8 in region play. Woodland (13-5, 7-2), won its sixth-straight and has now won 11 of 12. The Lady Cats play at East Paulding Monday at 5:55 p.m. and host Region 7-AAAAA leader Carrollton on Tuesday. CENTRAL-CARROLL 7, CARTERSVILLE 2 Visiting Central-Carroll took a 4-0 lead early and kept Cartersville off the scoreboard until the sixth inning in a 7-2 Region 5-AAAA win Thursday evening. S Sharp tossed a complete-game four-hitter for the Lions. She struck out five and walked only one. AnnaKate McElhaney (7 IP, 7R, 4ER, 7H, 5BB) went the distance in the circle, but suffered the pitching loss for Cartersville. F Bennett had two hits and one RBI for the Lions. Taylor Stevens hit a fifth inning solo home run and finished with two RBI. Lauren McElhaney finished with a pair of hits for the Lady Canes including a double and one RBI. AnnaKate McElhaney contributed one RBI with a hit. Cio Seigler had the other Cartersville base hit. Central improved to 13-3 overall and 7-1 in region action. Cartersville (7-9, 3-5) is off until next Thursday at 5:55 p.m. for another region tilt at Sandy Creek. SONORAVILLE 2, ADAIRSVILLE 0 Adairsville and Sonoraville battled in a scoreless tie through five innings Thursday evening before the home-standing Phoenix posted the game’s only two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning for a 2-0 Region 6-AAA win. Kristen Davis (7 IP, 0R, 2H, 0BB, 9K) was a complete-game pitching winner for Sonoraville. She also drove in two runs and had one of the two Phoenix hits. Adairsville’s Victoria O’Neal (6 IP, 2R, 0ER, 2H, 0BB, 8K) was saddled with the loss despite tossing her own two-hitter with no earned runs and eight strikeouts. Sadye Johnson and Alexa Varner had the Adairsville base hits. Sonoraville (12-2, 9-1) remains in first place in Region 6-AAA. Adairsville (3-16, 1-9) plays at Northwest Whitfield in a non-region game Saturday at 5 p.m. and returns to region action Monday at Coahulla Creek at 5:30 p.m. CARROLLTON 8, CASS 0 Olivia Fannin tossed a no-hitter and Carrollton scored six times in the bottom of the third inning Thursday evening on their way to an 8-0 blanking of visiting Cass. Fannin walked two and struck out eight in her five inning performance. Scout Jennings and Fannin combined for four hits and three RBI to lead the Carrollton attack. One of Jennings’ hits was a home run. The Trojans remained undefeated in Region 7-AAAAA at 8-0 and improved to 11-1 overall. Cass (2-12, 2-6) entertains Villa Rica Monday at 5:55 p.m. and travels to Rome on Tuesday.

Woodland volleyball edged Sprayberry 25-21, 25-22, but fell to Cherokee 25-12, 25-14 Thursday night at home in non-region matches. In the win over Sprayberry, Macey Vaughn finished with nine assists, eight digs, and a pair of aces. Caroline Gore added five kills, eight digs, and a service ace. Sydney Molinaro totaled five kills, six blocks, two digs, and one ace. Gore had two kills and three digs in the loss to Cherokee. Molinaro added five blocks for Woodland. “We played hard all night,” offered Woodland head coach David Condon. “ We just didn’t execute as well as I would have liked.” Woodland squares off with host Cass Saturday morning at the Bartow County Championship Tournament. CARTERSVILLE LOSES NON-REGION ROAD MATCHES Cartersville volleyball dropped a pair of non-region matches Thursday evening at North Paulding, losing to North Cobb Christian and the host Wolfpack in straight sets. North Cobb Christian took a very close battle 25-22 and 25-18. North Paulding downed Cartersville 25-18 and 25-12. Against North Cobb Christian, Nedu Evans finished with 14 kills, eight digs, and two aces. Grace Hunter contributed 23 assists and three aces. Anna Mathis and Anna Grace Brock had 14 and 12 digs, respectively. Bekah Stevens was credited with six kills. “We played well and battled hard through most of the first set,” said Cartersville head coach Dutch Cothran. “It was close until their little run at the end. They are a talented team and we just never really got it going in the second set.” In the loss to North Paulding, Evans totaled nine kills and four digs. Hunter had 16 assists. Stevens totaled four kills and two aces and Mathis contributed 11 digs. “We lacked some focus and energy in the first set (vs. North Paulding),” added Cothran. “It was a rough night, but we were able to get some players some valuable experience.” Cartersville (8-11) opens the Bartow County Championship Tournament against Adairsville Saturday morning at 9 a.m. The tournament is being hosted by Cass.

Woodland softball cruised to a 10-1 victory Wednesday night in a Region 7-AAAAA matchup at Hiram. The Lady Cats rolled up five runs in the top of the first inning to take charge and controlled the contest throughout. Woodland added a single run in the second inning, three more in the third, and another run in the fifth inning to take a 10-0 lead. Taylor Austin accounted for the only Hiram run with a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth. Sarah Baynard (5 IP, 1ER, 5H, 0BB, 4K) tossed a complete-game for the Lady Cats’ to earn the pitching victory. Bella Carnes paced Woodland with three hits including a triple and one RBI. Kendyl Hardin (photo) stroked a pair of home runs and had four RBI. Caroline Higdon homered and doubled with two RBI. Morgan Bailey contributed two hits. Ansley Evans (2 RBI), Morgan Cooper (double, RBI), and Jordan Duck had the other Wildcats’ hits. Hiram slipped to 6-4 overall and 3-4 in region play. Woodland (11-5, 5-2) maintains third place in the Region 7-AAAAA standings and returns to the diamond Thursday to host Paulding County at 5:55 p.m. Photo by Randy Parker, The Daily Tribune News EAST PAULDING PULLS AWAY LATE TO DEFEAT CASS Cass softball stood toe-to-toe on the road with one of the Region 7-AAAAA leaders Wednesday night, but came up short at East Paulding, 11-7. The Lady Colonels took a 3-2 lead in the top of the third and — after falling behind again — tied the Raiders in the top of the fifth inning, 6-6. Unfortunately for Cass, East Paulding pulled away down the stretch with five runs in their final two frames for a four-run region victory. Both offenses had productive nights. East Paulding out hit Cass 17-11. Lexi Matthews had a four hit game to pace the Raiders. Kylie Manning added three hits, while four more East Paulding hitters had two hits apiece. Kaitlin Walden (4 IP, 4ER, 7H, 3BB, 5K) was the winning pitcher for East Paulding in relief of Maggie O’Kelley (3 IP, 3ER, 4H, 3BB, 5K). Rachael Lee (5 IP, 10R, 9ER, 14H, 1BB, 2K) was tagged with the pitching loss for Cass. Kylee Hembree (1 IP, 1ER, 3H) worked an inning in relief. Kelly Young had three hits for the Lady Colonels. Jaden Musacchio had two hits including a double and three RBI. Hembree added two hits including a double and one RBI. Maggie Collum (double), Haley Owens, and Lee had the other Cass base hits. East Paulding improved to 7-1 in region play and 13-5 overall. Cass (2-10, 2-5) plays at region-leading Carrollton Thursday at 5:55 p.m.

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Sam Howard, who wrapped up the Triple-A regular season with Albuquerque Monday, was recalled to the MLB Colorado Rockies Tuesday according to Kyle Newman of The Denver Post. Howard, a fifth-year pro, will join the Rockies’ roster for the third time this season. He made his major league debut June 10 at Coors Field with one scoreless inning against Arizona. The Cartersville southpaw, compiled a 5.06 ERA, 1.46 WHIP, and 80:34 strikeout-to-walk ration across 96 innings at the Triple-A level. Howard will add some depth to the Colorado bullpen in the final month of the regular season.

Cartersville volleyball won a pair of region matches Tuesday night, defeating Central-Carroll and host Cedartown in straight sets. The Lady Canes defeated Central-Carroll 25-18 and 25-14 to open the evening before sweeping Cedartown 25-20 and 25-8. Nedu Evans had 38 kills, six aces, and 11 digs in the four sets. Grace Hunter contributed 59 assists and seven aces. Rebekah Stevens had 11 kills and seven aces. Anna Mathis totaled 15 digs, and Anna Grace Brock had eight digs against Central. “We started a little flat, but it was to be expected coming off a lengthy break,” said Cartersville coach Dutch Cothran. “We caught a little momentum and controlled the ball better in the second set against Central. Cedartown had a rowdy crowd and our girls responded well to the hostile environment. Nedu (Evans) took control at the net and Bekah (Stevens) took over behind the service line and we were able to finish them off.” Cartersville (8-9, 2-0) travels to North Paulding for non-region matches against the hosts and North Cobb Christian. WOODLAND SPLITS REGION MATCHES Opening region play at Villa Rica Tuesday, the Lady Cats defeated Paulding County but lost to host Villa Rica. Woodland beat Paulding County 25-16 and 25-13. The loss to Villa Rica was 30-28 and 25-12. Macy Vaughn had 13 assists, two kills, two digs, and an ace in the victory over Paulding. She had 10 assists and seven digs in the loss to Villa Rica. Caroline Gore contributed ten kills, six digs, and an ace in the two matches. Noelle Dickey finished the night with seven kills, six digs, and four aces. Emmaline Payne had three kills, seven digs, and an ace against Paulding County and Sydney Molinaro contributed a pair of kills and three blocks in the Villa Rica match. “I felt like we lost focus in the second set against Villa Rica,” said Woodland head coach David Condon. “We simply didn’t handle the pressure of a tight match with a good opponent as well as we can.” Woodland (9-9, 1-1) will host Cherokee and Sprayberry Thursday in non-region matches starting at 5 p.m. CASS DROPS REGION OPENERS Cass volleyball started the region schedule 0-2 Tuesday night with straight set losses to East Paulding and Kell. The Lady Colonels (2-9, 0-2) fell 25-10 and 25-17 to East Paulding before losing to Kell 25-22 and 25-14. Cass will host the Bartow County Championship Tournament Saturday with action slated to begin at 9 a.m. ADAIRSVILLE VOLLEYBALL FALLS IN NON-AREA MATCHES The Lady Tigers remained winless on the season, but continue to make positive strides and improvement according to head coach Kaylie Vaughn Martin. Tuesday evening, Adairsville lost 25-10 and 25-17 to Coosa and 25-13, 25-21 to LaFayette in a pair of non-area matches. The Tigers travel to Sonoraville Thursday to play the host Phoenix and Fannin County.

Cartersville softball lost to a hot-hitting Cedartown team on the road Tuesday night in a Region 5-AAAA tilt. The Lady Canes scored all three of their runs in the first two innings and held a 3-2 lead going to the bottom of the second, but the Lady Bulldogs took the lead for good in the bottom of the frame. Cedartown scored two runs in each of the first three innings, added another run in the fourth, and three more in the sixth in their seven-run victory. Madi Reynolds scattered eight hits and did not walk a batter in collecting the complete-game pitching victory for Cedartown. She recorded one strikeout. Colbi Ballard (6 IP, 10R, 9ER, 11H, 5BB, 7K) took the pitching loss for Cartersville. Tamera Beeman, Alexas Poole, and Madison Wigley combined for seven hits and six RBI for the Bulldogs. Poole hit a solo home run in the fourth inning. AnnaKate McElhaney and Cio Seigler had two hits each for Cartersville. Lauren McElhaney had a hit and two RBI. Presley Edwards and Emery Jenkins added the other Lady Canes’ hits. Cedartown improved to 5-6 on the season and 3-4 in region play. Cartersville (7-8, 3-4) hosts Central-Carroll in another region game Thursday at 5:30 p.m.

The 2018 local youth football season got underway this past Saturday with a pair of Bartow County teams playing their opener at the Old Cass High School (BCCA campus) on Grassdale Road. The two local teams are participating in the Northwest Georgia Youth Football League (NGYFL) against other teams throughout the northwest Georgia region. Bartow County 9U defeated Boynton 40-0, but the Bartow County 12U NGYFL team fell to Summerville, 14-6. BARTOW COUNTY 9U 40, BOYNTON 0 Jakez Baldwin led the way offensively for Bartow with 156 yards passing and two touchdown passes. Baldwin also finished with 25 yards on the ground and a rushing touchdown. Jovani Bautista-Jackson totaled 155 yards rushing and two touchdowns. Nasier Bennett had 90 yards receiving with a touchdown catch and Lance Tippett Jr. added a 55 yard touchdown reception. The Bartow 9U defense was led by Maddox Raughton with a sack and six tackles. William Thomas and Jorain Bailey totaled five tackles each. Deion Winters and Kaiden Kent added four tackles apiece and Chris McClendon had three. Bartow 9U will play Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe this Saturday at 4:30 p.m. Ringgold High School. SUMMERVILLE 14, BARTOW COUNTY 12U 6 Bartow County led 6-0 at the intermission, but Summerville posted a pair of second half touchdowns to win both teams’ season opening game, 14-6. Jamarion Pullum finished with 65 yards rushing and 45 yards receiving to pace the Bartow offensive attack. Xavier Darby threw for 85 yards with a 40-yard touchdown connection with Pullum. Caleb Cooley added 65 yards rushing and Kelson Mitchell had 21 yards rushing for the locals. The Bartow 12U defense was led by Ethan Moser with seven tackles. Zach Wallace, Gavin Johnson, and Ethan Brown each had five stops. Bartow County will look to bounce back Saturday night at 6 p.m. when they play at Ringgold. Youth football reports are provided to Bartow Sports Zone by the Cartersville Parks and Recreation Department and the Bartow County Recreation Department. Game capsules and results are sponsored on Bartow Sports Zone by McWhorter Capital Partners.