The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes will meet the Spalding Jaguars starting with a 4 p.m. doubleheader Wednesday in the Class AAAA state baseball playoffs at Richard Bell Field in Cartersville. Use the link below to find out more and listen to Spalding head coach Seth Harris comment on the upcoming series: https://www.bartowsportszone.com/seth-harris-conversation PHOTO courtesy Jason Greenberg, The Daily Tribune News

For the second time in two years a team had to come from the losers’ bracket to capture the GCAA softball tournament. This year the South Georgia State College Lady Hawks are the 2018 GCAA/Region 17 champions and are going to the NJCAA national championship tournament. The Hawks defeated 3rd-seeded Georgia Highlands 13-4 in a tournament that went all the way to the championship "IF" game to determine the champion at Stars Field in Cassville. The 2nd-seeded Hawks took the hard road through the Region 17 double-elimination tournament. SGSC had to play five games and won four consecutive games after losing the opening round game to the Lady Chargers. South Georgia State defeated GHC twice Sunday to win the tournament. Georgia Highlands and SGSC both had tournament wins over GCAA top-seed Georgia Military to eliminate the Bulldogs. Next stop for the Hawks (33-16) is St. George, Utah, for the NJCAA national tournament May 17. The Chargers season ends with a 35-24 season mark. Source: GCAA

After not qualifying for the GCAA playoffs, it was the final game of the 2018 season for the Georgia Highlands Chargers. It was a game, however, in which the Chargers’ bats exploded for 20 hits and 15 runs and a 15-5 eight inning, run-rule victory over Andrew College at LakePoint in Emerson. Andrew actually led early. The Tigers took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning off GHC starter Drew Wilson. The Chargers responded with three runs in the bottom of the first and three more in the third to take a 6-3 lead they would not relinquish. The visitors narrowed the lead to 6-4 in the fourth, but the Chargers scored nine runs over the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings for the eighth inning walk-off, mercy-rule win. Every hitter in the Chargers’ lineup had at least one base hit. Skylar McPhee finished 4-for-5 with a double and three RBI to lead the offense. Austin Foster had three hits included a pair of doubles and four RBI. Parker Orr had three hits with a double and three RBI, and Jaree Pledger had a double among his three hits. Willis Kemp had two hits including a triple and one RBI. Bryson Horne also added two hits. Zach Miller, Nick Piccapietra (double, RBI), and Miguel Urbina had one hit each for Georgia Highlands. Collin Chambers homered for Andrew. Brent Todys and Dahlton Cash both contributed two hits. Wilson (4 IP, 4R, 3ER, 6H, 1BB, 1K) picked up the pitching win. Tyler Sellers (3 IP, 1ER, 1H, 3BB, 2K) and Matt Norton (1 IP, 1H, 1BB) worked in relief. Andrew finished the 2018 season with a 21-34 overall record and 8-22 in the GCAA. The Chargers finished fifth in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association with a 12-18 conference mark. GHC was 29-23 overall a season after winning the conference title.

Cartersville sent thirteen men to the plate Friday night and scored ten runs in the top of the fourth inning to break open a one-run game and then cruised to a 12-2 win over Marist in the rubber game of their three-game second round Class 4A state playoff series. The Hurricanes won Game 1 on Thursday 11-1 but Marist forced a deciding game with a 4-3 win in Thursday’s nightcap of the opening day doubleheader. The Canes’ fourth inning barrage was highlighted by a grand slam by catcher Anthony Seigler that made the score 7-1 and a three-run home run by Jake Gooch ran the lead to 10-1. Seigler, who went 5-for-10 with three walks and 10 RBI in the series, hit his second home run of the game (the switch-hitter hit one from each side of the plate) and his third of the three-game series in the top of the sixth inning for an 11-2 Canes’ lead. LaDarius Winburn added a fourth Canes’ homer of the game in the top of the seventh in a pinch-hitting role. Cohen Wilbanks (1.2 IP, 1R, 0ER, 1BB, 1K), who took the mound in the second inning in relief of starter Levi Ayers, picked up the win as the benefactor of the Hurricanes’ big inning. Ayers allowed one earned run on four hits and a walk. He fanned one. Gage Morris closed out the pitching duties for Cartersville without allowing a run. He completed the final three and two-thirds innings yielding only one hit. He struck out one. Jordan Wilkie had two hits including a double and two RBI. Mason Barnett had two hits including a double. Josh Davis added the other Cartersville base hit. Marist starter Chase Abshier pitched into the fourth inning and suffered the loss. Abshier kept the Hurricanes off-balance through the first three innings and at times looked dominant, but the fourth inning was another story. The War Eagles used two other pitchers - Matt Pezolt and Gus Pharis - to get through the explosive fourth and Dean Colton moved from first base to the mound to close out the final three frames. Colton finished with three hits including a double after going hitless in the first two games of the series. Abshier doubled and scored twice in Game 3, while Patrick Comerford drove in a pair of runs with one hit for the War Eagles. Marist, who was the defending state champion in Class 4A, had its season end with a 15-18 record. Cartersville improves to 27-8 and will host Spalding in the quarterfinals starting with a doubleheader next Wednesday.

With lots of rain and game cancelations in recent weeks, the Bartow County Little League and Cartersville Little League baseball (Major League) have returned to action and have been busy. We have the game capsules for Cartersville LL games played April 20-May 1 and for BCLL games played April 18-May 1. CARTERSVILLE LITTLE LEAGUE (Major) Friday, April 20 COLTS 9, BRAVES 2 Colts: Turner Abernathy three hits including one double, two RBI; Grant Knight two hits including one triple, one RBI; Davis Wilkey and James Manning two hits each; Trevor Harris and Tungsten Tibbetts one hit, one RBI each; Coller Jordan and Travers Groves one hit each. Knight (5 IP, 2R, 0ER, 3H, 4BB, 11K). Braves: Braylon Hill one hit, one RBI; Kamdyn Woods and Caleb Daniel one hit each each. PADRES 7, CRACKERS 4 Padres: Will Camp two hits, one RBI; Collin Genrich one double, three RBI; Geoffrey Gore one double, one RBI; Eli Jones and JP Gooch one hit, one RBI each; Gabe Cox and Lee Camp one hit each. Six pitchers, Logan Buchanan, Lee Camp, Genrich, Bryson Chatman, Gooch, and Eli Jones combined to allow two earned runs on three hits and struck out ten. Crackers: Boston Pittman one hit, one RBI; Easton Elrod and Jaiven Johnson one hit apiece; Ben Turcotte one RBI. Adam Cornwell (4 IP, 7ER, 8H, 5BB, 4K); Cohen Payne (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 1BB). DODGERS 5, PHILLIES 1 Dodgers: Ayden Ray two hits including one HR, two RBI; Justin Peace two hits including a double; Landon Heath two hits; Brelace Williams one double, one RBI; Peyton Bowen one hit, one RBI; Peyton Emery one hit. Isaiah M (5.2 IP, 1ER, 9H, 1BB, 2K); Peace (0.1 IP, 0R, 0H, 1K). Phillies: Sawyer Wilson two hits, one RBI; Brodie McWhorter two hits including a triple; Harris Turner two hits; Jacob McDaniel one double; Nick Wright and Brock Slocumb one hit each. Wilson (4 IP, 4ER, 6H, 4BB, 6K); McDaniel (1 IP, 1ER, 3H, 1BB, 1K). Tuesday, May 1 BRAVES 11, PADRES 6 Braves: Miles Owen three hits including two doubles, three RBI; Caleb Daniel two doubles, three RBI; Charlie Crum two hits, one RBI; Davis Waddell one hit, one RBI; Thomas Peters one hit. Peters (3.2 IP, 6R, 3ER, 6H, 4BB, 2K); Owen (0.1 IP, 1H, 1K); Sydney Seigler (2 IP, 1BB, 2K). Padres: Julian Cline two hits, one RBI; Lee Camp one double; Geoffrey Genrich one hit, one RBI; Eli O’Dell and Bryson Chatman one hit each. Logan Buchanan (2 IP, 2ER, 4H, 1BB, 2K); Genrich (1 IP, 1ER, 1H, 4BB, 3K); Cline (1 IP, 2ER, 3H, 1K); Eli O (1 IP); Eli Jones (1 IP, 4ER, 1H, 3BB, 2K). DODGERS 12, TIGERS 9 Dodgers: Ayden Ray three hits including two homers, five RBI; Isaiah Martin and Landon Heath two hits, one RBI each; Brelace Williams one hit, one RBI; Peyton Bowen double; Justin Peace and Peyton Emery one hit apiece. Ray (1.1 IP, 1R, 0ER, 1H, 2BB, 4K); Peace (2.1 IP, 0ER, 1H, 1BB, 4K); Martin (2 IP, 8R, 5ER, 8H, 3BB, 1K); Noah Herring (0.1 IP); Bowen (2 IP, 5K). Tigers: Connor Brasfield two hits including one double, one RBI; Trenton Payne and Casen Cochran two hits, one RBI; Kam Williams, Cameron Cochran, and Logan Woody one hit, one RBI; Matthew Morris one hit. Payne (1.2 IP, 4ER, 5H, 1BB, 2K); Brayden Channell (1.1 IP, 1R, 0ER, 1H, 2K); Brasfield (3 IP, 3ER, 4H, 2BB, 8K); Cameron Cochran (1 IP, 2ER, 1H, 1K); Williams (0.0 IP, 1ER, 1H). PHILLIES 4, INDIANS 3 Phillies: Harris Turner two hits including one double, two RBI; Brodie McWhorter two hits, one RBI; Jacob McDaniel and Bear McWhorter one hit each. Brodie McWhorter (3.2 IP, 3R, 2ER, 4H, 3BB, 7K); Sawyer Wilson (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 1BB, 2K). Indians: Andrew Lutjens and Gavin Shrewsberry one hit, one RBI each; Maddox Frazier and Cooper Adams one hit apiece. Frazier (2.2 IP, 2R, 1ER, 5H, 3BB, 7K); Dawson Bishop (2 IP, 2ER, 1H, 3BB, 1K); Logan Shrewsberry (0.1 IP, 1BB). CARTERSVILLE LL STANDINGS Indians . . . . . . . . . 13-2 Braves . . . . . . . . . 11 -4 Dodgers . . . . . . . . 9-6 Tigers . . . . . . . . . . 8-7 Colts . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10 Crackers . . . . . . . . 5-10 Phillies . . . . . . . . . . 5-10 Padres . . . . . . . . . . 4-11 BARTOW COUNTY LITTLE LEAGUE (major) Wednesday, April 18 A’s 8, TIGERS 1 A’s: Landon O’Neal one double, two RBI; Andrew Foster one hit, one RBI; Ben Abernathy one triple; Hayden Blalock one hit; Robert Mitchell one RBI. Tigers: Jaxson Curry one run. METS 9, CARDINALS 8 Mets: Thomas Simmons two hits including one triple, three RBI; Drew Davey one double, two RBI; Christopher Burns one double; Carter Collum two RBI; David Kelley and Jacob McKinnies one RBI each. Cards: Connor Jenkins two hits, four RBI; Luke Hollis and Bryce Lawrence one hit each; Sahaj Patel, Ethan Eagle, Will Hall, and Benjamin Bowman one RBI each. Thursday, April 19 RANGERS 7, CUBS 5 Rangers: Harrison Cole two doubles, one RBI; Jarrett Scott one double, one RBI; Righley Worthington one double, one RBI; Kaiden Pirkle one hit. Cubs: Joshua Bishop one hit, one RBI; Jonathan Torrence, DJ Brookshire, and Ethan Lowery one hit each. BRAVES 11, METS 1 Braves: Joshua McBroom one home run, two RBI; Dylan Moulton one hit, two RBI; Mason Williams two hits, one RBI; Caleb Freeman one triple; Israel Contreras, Brayden Vickery one hit. Mets: Thomas Simmons two hits including a double. ORIOLES 8, TWINS 3 Orioles: Luke Evans two hits, one RBI; Cameron Adams two hits; Kamarion Profit and Bryant Cullifer one hit, one RBI each; Joshua Love and David Jinks one hit each. Twins: Cadyn Wade two hits, one RBI; Jackson Nelson one double, one RBI; Lane McDonald and William Warnock one hit each. CARDINALS 5, TIGERS 2 Cards: Reece Alexander two hits; River Durocher one double, three RBI. Tigers: Joshua Churchwell one home run, two RBI; Ethan Leonard and Hadyn Hawkins one hit each. Friday, April 20 TIGERS 15, METS 7 Tigers: Zachary Hawkins two hits, three RBI; Hadyn Hawkins one hit, two RBI; Carson Gray, Isaac Nation, Joshua Churchwell, Ethan Leonard, and Matthew Cook one RBI each. Mets: Christopher Burns one home run, three RBI; Joseph McGrew one triple, one RBI; Drew Davey one hit, one RBI; Thomas Simmons one triple; Carter Collum one hit. ORIOLES 3, A’s 2 Orioles: Brayden Davis (RBI) and Joshua Love (2 RBI) one double each; Cameron Adams, Talen Nix one hit each. A’s: Robert Mitchell two hits, one RBI; Hayden Blalock, Ben Abernathy, and Thomas Wells one hit each. Monday, April 23 CUBS 5, TIGERS 2 Cubs: DJ Brookshire one double; Joshua Bishop one hit; Gareth Kincannon one hit; Andrew Stiles one RBI. Tigers: Carson Gray one hit, one RBI; Zachary Hawkins one RBI. ORIOLES 4, GIANTS 1 Orioles: Luke Evans one double, one RBI; David Jinks and Kamarion Profit one hit, one RBI each; Camden Haloszka one hit. Giants: Dakota Richards one triple, one RBI; Jake Clowers, Hudson Parr, Hayden Reeder, and Rylan Brigman one hit each. Tuesday, April 24 A’s 7, RANGERS 2 A’s: Robert Mitchell two hits including one triple, three RBI; Landon O’Neal two hits including one double, two RBI; Andrew Foster two hits including one double; Hayden Blalock, Dawson Craig, and Thomas Wells one hit each; Montana Minor one RBI. Rangers: Fischer Arnold one double, one RBI; Aiden Ritchie and Daniel Stevenson one hit each. TWINS 12, BRAVES 10 Twins: Cadyn Wade two hits including one home run, two RBI; Jackson Nelson two hits including one double, two RBI; Camden Singleton two hits, one RBI. Reece Heaton one triple, two RBI; William Warnock, Isaiah Ford, and Joshua Hicks one hit each. Braves: Joshua McBroom three hits including one double, two RBI; Wesley Collum two hits including one double, two RBI; Mason Williams two doubles; Brayden Vickery two hits, one RBI; Israel Contreras one hit, one RBI. Thursday, April 26 A’s 12, CARDINALS 5 A’s: Dawson Craig three hits, one RBI; Ben Abernathy home run, two RBI; Landon O’Neal two hits, three RBI; Robert Mitchell two hits, one RBI; Hayden Blalock two hits including one double; Riley Belcher one triple, three RBI. Cardinals: Reece Alexander home run, three RBI; Luke Hollis one hit. RANGERS 7, TIGERS 1 Rangers: Aiden Ritchie one double, three RBI; Fischer Arnold one triple, one RBI; Harrison Cole one double; Righley Worthington one hit, one RBI. Tigers: Matthew Cook one hit. Monday, April 30 RANGERS 11, CARDINALS 0 Rangers: Fischer Arnold one double, three RBI; Aiden Ritchie one double, two RBI; Daniel Stevenson one hit, two RBI; Brayden Shiflett one triple, one RBI; Malachi Linley one hit; Jarrett Scott three RBI. Cardinals: No hits. A’s 8, ORIOLES 2 A’s: Hayden Blalock two hits including one double, one RBI; Robert Mitchell two hits, one RBI; Jett Johnson one home run, three RBI; Landon O’Neal one triple, one RBI; Dawson Craig one hit, one RBI. Orioles: David Jinks and Christopher Romo one double each; Cameron Adams, Talen Nix, and Kamarion Profit one hit apiece. BRAVES 4, GIANTS 4 (tie) Braves: Mason Wilson triple, one RBI; Wesley Collum one hit, one RBI; Dylan Moulton one double; Aydin Priest one hit. Giants: Carson Waits two hits including a triple, two RBI; Victor McQueen one RBI. CUBS 13, TWINS 7 Cubs: Jonathan Torrence two hits, three RBI; Colton Tucker two hits including a double, two RBI; Andrew Stiles double, two RBI; Ethan Lowery, Dillon Sanford, and Gareth Kincannon one hit, one RBI each; Joshua Bishop and Tyler Phillips one hit each. Twins: Lane McDonald one double, one RBI; Reece Heaton one double. Tuesday, May 1 ORIOLES 12, METS 6 Orioles: Talen Nix three hits including one double, three RBI; Kamarion Profit two hits including one double, two RBI; Cameron Adams and David Jinks one hit, two RBI each; Joshua Love one hit. Mets: Jordan Durham two hits, two RBI; Jacob McKinnies, Thomas Simmons, Jayden Evans, and Drew Davey one RBI each. BRAVES 6, TIGERS 6 (tie) Braves: Caleb Freeman two hits including one double; Dylan Moulton one hit, one RBI; Price Higgins one RBI. Tigers: Tre Winters one double, one RBI; John Bailey and Matthew Cook one hit each. BARTOW COUNTY LL STANDINGS A’s . . . . . . . . . 8-2-0 Rangers . . . . . 7-1-1 Orioles . . . . . . 6-3-0 Cubs . . . . . . . . 5-4-1 Braves . . . . . . .4-2-4 Twins . . . . . . . .4-5-1 Giants . . . . . . . 4-5-1 Cardinals . . . . . 3-7-1 Tigers . . . . . . . . 2-8-1 Mets . . . . . . . . . 2-8-0 ​NOTE: Pitching data not provided for all BCLL games. Games not completed or not posted on the respective leagues' GameChanger sites are not included, but will be added to future posts when made available. Bartow County Little League and Cartersville Little League capsules and game results are provided to BartowSportsZone.com by the two leagues and are sponsored on Bartow Sports Zone by Play It Again Sports at 410 Cherokee Place in Cartersville.

Cartersville and Marist split a Class 4A second round state playoff doubleheader Thursday night at Richard Bell Field forcing a rubber game Friday at 5 p.m. back at the Canes’ home field. Cartersville won the first game 11-1 in six innings, but Marist bounced back in the nightcap with a 4-3 win. Mason Barnett started on the mound and went five and two-thirds innings for the Hurricanes Game 1 victory. The junior scattered three hits and four walks for only one, unearned run. He fanned three. Gage Morris recorded the final out of the sixth inning for the Canes in relief. Sophomore southpaw Liam Sullivan (5 IP, 5R, 3ER, 5H, 3BB, 3K) suffered the pitching loss for the War Eagles. Nick Roma (0.0 IP, 4ER, 4H) failed to record an out in the sixth and William Stephens (0.2 IP, 2ER, 1H) was on the mound when Devin Warner hit a walk-off, two-run homer to end the game in the Canes’ half of the sixth inning. Cartersville scored four runs in the second inning taking advantage of three walks, a Marist error, singles by Ian Inaba and Anthony Seigler, plus a Josh Davis sac fly. Davis made it 5-0 Cartersville in the fifth inning with a solo shot over the left field wall. Marist narrowed the margin to 5-1 in the top of the sixth on a pair of singles and an outfield error that included an RBI single by James McCallum. Then the Canes ended the game with a six-run bottom of the sixth. Consecutive hits by Jordan Wilkie, J.P. Martin, and Preston Welchel preceded a three RBI double by Seigler that made the score 8-1. Gooch hit a sacrifice fly that scored Seigler later in the frame for a 9-1 advantage, and Warner ended the game by run rule with a two-run, line-drive homer over the right field wall. In the nightcap, Marist turned to its pitching ace Sebastian Thomas to face Cartersville starter Jake Gooch. Thomas delivered a complete-game, three-hitter as the War Eagles extended the series. The 6 foot, 5 inch Auburn-commit walked two and struck out three and allowed only one earned run. Marist, playing as the home team in Game 2, led 2-0 through three innings after Tyler Hare drove in a run with a single and Patrick Comerford doubled Hare home in the second frame. The Hurricanes knotted the score 2-2 in in the top of the fourth with only one hit. Barnett reached on an infield error, moved to second on a single by Gooch, and both baserunners moved up a base on a groundout by Warner. Inaba reached on a fielder’s choice and throwing error by the War Eagles’ shortstop that allowed Barnett to score. Then Gooch scored on a fielder’s choice grounder by Wilkie. Marist went back ahead 3-2 in the bottom of the fourth with three singles. Chase Abshier and Hare had base hits before Comerford delivered his second RBI of the game with a single to left field. The back-and-forth battle continued in the Canes’ top of the fifth. Seigler hit a mammoth fly ball home run deep over the right field wall to again tie the score 3-3. The War Eagles would answer again, however, with three straight hits off Canes’ reliever Morris. Singles by McCallum and Matthew McDermond set up an RBI double by Abshier to give Marist a 4-3 lead with only one out and two runners in scoring position. Coach Kyle Tucker turned to reliever Cohen Wilbanks to minimize the fifth inning damage. The move was successful as Wilbanks fanned the two batters he face in the frame. The 4-3 Marist lead would hold, however, as Thomas retired the next six Cartersville batters in order in the sixth and seventh innings. Gooch (3.1 IP, 3R, 2ER, 5H, 1BB, 5K) left the mound in the fourth inning with no decision. Morris (0.2 IP, 1ER, 3H) suffered the pitching loss with the deciding run in the fifth inning and Wilbanks (1.2 IP, 0R, 1BB, 3K) retired five of the six batters he faced. Seigler paced the Canes offense by going 3-for-5 with a double, a home run, and five RBI. He also walked twice to reach base in 5-of-7 plate appearances. Warner was 2-for-3 in the first game with a two-run homer and scored twice. Welchel and Wilkie also added two hits in the doubleheader. Comerford led Marist with a 3-for-6 performance in the two games that included a double, a walk, and two RBI. MacCallum, Abshier, and Hare each contributed two hits and one RBI in the doubleheader. Cartersville (26-8) and Marist (15-17) will match up again Friday at Richard Bell Field at 5 p.m. The winner will host Spalding in the Class 4A quarterfinals starting Wednesday, May 9. Spalding swept a second round doubleheader at Cross Creek Thursday night, 13-6 and 5-1. Spalding is the 4-seed from Region 2-AAAA.

The ninth-ranked Cartersville boys soccer team rallied in the second half, but came up a goal short in a 3-2 second round loss to visiting Chestatee Wednesday night at Weinman Stadium. Chestatee built a 3-0 first half lead with three goals in just over a six-minute span. The second-ranked War Eagles found the back of the net in the 12th, 14th, and 18th minutes off a corner set play, a crossing pass header, and a breakaway. The Canes got a pair of early second half goals from Pedro Ghanem — one off a Chestatee turnover and the other on a header of a Jonathan Cruz free kick — to narrow the margin to 3-2, but Cartersville could not find the equalizer over the final 25 minutes. Chestatee advances to the Class 4A quarterfinals where the War Eagles will host Woodward Academy Saturday. Woodward, a 3-seed from Region 4-AAAA was a 5-1 winner over Spalding in the second round. The Canes season comes to a close with a 12-7 mark and a Region 5-AAAA championship.

Elite Stone Supply, in conjunction with WBHF and Bartow Sports Zone, presents the ELITE ATHLETES OF THE MONTH. Each month, local high schools are provided opportunity to name an Elite Athlete of the Month and present the information on their honoree through Bartow Sports Zone and on 100.3FM and AM1450, WBHF in Cartersville. Recipients for April 2018: Blake Bottegal -- Woodland HS Buck Brumlow -- Cartersville HS Brianna Bullock -- Cass HS Kyle Martin -- Adairsville HS NOTE: The Elite Athletes of the Month will return next August for the 2018-19 school year. The Woodland High School Elite Athlete of the Month for April is Blake Bottegal. The Wildcats’ senior tennis player was recently honored as a selection to the All-Region 7-AAAAA team. He was undefeated in all region and state-level matches this season as the Woodland boys reached the GHSA Sweet Sixteen for the first time in school history. The son of Anthony and Tammy Bottegal, Blake is signing a tennis scholarship with Shorter University next week. “Blake made it his goal to be an elite tennis player through a complete dedication to fitness, technique, and strategy,” said his tennis head coach Kevin Tant. “He has reached a level of maturity and skill that his teammates and I recognize as the reasons for his success. He will continue to strive for excellence in college and his talents will continue to grow at the next level.” Bottegal was the 2018 Wildcats’ team captain. “Blake has the respect of our team’s parents and players for his demeanor,” Tant concluded. Buck Brumlow is the April Elite Athlete of the Month representing Cartersville High School. The freshman golfer won low medalist honors last week with an even-par 72 at the GHSA Class 4A-Area IV Championship to lead the Hurricanes to a region title and a second place area finish at Nob North Golf Club in Dalton. The team also qualified for the 36-hole, two-day Class 4A State Championship Tournament at Achasta Golf Club in Dahlonega May 21-22. The son of Andy and Leslie Brumlow, Buck was low medalist this season at the Nob North Invitational with a 1-under par 71. He carded a 2-under par 70 at the Christian Heritage Invitational and had nine-hole match scores of 3-under par 33 and 2-under par 34 during the regular season. “Buck is a hard working student-athlete with all A’s in his classes who is devoted to the game of golf,” added Canes’ head golf coach Reggie Perkins. The Cass High School April Elite Athlete of the Month is Brianna Bullock. The Lady Colonels’ soccer senior has been the starting goalkeeper since her sophomore season. The daughter of Evelyn Bullock, Brianna recorded seven shutouts in net this season and helped lead her team into the state playoffs with wins in a pair of penalty shootout games. “There were many games where she made all the difference,” noted Cass A.D. Nicky Moore. “Not only is she a great leader and motivator for her team, she is an excellent student with a great heart. She is a positive person who always looks for the best in people. She is truly an elite athlete that Cass High School will miss.” Academically, Bullock has a 3.9 GPA and is a potential honor graduate. She has maintained above a 90% average through all of high school and has taken at least eight honors and AP classes. Bullock plans to attend Truett-McConnell College in the fall on a soccer scholarship. Kyle Martin is the Adairsville High School Elite Athlete of the Month. A rising senior linebacker for the Tigers’ football team, he is the son of Shane and Tracy Martin. “Kyle has shown an unbelievable work ethic as evident by his GPA and great strides in the weight room,” noted Adairsville head football coach Eric Bishop. “His unselfish personality makes him a great teammate. He leads by example in the classroom, weight room, and on the field.” Last summer, Adairsville High School students had the privilege of working with former Navy Seals in leadership training and mental toughness. Coach Bishop has witnessed a transformation in Bishop as a result. “Since working with the former Navy Seals, Kyle has flourished as a leader,” said Bishop. Martin has a 3.95 GPA taking Honors and AP classes. He plans to attend college after high school and has an aptitude for the sciences. Although he has not decided on a major, he is considering the medical or pharmaceutical field. Editors Note: Photos and bios are supplied to Bartow Sports Zone and WBHF by the respective schools and their athletic departments. Elite Stone Supply, LLC is the monthly sponsor. Athletes receive a plaque along with recognition during a radio feature on WBHF.

Former Adairsville standout and current NFL star Vic Beasley will host his annual youth football camp Saturday, June 16 at Adairsville High School. The Vic Beasley Football Camp is for rising 5th through 8th graders. Registration is available online at http://tiny.cc/vicbeasleycamp and sign-in for the camp begins at 8AM with the day’s activities concluding at 1PM. The former Clemson All-American was the NFL sacks leader in 2017 and a defensive leader for the Atlanta Falcons. He recently signed a contract extension with the Falcons through the 2019 season.

The Class 4A state playoffs came to an end for the Cartersville Lady Canes’ soccer team Tuesday night with a second round 4-0 loss to the five-time defending champions, St. Pius X. Cartersville keeper Kalli Scheff made several quality stops in the first half, but the Golden Lions took a 2-0 lead to the intermission on goals by University of Georgia signee Emory Wegener and an own-goal deflection off one of the Lady Canes’ defenders. Helen Cherry of St. Pius scored both second half goals. Cartersville’s season comes to a close with an 11-8 record. St. Pius X (12-6-2) will host Woodward Academy (8-10) in the state quarterfinals Friday.

Cass freshman Emily Surcey and Woodland senior Christy Turner were the top-line singles players on their respective teams this past season and both were honored recently with selections to the 2018 All-Region 7-5A team. Surcey was 8-1 at Line 1 singles in region matches this season. Turner, a Savannah State signee, was 8-2 and led the Lady Cats to the state playoffs. The Woodland doubles team of Breanna Shook and Becky Wesley also received all-region honors after compiling a 6-1 region mark this season. The Woodland boys had their Line 2 and Line 3 singles players selected to the All-Region team. Blake Bottegal and Connor Gunnell were among the five singles players chosen. Bottegal was 9-0 in region action playing at Line 2. Gunnell was 10-1 at Line 3. The Wildcats, who advanced to the second round in Class 5A for the first time ever, also had two of the All-Region team’s three doubles pairings. Alex Banta and Hayden Lusk were selected along with Max Costlow and Noah Pirkle. The Banta/Lusk duo went 9-1 in region play at Line 1 doubles. Costlow and Pirkle finished 5-2 in region action on Line 2.

South Georgia State pitcher Zach Mainor scattered four hits and two walks and allowed only one earned run in seven innings Tuesday afternoon as the host Hawks beat Georgia Highlands 11-1 in seven innings. Tyler Solomon and Jacob Giles combined to pace South Georgia with four hits and seven RBI. South Georgia raced to a 6-0 lead through four innings and were never really threatened. The Chargers scored their run in the top of the sixth on a solo homer by Bryson Horne to make it 6-1, but South Georgia ended the game early by mercy-rule with a run in the bottom of the sixth and four more in the seventh for an 11-1 final. Three of the Hawks runs were unearned as the Chargers committed five errors. Alex Holdbrooks (3.2 IP, 6R, 4ER, 7H, 4BB, 1K) started on the mound and suffered the loss. Noah Bryant (2.1 IP, 1R, 0ER, 0H, 3BB, 4K) and Jake Meyer (0.1 IP, 4ER, 3H, 1BB) also pitched for GHC. Skylar McPhee had two hits for Georgia Highlands. Nick Piccapietra had the other Chargers’ base hit. South Georgia State (39-15, 21-7) pulled to within one game of conference-leading East Georgia State with their win. Georgia Highlands (28-23, 11-18) has already been eliminated from a chance to make the post-season and will conclude the 2018 season at home Saturday against Andrew College.