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The Adairsville Lady Tigers soccer team took care of business Thursday night at home, defeating Murray County 9-0. Emily Collum scored the first two goals of her ‘hat trick’ performance in the game in the first ten minutes of the game. Kaitlyn Webster put Adairsville ahead 3-0 off an assist from Haley Pittman in the 12th minute. Pittman added a goal in the 25th minute and Chloe Cochran fed Katie Lawhorn in the 34th minute for a 5-0 Lady Tigers’ lead at halftime. In the second half, Aimee Pacheco scored off an assist from Lauren Stephenson in the 44th minute and Pittman found the net in the 56th minute. In the 67th minute, Collum completed her three goal night and Havyn Isaac added the Lady Tigers’ final tally in the 76th minute. Isaac and Hensley Laney both played in goal for Adairsville to record the shutout. The 7th-ranked Lady Tigers (AJC poll), now 9-0 overall and 3-0 in Region 6-AAA, play at Calhoun Tuesday, March 22.

The Excel girls tennis team defeated North Cobb Christian Thursday afternoon, 4-1. Callaway Ford won her No. 2 singles line match, 6-1, 6-0; Tessa Thorbrough won at No. 3 singles, 6-2, 6-2; and the No. 1 line doubles team of Whitney Harris and Mattie Griffin won 4-6, 6-4, 10-8. North Cobb Christian forfeited the No. 2 doubles line. North Cobb Christian won the boys match, 5-0.

It took an extra inning, but the Adairsville Tigers pulled out a back-and-forth battle Thursday night at home over the Coahulla Creek Colts, 6-5. Hunter Hice drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth with a double to cap a 4-for-5 night to rally the Tigers. Adairsville took leads of 1-0 in the first inning and 3-1 after five innings before the Colts scored three in the top of the sixth to take a 4-3 lead. The Tigers responded with a tying run in the bottom of the six, but Coahulla Creek regained a 5-4 lead in the top of the seventh. Adairsville tied the game in the bottom of the seventh, kept the Colts (6-5, 1-1 6-AAA) off the board in the eighth, and scored the game winner in the bottom of the inning. Orry Carter (2.2 IP, 1R, 0ER, 2H, 3BB, 2K) picked up the pitching victory in relief for the Tigers. Noah O’Kelley (5.1 IP, 4R, 2ER, 1H, 5BB, 5K) started on the bump for Adairsville. Hunter Hice had four hits and a pair of RBI for the Tigers. Landon Howren, Hayden Morrow, and Cole Hewatt had the other Adairsville hits. Kyler Pelfrey and Carter both drove in a run. Adairsville (5-4 overall, 2-1 in Region 6-AAA) plays at Sonoraville Friday and will entertain Ringgold Tuesday (March 22). Both games are key region matchups for the Tigers. FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 14, EXCEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 0 Excel Christian Academy was blanked Thursday night by visiting Fellowship Christian, 14-0, in five innings. The Paladins took advantage of ten hits and ten Eagles’ errors for the mercy, run-rule victory. “The errors continue to plague us,” Excel coach Mike Cuomo pointed out. “We are just making too many physical and mental mistakes.” Fellowship (6-5) scored six runs over the first three innings of play, but it was an eight-run fourth that buried the Eagles. Christian Carpenter tossed a complete game, four hit shutout for the Paladins. He allowed no walks and struck out two. Jordan Wilkie, Trace Still, Marco Haro, and Darius Thrower had the ECA hits. Wilkie’s hit was a double. Joseph Cuomo (3.2 IP, 14R, 1ER, 10H, 1BB, 1K) suffered the pitching loss. Wilkie (1.1 IP, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 2K) also took the mound for the Eagles. “We’ll go back to the drawing board and do what we need to do to get our guys motivated and ready to play,” Cuomo concluded. Excel Christian (1-8), has three home games next week. King’s Ridge Christian (Mon, Mar 21, 5:30pm), Pinecrest Academy (Tue, Mar 22, 5:30pm), and Mt. Pisgah Christian (Thr, Mar 24, 5:30pm) at LakePoint in Emerson.

ADAIRSVILLE LADY TIGERS 4, COAHULLA CREEK 1 The Adairsville Lady Tigers tennis team continued their unbeaten season Thursday night with a 4-1 victory over Coahulla Creek. The Adairsville girls team improved its season mark to 5-0. SINGLES 1 — Kylee McCauley (A) d. Katelan Chasteen (CC) 6-4, 6-1 2 — Abby Asbridge (A) d. Kennedy Chandler (CC), 6-4, 7-5 3 — Anna Cline (CC) d. Hannah Adcock (A), 6-2, 6-1 DOUBLES 1 — Cali Mealer/MaKenzie Davis (A) d. Kelsey Smith/Alyssa Smith (CC), 6-1, 6-0 2 — Micaela Pardo/Molly Smith (A) d. Hannah Conway/Evy Mulkey (CC), 6-4, 6-4 Adairsville travels to Calhoun Tuesday (March 22) and entertains Gordon Central next Thursday (March 24). COAHULLA CREEK 4, ADAIRSVILLE TIGERS 1 The Adairsville boys tennis team lost 4-1 at Coahulla Creek Thursday evening in a Region 6-AAA match. With the loss, the Tigers slip to a 2-2 record in the region. SINGLES 1 — Houston Medlock (A) d. Max Wilson (CC), 6-0, 6-1 2 — J.R. Laird (CC) d. Chase Powell (A), 6-1, 6-0 3 — Steven Ray Janke (CC) d. Jack Bates (A), 6-3, 6-2 DOUBLES 1 — Alex Fisher/Nathan Johnson (CC) d. Dylan Coker/Austin Cobb (A), 6-3, 6-3 2 — Ryan Greene/Drew Satterfield (CC) d. Cody Kimbrough/Landon Swanson (A), 6-0, 6-2 Adairsville travels to Calhoun Tuesday (March 22) and entertains Gordon Central next Thursday (March 24). WOODLAND LADY CATS 5, CASS LADY COLONELS 0 The Woodland girls swept all five points in a sub-region match with county rival Cass Thursday afternoon. SINGLES 1 — Christy Turner (W) d. Mogan Hughes (C), 6-1, 6-1 2 — Gloria Gore (W) d. Callie Dodd (C), 6-1, 6-2 3 — Sadie Westberry (W) d. Kiara Bowen (C), 6-3, 6-0 DOUBLES 1 — A. Walker/D. Dodson (W) d. Emma Wickenhiser/Hallie Gore (C), 6-2, 6-1 2 — K. Salter/C.Still (W) d. Maggie Collum/Grace Njorg, 6-0, 6-0 The Lady Cats play next Tuesday, March 22 at home against Creekview. Cass hosts Excel on Monday, March 21.

The Adairsville High School basketball teams recently held their annual end of season banquet and awards night for 2016. Photo: Lady Tigers’ award winners Award recipients: LADY TIGERS Most Inspirational — Logan O’Neal Defensive Most Valuable Player — Josie Summerville Offensive Most Valuable Player — Nakiyah Washington Tiger Award — Emily Collum Toughness Award — Latya Printup Top Shot Award — Havyn Isaac Clutch Award — Chloe Powell Leadership Award — Victoria Davis Senior Awards — Victoria Davis and Logan O’Neal TIGERS Offensive Player of the Year — Cole Hewatt Defensive Player of the Year — Juan Perez Most Valuable Player — Ronald Hardin Coaches Award — James Sims & Shane Hamby Senior Awards — Bryce Holland, Shane Hamby, Israel Dover JV TIGERS Offensive Player of the Year — Mason Boswell Defensive Player of the Year — Grayson Dailey Coaches Award — Jesse O’Kelley

The top local high school track and field performances by event for the 2016 season. (as of March 17) Use table slider toolbar to navigate to all events.

The Adairsville Lady Tigers' tennis team improved its season mark to 4-0 with their 5-0 win over Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Tuesday. SINGLES 1 -- Kylee McCauley won 6-0, 6-1 2 -- Abby Asbridge won 6-1,6-1 3 -- Hannah Adcock won 6-3, 6-1 DOUBLES 1 -- Cali Mealer and Chloe Powell won 6-0 , 6-0 2 -- Molly Smith and MaKenzie Davis won 6-0, 6-0

The Cass Colonels scored six runs in the third inning to take control of the middle game of a three-game series this week with Rome. The Colonels added single runs in the fifth and sixth innings on their way to an 8-2 sub-region 7-AAAAA-A victory. Rome won the first game of the series Monday night, setting up a rubber game in the series Friday at Legion Field in Rome (5:55pm). Cody Johnson had an RBI double and an RBI single in the third inning rally. Baley Campbell, Boo Reed, Steven Spell, and Casey Patterson all had RBI singles. Johnson finished the night with three hits and three RBI. Patterson had two RBI on a pair of hits, and Spell had three hits and one RBI. Reed had two hits and one RBI. Parker Hyde and Ja’kolbi Griffin had two hits each for Rome (7-3 overall, 3-2 in 7-AAAAA-A). Evan Hinton (6 IP, 2ER, 7H, 0BB, 5K) put in an excellent performance on the mound for the Colonels to earn the win. Reed (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 2BB, 2K) pitched the seventh. Cass (4-6 overall, 3-2 in sub-region 7-AAAAA-A) makes the trip to Rome Friday for a 5:55pm start. COLLINS HILL 9, CARTERSVILLE 1 Collins Hill struck for six runs in the first two innings Wednesday night on their way to a 9-1 victory over visiting Cartersville in Suwanee. The Canes actually led 1-0 after one-half inning, scoring on a hit, a walk, and an error. Noah Daniel singled to open the game and moved to third on a passed ball and a groundout. After Cole Jamieson walked, Zach Yancey reached on an error at third base that allowed Daniel to score. Cartersville reloaded the bases with another walk, but could do no more damage. Three Collins Hill pitchers combined to scatter six Canes hits and allow no more runs. Parker Tidwell (double), J.P. Martin, Parker Roberson, Daniel, Jamieson, and Yancey (double) had the Hurricanes’ hits. Elliott Anderson (2 IP, 6R, 5ER, 6H, 2BB) started for the Canes and suffered the pitching loss. Mason Barnett (3 IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB, 3K) and Harrison Osborn (1 IP, 3ER, 3H, 2BB) also took the mound for Cartersville. Caleb Watson and Nasim Nunez led the Eagles’ offense with two hits and two RBI each. The Canes (4-5) travel to Mill Creek Thursday for a 5:30pm start and begin Region 7-AAAA play next Tuesday (March 22) at Gilmer in a 5:30pm start. SEQUOYAH 4, WOODLAND 3 A tight game was decided in the seventh inning when the visiting Chiefs scored twice for a 4-3 win. Sequoyah took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first, but the Wildcats scored a run in the third and two more in the sixth to take a 3-2 lead. JacobFrye doubled and HunterReaid drove him home with a single to right field for Woodland’s third inning run. In the sixth, Grant Robinson singled to left field and Emanuel Jones was entered as a runner. Brandon Allen walked and Cauey Williams grounded out to shortstop, scoring Jones. Noah Ludy doubled to left field driving home Allen to give the Wildcats a 3-2 advantage. Sequoyah (6-6, 5-3 in 7-AAAAA-A) scored twice in the top of the seventh on a pair of singles, two walks, and an error. Reaid singled with two outs in the seventh for his third hit of the game, but the Wildcats could do no additional damage. Woodland (2-9 overall, 1-7 in 7-AAAAA-A) travels to Sequoyah Friday at 5:55pm for Game 3 of the series.

Makayla Knuchel shot a 38 to lead all players as the Woodland Lady Cats' golf team defeated North Paulding 132-139 Wednesday afternoon. The match was hosted by Woodland at Woodland Hills Golf Club.

The Cartersville High School tennis teams defeated region foe Gilmer on Wednesday with one sided victories. CARTERSVILLE LADY CANES 5, GILMER 0 SINGLES 1 — Emma McCary won 6-0, 6-0 2 — Ansley Thompson won 6-0, 6-0 3 — Kenly King won 6-0, 6-0 DOUBLES 1 — Kendyl Westmoreland/Jordan Ross won 6-2, 6-1 2 — Taylor Riddle/Kindra Woodman won 6-1, 6-3 CARTERSVILLE CANES 4, GILMER 1 SINGLES 1 — Matthew Slocum won 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 2 — Davis Edwards lost 3-6, 6-3, 3-6 3 — Will Allen won 6-0, 6-1 DOUBLES 1 — Russell Mathison/Ross Norwood won 6-3, 6-1 2 — Juan Zazueta/Ivy Nelson won 6-1, 6-0

Cartersville High School baseball players Elliott Anderson, Mason Barnett, Noah Daniel, Jacob Fowler, and Anthony Seigler were all named to the Perfect Game High School Showdown All-Tournament team. Anderson (3-for-10 with a double and three RBI) and Daniel (6-for-14 with a double and two RBI) were chosen as hitters. Barnett (4.2 IP, 2H, 0ER, 3BB, 3K), Fowler (5 IP, 4H, 0ER, 1BB, 4K), and Seigler (7 IP, 5H, 1ER, 3BB, 6K) were selected as pitchers. Cartersville, went 3-1 in the event played March 10-12 at LakePoint in Emerson. Sparkman High School (Harvest, AL) was the 14-team tournament champion. Thirty-nine hitters and thirty-two pitchers were selected to the Showdown All-Tournament team. Another Cartersville High School student, Brycen Jones (7 IP, 4H, 0R, 1BB, 11K), was one of 27 pitchers selected to the Perfect Game Academies Showdown All-Tournament team representing East Cobb Baseball Academy. East Cobb Academy went 3-1 in the 18-team tournament. Faith Baptist Christian Academy (Ludowici, GA) defeated Okotoks Dawgs Baseball Academy (Calgary, AL, Canada) for the 2016 Academies title. For Faith, it was their third consecutive Academies championship. For additional details, please visit the Perfect Game website using this LINK.

The Woodland High School boys and girls track teams competed in the Dalton Rotary Invitational Track Meet on Saturday (March 12) with the Wildcats finishing fifth of 20 teams and the Lady Cats placed 15th. The following boys placed in the meet: Jamai Smith in the 100 and 200 meter dash, the 4x100 meter relay team, the 4x400 meter relay team, Julian Rockett in the 800 meter run, Brett Shedd in the discus throw, Trevor Knowles in the high jump, Jarvis James in the high jump, Thomas Jolly in the pole vault, and Rodney Thompson in the pole vault. The following athletes scored for the girls team: Chaila Reliford in the 100 meter hurdles and in the long jump, and Lindsay Scifers in the 1600 and 3200 meter run. On Monday night (March 14), Woodland hosted a quad meet with Rome, Darlington and North Paulding. The Wildcats won the meet and the Lady Cats placed third. Woodland had outstanding performances by Chaila Reliford in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 16.54 seconds nearly reaching her personal best. Casey Bolan competed well placing 1st in the 1600 meter run. Hailey Bishop, Skylar Chappell and Avery Mayweather took first through third places in the discus throw. Reaching new heights for the boys Monday were Tevor Knowles and Jarvis James in the high jump. Both athletes set personal records. Knowles jumped six feet two inches and James cleared six feet. Dustin Kiel and Kevin Miller rapped up the first two spots in the 1600 meter run. Adding to his total haul, Kiel placed first in the 3200 meter run followed closely by Jonathan Holloway. The Wildcats finished with a clean sweep of the top three spots in the 800 meter run. Julian Rockett placed first, Jonathan Holloway second, and Kevin Miller third. Rockett is a mere, one second away from the school record in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:02. Jarvis James won the long jump and freshman Markal Brown finished third while setting a new personal best with a 20 feet, 8 inch jump. Thomas Jolly and Rodney Thompson continued their dominance in the pole vault placing first and second respectively. The Woodland track and field team will be back in action again this Friday at Barron Stadium in Rome will compete in the Mohawk Invitational at Gordon Central High School in Calhoun on Saturday. Woodland coach David Holloway invites everyone to get to a meet. "The track team would love for you to come out and support the team this weekend," said Holloway.