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Zach McCrum drove in two runs with a homerun and an RBI single and Chargers' pitching kept visiting St. Louis (MO) CC at bay as Georgia Highlands College defeated the visiting Archers, 2-1, Sunday at LakePoint in Emerson. McCrum had three hits on the day including a single that drove home former Cass Colonel, Brandon Etheridge, in the first inning. He also homered in the third inning and doubled in the eighth to go with a sixth inning walk. Etheridge finished with a pair of hits that included a double. Drew Davis, Tristan Roberts, Devin Bilardello, and Andrew Cooley had the other Chargers hits. Daniel Gooden picked up the pitching win for Georgia Highlands in six innings of work. He allowed no runs and limited the Archers to only a pair of hits and three walks while striking out eight. With a 2-0 lead after six innings, Highlands’ pitchers Tanner Thompson, Blake Metivier, and Colby Taylor combined to limit St. Louis to a run on two hits. Will Griffin entered to work a spotless ninth to earn a save. Griffin needed only ten pitches and struck out two. The loss dropped the Archers to 3-5 for the season. GHC improved to 8-5 with the victory and is scheduled to host a doubleheader with Southern Union (AL) CC Wednesday at 3pm, before hosting a three game series with Sinclair State (OH) CC Friday (6pm) and Saturday (1pm) (Feb. 26-27).

Although the weather forecast looks like it may play some havoc with local high school and college baseball schedules in the coming week, the schedules for those teams hit full stride in the coming days. Georgia Highlands College is thirteen games into their season, while Cass and Woodland have already played their high school season openers. This week we will have Adairsville, Cartersville, and Excel Christian Academy also opening up their 2016 slates. LOCAL UPCOMING SCHEDULES: GEORGIA HIGHLANDS (home games at LakePoint) Wed., Feb. 24, 3pm — DH vs. Southern Union (AL) CC Fri., Feb. 26, 6pm — vs. Sinclair State (OH) CC Sat., Feb. 27, 1pm — DH vs. Sinclair State (OH) CC Tue., Mar. 1, 4pm — Chattahoochee CC Sat., Mar. 5, 1pm — DH vs. Guildford Tech (NC) CC Sun., Mar. 6, 12noon — vs. Guildford Tech (NC) CC ADAIRSVILLE Mon., Feb. 22, 5:30pm — Home vs. Cass Fri., Feb. 26, 5:30pm — at Cass Thr., Mar. 3, 4:30pm — Home vs. Darlington Sat., Mar. 5, 1pm — Home vs. North Cobb CARTERSVILLE Wed., Feb. 24, 5:30pm — Home vs. Lambert Sat., Feb. 27, 1pm — Home vs. Johns Creek Tue., Mar. 1, 5:55pm — Home vs. Parkview Sat., Mar. 5, 6pm — vs. Coosa (at State Mutual Stadium/Rome) CASS Mon., Feb. 22, 5:30pm — at Adairsville Fri., Feb. 26, 5:30pm — Home vs. Adairsville Mon., Feb. 29, 5:55pm — Home vs. Creekview Wed., Mar. 2, 5:55pm — at Creekview Fri., Mar. 4, 5:55pm — Home vs. Creekview EXCEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (home games at LakePoint) Tue., Feb. 23, 4:30pm — at Mount Paran Fri., Feb. 26, 4:30pm — at Walker Sat., Feb. 27, 1pm — at Mt. Zion Mon., Feb. 29, 5:30pm — Home vs. Christian Heritage Thr., Mar 3, 5:30pm — Home vs. Trion Fri., Mar 4, 6pm — vs. Armuchee (at State Mutual Stadium/Rome) WOODLAND Tue., Feb. 23, 5:30pm — vs. Kennesaw Mountain (at LakePoint) Sat., Feb. 27, 11am — vs. LaGrange (at Reinhardt Univ.) Mon., Feb. 29, 5:55pm — at River Ridge Wed., Mar. 2, 5:55pm — Home vs. River Ridge Fri., Mar. 4, 5:55pm — at River Ridge

The Cartersville boys soccer team defeated Chestatee Friday, 2-1, to improve to 3-0 on the season. Pedro Robledo scored both goals for the Canes. His first goal came early in the first half. Chestatee tied the game midway through the opening half on a penalty kick, but Robledo’s second half goal turned out to be the game winner. Cartersville plays at Woodland Tuesday and will host Cass on Friday.

Brandon Bell went two-for-four, sparking Chargers to a 3-0 victory in seven innings over Lincoln Trail CC on Saturday at LakePoint in Emerson. Bell singled in the third and fifth innings. Bryan Quillens got the win for Chargers thanks to six strikeouts. The Chargers' pitcher tossed five innings of shutout ball and allowed only three hits. Konner Eck was charged with the pitching loss for Lincoln Trail. He lasted just 4 1/3 innings, walked five, struck out one, and allowed three runs. GHC closer Will Griffin put away the final six outs to record the save. The Chargers scored three times in the fifth inning on a pair of singles. Earlier in the day, Georgia Highlands lost to St. Louis (MO) CC, 3-1. St. Louis scored in the top of the first and added two more runs in the sixth to take a 3-0 advantage. Highlands scored their lone run in the bottom of the seventh on a Zach McCrum homer. Drew Davis managed the Chargers only other hit off St. Louis pitcher Jordan Yakel who tossed a complete-game with three strikeouts and did not issue a walk. McCrum (4 IP, 2H, 1ER, 2BB, 5K) suffered the pitching loss for Georgia Highlands. With Saturday’s split of two games, the Chargers’ season record now stands at 7-5. They host St. Louis CC again Sunday at LakePoint in Emerson. First pitch is scheduled for 1pm.

GRPA DISTRICT 5 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT RESULTS The Bartow 10U Blue team was a winner Saturday at the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association District 5 basketball tournament. Bartow Blue 10U boys will play again Monday at 6:30pm at the Houston Suggs Gym at Hamilton Crossing Park against Rome #1. Below are the reported results for local all-star teams at the GRPA District 5 tournaments being held at various locations throughout the district. FRIDAY, FEB. 19 12U Girls at Whitfield Recreation Department DALTON 38, BARTOW 17 Bartow: Hailie Owen 7, Ansley Hight 5, Kiley Arnold 2, Mackenzie Lee 2, Whitney Gibbons 1 17U Boys at Anderson Rec Center, Powder Springs POWDER SPRINGS 57, BARTOW 48 Bartow: Johnah Jackson 24, Hunter Holland 8, Ericiah Quinn 6, Michael Sullivan 5, Collin Pass 3, William House 2 SATURDAY, FEB. 20 8U Girls at Manning Mill Park, Adairsville WHITFIELD 16, BARTOW 7 Bartow: Sadie Raughton 5, Kaytlin Arnold 2 8U Boys at Manning Mill Park, Adairsville DALTON 37, BARTOW WHITE 18 Bartow: Christian Teasley 8, Nicholas Ackey 3, Lucas Baker 2, Harrison Cole 2, Brody Shiflett 2, Jaiden Daise 1 10U Boys at Housotn Suggs Gym, Hamilton Crossing Park POWDER SPRINGS 28, BARTOW WHITE 16 Bartow: E.J. Eaglin 7, Kaden Baldwin 2, Grayson Belcher 2, Kendrick Price 2, Asa Shepard 2, Kevin Henderson 1 SOUTH COBB #2 40, CARTERSVILLE 27 Cartersville: Joseph Womack 15, Jikayon Porter 5, Avery Higgins 4, Cedric McClinic 2, Isaac Cunningham 1 BARTOW BLUE 48, DALTON 11 Bartow: Ramarion Pace 11, Jakavien Harris 8, Jakaden Barkley 7, Jayden Foster 6, Jaylen Scott 6, Zantavian Brown 4, Nick Kennedy 3, Mason Pharis 2, Devin Henderson 1 12U Boys at New Hope Middle School, Dalton POWDER SPRINGS 47, BARTOW 45 Bartow: Jelani Hames 16, Jaeden Scott 8, Santino Jones 6, Collin Fletcher 5, Hayden Poarch 5, Chris Roper 3, Peyton Patterson 2 14U Boys at Anderson Rec Center, Powder Springs SOUTH COBB 55, BARTOW 49 Bartow: Trey Brown 13, Rayshaun Womack 8, Josiah Mosley 7, Kamari George 6, Neil Colston 5, Nathan Gomez 5, Adam McGuire 2, J.P. Perry 2, Blaine Ingram 1 SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, FEB. 22 8U Boys — Bartow Blue vs. Whitfield Co. — 6:30pm at Manning Mill Park, Adairsville 10U Girls — Bartow vs. Whitfield/Rome winner — 6:15pm at Whitfield Parks & Rec 10U Boys — Bartow Blue vs. Rome #1 — 6:30pm at Houston Suggs Gym, Hamilton Crossing

GIRLS SOCCER CASS 11, CEDARTOWN 1 Stephanie Robledo scored four goals as the Lady Colonels routed the Lady Bulldogs Friday. The win evened the Cass record at 1-1 following a season opening 4-1 loss to Southeast Whitfield. Kelsey Rivera, Sindney Vermaas, Logan Vermaas (2), Hannah Johnson, Isela Moraga, Lupita Pineda, and Kelsey Rivera all scored goals for the Lady Colonels who led 6-0 at the intermission Cass plays at Northwest Whitfield Tuesday at 5:30pm, hosts Temple Wednesday, and will face Cartersville on Friday.

GIRLS SOCCER WOODLAND 4, NORTH SPRINGS 1 After opening the 2016 campaign with losses at East Paulding and Paulding County, the Woodland Lady Cats picked up a win at North Springs Friday, 4-1. Lyrica Miron, Keri Cagle, Kaitlin Winnenberg, and Lindsay Scifers scored one goal each for Woodland (1-2). North Springs slipped to 0-3 with the loss. The Lady Cats are scheduled to host Cartersville Tuesday (Feb. 23) and Allatoona next Friday (Feb. 26). ADAIRSVILLE 3, BREMEN 2 ADAIRSVILLE 10, HARALSON CO. 0 The Adairsville Lady Tigers improved to 2-0 on the young season with a 3-2 win a Bremen Friday night following a shutout of Haralson County Thursday night at home, 10-0. Against Haralson County, Gillian Johnson, Lauren Stephenson (2), Chloe Cochran, Hannah Worley, Aimee Pacheco, Haley Pittman, Katie Lawhorn, and Molly Carter scored goals for the Lady Tigers. Havyn Isaac and Emily Collum split time in net for the shutout. Gillian Johnson scored the first and last goals for Adairsville in their win over Bremen. Haley Pittman scored the second goal and assisted on the game winner. Adairsville is scheduled to play at Armuchee Tuesday (Feb. 23) and will host Trion on Thursday (Feb. 25).

Cauy Williams and Grant Robinson drove in a pair of runs each as Woodland opened the 2016 baseball season with an 8-4 win at Pepperell. Williams and Robinson both drove in runs with singles in the fifth inning and both added RBI doubles in the sixth. The Wildcats trailed 4-1 going to the top of the fifth, but scored four in the fifth and three in the sixth for the come-from-behind win. Pepperell scored two runs in the third and fourth innings to grab the early lead. Both teams totaled ten hits in the contest. Woodland’s Rodopho Romo picked up the pitching victory by working the final 3 and 1/3 innings in relief of Grayson Bagwell. Romo worked a scoreless stint, scattered three hits with one walk and three strikeouts. Bagwell (3.2 IP, 7H, 4R, 2ER, 1BB, 6K) held the Dragons scoreless through his first two innings with no hits and his lone base on balls. Along with the offensive production by Williams and Robinson of the Wildcats, Jacob Frye had a pair of hits. Garett Cornett, Mitchell Taylor, Hunter Reaid, and Brandon Allen added one hit each. Zach Williams had three hits for Pepperell including an RBI double. Woodland (1-0) plays Kennesaw Mountain Wednesday (Feb. 24) at LakePoint in Emerson.

High school football schedules for the 2016 and 2017 seasons will not become official until after the March 1 due date to the Georgia High School Association, but the four local high schools have tentatively agreed to face the following opponents. Final dates, sites, and full schedules will become available statewide after approval by GHSA. ADAIRSVILLE Scrimmage at Woodland; GAMES: at Ridgeland; Home vs. Cass; at Model. Region Opponents: Home vs. Ringgold; at Murray Co.; at Calhoun; Home vs. Sonoraville; at Bremen; Home vs. Haralson Co.; Home Cross-over Region Playoff or cross-over consolation opponent. (Note: Adairsville's region is sub-divided; the winner of each sub-region will play for the region championship and those two teams will be the top two seeds in the state playoffs. The second and third place teams from each sub-region will play with the winners filling the third and fourth seeds for the state playoffs. All other teams will play a cross-over consolation game.) CARTERSVILLE Home scrimmage vs. Westminster; GAMES: vs. Allatoona; TBA; at Calhoun; Home vs. Hapeville Charter (Atlanta); Westlake; Region Opponents: sites TBA, Cedartown, Central-Carroll, Sandy Creek, LaGrange, Troup, Chapel Hill. CASS Scrimmage vs. Pepperell; GAMES: at Adairsville; vs. Sonoraville; Region Opponents (most sites TBA): at Woodland; Villa Rica; Carrollton; Hiram; Paulding Co.; East Paulding; Kell; Rome WOODLAND Scrimmage vs. Adairsville; GAMES: at River Ridge; at Rockmart; Region Opponents: Home s. Cass; at Villa Rica; Home vs. Carrollton; at Hiram; at Paulding Co.; Home vs. East Paulding; at Kell; Home vs. Rome

SMYRNA, Ga. – The Chattahoochee Tech Golden Eagles carried a lead deep into the second half against one-loss Georgia Highlands on Wednesday at the Smyrna Community Center but could not hold on against the GCAA leader and nation’s No. 2 team. Chattahoochee Tech’s 91-85 loss dropped the Golden Eagles to 20-9 overall and 7-8 in league play. The Golden Eagles opened up a 10-point, 39-29 lead in the final minutes of the first half by holding the Chargers to 12-of-37 shooting and going 4-of-9 from three. Chatt Tech stayed hot into the second period, pushing the biggest lead of the game for either team up to 17 points three minutes in. But Georgia Highlands methodically cut into the lead using pressure defense and took a 77-76 lead with three minutes remaining. The Chargers shot 22-of-30 from the free-throw line in the second half and won the turnover battle 29-20 for the game. Chatt Tech won the rebounding battle 47-41 with 19 offensive boards. The Golden Eagles had four players in double-figures, with sophomore guard A.J. Mosby (Cartersville) leading the way with 19 points on 8-of-17 shooting to go with three assists and five steals. Ryan Davis (16 points, 5-of-11 shooting, 3 rebs, 3 asts, 2 stls) and Keith Ray (16 points, 7-of-14 shooting, 2-of-6 3P, 8 rebs, 4 asts) also had efficient shooting nights. Davis (Cartersville) scored 11 in the first half, and Ray (Hillgrove) poured in 14 points in the second to tie for high scorer in the period with Highlands’ Doniel Dean (game-high 21 points). Mosby and Davis each saw 37 minutes of action. Trevin Steede (Wheeler) came off the bench to contribute 13 points on 4-of-5 shooting and 5-of-8 shooting from the free-throw line with three rebounds and three assists. Arthur Bennett III (McEachern) was 4-of-6 from the field with eight points, nine rebounds and a block. Jordan Oliver (Rabun County) had seven points and seven rebounds, and Corey Tobin (Cartersville) had five points, three rebounds and two steals. The Golden Eagles will play their final regular-season games at home in Smyrna on Sunday against Atlanta Metro at 4:30pm. With Wednesday’s loss, the Golden Eagles are tied for fourth place in the nine-team GCAA with Sunday’s opponent, Atlanta Metro.

Daniel Gooden hit a pair of homeruns and the Chargers totaled 14 hits as Georgia Highlands defeated Cleveland State CC (TN) 12-2 Wednesday. Nine of Highlands’ hits were for extra bases. Cleveland State tied the game 2-2 heading to the bottom of the third and GHC took control with four runs in the third and six in the fifth. Georgia Highlands took the lead in the third inning on a solo shot by Zach McCrum, then tacked on three more runs on RBI singles by Andrew Cooley and Seth Little and an RBI double by Brandon Bell. The Chargers fifth inning outburst came on an RBI single by Bell, a two-run double by Tristan Roberts, an RBI double by McCrum, and a two-run homer by Gooden. Casey Collins (5 IP, 2H, 1ER, 3BB, 6K) got the pitching victory for GHC. Nick Constan and Tanner Thomson each worked a scoreless inning for the Chargers. Georgia Highlands (6-4) hosts a pair of games Saturday at LakePoint in Emerson. The Chargers play Lincoln Trail CC at 1pm and St. Louis CC at 3:30pm.

Cass pitchers Jake Collum, Cody Johnson, and Evan Hinton combined to limit Chattahoochee to only one run on four hits as the Colonels defeated the Class 6A Cougars, 2-1, to open the 2016 season Wednesday night. Johnson (3.1 IP, 1ER, 1H, 4K, 3BB) was credited with the pitching win after the starter, Collum was lifted in the second inning. Collum yielded no runs and no hits with a pair of strikeouts, but walked four. Hinton (2.0 IP, 3H, 0ER, 3K) picked up a save by closing out the final two frames on the mound. After four scoreless innings, Chattahoochee took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fifth. Cass responded with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth and then Hinton made the lead stand up. “I’m pleased with the way our kids competed,” said Cass coach Adam Williams. “That was a really good left handed pitcher we faced tonight and we hung on and found a way to win.” Collum singled to right field to start the Colonels’ fifth, but was picked off at first. The with one out, Tyler Hendon walked and Hinton singled with a swinging bunt down the third baseline to put runners on first and second base. A wild pitch allowed the two baserunners to move up to second and third and then a strikeout of Brett Gaddy ultimately resulted in two runs. The Chattahoochee catcher had to throw to first to retire Gaddy on a dropped third strike allowing Collins to score on the play. When Hinton threatened the plate behind Collins, the Cougars’ first baseman made a throwing error and Hinton scored the go-ahead run on the same play. Jordan Reed had a pair of hits for Cass. Gaddy, Collum, and Hinton had the other Colonel hits. “Chattahoochee has a good club and we battled through a close ball game. That’s the kind of close games we will have to win in our region,” concluded Williams. Cass (1-0) plays at Adairsville Monday in a 5:30pm start. A game scheduled with Whitefield Academy for Thursday has been cancelled.