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Woodland's girls and boys basketball teams opened play in the 2015 Rome-News Tribune Holiday Tournament Monday and came away with a split of games against Cedartown. The Lady Wildcats advanced to the tournament's quarterfinal round, while the boys lost and will play next in the consolation round. WOODLAND GIRLS 39, CEDARTOWN 32 The Lady Wildcats defeated Cedartown in the opening round of the Rome-News Tribune Holiday Tournament at the Floyd campus of Georgia Highlands College. Hayley Roberson led Woodland with 13 points, followed by Gabby Bradley with 8 and Madgie Robinson with six. Tamera Beeman scored 10 points to lead Cedartown. Shana Abram added seven for the Lady Bulldogs. Woodland improved to 2-6 for the season. Cedartown is now 3-4. Woodland advances to play Darlington Tuesday night at 7pm at Berry College in the tournament quarterfinals. Cedartown will play Trion Tuesday at 4pm at Georgia Highlands in a consolation game. The tournament continues through Friday, Dec. 18. CEDARTOWN BOYS 55, WOODLAND 34 Walker Barrow tallied 13 points as Cedartown defeated Woodland and won for the third straight game. It also marked the first time the Bulldogs have won a game by double digits this season. Cedartown evened its season mark at 3-3 and plays Model Tuesday in the quarterfinals. Miles Minge scored 11 points for Cedartown and Trevon Wofford added 8 for the Bulldogs. Woodland (2-6) will face Peperell Tuesday at 4pm at Georgia Highlands’ Floyd campus in a consolation game.

Full statistical coverage and play-by-play of the Cartersville Purple Hurricanes 10-0 state championship game victory over Buford. CLICK HERE TO VIEW the play-by-play account of the game and all game statistics. Courtesy West GA Sports Info Services.

2015 Tiger Plunge Saturday, Dec. 12 at Adairsville High School The Calhoun Yellow Jackets won both the girls' and boys' divisions of the 2015 Tiger Plunge at Adairsville Saturday. Adairsville finished second in the combined scores and in the boys' standings. Combined Team Scores 1. Calhoun — 230 2. Adairsville — 103 3. East Hamilton (TN) — 86 4. Northwest Whitfield — 70 5. Ooltewah (TN) — 61 6. Coahulla Creek — 27 7. Cass — 20 8. Silverdale Baptist Academy (TN) — 17 Girls Calhoun Ooltewah (TN) East Hamilton (TN) Adairsville Northwest Whitfield Coahulla Creek Cass Boys Calhoun Adairsville Northwest Whitfield East Hamilton (TN) Silverdale Baptist (TN) Coahulla Creek Cass Calhoun also won the middle school division over Hunter Middle School (Ooltewah, TN) and New Hope Middle School (Dalton). Local top four finishes: 1st Place Dylan Smith (Adairsville) 100 yard butterfly Rylee Moss (Adairsville) 100 yard butterfly Rylee Moss (Adairsville) 500 yard free Dylan Smith (Adairsville) 100 yard backstroke 2nd Place Adairsville boys 200 yard medley relay Adairsville girls 200 yard free relay Adairsville boys 400 yard freestyle relay Sierra Matthews (Adairsville) 50 yard free Jake Eberly (Adairsville) 100 yard free 3rd Place Adairsville girls 200 yard medley relay Johnathon Wilkes (Adairsville) 200 yard free Jake Eberly (Adairsville) 50 yard free Stella Gearhart (Cass) 50 yard free Daniel Sullivan (Adairsville) 100 yard breaststroke 4th Place Cass girls 400 yard freestyle relay Danile Sullivan (Adairsville) 200 yard individual medley Stella Gearhart (Cass) 100 yard free Adairsville will host Northwest Whitfield and Etowah Thursday, Dec. 17 at 5:15pm in their final meet before the holiday break. Cass is off until January 7 when they travel to Calhoun to compete with the Yellow Jackets and Ringgold.

The Cartersville Basketball Booster Club will be hosting Cass-Cartersville Alumni Basketball Games this Saturday, December 19th. Women will play at 7:00pm and the men will tipoff at 8:30pm. The games will be played at J.H. Morgan Gym at 129 Aubrey Street in Cartersville. General admission will be $5.00. Anyone interested in playing, please contact David Archer, Jr., Amy Stewart Archer or Erin Jones for more information.

The Woodland wrestling team finished third Saturday at the Cleveland (TN) High School Duals. The Wildcats had wins over Soddy Daisy (TN) 55-15, Heritage-Catoosa 63-9, and McCallie (TN) 45-21, but lost to Father Ryan (TN) of Nashville 45-21 in the preliminary rounds. Woodland then defeated host Cleveland for third place. ​​ Kyle Golhoffer, Jahvar Lewis, and Jesus Montero went undefeated on the day for Woodland. The Wildcats return to the mats December 18-19 at the McCallie (TN) High School Invitational.

Updates on local collegiate athletes in track and field, swimming, wrestling, and basketball making an impact in their respective programs. Bartow Sports Zone also maintains a regular update on all the local athletes playing college football around the nation. That article runs separately. Keep up with all the local college and professional athletes through Bartow Sports Zone at the 'Athletes Beyond Bartow' page. INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD MILES BEARDEN — (shown in photo) Kansas State University (Jr., Jumps, Cartersville, GA, Darlington HS) … currently has the best high jump performance in the nation for the 2015-16 NCAA indoor season at 7 feet, 1.75 inches (2.18m). Bearden made the personal best jump at the KSU Winter Invitational in Manhattan, KS on Sat. Dec. 12. Wildcats’ teammate Thillna Karunaratne placed second in the high jump at the KSU Invitational with a jump of 6 feet,10.75 inches (2.10m). The two teammates also currently have the top two jumps of the indoor season in the Big 12. Nationally, four athletes are tied for second in the indoor season with jumps of 7 feet, 0.5 inch (2.15m) from various other meets. Those include Branden Greene (Mississippi), Eric Moore (Central Arkansas), Taylor Smith (Air Force), and Collin Scheer (Colorado State). KSU will host the Wildcat Invitational Sat. January 9 and will host the Deloss Dodds Invitational Fri./Sat. Jan. 22-23. WOMENS BASKETBALL SYDNEY BOYD — Brewton Parker (G, Freshman, Woodland HS) … saw action in the Lady Barons’ 73-58 home loss to Thomas University Nov. 30. Boyd has averaged almost six minutes per game in six games. She is averaging 4.8 points per game and 1 rebound. BPC (3-7) will host Southeastern University Mon. Dec. 14 and open Southern States Athletic Conference play at William Carey University in Hattiesburg, MS January 2. KAELYN IRBY — Gadsden State CC (G, Sophomore, Cartersville HS) … scored 21 points to help lead GSCC at Chattahoochee Tech Dec. 9, 93-72. Irby was 8 of 11 from the floore and 3 of 5 from behind the arc. It was her fifth game in double figures. She is averaging 15 points per game through the first eight games. She had 10 rebounds, five assists, and three steals vs. Chatt Tech also. Irby tallied 8 points to go with six rebounds, a steal, and an assist in a 60-59 home win over Wallace-Selma CC Saturday. Gadsden State CC hosts Walters State Dec. 17 and travels to Roane State CC Dec. 18. GSCC is 4-4 on the season. MARISSA DUBOSE — Gadsden State CC (F/C, Sophomore, Woodland HS) … scored 7 points on 3 of 5 shooting from the floor in a 93-72 win at Chattahoochee Tech Dec. 9. Dubose also had 4 rebounds, a steal, and three blocks against Chatt Tech. She had a pair of rebounds and an assist in a 60-59 win Sat. Dec. 12 over Wallace-Selma. Gadsden State CC hosts Walters State Dec. 17 and travels to Roane State CC Dec. 18. GSCC is 4-4 on the season. MORGAN JONES — Gadsden State CC (C, Sophomore, Cartersville HS) … scored six points and two rebounds in a 93-72 victory at Chattahoochee Technical CC Dec. 9. She made only one shot, but had six rebounds, a steal, and a blocked shot in a 60-59 win over Wallace State-Selma CC Sat. Dec. 12. Gadsden State CC hosts Walters State Dec. 17 and travels to Roane State CC Dec. 18. GSCC is 4-4 on the season. MENS BASKETBALL A.J. MOSBY — Chattahoochee Tech CC (PG/SG, Sophomore, Cartersville HS) … scored 13 points with 7 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2 steals in a 99-72 home win over Gadsden State CC Dec. 9… totaled 14 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals and an assist as the Golden Eagles won 74-66 at Central Georgia Tech Sat. Dec. 12. CTCC (12-1 overall, 2-0 GCAA) returns to action Jan. 2 and 3 vs. BC Howren and Summer Hill Post Grad in Cartersville. The Eagles return to GCAA play Jan. 6 when they host Gordon State CC in Marietta. RYAN DAVIS — Chatthoochee Tech CC (G, Sophomore, Cartersville HS) … scored 14 points with 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, and a blocked shot in a 99-72 win Dec. 9. The Golden Eagles also won 74-66 at Central Georgia Tech Sat. Dec. 12. Davis scored 16 points, pulled down 5 rebounds with 4 assists and 3 steals. CTCC returns to action Jan. 2 and 3 vs. BC Howren and Summer Hill Post Grad in Cartersville. The Eagles (12-1 overall, 2-0 GCAA) return to GCAA play Jan. 6 when they host Gordon State CC in Marietta. COREY TOBIN — Chattahoochee Tech CC (G, Sophomore, Cartersville HS) … had 9 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocked shots, and a steal in the Golden Eagles’ 99-72 win Dec. 9 over Gadsden State CC. Tobin scored 13 points Sat. Dec. 12 as the Golden Eagles won 74-66 at Central Georgia Tech. He added 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and a pair of steals in the conference win. CTCC (12-1 overall, 2-0 GCAA) returns to action Jan. 2 and 3 vs. BC Howren and Summer Hill Post Grad in Cartersville. The Eagles return to GCAA play Jan. 6 when they host Gordon State CC in Marietta. WRESTLING EVAN COLE — Cumberland University (Sophomore, 149 Wt. Class, Cartersville HS) … was 2-2 at the 9th annual Newberry Duals Sun. Dec. 13. The Bulldogs were 3-1 on the day with wins over Coker, Truett-McConnell, and Brewton Parker. Cumberland lost to host Newberry. Next, they wrestle Jan. 8-9 at the NWCA National Duals in Ft. Wayne, IN. JACOB MAY — Brewton-Parker College (Sophomore, 141 / 149 Wt. Class, Woodland HS) … defeated his Newberry College opponent 10-5 Sunday, Dec. 13 at the Newberry Duals… also suffered a loss to his Cumberland University opponent Dec. 13… lost his match as the Barons lost to St. Andrews College 33-18 Dec. 5 in Laurenburg, NC. BPC also faced Allen University in the tri-meet. Brewton-Parker competes in the Midwest Classic Dec. 19-20 in Indianapolis, IN. 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Cartersville’s defense forced four turnovers, including a Tyler Reed interception at the goal line, and Trevor Lawrence connected with Miller Forristall to lead the Purple Hurricanes to a 10-0 Class AAAA state championship game win over three-time defending champ Buford at the Georgia Dome Saturday (Dec. 12). Jonathan Cruz connected on a 47-yard field goal in the second quarter that gave Cartersville a 3-0 lead. The Canes' touchdown pass came just before the intermission after Tiamon Pennymon recovered a fumble at the Buford 10 yard line. Cartersville finished with a perfect 15-0 record and won the Hurricanes' third football state title. Buford finished the year 13-2. Photo: Cartersville head coach Joey King receives state championship trophy from GHSA Executive Director, Gary Phillips. Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- LINK TO GAME STORY The Daily Tribune News -- LINK TO GAME STORY Gwinnett Daily Post -- LINK TO GAME STORY

The Excel Lady Eagles improved to 5-3 on the year Saturday night with a 54-16 win over visting St. Anne-Pacelli of Columbus. Rylie Boston and Kalli Beth Scheff led Excel with 10 points each. Excel jumped to an 18-3 lead after one quarter and never looked back. The Lady Eagles led 26-8 at halftime, and 39-11 after three periods on their way to the 38 point victory. Whitney Harris 9, Brighton McCollum 8, Xena Enos 7, Camille Borkowsky 6, and Anna Lane Hattaway 4 rounded out the ECA scoring. Rita de Rojas led St. Anne-Pacelli with 13 points. Meg Torbert added 3. The Lady Vikings remained winless on the season at 0-7. Tre Sudberry scored 30 points, including 10 in overtime, as St. Anne-Pacelli edged Excel 70-61 in the boys’ game. Excel took at 15-8 lead after one period, but the Vikings tied the game at the intermission at 23. The Vikings took a 43-38 lead into the final period, but the Eagles managed to send the game to overtime at 56-all. Chris Hale led Excel with 22 points. Darius Thrower and Caleb West were also in double figures for the Eagles with 14 and 13 points, respectively. Latrel Jones added 8 points and Max Rowland had four. Besides Sudsberry’s performance, the Vikings received 14 points from Triston Wells, followed by Armon Prophet with 10, Dre Bowman and Trevor Rice scored 8 each. The Vikings improved to 5-2 on the season. Excel slipped to 4-4. The ECA teams will host North Springs Tuesday (Dec. 15) and will play in the North Paulding Better Basketball Christmas Classic starting Saturday (Dec. 19). The Lady Eagles open the tournament against Lassiter. The Eagles will open the tournament against host, North Paulding. CALHOUN GIRLS 74, ADAIRSVILLE 47 Jana Johns scored 18 points, while Ashlyn Barnes and Ryan Brzozski finished with 12 and 10 points for Calhoun. Adairsville was led by Havyn Isaac’s 13 points. The Lady Tigers fell to 1-7 and have road games this week at Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe Tuesday, at Cass Friday, and at Fannin County Saturday. CALHOUN BOYS 64, ADAIRSVLLLE 30 Chapin Rierson and Ray Reeves scored 12 points each to lead Calhoun. Dylan Greeson netted 11 and Kaelan Riley added nine points and ten rebonds for Calhoun. The Yellow Jackets improved to 2-0. The Tigers fell to 1-5 and have three road games this week. Adairsville plays at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Tuesday, at Cass Friday, and at Fannin County Saturday.

Cartersville wrestling finished in second place at the “Rumble at the Rock” Duals Saturday at Northside-Columbus High School. The Canes won Pool A with victories over Clarkston, 60-12, Pacelli 42-21, Phenix City Central 42-36, and won by total pins over host Northside 43-42 to reach the finals. In the finals against Pool B winner, Carver-Columbus, the Canes lost 62-24. Cartersville finished second in the ten team event despite having to forfeit a few weight divisions due to team members playing in the state football championship game. Individual results: 106 - Braden Droucher, 3-0 113 - Camryn Gayton, 1-1 (1 pin) 113 - Logan Warren, 2-1 120 - David Mejia, 5-0 (3 pins) 126 - Robby Earick, 5-0 (2 pins) 132 - Peyton Willoughby, 2-3 152 - Curtis Watkins, 4-1 (1 pin) 160 - Carlos Abarresco, 2-1 (1 pin) 160 - Caleb Raulerson, 0-2 170 - Carlos Abarresco, 2-0 (2 pins) 170 - Caleb Raulerson, 1-2 220 - Jonathan DeLaCruz, 3-1 (1 pin) 220 - Blake Adams, 1-0 (1 pin) 285 - Ryan Hardesty, 4-1 (1 pin) Caleb Raulerson and Carlos Abarresco both weighed in at 160 pounds but split time wrestling up at 170 pounds to avoid the team having to forfeit the 170-pound weight class. Next on the schedule for the Canes is the Southside Wildcat Brawl at Whitewater High School in Fayetteville Sat. Dec. 19. The team will then travel to Gatlinburg, TN to participate in the Smokey Mountain Duals at Rocky Top Dec. 21-22.

The Bartow Country Recreation Department 12U all-star football team shutout Columbia County 27-0 Saturday afternoon in Dalton to win the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association (GRPA) state championship. The Bartow defense limited Columbia County to only two first downs in the game. Bartow scored one touchdown in each quarter and converted PAT runs on three of the four scores. Emmanuel Hayes scored on a 63 yard touchdown run and caught two touchdown passes from quarterback, Andrew Nguyen, to lead the Bartow offense. Nguyen’s touchdown tosses were from 24 and 13 yards. Hayes finished with 69 yards rushing and 37 yards in receptions. Nguyen also rushed for 36 yards. Jordan Carson scored the other Bartow touchdown on a two-yard run and finished with 21 rushing yards. Thomas Knight, Santino Jones, and Keylan McCarty added the extra point runs. Knight totaled 55 yards rushing. Ja’Quaylan Mayhall added 25 yards rushing and Jones had 11 yards on the ground. Knight had 11 tackles for the Bartow defense. Other Bartow tackle leaders included Hayes with 5, Devin Pryer 4, Chris Green 2 McCarty 2, Jones 2, Carson and Jimbo Gaines added one tackle each. 2015 BARTOW COUNTY 12U FOOTBALL ALL-STARS ROSTER Jaiden Avalos, Zachary Bootz, Jordan Carson, James Gaines, Tommy Good, Chris Green, Emmanuel Hayes, Nicholas Johnson, Santino Jones, Elijah Knight, Thomas Knight, Isaac Linley, Ian Lowe, JaQualyn Mayhall, Keylan McCarty, Jackson Moss, Andrew Murray, Andrew Nguyen, Devin Pryer, Caleb Wise, Chandler Wise, Tifton Worthington, Toronto Wynn. Head Coach: Joel Green. Assistants: Terance Benham, Richard Murray, and Terance Echols. Youth football results and information provided by BCRD and CPRD and presented on Bartow Sports Zone by CiCi's Pizza of Cartersville.

CARTERSVILLE BOYS 74, LAFAYETTE 59 Jaylon Pugh led Cartersville with 34 points. Cade Archer scored 18 and Kameron Whitfield added 10 to help the Canes even their season and region mark at 1-1. Cartersville plays Gilmer Tuesday at 6:30 and travels to Pickens Friday (Dec. 18). CARTERSVILLE GIRLS 46, LAFAYETTE 34 The Lady Canes evened their season record at 2-2. LaFayette fell to 1-7. The Lady Canes host Gilmer Tuesday and travel to Pickens Friday (Dec. 18). EXCEL GIRLS 38, TRION 24 The Lady Eagles took a 23-8 lead at halftime and held on for victory. Xena Enos led Excel with 11 points. Rylie Boston scored 9 and Whitney Harris added 6. Anna Lane Hattaway and Lindsey Mauldin scored four points each, Brighton McCollum added three, while Kalli Beth Scheff and Lindsey Mauldin scored two each. Rayven Lawrence led Trion (2-3) with 8 points. The Lady Eagles (4-3) host St. Anne-Pacelli Saturday (Dec. 12) at 6pm. EXCEL BOYS 71, TRION 41 Excel made 21 of 24 free throws as a team and Caleb West led the Eagles with 16 points. Darius Thrower and Chris Hale scored 13 each and Latrel Jones added 12 to give Excel four players in double figures. Max Rowland 4, Sam Kirkland 3, Jordan Wilkie 3, Joseph Cuomo 2, Ryan Pickens 2, Hunter Johnson 2 Trion remains winless on the season at 0-4. The Eagles (4-3) host St. Anne-Pacelli Saturday (Dec. 12). ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 53, COAHULLA CREEK 38 The Lady Tigers earned their first win of the year and improved to 1-6 for the year. Adairsville led 11-6 after one quarter and 22-11 at the intermission. They expanded their lead to 40-25 after three quarters. Nakiyah Washington led Adairsville with 11 points. Victoria Davis and Zay Harris also reached double figures with 10 each. Logan O’Neal 8, Havyn Isaac 6, Josie Summerville 4, Latya Printup 3, and Chloe Powell 1 rounded out the Lady Tigers’ scoring. The Lady Tigers play at Calhoun Saturday at 1:30pm and at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Tuesday at 6pm. COAHULLA CREEK BOYS 72, ADAIRSVILLE 54 The Tigers trailed by nine after one period and maintained that difference to trail 34-25 at halftime, but the Colts distanced themselves with a 24-6 third quarter on their way to a Region 6-AAA victory. Coahulla Creek improved to 9-1 overall and 5-0 in region play. Adairsville’s record is now 1-4 overall and 0-4 in region games. SEQUOYAH GIRLS 57, WOODLAND 15 Madgie Robinson led Woodland with 7 points. Sequoyah improved to 5-2 overall. The Lady Wildcats fell to 1-6 overall and 0-3 in Region 7-AAAAA. Woodland plays Cedartown Monday at Georgia Highlands in their opening game of the Rome News-Tribune Holiday Festival. SEQUOYAH BOYS 85, WOODLAND 83 Sequoyah improved to 6-1 on the season with a road Region 7-AAAAA win at Woodland. The Wildcats slipped to 2-5 overall. Woodland plays Cedartown Monday in the Rome News-Tribune Holiday Festival.

The 2015 Georgia High School Association state championship games are all available for viewing online via Georgia Public Broadcasting. GO TO: http://www.gpb.org/sports/football/matchups