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The latest edition of the Maxwell ratings playoff predictor has three local high school teams projected to make the GHSA state playoffs in their respective classifications. The projections have Cartersville as a No. 1 seed in Class AAAA. Adairsville is projected as a No. 2 seed in Class AAA, and Cass is currently projected as a No. 3 seed in Class AAAAA. The projections utilize the Maxwell ratings formula that is calculated using variables including history/tradition, current season results, past season results, opponents' results, and strength of schedule. To see the full listings as published Thursday by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, click on this link: http://highschoolsports.blog.ajc.com/2015/09/23/maxwell-playoff-projections-after-week-5/?ecmp=ajc_social_twitter_2014_sports_sfp

The Cherokee Lady Warriors improved to an impressive 19-2 on the season Wednesday with a 2-1, extra inning softball victory over Woodland in Canton. Woodland and Cherokee went to the extra frame tied 1-1, but the Lady Warriors were able to push across a game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth. Photo left: Lilly Jordan went 7+ innings for the Lady Wildcats Wednesday night at Cherokee. CHEROKEE 2, WOODLAND 1 WOODLAND —— 0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0 — 1R | 5H | 1E CHEROKEE —— 0-0-0-0-0-1-0-1 — 2R | 9H | 1E Photo right: Jamison Kilgo at the plate vs. Cherokee as Kylie Knox leads off third. Woodland hitters: Kylie Knox — 2BB Kereston Franklin — 2H Audrey Morris — 1R Courtney Godfrey — 1H, 1BB, 1RBI Jamison Kilgo — 1H Jordan Duck — 1H Woodland pitching: Lilly Jordan — 7+ IP, 9H, 2R, 1ER, 1BB, 2K Woodland season record: 10-15 Next for Woodland: Thur Sep 24 — at Creekview — 5:55pm Mon Sep 28 — at Pope — 5:55pm Region 7-AAAAA Tournament begins Oct. 1

Bartow County Parks and Recreation will begin a new youth wrestling program at the South Bartow Youth Facility in the coming weeks. A parent meeting will be held Wednesday, September 30 for those interested in having their child participate. The meeting will begin at 6:30pm at the South Bartow Youth Facility. The program is available for girls and boys ages 5 to 14. The meeting will include discussion of registration fees, estimated practice days and times, and benefits of the sport for your child. For questions, see the BCRD website -- www.bartowparksandrec.org, stop by the South Bartow youth Facility Main Office (6505 Glade Road, Acworth 30101 / Office hours: 8a - 5p) or call Joe Salvatore at 770.974.3255.

Cartersville Parks and Recreation Department Youth Football 10U results for Tuesday, September 22 BARTOW COLTS 22 HURRICANES BLACK 0 Devin Henderson scored on touchdown runs from 1- and 12-yards and Caleb Cooley added a 34 yard touchdown run to lead the Bartow Colts. Hunter Waits kicked a pair of 2-point PATs for the Colts. Miles Forristall was credited with an all-around quality performance for Hurricanes Black. 12U results for Tuesday, September 22 BARTOW BUCS 12 HURRICANES PURPLE 6 Thomas Knight had an 8-yard touchdown run and Emmanuel Hayes hit paydirt on a 22-yard run to lead the Bartow Bucs past Hurricanes Purple. Damon Williams scored the Purple touchdown and Caleb Henson was credited for all-around play for Purple. Cartersville and Bartow County Recreation Youth Football results are supplied by the local recreation departments and presented on Bartow Sports Zone by CiCi's Pizza of Cartersville.

Cartersville lost a pair of region volleyball matches Tuesday, falling to Ridgeland in three sets and Heritage-Catoosa in straight sets. Ridgeland defeated the Lady Canes 25-21, 22-25, 25-13. Heritage-Catoosa won 25-20, 25-12. Next on the Cartersville schedule include home matches against Murray County and Cass on Thursday (5pm), at Southeast Whitfield with Pickens Tuesday, Sept. 29 (6pm) and at Pope with Hillgrove Thursday Oct. 1 (6pm).

Woodland volleyball defeated Villa Rica 26-24, 25-11 Tuesday night in a home, non-region volleyball match. The remaining regular season matches for Woodland include: Thur Sep 24 — at Rockmart w/ Rome, 6pm Tue Sep 29 — at Sequoyah, 5:30pm

Bartow County Recreation Department Youth Football 10U results for Tuesday, September 22 FALCONS 30 BEARS 12​​ Jonathan Gough scored on runs of 70 and 14 yards and added three 2-point conversion kicks to lead the Falcons past the Bears. Todd Gaddy also scored on a 56 yard run for the Falcons. Jordan Durham and William Buttram had touchdown runs of 30 and 6 yards, respectively. RAIDERS 26 PACKERS 12 Evan Sanders ran for three touchdowns and passed for another in the Raiders victory. Sanders had touchdown runs of 81, 25, and 3 yards. The touchdown pass went to Case Adams from 37 yards out. Trip Bradley added a 2-point conversion kick for the Raiders. Jamarian Pullum connected with Kymoni Pullum for a 25 yard touchdown for the Packers. Adrian Harris added a 6 yard scoring run. Game reports are provided by BCRD and presented on Bartow Sports Zone by CiCi's Pizza of Cartersville.

ADAIRSVILLE 11, MURRAY CO. 9 ADAIRSVILLE —— 0-0-3-0-3-2-3 — 11R | 13H | 6E MURRAY CO. —— 0-0-1-1-6-0-1 — 9R | 9H | 4E Adairsville hitters: Emily Collum — 3R, 3H, 2RBI, SB Hannah Knapp — 1R, 2H, 2RBI Alyssa Hughs — 1R, 2H, 2RBI Loren Harris — 1R, 1H, 1RBI Baily Robinson — 1H, 1RBI, SB Morgan Deboard — 1R, 2H Macy Hufstetler — 1R, 1H Victoria Davis — 2R, 1H, 1BB Adairsville pitching: Loren Harris — 4.2 IP, 7H, 8R, 2ER, 3BB, 4K Alyssa Hughs — 2 IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 2BB, 3K Natalie Burrow — 0.1 IP, 1H Next: Thur Sep 24 — LFO — 5:30pm Mon Sep 28 — at Gordon Central — 5:30pm Tue Sep 29 — COAHULLA CREEK — 5:30pm _______________ TRION 11, EXCEL CHRISTIAN 0 Excel managed only three hits in a region loss to Trion. Brighton McCollum, Taylor Gibson and Aliza Baker had one hit each for the Lady Eagles. ECA hosts North Cobb Christian next Monday. ______________ PICKENS 5, CARTERSVILLE 0 CARTERSVILLE —— 0-0-0-0-0-0-0 — 0R | 3H | 5E PICKENS ————— 0-0-2-0-1-2-x — 5R | 5H | 2E Cartersville hitters: Molly Wilson — 1H, SB Michaela Crowe — 1H Paris Poston — 1H Colbi Ballard — Sac Cartersville pitching: Hannah Todd — 6 IP, 5H, 5R, 1ER, 0BB, 9K Next: Thur Sep 24 — SOUTHEAST WHITFIELD — 5:55pm Tue Sep 28 — at Rockmart — 5:30pm Wed Sep 29 — at LaFayette — 7pm

Cartersville Parks & Recreation Department Youth Football 8U results for Monday, September 21 PURPLE HURRICANES 15 BLACK HURRICANES 12 Brodie McWhorter had a 60-yard touchdown dash and Myles Mitchell scored on a 24-yard run to lead Purple past Black Monday night. Davis Waddle and Noah Green added the extra points for Purple. Zae Zae Pennymon had scoring jaunts of 66- and 64-yards for the Black Hurricanes. WHITE HURRICANES 19 GOLD HURRICANES 6 Braden Long had “long” touchdown runs of 65-, 56-, and 45-yards, plus an extra point run to lead White past Gold, 19-6. Milik Evans had a 30-yard touchdown scamper for Gold. Game reports are provided by CPRD and presented by CiCi's Pizza of Cartersville.

Bartow County Recreation Department Youth Football 8U results for Monday, September 21 COLTS 19 RAIDERS 8 Reed Ezell scored on touchdown runs of 53 and 30 yards to lead the Colts past the Raiders 19-8. Tylan Beeman added a 6-yard scoring run and a PAT run. Xavior Darby scored on a 2-yard run for the Raiders and added a 2-point conversion pass to Aiden Caylor. FALCONS 26 PACKERS 0 The Falcons’ defense shutout the Packers Monday night for a 26-0 victory. Ja’Kai Baldwin scored on touchdown runs of 45 and 10 yards. Ja’Kez Baldwin, Kelson Mitchell, and Caiden Moore each added short TD runs of 6, 4, and 3, respectively. Kyron McClendon added a PAT run for the Falcons.

Bartow County Recreation Department Youth Football 8U results for Saturday, September 19 Steelers 13 Packers 0 Nicholas Wright scored on a 50-yard run and Lucas Baker had a 30-yard touchdown jaunt for the Steelers. Wright added a PAT run. Bears 33 Raiders 6 Isaiah Livsey and Talan Nix combined for five touchdown runs leading the Bears past the Raiders. Livsey scored on runs of 70-, 50-, and 50-yards. Nix had touchdown runs rom 26 and 20 yards out. Nix added a PAT run and Casen Cochran added a 2-point PAT kick. The Raiders’ score came on a 20 yard run by Aiden Caylor. Falcons 30 Jets 0 Kelson Mitchell scored on three runs. Ja’Kai Baldwin and Caden Moore scored one touchdown each. Mitchell’s touchdown runs were from 70-, 18-, and 5-yards. Baldwin scored on a 20-yarder and Moore hit paydirt on a 10-yard scamper.

CARTERSVILLE 11, WOODLAND 9 WOODLAND ——- 3-0-0-0-0-6-0 — 9R | 9H | 8E CARTERSVILLE — 0-7-0-1-0-3-x — 11R | 9H | 3E Woodland hitters: Kylie Knox — 2R, 2H, 1BB Taylor Calhoun — 2R, 1BB, 1RBI Kereston Franklin — 2H, 1BB, 3RBI Audrey Morris — 2R Courtney Godfrey — 1R Brittney Cox — 2BB, 1RBI Skylar Chappell — 1H, 2RBI, SB Victoria Dabbs — 1H, 1RBI Keri Cagle — 1R, 1H Shelby Rainey — 1R, 2H Woodland pitching: Lily Watson — 6 IP, 9H, 11R, 3ER, 2BB Next for Woodland: (10-14 record) Wed Sep 23 — at Cherokee — 5:30pm Thur Sep 24 — at Creekview — 5:55pm Cartersville hitters: Colbi Ballard — 1R Macee Cole — 1R, 1H, 1RBI Kennedy Bailey — 1H Megan Morneau — 2R, 1H, 2RBI Michaela Crowe — 1R, 2H, 1RBI Jolea Prokop — 1R Paris Poston — 2R, 2H, 1RBI Madison McKinney — 1R, 1RBI Tara Mathis — 1BB Hannah Todd — 1H, 1RBI Molly Wilson — 1R Kayla Stephenson — 1R Taylor Waits — 1H, 2RBI Cartersville pitching: Tara Mathis — 5.2 IP, 9H, 9R, 6ER, 5BB, 3K Colbi Ballard — 1.1 IP, 0H, 0R, 2K Next for Cartersville: (12-12 record) Tue Sep 22 — at Pickens — 5:55pm Thur Sep 24 — SOUTHEAST WHITFIELD — 5:55pm Tue Sep 28 — at Rockmart — 5:30pm Wed Sep 29 — at LaFayette — 7pm _______________ GORDON LEE 11, CASS 2 at Lee University CASS ————— 2-0-0-0-0 — 2R | 2H | 3E GORDON LEE — 8-1-2-0-x — 11R | 15H | 1E Cass hitters: Sarah Fox — 1BB Hope Elrod — 1R Sierrah Gani — 1R, 1H, 1BB Hannah Lee — 1H, 2RBI Cass pitching: Hannah Lee — 1.2 IP, 10H, 9ER, 2BB, 2K Cat White — 2.1 IP, 5H, 1ER, 1K Next games: (4-20 record) Sep 24 — DALTON — 5:30pm Sep 28 — CREEKVIEW — 5:30pm