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Cartersville had the most players of any Class 4A school selected to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Preseason All-State team. Sophomore quarterback Trevor Lawrence, senior tight end Miller Forristall, senior wide receiver Terrius Callahan and senior linebacker Tyler Reed were all selected to the Class AAAA squad. Also of note, Gilmer running back Russell Cochran and Southeast Whitfield offensive lineman Noah Ramsey also made the team. Both of those players are also in Region 7-AAAA. Lawrence and Reed were each named to the AJC and Associated Press all-state first teams in 2014. Callahan was a first-team AP all-state selection and a fourth-team AJC all-state choice in 2014. The four Preseason All-State members and the rest of the Hurricanes travel to Woodland Friday for a preseason scrimmage against the Wildcats. Kickoff for the scrimmage is set for 7:30pm. The Purple Hurricanes open the regular season August 28 at Cass.

Cartersville volleyball head coach Camille Spradley and the Lady Canes begin the 2015 season Friday at the Sequoyah Classic in Hickory Flat. The season opening invitational tournament will continue throughout the day on Saturday. Cartersville returns key starters Andi Prokop, Kate Justus, Emma Hart, Catie Heilman, and Kameron Hendrix. The Lady Canes first home matches of the season will be Thursday, August 27 when they host Haralson County and Marietta. CARTERSVILLE VOLLEYBALL 2015 SCHEDULE Fri Aug 14 — at Sequoyah Tournament — 4:30pm Sat Aug 15 — at Sequohah Tournament — 8am Thur Aug 20 — at Coosa — 7pm Tue Aug 25 — at Kennesaw Mountain w/ Roswell — 6pm Thur Aug 27 — HARALSON CO & MARIETTA — 5pm Sat Aug 29 — Coosa Invitational at Shorter University Tue Sep 1 — CEDARTOWN & CARROLLTON — 5pm Thur Sep 3 — at Sprayberry w/ Decatur — 6pm Tue Sep 8 — at Northwest Whitfield w/ Gilmer — 6pm Thur Sep 10 — at Rome w/ Model — 5pm Tue Sep 15 — at Lafayette w/ TBA — 6pm Thur Sep 17 — VILLA RICA & SPRAYBERRY — 5pm Sat Sep 19 — Bartow Co. Tourney at Woodland — 9am Tue Sep 22 — RIDGELAND & HERITAGE — 5pm Thur Sep 24 — MURRAY CO. & CASS — 5pm Tue Sep 29 — at Southeast Whitfield w/ Pickens — 6pm Thur Oct 1 — at Pope w/ Hillgrove — 6pm Tue Oct 6 — DARLINGTON — 6pm Thur Oct 8 — Region Tournament Sat Oct 10 — Region Tournament For more on the 2015 Cartersville volleyball season, see Jason Greenberg’s article, ‘Lady Canes volleyball opens season Friday,’ at The Daily Tribune News.

The Woodland Lady Wildcats' softball team lost 10-0 to region 7-AAAAA foe Dalton Wednesday night and slipped to 0-3 on the season. DALTON 10, WOODLAND 0 WOODLAND —— 0-0-0-0-0 —— 0R | 1H | 5E DALTON —— 2-0-5-3-x ——10R | 10H | 0E Dalton Hitters: Gabby Wright — 1R, 1SB McCall Maret — 1R, 2H Lauren Parker — 2R, 1H Alli Swinford — 1R, 3H, 5RBI Haley Ledwell — 1R Hailey Jones — 1R Brooke Belflower — 2R, 1H Olivia Whaley — 1BB Kianna Adams — 1R, 3H, 4RBI Dalton Pitchers: Alli Swinford — 5 IP, 1H, 8K Woodland Hitters: Kylie Knox — 1H Taylor Calhoun — SAC Woodland Pitchers: Lilly Jordan — 4 IP, 10R, 2ER, 10H, 2K, 1BB _______________________________ Next Games for Woodland: Thur Aug 13 — CASS — 7pm Mon Aug 17 — at Lassiter — 5:45pm Tue Aug 18 — RIVER RIDGE — 5:30pm Thur Aug 20 — at Rome — 5pm

The Woodland volleyball team opened the 2015 season last week, splitting matches with Paulding County and Marietta. The Lady Wildcats (1-1) will open their home schedule Thursday, hosting Hiram and North Paulding. Woodland head coach David Condon returns key players Mary Katherine Grimes, Taryn Quackenbush, Mikayla Ward, Kalia Henry, and Allison Hulit. WOODLAND VOLLEYBALL 2015 SCHEDULE Thur Aug 6 — at Paulding w/ Marietta Thur Aug 13 — HOME vs. Hiram & North Paulding, 5pm Tue Aug 18 — HOME vs. Cedartown, Marietta, Cherokke, 5pm Thur Aug 20 — at Sonoraville w/ Chattooga, 6pm Sat Aug 22 — at Rockmart Tournament Tue Aug 25 — HOME vs. Rockmart & Model, 5pm Thur Aug 27 — at Cass w/ Fannin County, 6pm Tue Sep 1 — at Creekview w/ Cass, 5:30pm Thur Sep 3 — at Hiram w/ East Paulding, 5pm Tue Sep 8 — at Villa Rica w/ Paulding Co., 5pm Thur Sep 10 — at Kell w/ North Paulding, 5pm Tue Sep 15 — HOME vs. Dalton & River Ridge, 5:30pm Thur Sep 17 — HOME vs. Cass & Calhoun, 5pm Sat Sep 19 — Bartow County Tournament at Woodland Tue Sep 22 — HOME vs. Villa Rica & Alexander, 5pm Thur Sep 24 — at Rockmart w/ Rome, 6pm Tue Sep 29 — at Sequoyah, 5:30pm For more season preview of the Lady Wildcats, see Jason Greenberg's article, 'Woodland returns 4 experienced players,' at The Daily Tribune News.

The Cass Lady Colonels' softball team fell to 0-2 on the season Wednesday night with a 7-3 home loss to Cedartown. Cass came from behind to tie the game in the bottom of the sixth, but the visiting Bulldogs scored four times in the top of the final frame to secure the non-region victory. CEDARTOWN 7, CASS 3 CEDARTOWN —— 0-0-2-0-1-0-4 —— 7R | 9H | 4E CASS —— 0-0-1-1-0-1-0 —— 3R | 3H | 3E Cedartown Hitters: Abram — 1R, 2H, 3RBI Saunders — 1H ATillman — 1R, 2H, 1RBI Claypool — 1H Covington — 1H, 1RBI Bowman — 2R, 2H, 1SB Overstreet — 1R Smith — 2R Cedartown PItchers: ATillman — 7 IP, 3R, 0ER, 3H, 9K, 3BB Cass Hitters: Sierrah Gani — 2H, 1BB, 1RBI, 1SB Sarah Fox — 1R, 1H Hannah Lee — 1R Hannah Elrod — 1RBI Kaelee Rush — 1R, 1BB Cass Pitchers: Hannah Lee — 4.2 IP, 4R, 3ER, 6H, 3K, 1BB Cat White — 2.1 IP, 3R, 3ER, 3H, 1K, 2BB _________________________ Next Games for Cass: Aug 13 — at Woodland — 5:30pm Aug 14 — vs. Heritage (at Carrollton) — 7pm Aug 15 — vs. Bremen (at Carrollton) 10am Aug 15 — vs. South Cobb (at Carrollton) 1:45pm

The Cass Lady Colonels opened the 2015 volleyball with a pair of straight set losses to host Model and Darlington Tuesday night (Aug. 11) at Model High School. Cass head coach Alan Potter credited captains Sara Parton and Ashley West with quality play for the Lady Colonels. The junior varsity Lady Colonels had a successful opening night with a pair of straight set victories. Coach Potter noted the play of Macy Wright, Grace Weeks, Lana White, and Madison Philpott in the JV wins. The Lady Colonels return to action Thursday (Aug. 13) at Roswell High School against both the Lady Hornets and the Lady Raiders of Riverwood.

Adairsville, Cartersville, and Cass each lost softball games Tuesday night (Aug. 11). These were region games for both Adairsville and Cass. Cartersville's matchup with Rockmart was non-region. RIVER RIDGE 12, CASS 0 RIVER RIDGE —— 3-0-8-1 —— 12R | 15H | 0E CASS —— 0-0-0-0 —— 0R | 0H | 1E River Ridge Hitters: Paige Taylor — 2R, 2H Addison Bray — 2R, 2H, 1RBI Beth McCulley — 3R, 2H, 2RBI Brianna Collender — 1R, 2H, 1RBI Gabby Williams — 1H, 1RBI Kaitlyn Dilbeck — 2H, 1RBI Little — 1R Darion Spencer — 1R, 1H, 1RBI Bayleigh Lott — 1R Shelby Suggs — 1R, 3H, 2RBI River Ridge Pitchers: Jessica Mirocha — 3 IP, 0R, 0H, 1K, 0BB Cass Pitchers: Hannah Lee — 2.2 IP, 8R, 8ER, 8H, 2BB Kaelee Rush — 0.1 IP, 4R, 4ER, 5H Cat White — 1 IP, 0R, 2H Next: Cedartown at Cass -- Wednesday, 5:30pm ___________________________ ROCKMART 11, CARTERSVILLE 2 ROCKMART —— 3-6-0-0-2 —— 11R | 9H | 1E CARTERSVILLE —— 2-0-0-0-0 —— 2R | 2H | 2E Rockmart Hitters: C.Stanley — 3R, 2H, 2RBI K.Elrod — 1R, 1H, 1RBI A.Robinson — 1H, 1RBI N.Tunig — 2R E.Loveless — 1R, 1H, 3RBI K.Brodfield — 1R, 2H K.Motes — 1H, 3RBI K.Dean — 2R M.Lindsey — 1R, 1H Rockmart Pitchers: A.Robinson — 5IP, 2R, 1ER, 4H, 2K, 3BB Cartersville Hitters: Molly Wilson — 1R Allie Jackson — 1R, 1BB Kennedy Bailey — 1H, 2RBI Michaela Crowe — 1BB Madison McKinney — 1H Cartersville Pitchers: Tara Mathis — 2 IP, 9ER, 6H, 1K, 5BB Colbi Ballard — 3 IP, 2ER, 3H, 1BB Next: at Northwest Whitfield -- Thursday, 5:55pm ____________________________ CALHOUN 8, ADAIRSVILLE 0 ADAIRSVILLE —— 0-0-0-0-0 —— 0R | 1H | 3E CALHOUN —— 2-0-3-0-3 —— 8R | 7H | 1E Calhoun Hitters: Brzozoski — 2R, 1H Barnes — 2R, 1H Johns — 2R, 2H, 1RBI Mitchell — 1R, 1H, 3RBI Weatherman — 1R, 2H, 4RBI Calhoun Pitchers: Liscio — 4.1 IP, 1H, 8K Mitchell — 0.1 IP, 1K Adairsville Hitters: Emily Collum — 1H Adairsville Pitchers: Alyssa Hughs — 4 IP, 3ER, 8R, 7H, 1K Next: at Sonoraville -- Monday, 5:30pm For more on these games, please see Jason Greenberg's article, 'Bartow softball teams run ruled,' at The Daily Tribune News.

Cass volleyball opens the 2015 season Tuesday night (August 11) in a match at Model High School. The match will also mark the debut of new Cass head coach Alan Potter. Cass Volleyball 2015 Schedule Tue Aug 11 -- at Model, 5pm Thur Aug 13 -- at Roswell w/ Riverwood, 6pm Tue Aug 18 -- Home vs. Fannin County, 5pm Thur Aug 20 -- at Sonoraville, 5pm Tue Aug 25 -- HOME vs. Pepperell & Cedartown, 5pm Thur Aug 27 -- HOME vs. Woodland & North Cobb Christian, 5pm Sat Aug 29 -- at Coosa Tournament (Shorter College) Tue Sept 1 -- at Creekview w/ Woodland, 5pm Thur Sept 3 -- at Coosa w/ Adairsville, 5pm Thur Sept 10 -- at Fannin County w/ White Co., 6pm Tue Sept 15 -- HOME vs. Sequoyah & Creekview, 5pm Thur Sept 17 -- at Woodland, 5pm Sat Sept 19 -- Bartow County Tournament Tue Sept 22 -- HOME vs. Model, 5pm Thur Sept 24 -- at Murray County w/ Cartersville, 6pm Tue Sept 29 -- at Dalton w/ River Ridge, 5pm Thur Oct 1 -- at North Cobb Christian, 5pm

CARTERSVILLE 7, WOODLAND 6 August 10 at Woodland HS Cartersville — 0-1-0-3-0-3-0 —— 7R | 4H | 1E Woodland — 2-2-0-1-1-0-0 —— 6R | 6H | 6E Cartersville Hitters: Molly Wilson — 2RBI, 1BB, SB Madison McKinney — 1H Paris Poston — 1R, 1H Colbi Ballard — 3R, 1BB Macee Cole — 1BB Allie Jackson — 1R Taylor Waits — 2R, 2H, 2RBI Cartersville Pitchers: Tara Mathis — 4.1 IP, 5H, 6R, 4ER, 4K, 6BB Colbi Ballard — 2.2 IP, 1H, 0R, 3K, 0BB ___________________________ Woodland Hitters: Kylie Knox — 3R, 1H, 2BB, 1SB Taylor Calhoun — 1R, 1H, 1SB Kereston Franklin — 1H, 1RBI, 1BB Brittney Cox — 1R, 1SB Courtney Godfrey — 2H, 4RBI Victoria Dabbs — 1R, 1H, 1BB Shelby Rainey — 1BB Brittney Griffith — 1BB Woodland Pitchers: Lilly Jordan — 7IP, 4H, 7R, 2ER, 3K, 4BB Next: Rockmart at Cartersville, Tue. Aug. 11, 5:30pm Woodland at Dalton, Tue. Aug. 11, 5:55pm For more, see Jason Greenberg's report, ' 3-run 6th lifts Cartersville past Woodland, 7-6,' at The Daily Tribune News.

Each week, Bartow Sports Zone tracks the professional golfers affiliated with the Scott Hamilton Golf Academy based locally out of Cartersville Country Club. Scott Hamilton is the long time Director of Golf at CCC and works with many prominent professionals on multiple golf tours. NOTE: Scott Hamilton Golf Academy affiliated players who competed this past week are listed below in BOLD. PGA Tour World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational August 6-9, Firestone CC (South), Akron, OH Winner: Shane Lowry (-11) by 2 over Bubba Watson T12 — Steven Bowditch (-3) T17 — Russell Henley (-1) T61 — Brendon Todd (+6) Next week: PGA Championship _____________________ PGA Tour Barracuda Championship August 6-9, Montreux G&CC, Reno, NV Winner: J.J. Henry (47 pts, Modified Stableford Scoring) playoff over Kyle Reifers. T63 — Tom Gillis (19pts, Modified Stableford Scoring) MC — Jim Renner Next week: PGA Championship, Whistling Straits, Sheboygan, WI _____________________ Champions Tour Shaw Charity Classic August 7-9, Canyon Meadows G&CC, Calgary, AB, CAN Winner: Jeff Magert (-16) by 4 over Colin Montgomerie T12 — Joe Durant (-8) Next: August 21-23, Boeing Classic, Snoqualmie, WA _____________________ web.com Tour Digital Ally Open August 6-9, Nicklaus GC at LionsGate, Overland Park, KS Winner: Martin Piller (-26) by 4 over Darron Stiles T15 — Mark Silvers (-16) T43 — Brent Witcher (-12) T63 — Kelvin Day (-8) MC — Hunter Hamrick Next week: Price Cutter Charity Classic, Springfield, MO

Former Cass High School and University of Georgia football standout, Richard Samuel, will be a guest speaker at the Bartow County Parks and Recreation Department South Bartow Youth Facility on Saturday, August 15. Samuel, who now operates Richard Samuel Performance Training in Athens, GA was uniquely a two-way player in both high school and college. He also conducted summer youth football camps in Athens and at Hamilton Crossing Park earlier this summer. Joe Salvatore, Director of the South Bartow Youth Facility, said his guest speaker will get involved with the kids. "Richard will speak to the kids in attendance at 10am. He plans to talk about having a strong work ethic, making good grades, and other model character topics," said Salvatore. Admission to the event is free. The South Bartow Youth Facility Gym is located at 6506 Glade Road in Acworth. "Richard is also going to play dodge ball with the kids following his presentation. It should be a lot of fun!" added Salvatore. For more information, contact the South Bartow Youth Facility at 770-974-3255.

Cartersville cheerleaders Sydney Castillo and Cameryn Wood each earned Top 16 finishes Saturday, August 8 at the Georgia Cheerleader Coaches Association Cheerleader of the Year Competition at Columbus State University. The two Canes cheerleaders were chosen to participate as two of the top 40 of 140 applicants from across the state of Georgia. Applicants for the competition had to submit grades, GPA, community service activities, and an essay. The top 40 were selected and invited to compete for an opportunity to be on the GCCA all-state team and win a $1,000 scholarship. For the competition the cheerleaders picked two of three competition categories. The categories were tumbling, stunting, and jumps.