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The Bartow County Parks and Recreation Department is currently accepting sign-ups through July 31 for the following sports: Flag Football ( 5-6 year olds)- $55.00 8 under, 10 under, 12 under football- $85.00 Cheerleading 6-12- $60.00 Volleyball- 6th, 7th, 8th grade Girls- $70 Soccer- U6 (co-ed), U8 Boys, U8 Girls, U10 Boys, U10 Girls, U12 Girls, U12 Boys, U14 Co-ed $80 For more information, call the BCPRD office at 770-387-5149 or visit their office at 31 Beavers Drive. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8am to 8pm and Saturday 8am to 4pm. The office is closed on Sundays. Online registration is available at bartowcountryparksandrec.org.

Former Cartersville High School and current Georgia Tech shortstop Connor Justus is playing summer baseball in the prestigious Cape Cod League, while other Bartow County players are involved in summer collegiate league play in the Atlanta area. Find out more in Jason Greenberg's story, 'Connor Justus playing in famous Cape Cod League' at The Daily Tribune.

The Bartow County 14 year old Dizzy Dean team finds itself only three wins away from the 2015 state championship, but must get there without another blemish after falling to Whitfield County Monday night, 6-2. Bartow, now 3-1 in the tournament, had previous wins over Hunter Park, Fannin County, and Summerville before the loss. Bartow managed only one hit against some strong Whitfield County pitching. Bryson Markley had a hit and scored both Bartow runs in the loss. Parker Hardin pitched the first four innings for Bartow. He struck out four and allowed a pair of runs. Toby Queen worked the final three frames on the mound. He struck out two. In a 2-0 victory over Summerville earlier in the day, Bartow took a 1-0 lead in the third inning on a single by Cody Parramore that drove in Queen. Bartow County added their second run in the sixth frame when Connor Gallagher singled home Markley who had doubled earlier in the inning. Markley picked up the pitching victory with four innings on the mound. He struck out six. Gallagher pitched the final three innings for Bartow to earn a save. He recorded a pair of strikeouts. The 14 year old Bartow County Dizzy Dean all-stars return to action Wednesday (July 8). They will play the survivor of four teams playing Tuesday night. Summerville and Towns County play at 5:30 at Hobgood Park in Woodstock. Tallapoosa faces Lee County at the same time at Legion Field in Canton. The winners play again at 8pm Tuesday at Hobgood Park. That four-team survivor in the losers’ bracket meets Bartow Wednesday at 5:30pm in an elimination game. That winner faces unbeaten Whitfield County at 8pm. Whitfield can win the state title with one more win. The losers’ bracket survivor needs to defeated Whitfield twice to take the championship. An “if needed game” would be Thursday (July 9) at 5:30pm at Hobgood Park.

The Bartow County 14 year old Dizzy Dean tournament team won Friday night and again Sunday at the Dizzy Dean State Tournament in Cherokee County. Bartow defeated Hunter Park 11-3 Friday night (July 3). Bryson Markley earned the pitching victory with four innings of work. Landon Ayers finished off the opener by pitching the final three innings. Markley recorded 8 strikeouts. Bartow opened with four runs in the first inning, added a run in both the fourth and fifth innings, and closed out the win with four more in the sixth. Parker Hardin, Toby Queen, B.J. Roper, Connor Gallagher, and Kaleb Chance all went 2-for-4 to lead the Bartow offensive attack. In Sunday’s 13-3 win over Fanning County, Hardin picked up the pitching win with seven strikeouts in four innings of work. Roper completed a pair of scoreless innings on the bump and Gallagher tossed a shutout seventh to close the game out. Bartow County used a six run fourth inning to open up a close contest. Jacob Cody led the Bartow offense with a 3-for-5 performance at the plate and Cody Parramore finished 2-for-5. Hardin, Austin Baker, and Seth McFarland added one hit each for Bartow. The Bartow 14 year old team hits the diamond again Monday (July 6) at 5:30pm against Summerville at Hobgood Park in Woodstock as one of nly 3 unbeaten teams remaining in the double-elimination tournament. The 14 year old Dizzy Dean state tournament continues through Thursday, July 9 at Hobgood Park in Woodstock and Legion Field in Canton.

The PGA Tour stop this week (July 2-5) was in West Virginia at The Greenbrier Classic. That is where Russell Henley fired a 7-under par 63 Sunday and climbed 35 places in the standings to finish alone in fifth place. He was the highest finishing player among the PGA Tour players affiliated with Cartersville Country Club’s Scott Hamilton Golf Academy. Henley fired rounds of 70-66-69-63 and climbed into 39th place in the FedExCup standings. Other SH Golf Academy players with top finishes this week were Brendon Todd (T6, -11) and Steven Bowditch (T13, -10). Danny Lee won the tournament in a four-man playoff over David Hearn, Robert Streb, and Kevin Kisner. Those four players finished the regulation 72 holes at 13-under-par. Kisner and Streb were eliminated on the first playoff hole when Lee and Hearn both birdied the par-3 eighteenth. The playoff then moved to the par-5 seventeenth where Lee won his first-ever PGA Tour title with a par. Former SH Golf Academy player — Acworth’s Jason Bohn — was a co-leader going into Sunday’s round. Bohn shot a PGA Tour career low 61 on Saturday after barely making the cut, but then slipped to a tie for 13th Sunday with a 71. The Greenbrier Classic was played at The Old White TPC course in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. The web.com Tour was at the Nova Scotia Open July 2-5 where Abraham Ancer defeated Bronson Burgoon in a playoff to win. Hunter Hamrick (T10, -10) and Kelvin Day (T75, +1) were the top Scott Hamilton Golf Academy players to compete at Ashburn Country Club in Halifax, Canada. Next week, the web.com Tour moves to Boise, Idaho for the Albertsons Open presented by Kraft. The PGA Tour will play the John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois. Both events are scheduled for July 9-12. Scott Hamilton is the Director of Golf at Cartersville Country Club and works with many prominent members of the PGA Tour through his instruction and teaching. Bartow Sports Zone tracks those professional players each week.

Approximately 275 local runners from Bartow County participated in the annual Fourth of July Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta. Top local runners at the 2015 Peachtree Road Race: (based on entry address) [top 2000 or top 50 in age group] Overall place, Name, Age, Net Time, Address 42nd -- Edgar Santoyo Ibarra, 29, 33:57, Cartersville, GA (12th in age group) 117th -- Troy HIckom, 20, 35:46, Cartersville, GA 208th -- David Matherne, 50, 37:17, Cartersville, GA (2nd in age group) 445th -- Matt Nichols, 31, 39:57, Kingston, GA 449th -- Jonathan Holloway, 15, 39:59, Cartersville, GA 968th -- Lee Maxwell, 43, 42:57, Euharlee, GA 1094th -- Nick Warren, 15, 43:33, Taylorsville, GA 1098th -- Sherry Spinks, 34, 43:33, Cartersville, GA 1282nd -- Lindsay Scifers, 15, 44:14, Euharlee, GA 1366th -- Will Potts, 24, 44:32, Emerson, GA 1661st -- Dylan Coker, 17, 45:26, Rydal, GA 1663rd -- Dorie Brunzelle, 21, 45:26, Cartersville, GA 1678th -- Noah Warren, 15, 45:29, Taylorsville, GA 1729th -- Cheyenne Spinks, 14, 45:38, Cartersville, GA (9th in age group) 1761st -- James Christina, 47, 45:44, Cartersville, GA 1925th -- Brandon Davis, 23, 46:08, Cartersville, GA Other local notables by age division: Betty Thompson, 69, 57:37, Cartersville, GA (12th in age group) Tess Cochran, 13, 54:42, Adairsville, GA (50th in age group) Find your favorite local runner's results by going to the Atlanta Track Club's results page. CLICK HERE

Professional golfers affiliated with Cartersville Country Club's Scott Hamilton Golf Academy are competing on three different tours July 2-5. Here are the standings for the SH Golf Academy players as those three events move into the weekend. PGA Tour -- The Greenbrier Classic -- White Sulpher Springs, WV Leaders: Jhonattan Vegas (-9), Scott Langley (-9) T17 -- Brendon Todd (-6) T41 -- Steven Bowditch (-4) T41 -- Russell Henley (-4) MC -- Tom Gillis MC -- Jim Renner U.S.G.A. Senior Open -- Del Paso Country Club -- Sacramento, CA Leaders: Jeff Maggert (-10), Colin Montgomery (-8) MC -- Joe Durant Web.com Tour -- Nova Scotia Open -- Ashburn GC -- Halifax, Canada Leader: Andrew Landry (-11) T7 -- Hunter Hamrick (-6) T55 -- Kelvin Day (-2) MC -- Brent Witcher MC -- Mark Silvers Scott Hamilton is the Director of Golf at Cartersville Country Club and works with many prominent members of the PGA Tour through his instruction and teaching. Bartow Sports Zone tracks those professional players each week.

Local high school teams for virtually every sport have been working out and attending camps this summer, but not this week. The Georgia High School Association’s official summer “Dead Week” begins today (July 3) and continues through Thursday, July 9. During the summer months between the ending of one school year and the beginning of the next, there are no restrictions on practices and competitions as long as all participation by student athletes is voluntary. The exception to the above GHSA policy is the annual “Dead Week.” During the state-wide, mandatory “Dead Week,” GHSA member schools are prohibited from participating in even voluntary workouts, camps, and/or clinics. Even weight training and those competitions are prohibited each year during the week in which the Fourth of July falls. GHSA’s “Dead Week” is the one week each year when weight rooms, gymnasiums, and fields are closed and all organized team activities are prohibited. Coaches and athletes alike use the extended holiday period to relax with their families and friends. It also gives everyone a well deserved break and a chance to refresh. High school coaches and their team members may pick back up with more summer workouts and athletic activities as early as Friday, July 10.

Like most other high school basketball coaches, Cass girls' head coach Burt Jackson has spent the summer working with his team with workouts and at team camps. Catch up with the Lady Colonels with David Royal's story 'Cass girls searching for what works out best for hoops game' at The Daily Tribune News.

The Bartow County 14-year-old Dizzy Dean all-star team begins state tournament play Friday, July 3 at Hobgood Park in Cherokee County. Bartow is scheduled to play Hunter Park at 5:30pm in an opening round matchup. The tournament continues through July 6 at Hobgood Park in Woodstock and Legion Field in Canton.

The Bartow County 9-year-old Dizzy Dean all-star team opens the state tournament in North Cherokee County Saturday, July 4 against Whitfield County at 9 a.m. Bartow, the Dizzy Dean District 2 runner-up, will play a second game on the tournament’s opening day win or lose. Bartow County and Whitfield County are paired in the opening bracket with Murray County vs. Eastside. The winners of those two opening round games play at 5pm July 4. The losers will play in an elimination game at 1pm. Both games will be in Ball Ground. The double-elimination tournament continues through July 8 with games played in Ball Ground and Waleska. Other teams at the 9-year-old state tournament include: Buckhead Braves, Villa Rica, Sandy Plains Red, Powder Springs, Kennesaw, Sandy Plains Blue, Jefferson, Buckhead Bucks, Winston, New Georgia, East Cherokee, and Sandy Springs Storm.

Cartersville Little League 10U Purple rolled up 17 runs in a two inning span Thursday night (July 2) on their way to a 20-6 win and the Georgia Little League District 1 title. Nine Cartersville Purple players combined for 14 hits and five walks in the victory. Cartersville Purple took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first and pushed it to 12-0 in the third. After Cartersville Gold put up three runs in the bottom of the third, Purple responded with eight more. Gold rallied for three more runs in the bottom of the fourth, but that was as close as they would come. The game ended via run-rule. Drake Carver led the Purple offense. He was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with a walk and 3 runs scored. Carver had a double and a triple among his hits. Paul Gamble was 2-for-2 for Cartersville Purple with a pair of RBI and four runs scored. Hunter Kelly and Avery Higgins also had a pair of hits and two RBI apiece. JaKiyon Porter, Isaac McNair-Seigler (RBI), Trip Bradley, A.J. Christina, and NIck Kennedy added the other Cartersville Purple hits. Gamble (3.1 IP, 5 ER, 5 H, 4 BB, 5 K) earned the pitching victory for Cartersville Purple. McNair-Seigler (0.2 IP, 0 ER, 1 BB) recorded the final two outs of the game in the bottom of the fourth. Joshua Clay had a double and a triple with 2 RBI in a 2-for-3 performance for Cartersville Gold. Gabe Cox also went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Kaden Stephenson , Silas Freeman , and Jordan Hall had the remaining Cartersville Gold hits. The two Cartersville teams finished first and second during pool play of the district tournament qualifying the two to square off in a best-of-three series for the title. Cartersville Purple won the series, 2-0. Cartersville Purple 10U, now District 1 Little League champions, advance to the Georgia Little League 9/10 state tournament that begins July 11 at Midway Little League in Decatur.