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The largest volleyball festival in Georgia will be played this weekend at LakePoint in Emerson. An outdoor event, The 5th annual Angry Dragon Volleyball Dragon Slayer is played on the multipurpose sports turf fields. Players from all across the country will be competing Friday (June 12) through Sunday in multiple divisions including: Regular Doubles ( Men’s Open, Women’s Open, Men’s A, Women’s A, Men’s BB, Women’s BB, Men’s Masters (40+), Women’s Masters (40+), Girl’s 18U, Girl’s 16U, Girl’s 14U, and Regular Coed 4s. Also on Sunday, the USAV Junior Beach Tour returns to the Rally Volleyball sand venue at LakePoint. Players in 12U, 14U, 16U, and 18U division will compete in a qualifier for the USA Jr. Beach Tour Championship in Virginia Beach at the end of July.

The East Cobb Braves 15U with local player Kevin Warner (Cartersville HS, Kingston, GA) captured the 2015 Perfect Game East Cobb Invitational. The 68-team 15U tournament concluded Friday morning (June 12) at PG Park South at Lakepoint in Emerson. Warner, a switch hitting infielder and RHP, contributed to East Cobb 15U’s title run by going 6-for-16 with a triple and 3RBI in the tournament. The 15U Braves were undefeated in seven games on their way to the invitational title. The East Cobb Braves 14U with local Cartersville players J.P. Martin and Brant Smith, finished runner-up in the 30-team 14U Perfect Game East Cobb Invitational. The tournament concluded Friday morning (June 12) at PG Park South at LakePoint in Emerson. The 14U Braves won their first six games in the tournament to reach the finals against Georgia Jackets National. The Jackets took the title game, 6-1, to finish the tournament unbeaten at 7-0. The 14U Braves managed only three hits in the finals against Jackets National pitcher, Tyler Jones of Ringgold. Locals Smith and Martin had a hit apiece for two of those three East Cobb hits. Highlights: Martin finished the tournament 4-for-9 with a double and 2 RBI. Smith homered against Team Elite TPX and totaled a pair of hits for the tournament. In the other event that concluded Friday, Home Plate Chili Dogs of Peachtree City, GA defeated Iron Pigs of Port Charlotte, FL 11-10 in the 13U East Cobb Invitational finals. The 16U and 17U World Wood Bat Association Qualifier began today (June 12) at LakePoint. Those events run through Wednesday, June 17. 50 teams in the 17U division and 54 teams in the 16U division are playing for four spots in the WWBA National Championships in July. The top four teams for each age division not already qualified for the WWBA National Championships will receive automatic berths. The WWBA National Championships are regularly full field events with over 300 teams in each age division. The 17U National Championship is July 3-10. The 16U event is July 10-17. Both tournaments will be played at venues all over the Atlanta Metro area, but are primarily hosted by Perfect Game Park South at LakePoint in Emerson.

Cartersville Little League’s 8-and-under tournament team lost 9-7 to Smyrna Wednesday night (June 10) in the championship game of the 2015 Georgia Little League Northwest Sectional. The tournament was played at Smyrna Little League and the title game was a rematch of two team that met earlier in the event. Cartersville won the first meeting, 17-13. In the championship game, Cartersville took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first. Tristan McKibbon singled and later scored on a hit by Logan Shrewsbury, but Smyrna answered with three runs of their own in the first and another run in the second to go up 4-1. Eight walks and a single in each inning did the opening damage for Smyrna. The locals added a run in the third with an RBI from Sawyer Wilson, but Smyrna jumped to a 7-2 lead in the bottom of the frame. Three more walks and a pair of hit batsmen led to Smyrna’s runs without benefit of a hit. Smyrna took a 9-4 lead to the final inning when Cartersville made one last charge. The 8U Canes had four hits in the inning and scored three times, but it was not enough. Cameron Cochran tripled to lead off the sixth. He scored on an RBI groundout by Julian Cline. Logan Woody then singled and advanced to third on a JeKeveon Porter double. Tristan Mckibben added an RBI hit that led to the final Cartersville runs. Cartersville out hit Smyrna 11-4, but Smyrna took advantage of 16 walks issued by Cartersville pitchers. The Cartersville roster includes: Jordan Brinkley, Maddox Frazier, Casen Cochran, Cameron Cochran, Logan Shrewsbury, Logan Woody, JeKeveon Porter. Tristan Mckibben, Thomas Peters, Sawyer Wilson, and Julian Cline. Cartersville’s manager is Robin Mckibben and the assisting coaches are Luke Bunce, Geoffe Shrewsbury, and Jay Frazier.

The Georgia Dugout Club’s Junior Team Georgia lost 8-3 to Team Arizona Wednesday night in the bronze medal game of the 2015 Sunbelt Classic Baseball Series in Oklahoma. The 21st annual baseball tournament is hosted by McAlester, Oklahoma and Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton, Oklahoma. Local high school standouts, Elliott Anderson (Cartersville HS) and Lane Griffith (Adairsville HS) are members of Junior Team Georgia for 2015. The two were even battery mates for a win over Team Texas earlier in the tournament. Georgia scored first in the top of the third, but Arizona responded with a pair of runs in the bottom of the frame. Georgia tied the game 2-2 in the top of the fourth, but Team Arizona added three more runs in the bottom of the fourth and never looked back. Anderson played first base in this game. He singled and scored in the fourth inning. He was also hit by a pitch in the fifth to finish the contest 1-for-2. Team Georgia managed seven hits, but Arizona’s ten-hit attack was more productive. Nick Wilhite had a double and Austin Wilhite homered in the fifth for Team Georgia’s only extra base hits. Team Georgia went 6-3 in round robin play and qualified for the bronze medal game as the tournament’s fourth seed. Arizona finished 8-2 including a pair of wins over Georgia. Team Texas and Team Tennessee were the top two seeds and were playing Wednesday night (June 10) for the 2015 Sunbelt Classic title.

The Cartersville Little League 9-and-under tournament team came up one run short in their quest for the Georgia Little League Northwest Sectional championship. The 9U Canes lost 6-5 to Smyrna Little League Blue in the tournament finals Tuesday night. Cartersville scored single runs in each of the first two innings and added three more in the top of the third to take the early lead. “We put the ball in play and took a 5-1 lead against Smyrna, but we made too many errors on defense after taking that lead,” said Cartersville manager Daniel Knight. Smyrna answered with three runs of their own in the bottom of the third and hit a homerun in the fourth for the winning margin. “They cut the lead to 5-4, but then we settled down,” Knight added. “We had two outs and two strikes on the hitter when the Smyrna kid hit that 2-run homer. It skipped off the top of the fence and we just were not able to bounce back.” Joseph Womack had two hits and an RBI for Cartersville in the championship game. Hayden James (RBI), Caleb Daniel, Miles Owens (RBI), Gavin Shrewsbury, and Ayden Ray had the other Cartersville hits. Owens pitched the first four innings for Cartersville in the finals and suffered the loss. He yielded only two earned runs on five hits and three walks. He struck out five. Womack worked a scoreless inning in relief. Cartersville 9U won its first two games of the tournament to reach the finals. The 9U Canes beat Murphey Candler Little League 13-3 last Saturday and Smyrna Little League Blue 13-8 Sunday, before the one-run loss in the finals. James had three hits including a double with an RBI and 3 runs scored against Murphey Candler. Owens added a pair of hits with an RBI and three runs scored. Daniel, Shrewsbury, Nicholas Hruby, Ray, Coby Barrett, and Turner Abernathy also had hits in the 11-hit attack. Owens, Womack, Daniel, and James all pitched against Murphey Candler. Owens whiffed five in 2.1 innings of work. The other three Cartersville pitchers worked 1.1 or less and each recorded a strikeout. The 9U Canes struck for 13 runs on 12 hits in the first matchup with Smyrna. Owens had three RBIs on three hits to lead the offense. Caleb Daniel (RBI) and Nicholas Hruby added a pair of hits each in the 13-8 win. Shrewsberry (RBI), Abernathy, Womack, Andrew Stiles, and Grant Knight had one hit each for the locals. Coby Barrett chipped in with an RBI. Daniel, Womack, and James pulled the pitching duties in the initial meeting with Smyrna. The team will next prepare for the GRPA tournament in Dalton. “We will be playing 10-and-under teams in that tournament, so we will have to play well,” noted Knight. “Our boys will be up to the challenge,” the Cartersville manager concluded. Members of the Cartersville Little League 9U team include: Joseph Womack, Hayden James, Miles Owens, Gavin Shrewsbury, Nicholas Hruby, Ayden Ray, Caleb Daniel, Grant Knight, Andrew Stiles, Coby Barrett, Conner Stermer, and Turner Abernathy. Assistant coaches include Richard Daniel, Justin James, and Carl Abernathy.

The Bartow County 6-, 7-, and 8-year old all-star baseball teams will compete in the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association Invitational this weekend (June 12-14) at Gordon County Parks and Recreation. Each of the tournaments are double-elimination and serve as a warm-up tournament for the Bartow teams as they prepare for the Dizzy Dean Baseball District Tournaments the following weekend. Bartow 6U opens tourney play Saturday (June 13) against Calhoun. The 6U team members are Jakez Baldwin, Graham Coheley, Connor Corbin, Colby Craig, Evan Hardin, Taylor Hicks, Drazen Jones, Seth Miller, Drew Nida, Eli Pierson, Jonathan Scott, Brody Varner. The coaches are Randy Chatman, Greg Corbin, Brian Pierson, and Andrew Nida. The 7U team begins tournament play Friday night (June 12) at 8:30pm against Gordon County. The 7-year-old team consists of Lucas Baker, Issac Burnett, Cayden Cothran, Drew Davey, Reed Ezell, Clayton Blackmon, Gavin Hubbard, Jayden Jinks, Noah King, Jacob McKinnies, Caiden Moore, and Cam’ron Scott. Coaches for Bartow 7U are Mike Ezell, Joe Baker, and Mike Burnett. The Bartow 8-year-old team opens its tournament play Friday night (June 12) against Bremen at 7:15pm. Bartow 8U includes: Brayden Butler, Brett Good, Reece Heaton, David Jinks, Hunter Lovett, Joshua McBroom, Xavious Nalls, Talen Nix, Jacob Pasley, Kamarion Profit, Trey Winters, and Nicholas Wright. Coaches for the 8-year-old team are Jason Wright, Kevin Nix, Mike Jinks, and Jody Pasley.

Cartersville Little League’s 8-and-under Rookie Level team has advanced to the Northwest Sectional championship game tonight (June 10) in Smyrna. Cartersville scored four times in the top of the first and never looked back as they cruised past Rockmart Little League, 22-6. Cartersville erupted for 13 hits and took advantage of five errors and ten walks. Tristan Mckibben had three hits, three RBI, and scored three times to lead the Cartersville offense. Casen Cochran, Logan Shrewsbury (3 RBI), and Thomas Peters (3 RBI) had a pair of hits each. JeKeveon Porter, Cameron Cochran (3 RBI), Logan Woody (RBI), and Maddox Frazier (RBI) each added a hit. Cartersville used six different pitchers in the one-side victory. Porter, Cameron Cochran, Casen Cochran, Mckibben, Peters, and Frazier all saw time on the mound against Rockmart. Cartersville plays the host team, Smyrna Little League, for the tournament championship Wednesday at 7pm. All games in the Georgia Little League Northwest Sectional tournament are being played at Hawkins Field at Smyrna Little League. The Cartersville roster includes: Jordan Brinkley, Maddox Frazier, Casen Cochran, Cameron Cochran, Logan Shrewsbury, Logan Woody, JeKeveon Porter. Tristan Mckibben, Thomas Peters, Sawyer Wilson, and Julian Cline. Cartersville’s manager is Robin Mckibben and the assisting coaches are Luke Bunce, Geoffe Shrewsbury, and Jay Frazier.

A loss Tuesday (June 9) to Team Arizona in both teams’ next-to-last round robin game knocked the Georgia Dugout Club’s Junior Team Georgia out of contention for a spot in the championship game. Georgia roared back, however, in their second game Tuesday to overwhelm Team Oklahoma Blue 16-1 in a 3-inning mercy rule final. Local high school standouts, Elliott Anderson of Cartersville High School and Lane Griffith of Adairsville High School, had key contributions in the final round-robin victory. Team Georgia, playing as the home team, scored seven runs in the first innings and nine in the second inning to complete the blow out. Anderson hit a 3-run homer in the second inning and scored a pair of runs. Griffith walked twice and scored both times in two plate appearances. Georgia was limited to only four hits in the loss to Arizona while their opponent rapped out five extra base hits and eleven total. Arizona broke open a close game with a six-run fourth inning. Team Georgia (6-3 in the ten team round robin) will have a rematch with Team Arizona (7-2) Wednesday afternoon in the tournament’s third place game. Team Tennessee (8-1) will play Team Texas (7-2) Wednesday night for the Sunbelt Classic title. Team Mississippi (6-3) plays Team Colorado (5-4) for fifth place. Team Missouri (3-6) plays Team Canada (2-7) for 7th place, and Oklahoma Gold plays Oklahoma Blue for 9th place. The 21st annual Sunbelt Classic Baseball Series is being played in McAlester, Oklahoma and at Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton, Oklahoma.

Cartersville High School track and field athlete, Anna Hightower, has committed to compete as a pole vaulter for Georgia Tech. Hightower drew the attention of top programs when she set the state meet record in May during the GHSA Class AAAA championship meet. She set that record at 11 feet, 7 inches on May 7. Her personal best jump for the year was set at the region championship meet, when she cleared 12 feet, 4 inches. For the full story, please see David Royal's story in The Daily Tribune News.

Cartersville Little League’s 8-and-under Rookie Level team has advanced to the Northwest Sectional semifinals tonight (June 9) in Smyrna. Cartersville defeated Belvedere Little League 10-2 Sunday to sweep their two pool games and earn a top seed headed into the semifinals. Cartersville opened the tournament Saturday with a 17-13 victory over Smyrna Little League Blue. Cartersville will face Rockmart Little League tonight (June 9) at 6pm in one of the single-elimination semifinal games. Murphey Candler Blue and Smyrna Blue square off in the other semifinal. Tuesday’s winners play for the tournament championship Wednesday at 7pm. All games in the Georgia Little League Northwest Sectional tournament are being played at Smyrna Little League. The Cartersville roster includes: Jordan Brinkley, Maddox Frazier, Casen Cochran, Cameron Cochran, Logan Shrewsbury, Logan Woody, JeKeveon Porter. Tristan Mckibben, Thomas Peters, Sawyer Wilson, and Julian Cline. Cartersville’s manager is Robin Mckibben and the assisting coaches are Luke Bunce, Geoffe Shrewsbury, and Jay Frazier.

The Georgia Dugout Club’s Junior Team Georgia recorded its biggest win of the Sunbelt Classic Baseball Series Monday afternoon defeating Team Texas 4-0. The shutout came with local battery mates Elliott Anderson and Lane Griffith working effectively together in the victory. Anderson of Cartersville High School was the starting pitcher for Team Georgia and his starting catcher was Adairsville High School’s Griffith. “Anderson was impressive on the mound,” said Team Georgia coach Todd Eubanks. “He has also been swinging a really good bat, so we’ve been using him in the DH spot when he’s not on the mound.” Eubanks was equally excited about Griffith’s performance Monday afternoon against Texas. “He called an outstanding game behind the dish,” Eubanks noted while praising Griffith, “What he gave us behind the plate today was really impressive." Team Georgia took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first, then added a single run in the fifth and two more in the top of the seventh. Austin Wilhite had an RBI and Aaron Schunk had a pair of hits including an RBI double for Georgia in the win. The other Team Georgia hits came from Kalen Puckett, Anderson, and Zack Miller. Anderson started on the mound and pitched four innings in the shutout win. He allowed only 3 hits and a pair of walks while striking out two. Matt Rowland worked the fifth and recorded the first two outs of the sixth inning in middle relief for Team Georgia before turning the pitching duties over to Aaron Schunk for the final four outs and the save. Team Georgia improved to 4-2 in the prestigious national event. They now have victories over Team Canada, Team Missouri, Team Mississippi, and Team Texas with losses to Team Tennessee and Team Colorado. Importantly, the win over Texas put Team Georgia in position to advance to the Sunbelt Classic championship game. “We control our own destiny now,” said Eubanks. “As it stands right now, winning out would put us in the championship game against this same Texas team Wednesday.” Team Georgia fell behind early, but came back to defeat Team Oklahoma Gold Monday night (June 8) 9-5 and has games against Team Arizona and Team Oklahoma Blue on Tuesday (June 9). The Sunbelt Classic Baseball Series is in its 21st year and is played each year in McAlester and Wilburton, Oklahoma.

Brendon Todd was the top finisher at the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio this past weekend among PGA Tour stars affiliated with Cartersville Country Club's Scott Hamilton Golf Academy. Todd finished alone in 17th place with an 8-under total for the week. David Lingmerth came from behind to catch Justin Rose on Sunday to force a playoff. Lingmerth won the tournament on the third playoff hole with a par. Hamilton Golf Academy players won PGA Tour events in the two consecutive weeks prior to the Memorial. Chris Kirk won the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas May 21-24 and Steven Bowditch won the AT&T Byron Nelson in Irving, Texas May 28-31. Below are the top current Scott Hamilton Golf Academy players scores from this past weekend at Muirfield Village and their final leaderboard standing. 17 — Brendon Todd (-8) T18 -- Harris English (-7) T36 -- Chris Kirk (-3) T52 -- Steven Bowditch (Even) The PGA Tour moves to TPC Southwind in Memphis this week (June 11-14) for the FedEx St. Jude Classic.