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PGA Tour stars affiliated with Cartersville Country Club’s Scott Hamilton Golf Academy have won on tour in consecutive weeks and continue to be successful at this week’s tour stop. The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance at Muirfield Village Golf Club heads into it’s final round Sunday (June 7) in Dublin Ohio. Below are the top Scott Hamilton Golf Academy players this week and their leaderboard standing headed into Sunday’s final round at Muirfield Village. Justin Rose was the tournament leader at 15-under-par. T5 — Brendon Todd (-10) T15 — Steven Bowditch (-8) T27 — Harris English (-6) T47 — Chris Kirk (-3)

Rally Volleyball at LakePoint Sporting Community in Emerson is hosting one of its largest events of the summer Sunday (June 7). The Dig It Tournament runs throughout the day until appoximately 8pm Sunday. More than 90 doubles teams of 12U, 14U, 16U, and 18U boys and girls are competing at the sand volleyball venue for bids to the West Coast AAU Junior Olympic Games. The top two finishers in each age division with five or more teams earn bids to the national event which takes place July 25 and 26. This is the second of three AAU Championship qualifiers to be held at RallyVB this summer. Spectator admission is free.

Lane Griffith of Adairsville High School and Elliott Anderson of Cartersville High School are in Oklahoma with the Georgia Dugout Club’s 2015 Junior Team Georgia. The team is participating in the 21st annual Sunbelt Classic Baseball Series. The tournament began Friday and continues through next Wednesday (June 10) in McAlester, Oklahoma and at Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton. Former Cass High School head coach, Todd Eubanks, is part of the Team Georgia coaching staff with the Georgia Dugout Club. He is currently the head baseball coach at Bowdon High School. On Saturday, Team Georgia swept a pair of games, defeating Team Missouri 7-5 and winning their late game over Team Mississippi. Team Georgia is scheduled to play Team Colorado Sunday. Details of Saturday and Sunday games will be shared as they become available. Junior Team Georgia defeated Team Canada 9-8 in their second game of the day Friday, but dropped their opener to Team Tennessee, 16-3. The remainder of the Junior Team Georgia schedule for the 2015 Sunbelt Classic: Monday, June 8 vs. Team Texas vs. Team Oklahoma Gold Tuesday, June 9 vs. Team Arizona vs. Team Oklahoma Blue Wednesday, June 10 Playoff or Consolation Game

In a high scoring affair, Cartersville Little League’s Rookie level team of seven- and eight-year-olds defeated Smyrna Blue Saturday at the Georgia Little League Northwest Sectional tournament, 17-13. The tournament is being hosted by Smyrna Little League. After trailing early, Cartersville broke things open with a seven run third inning, then added four more runs in both the fourth and fifth innings of the five inning contest. Smyrna Blue did not go quietly, however. The District 2 representatives scored at least one run in every inning and their seven run rally in the final frame came up only a few runs short. Cartersville took advantage of seven walks and six hits to tally their run total. JeKeveon Porter (RBI), Tristan Mckibben (2 RBI), Logan Shrewsberry (3 RBI), Julian Cline (RBI), Thomas Peters (2 RBI), and Sawyer Wilson (RBI) had Cartersville’s hits. Maddox Frazier was also credited with a pair of RBI. Cameron Cochran was the pitcher of record when Cartersville took control of the lead and picked up the pitching victory in only 1/3 inning. Porter pitched four innings for Cartersville. Logan Woody, Mckibben, and Shrewsbury also pitched for the locals. Cartersville, now 1-0 in pool play will next face Belvedere Little League of Decatur on Sunday at 3pm. A Cartersville victory would clinch the top seed for their pool heading into the semifinals on Tuesday. The opposite, three-team pool in the tournament includes Rockmart LL, Murphy Candler LL Blue of Atlanta, and Peachtree City LL. In the only other game played in the tournament Saturday, Murphy Candler Blue drubbed Peachtree City, 24-3. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Northwest Sectional semifinals Tuesday evening (June 9) and the semifinal winners will meet in a championship game Wednesday night (June 10) at 7pm. 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 pair of local baseball players, Elliott Anderson (Cartersville HS) and Lane Griffith (Adairsville HS), are in Oklahoma with the Georgia Dugout Club’s 2015 Junior Team Georgia. The team is participating in the 21st annual Sunbelt Classic Baseball Series. The tournament began Friday and continues through next Wednesday (June 10) in McAlester, Oklahoma and at Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton. Former Cass High School head coach, Todd Eubanks, is part of the Team Georgia coaching staff with the Georgia Dugout Club. He is currently the head baseball coach at Bowdon High School. Junior Team Georgia defeated Team Canada 9-8 in their second game of the day Friday, but dropped their opener to Team Tennessee, 16-3. Griffith caught in the opener against Team Tennessee and recorded six putouts. He was 0-for-2 at the plate batting seventh in the Team Georgia order. Anderson entered the opener in the fifth inning. He pitched and later moved to left field in the sixth. He was tagged with the pitching loss. Tennessee rapped out 14 hits in the contest and took advantage of seven walks for their one-sided win. In their victory over Team Canada, the Georgia team scored twice in the bottom of the final frame to escape with a one-run, come-from-behind win. Canada out-hit Georgia 14 to 11, but a solo homerun by Anthony Carrea tied the game in the bottom of the seventh. Grayson Harbin then walked, eventually advanced to third, and scored the game winning run on a wild pitch. Anderson was 2-for-3 against Team Canada and also reached on a base on balls. The remainder of the Junior Team Georgia schedule for the 2015 Sunbelt Classic: Saturday, June 6 vs. Team Missouri vs. Team Mississippi Sunday, June 7 vs. Team Colorado Monday, June 8 vs. Team Texas vs. Team Oklahoma Gold Tuesday, June 9 vs. Team Arizona vs. Team Oklahoma Blue Wednesday, June 10 Playoff or Consolation Game

Cartersville Little League’s Rookie level team of seven- and eight-year-olds is playing in the Georgia Little League Northwest Sectional tournament that begins Saturday, June 6 at Smyrna Little League. Six teams are competing for the Sectional title and are divided into two, three-team pools. Cartersville is assigned to a pool with District 2 Team 2 and Belvedere LL of Decatur. Based on schedule information provided by Georgia Little League, Cartersville 7/8 Team A is scheduled to play District 2 Team 2 at 1pm Saturday in both teams’ tournament opener. On Sunday, Cartersville will face Belvedere LL at 3pm in a second pool play matchup. The opposite pool includes Rockmart LL, District 2 Team 1, and Peachtree City LL. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Northwest Sectional semifinals Tuesday evening (June 9) and the semifinal winners will meet in a championship game Wednesday night (June 10) at 7pm. All games are 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 Bartow County Parks and Recreation Department is offering a wide variety of sports instructional camps during the month of June. Youth interested in enhancing their skills in baseball, softball, volleyball, soccer, and tennis will find opportunities through these programs. BCRD Sports Camps, June 2015 June 8-11 Baseball Camp --- Ages 8-12; 9:30am-12 noon; Cost- $60; Instructors- 9 Star Baseball Academy June 8-11 Tennis Camp --- Ages- Middle/High School; 8:00am-12 noon; Cost- $75; Instructor- Mark Hibbard June 15-18 Soccer Camp--- Ages 8-12; 9:30 am-12 noon; Cost- $65; Instructor- Jamey Laney June 22-25 Volleyball Camp --- Ages 8-14; 6:00-8:00 pm; Cost $45; Instructor- David Adams June 22-25 Softball Camp --- Ages 8-12; 9:00 am-12 noon; Cost- $65; Instructor - Melissa Wood and Georgia Highlands College softball staff. Registration is available for all camps online with credit card. Go to this Registration Page to begin the process. Registration is also available at the Beavers Drive office at Hamilton Crossing Park or call 770-387-5149 for more information.

Once again this summer, Cartersville and Bartow County will help host at least 60 consecutive days of championship tournament baseball. Perfect Game Park South at LakePoint in Emerson with its eight sports turf fields is the hub for most of these events, but other local venues will also be hosting throughout the next two months. Pool play, preliminary games, and consolation games for Perfect Game tournaments are played at various fields across the Atlanta metro area, but the proximity of local venues make them attractive fields for many of these events. The Cartersville Baseball Complex in ATCO, Joe Cowan Park in Euharlee, Cass High School in White, and Woodland High School in Cartersville will host games this summer throughout the various events. The Perfect Game East Cobb Invitationals for teams in the 16U, 17U, and 18U divisions get things started tomorrow (June 4-7) followed by the 13U, 14U, and 15U age divisions June 8-12. Close to 350 teams will participate in the summer’s first big event at LakePoint’s PG South venue and surrounding Bartow County community fields. As we move through the summer, the remainder of the baseball schedule through Labor Day will include the World Wood Bat Association National Championships in late June and July, the Perfect Game World Series in July, the EvoShield Classic and Super25 Championship in late July and early August, and the WWBA Labor Day Classic during the end of summer holiday weekend. In addition to games on the larger fields, Hamilton Crossing Park in Cassville will be hosting the 10U, 11U, and 12U Perfect Game BCS Championships July 10-21. Here is the schedule: June 4-7 PG East Cobb Inv 16U, 17U, 18U June 8-12 PG East Cobb Inv 13U, 14U, 15U June 12-17 WWBA 16U NC 2017 grads Qualifier WWBA 17U NC 2016 grads Qualifier June 19-26 14u NC WWBA 2019 grads June 26 - July 3 18u NC WWBA 2015 grads 18u June 29 - July 2 17U WWBA Elite Round Robin July 3-10 17U National Championship WWBA 2016 grads July 10-21 2015 10U, 11U, 12U BCS Finals Hamilton Crossing Park July 10-17 16U National Championship WWBA 2017 grads July 17-24 15U National Championship WWBA 2018 grads July 24-28 13U, 14U, 15U, 16U PG World Series July 29 - August 2 13U - 18U PG Evoshield Classic July 29 - August 4 15U, 16U Super25 Championship September 4 - 7 WWBA Labor Day Classic Freshman, Underclass, Upperclass For more information visit www.perfectgame.org

After studying the youth camp landscape for the past decade, and now serving as the Head Coach of Nike Elite 11, former Super Bowl-winning quarterback and current ESPN analyst Trent Dilfer has decided to change the way future quarterbacks are developed by establishing the first QBEpic. At the world-­class LakePoint Sporting Community facilities in Emerson, Georgia, quarterbacks will receive best-in-class training on and off the field from the finest group of quarterback coaches ever assembled. Quarterback Engineer George Whitfield Jr. will lead the all-star staff of quarterback coaches. On the field, QBs will go through elite level drills that NFL quarterbacks such as Andrew Luck, Ben Roethlisberger, Cam Newton, Colin Kaepernick and others have used to maximize their talent and ability. Off the field, QBs will dive into cognitive training provided by Axon Sports, the premier technology relied upon by NFL and college teams to train their players in the mental aspects of playing the position. Video training and instruction provided by eCoachSports will enable QBs to refine their fundamentals throughout the weekend and, more importantly, allow them to maintain their quarterback development training conversation long after the QBEpic experience has finished. The weekend is intentionally designed to break the current youth sports camp mold. This newly formulated, innovative blueprint will change the face of non-­contact football for decades to come. It’s not a camp. It’s a transformative experience that will allow each quarterback to reach his maximum potential. Spots are limited. Athletes can sign up for either the two- or three-day version of the event at www.QBEpic.com. Friday registration opens at 6 p.m. (3 day) Saturday registation opens at 8 a.m. (2 day) The event wraps up Sunday at 3 p.m.

Rally Volleyball at LakePoint Sporting Community in Emerson begins a second, 8-week session for 2015 of Co-Ed 4's league action beginning June 18. Each team must have one woman on the sand to play. Each week consists of league doubleheaders where each team plays two matches. Each match is a best-of-three games (sets) to 21 utilizing rally scoring. There is a maximum of six players per roster with league play every Thursday night at the Rally Volleyball sand venue at LakePoint. Play begins at 7:00pm with doubleheaders held June 18, June 25, July 9, July 16, July 23, July 30, August 6, and August 13. Fees are $65 per player for the first 4 players; $35 each for players 5 and 6. For questions or more information, email: info@rallyvb.com. To register, use this link: Rally Volleyball Registration

Reinhardt University junior and former Woodland High School softball player, Randi Wimpy, has repeated as an NAIA softball first team all-American. She is the first Reinhardt player to ever repeat as an all-American and she was also named Appalachian Athletic Conference Player of the Year for the second consecutive year. The 5-8 catcher also earned JUCO all-American honors her freshman season while playing at Walters State in Morristown, TN, making her a three-time softball all-American. Read more at reinhardteagles.com http://www.reinhardteagles.com/article/2925.php 2015 NAIA Softball All-Americans http://www.naia.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27900&ATCLID=210116093 Jason Greenberg's story,"Wimpy named all-American for 3rd straight year," in The Daily Tribune News

For the second week in a row, a Scott Hamilton Golf Academy PGA star won in Texas. Steven Bowditch won his second PGA Tour event at the AT&T Byron Nelson. Last week, it was Chris Kirk winning at The Colonial. Scott Hamilton is the Director of Golf at Cartersville Country Club. Hamilton also coaches Kyle Thompson who won in a playoff today on the Web.comTour's Rex Hospital Open in Raleigh, NC. Bowditch story on PGATour.com ---> http://www.pgatour.com Thompson story -----> http://rexhospitalopen.com Learn more about the Scott Hamilton Golf Academy