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9 Stars Baseball, headquartered in Cartersville, captured the 15-under Perfect Game Super25 Georgia Regional held this weekend (May 22-24) in Peachtree City. 9 Stars was shutout 9-0 in their pool play opener on Saturday by the GameOn Spartans of Byron, Georgia, but bounced back to win three straight games -- including a rematch with the Spartans in the championship game -- to garner the regional title. A 7-2 victory over Home Plate Wilson moved 9 Stars Baseball into the elimination round where the Cartersville-based team defeated Home Plate Chilidogs Foster 8-3 in the semifinals and the GameOn Spartans 8-2 in Sunday’s championship game. The tournament crown qualifies 9 Stars Baseball for the Perfect Game Super25 15U National Championship to be played July 30-August 4 at Perfect Game Park South at LakePoint in Emerson. Members of the 15U 9 Stars Baseball club include: Gregory Boland (Allatoona), Noah Dutton (Adairsville), Kade Garrard (Rome), Alex Hinojosa (Calhoun), Caleb Hopkins (Gordon Lee), Carson Kemp (Calhoun), Nick Mauer (Darlington), Logan Millsaps (Pickens), Kyler Pelfrey (Adairsville), Brett Potts (Calhoun), Dominic Stephens (Pickens), Maddox Teems (Adairsville), and Parker Young (Calhoun).

The 10-and-under Bartow Canes Baseball club won its pool Sunday morning (May 24) to advance to the championship playoff rounds of the Perfect Game 10U Memorial Day Classic at Joe Cowan Park in Euharlee and the Cartersville Little League Park. The Bartow Canes clinched Pool A with a 4-4 tie with the East Cobb Braves. The Canes finished 2-0-1 in pool play while the Braves had an earlier pool loss. Unfortunately, the Bartow club dropped their opening round playoff game to the Georgia Dirt Dawgs 10U by a 9-3 score. That loss eliminated the Canes while the Dirt Dawgs advanced to the semifinals to meet the East Cobb Colt 45s. Members of the Bartow Canes Baseball club include: Kace Adams, Drake Carver, Harrison Childers, Collin Fletcher, Carson Hill, Najai Hogan, Denver Nale, Braden Powell, Chris Roper, Evan Sanders, and Tyler Shelton. (roster per Perfect Game). For more information see: 2015 PG Memorial Day Classic

The World Wood Bat Association's Memorial Day at LakePoint Tournaments wrap up pool play and move into championship bracket play Sunday (May 24) in all three age divisions. Perfect Game Park South at LakePoint in Emerson and other local fields, including Cass High School in White and the Cartersville Baseball Complex and Richard Bell Field in ATCO are hosting more than 110 teams during the holiday weekend. All three age divisions -- 14U, 16U, and 18U -- will play tournament semifinal rounds Monday morning (most beginning at 8am) at PG Park South at LakePoint with championship games to follow. Links to schedules, field locations, team schedules, pool standings, championship brackets and more are listed below. 14U WWBA Memorial Day at LakePoint 16U WWBA Memorial Day at LakePoint 18U WWBA Memorial Day at LakePoint For additional information about these tournaments and others in the community this summer, you may visit PerfectGame.org and LakePointSports.com

Former Woodland High School softball star, Ainsley Faulk, and her Auburn University at Montgomery softball teammates open play in the NAIA Softball World Series this weekend. The 35th annual national championship tournament continues through May 28 at the Jensen Softball Complex in Sioux City, Iowa. Faulk, a 5-foot senior outfielder, is a left-handed hitter and a 4-time All-County selection during her high school playing days with the Lady Wildcats. AUM is the No. 2 seed and received an opening round bye. The Warhawks open play at the NAIA World Series Saturday, May 23 facing Oregon Tech. Auburn-Montgomery was ranked No. 1 in the nation preseason after winning the 2014 NAIA national championship. The ’14 Warhawks finished 44-7 on their way to the title. AUM has spent most of the 2015 season ranked second in the nation behind Oklahoma City University. The Stars of OCU are the top seed in Sioux City. Faulk hit .322 as a junior and drew a pair of walks in last year’s national championship game victory over William Carey University. This season, she has played in 38 games, started 26, and carries a .313 batting average into the World Series. AUM won an NAIA opening round regional they hosted in Montgomery May 11-13 to earn a spot in the World Series. The Warhawks defeated Tennessee Wesleyan and Davenport (Mich.) twice. Each regional victory was by a shutout score. Faulk is the daughter of Havon and Kim Faulk of Taylorsville. Link to www.aumathletics.com (Faulk bio link) Link to NAIA Softball World Series

Spencer Fields of Kingston won his second GHSA Class AA state title at the 2015 State Track & Field Championships in Jefferson last week. The Darlington School senior won the 3200-meter run with a time of 9:39.32. Fields was also a member of the Tigers' Class AA state champion cross country team back in November. He now holds the Darlington School records for both the 5K and 3200-meter. Fields is the son of Drs. Katy and Jayson Fields of Kingston. He will be attending Rhodes College in Memphis, TN.

In conjunction with the Cartersville Parks and Recreation Department, the Andre Fluellen / Ronnie Brown Summer Football & Cheer Camp will be at Cartersville High School on Saturday, June 20. Cartersville natives and NFL stars Andre Fluellen and Ronnie Brown will lead instruction for football athletes ages 8 to 18. The cheerleading instruction for the camp will be led by Brittani Richards, Golden Girls Dance Team Coach at Florida State University. The cheerleading instruction is for ages 5 to 18. Participants may register at www.fluellenbrowncamp.com. For additional information, contact Nakia Clarke at 404-232-0555. On site registration for the cheer camp will begin at 7am on the day of the camp with instruction from 8am until 11am. On site registration for the football camp will begin at 8am on the day of the camp with instruction from 9am until 11am.

Rally Volleyball at LakePoint in Emerson will host the USAVolleyball Junior Beach Tour this Saturday, May 24. Competitors at the Atlanta Juniors Open will be competing for invitations to the USA Jr. Beach Tour Championship to be held in Virginia Beach, Virginia at the end of July. The top three pairs in each age group division will advance to the national championship. The doubles tournament is divided into 12U, 14U, 16U, and 18U age groups. The tournament is scheduled for the beach sand volleyball venue at LakePoint, hosted by Rally Volleyball and is scheduled to begin at 9:00 am. The tournament will continue throughout the entire day until conclusion. Admission for spectators is free. For more information, see Rally Volleyball.

Three separate age division World Wood Bat Association Tournaments will be conducted at Perfect Game Park South at LakePoint in Emerson and surrounding areas this Memorial Day weekend featuring more than 110 teams. Other local fields hosting games Memorial Day weekend include the Cartersville Baseball Complex in Atco and Cass High School in White. 14U, 16U, and 18U baseball tournaments will begin Friday (May 22) and continue through Memorial Day Monday (May 25). Links to schedules, field locations, team schedules, pool standings, championship brackets and more are listed below. 14U WWBA Memorial Day at LakePoint 16U WWBA Memorial Day at LakePoint 18U WWBA Memorial Day at LakePoint For additional information about these tournaments and others in the community this summer, you may visit PerfectGame.org and LakePointSports.com

An event that began when the lake at Dellinger Park was opened in 1985 returns June 1. The 2015 Youth Fishing Day event runs in conjunction each year with National Fishing and Boating Week and in the past has hosted well over 300 participants. Please see Marie Nesmith's article in The Daily Tribune News.

The Buford offense was productive and their pitching was solid, as the Wolves swept Cartersville 10-0 and 9-3 Tuesday at Richard Bell Field to advance to the 2015 Class AAAA state finals. Buford’s Game 1 starting pitcher, Justin Glover, limited the Hurricanes to only four hits and a pair of walks in a five-inning shutout. Glover struck out six and needed only 73 pitches. Meanwhile, the Wolves’ offense took a 3-0 lead through three innings off ‘Canes ace, Elliott Anderson and managed five more runs in the fourth innings to take an 8-0 lead. Anderson took the opening loss, yielding six earned runs on seven hits, a pair of walks, and four hit batsmen. Nick Wilhite had 3 RBI on a pair of hits to lead the Buford offensive attack. Brandon Marsh scored a pair of runs and had three hits. Glover, Austin White (RBI), Joey Bart (RBI), and Griffin Joliff (RBI) had the other Buford hits in Game 1. Lane Wilson, Carrington Evans, Anderson, and Trent Frazier had the four Cartersville hits. Buford followed up their first game victory by scoring six runs in the first three innings of Game 2 to take control. Cartersville cut the lead to 6-3 in the top of the fourth, but the Wolves responded with two runs of their own in the bottom half and added another in the fifth for a 9-3 win. Keyton Gibson was the winning pitcher of Game 2. He gave up three runs (only 1 earned) on eight hits and four walks. Gibson tallied eleven strikeouts in 5 and 2/3 innings. Anthony Seigler took the pitching loss for the ‘Canes and Lane Wilson worked the final two innings on the mound for Cartersville. Buford’s offense collected 13 hits in Game 2, including four by Austin Wilhite with two RBI. Nick Wilhite, Ian Jenkins, Glover, and Dillon Lancaster each added a pair of hits for the Wolves. Frazier (RBI) and Anderson had two hits each to lead Cartersville. Wilson, Evans, Elliott Berrey, and Jacob Fowler added hits for the Canes. With the semifinal sweep, Buford (32-2) advances to play Whitewater in the Class 4A state championship series beginning Saturday at Whitewater with a doubleheader. If a third game is needed, it would be played Memorial Day Monday. Cartersville's season concludes with another deep run in the state playoffs and a 22-12 record. See Also: Jason Greenberg's story 'Cartersville's run ends to Buford' at The Daily Tribune News.

The Whitewater Wildcats swept the Veterans Warhawks 1-0 and 5-1 Monday in one of the GHSA Class 4A semifinals. The wins advance Whitewater to the state championship series against the winner of the Cartersville-Buford semifinal series. Heavy rains at Richard Bell Field in Cartersville on Monday washed out the two innings completed between the 'Canes and Wolves. Cartersville and Buford will restart Game 1 of their series from scratch on Tuesday, May 19 at 4pm with Game 2 to follow. If a third game is necessary, it would be played on Wednesday, May 20. Pitching was dominant for the Wildcats in their sweep. Jake Lee struck out eleven and allowed only one hit through seven innings in the Wildcats' Game 1 semifinal win. Colby Taylor entered to close out the game in the eighth inning for Whitewater. Nick Weinstein drove in the game winner with a sacrifice fly in the eighth for Whitewater. In Game 2, Ethan Gillis pitched a complete game and struck out 11. Jabari Richards had three RBI. Brandon Bell and Miles Jones had the other Wildcat RBI.

Heavy rains halted the opening game of the Class 4A semifinal series between Buford and Cartersville Monday (May 18) at Richard Bell Field. The scoreless game was halted after two innings. Those two innings are now washed out and Game 1 of the series will start Tuesday (May 19) at 4pm from scratch. Game 2 will start approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the opener. If needed, Game 3 will be on Wednesday, May 20. All games will be at Richard Bell Field in the Cartersville Baseball Complex.