​The Cartersville Lady Canes volleyball team made quick work of Windsor Forest Wednesday night in Savannah. Cartersville won in dominant fashion in straight sets 25-4, 25-2, and 25-6. With the victory, the Lady Canes advance to the second round and will face Buford.

Bartow County Recreation Department Youth football results for October 13 12U result at Calhoun Recreation BARTOW BUCS 19 CALHOUN COLTS 6 Thomas Knight ran for three touchdowns to lead the Bucs. Knight scored on runs of 45, 20, and 1 yard. Andrew Nguyen added a PAT run for the Bucs and Morocco Wilkey had a game ending interception as time expired. ______________________ 10U results at Old Cass High School BARTOW JETS 21 BARTOW STEELERS 6 Chris Roper had a rushing touchdown, a passing touchdown, and added a PAT run and pass to lead the Jets over the Steelers. Roper opened the scoring with a 67-yard scamper and his first PAT via the run. Roper then found Ethan Blome on a 48-yard pass, catch, and run with Blome adding the PAT. Caden Copeland rounded out the Jets’ scoring with an 18-yard rushing touchdown and Roper connected with Graham Hilburn for the PAT pass. Steelers’ quarterback, Tae Cochran, scored on a 12-yard run that made the score 14-6 at the time. Jayden Scott, Skylar Shore, and Roper were defensive standouts for the Jets. Brett Good led the Steelers defense. BARTOW PACKERS 12 CARTERSVILLE HURRICANES BLACK 0 The Bartow Packers defeated the Hurricanes Black Tuesday night with help from a very stout defense and a couple timely scoring drives. The Packers opened th Youth football reports are provided by CPRD and BCRD and are presented on Bartow Sports Zone by CiCi's Pizza of Cartersville.

The Georgia High School Association has released the official softball state playoff bracket for Class A private schools. Excel Christian Academy will open play as the No. 12 team in the state playoff bracket and travel to Macon to face 1st Presbyterian next Wednesday, October 21. The opening day is scheduled as a doubleheader in a best-of-three series. If a deciding game is necessary, it will also be played at 1st Presbyterian on Thursday, October 22. The winner of the opening round series advances to the double-elimination Elite Eight to be held at the Olympic Complex in Columbus October 29-31.

Bartow County Recreation Department Youth football results for October 13 8U Football at Hamilton Crossing Park Falcons 44 Steelers 20 The Falcons were led by the strong rushing performance of Ja’Kai Baldwin as they defeated the Steelers 44-20. Baldwin scored on rushes of 29, 38, 46, and 62 yards. Joshua Love found the end zone on a rushing touchdown of 20 yards, and Ezequiel Medina scored on a 35 yard scamper. Kelson Mitchell added a pair of PATs for the Falcons. The Steelers were led by Nicholas Wright and his three rushing touchdowns. Wright scored on runs of 54, 45, and 60 yards. Joseph Thorne and Lucas Baker coverted PATs for the Steelers. Bears 30 Raiders 0 The Bears defeated the Raiders 30-0 behind a stingy defense and a strong ground game. Isaiah Livsey scored three rushing touchdowns to lead the Bears. Livsey scored on runs of 31, 22, and 8 yards. Zachery Wallace and Casen Cochran also scored rushing touchdowns. Wallace punched one in from 5 yards out and Cochran broke loose on a 29 yard run for a score. Youth football reports are provided by CPRD and BCRD and are presented on Bartow Sports Zone by CiCi's Pizza of Cartersville.

Bartow County Recreation Department and Cartersville Parks and Recreation Department Youth football results for October 12 and 13 10U result Monday, Oct. 12 at Cedartown Recreation Department CEDARTOWN 19 C'VILLE HURRICANES WHITE 18 (OT) In regulation time, Cartersville White scored on their opening drive with a 60-yard run by Cedric McClinic to go ahead 6-0. Cedartown matched that score with less than two minutes remaining in the half. The defenses kept the second half scoreless and the game went to overtime. Rowan Billings scored twice in the overtime session on runs up the middle. The Hurricanes failed on both PATs. Cedartown matched both OT scores and converted their final PAT run to secure the victory. ____________ 10U results for Tuesday, October 13 at CPRD BARTOW COLTS 35 HURRICANES PURPLE 6 Caleb Cooley scored on touchdown runs of 56, 45, and 30 yards to lead the Colts. Kevin Henderson and Devin Henderson added touchdown runs for the Colts from 33 and 55 yards, respectively. Devin Henderson, Richard Houston, Jackson Christiana added PAT runs. Hurricanes Purple scored on a 29-yard run by Paul Gamble. BARTOW PACKERS 12 HURRICANES BLACK 0 No scoring information provided.​ ​_____________ 12U result for Tuesday, October 13 at CPRD PURPLE HURRICANES 35 ASHWORTH 6 Five different Hurricanes had scoring runs in the defeat of Ashworth. Tate Smith, Caleb Henson, Trevor Montgomery, Caleb Henson, and Micah Earwood had one touchdown each. Asa James added two extra point runs and Henson had another. Earwood also contributed a 2-point extra point kick. Youth football reports are provided by CPRD and BCRD and are presented on Bartow Sports Zone by CiCi's Pizza of Cartersville.

The final 2015 GHSA power ratings for Class A private schools were released today and Excel Christian Academy moved up two spots to eleventh. The Lady Eagles were ranked 13th in the previous ratings. At this point, schools have an opportunity to appeal their final rating if a school believes the formula was not correctly applied. The state playoff bracket will be announced by 4pm Wednesday, October 14. If there were any private school teams not ranked in the top 16 and they won their region tournament, those teams will be placed in the state playoffs bracket first and seeded according to their rating. The remaining spots will be filled by the top teams in the ratings. The Class A private schools bracket will consist of 16 teams. Each first round best-of-three series will be hosted October 21-22 by the higher seeded team. Teams will play a doubleheader on the first day. Any series requiring a third game will play on the second day. The final ratings list of the top 16 teams. Tattnall Square Academy ….. 7-A ….. 23-5 First Presbyterian …………… 7-A ….. 19-6 Brookstone ………………….. 4-A ….. 18-3 Stratford Academy ………….. 7-A ….. 17-6 Eagle’s Landing Christian…… 5-A ….. 18-9 Christian Heritage …………… 5-A ….. 25-3 Prince Ave. Christian ……….. 8-A ….. 17-7 Calvary Day School …………. 3-A ….. 17-12 Strong Rock Christian ………. 5-A …… 14-11 Mt. Vernon ……………………. 5-A …… 17-11 Excel Christian ………………. 6-A …… 15-11 George Walton Academy …… 8-A …… 11-11 Athens Christian …………….. 8-A …… 17-11 Fellowship Christian ………… 6-A …… 12-11 Mount de Sales Academy ….. 7-A …… 5-11 Landmark Christian …………. 5-A …… 15-13 Once teams are placed in the final bracket and seeded, the pairings for the first round will be: #16 at #1 #15 at #2 #14 at #3 #13 at #4 #12 at #5 #11 at #6 #10 at #7 #9 at #8 The Excel Christian Academy Lady Eagles finished regular season play 15-11 overall and 14-6 in Region 6A.

I’m a firm believer that golfers should be able to study their own swings. One of the goals of the OnTour Golf site, is to provide you with the proper information and tools so your time hitting balls is used in a valuable way. ​ A key element to driving the ball well is club face control. The club face is responsible for 85% of the ball’s direction as it comes off the driver. That only leaves 15% for all that other stuff you’re probably thinking about when you’re trying to start your tee shot in your desired direction. So if you’re not paying much attention to where the club face is pointing, you should be. In this video from the Premium Tour Quality Tee Shots Course, let me show you what the driver club face should be doing at different stages throughout the swing and how to check your swing yourself with the phone in your pocket. Link to video: Drive it Straight: Control the Club Face Scott Hamilton is the Director of Golf for Cartersville Country Club and spends much of his year on the PGA Tour with his collection of prominent tour players. His teaching methods for the pros blend his growing understanding of the golf swing with new technology. He was recently recognized as the No. 2 coach on Tour by PGA Tour players in Golf Digest. Hamilton is an instructor and coach to golf professionals on multiple tours. For more, please see scotthamiltongolf.com and OnTourGolf.com

Bartow County Recreation Department and Cartersville Parks and Recreation Department Youth football results for October 12 8U results October 12 at Hamilton Crossing Park BARTOW BEARS 39 BARTOW JETS 0 Isaiah Livsey ran for three touchdowns while Talan Nix and Cameron Cochran accounted for two touchdowns each to lead the Bears. Livsey had scoring runs of 74, 20, and 4 yards. Nix had a 15-yard touchdown run, connected with Cochran for a 37-yard TD pass, and added two PAT runs. Cochran also had a 20-yard scoring run. BARTOW COLTS 12 BARTOW STEELERS 6 Reed Ezell scored on a 61-yard scamper and a 2-yard run for the Colts. Nicolas Wright scored on a 34-yard burst for the Steelers.​ Youth football reports are provided by CPRD and BCRD and are presented on Bartow Sports Zone by CiCi's Pizza of Cartersville.

The Cartersville Lady Canes volleyball team will travel to Savannah Wednesday to take on the Lady Knights of Windsor Forest High School in the opening round of the Class AAAA state playoffs. Cartersville is the No. 3 seed from Area 7AAAA. Windsor Forest is the No. 2 seed from Area 3AAAA. The winner advances to the second round October 20 against the winner of the opening round matchup between Buford and Mt. Zion-Jonesboro.

Bartow County Recreation Department and Cartersville Parks and Recreation Department Youth football results for October 10 12U results October 10 at Calhoun Recreation Department Final scores: Cartersville Hurricanes 26, Calhoun Hurricanes 8 Calhoun Bulldogs 23, Bartow Bears 0 Calhoun Colts 14, Red Bud 0 Bartow Bucs 12, Calhoun Jackets 6 Updated 12U Standings (through 10/10/15) Calhoun Bulldogs……………. 6-0 Bartow Bucs………………….. 5-0 Calhoun Colts ……………….. 5-1 Cartersville Canes ………….. 3-2 Bartow Tigers ……………….. 3-2 Calhoun Jackets ……………. 3-2 Red Bud ……………………… 2-5 Bartow Bears ………………… 1-4 Calhoun Hurricanes ………… 1-4 Ashworth ……………………… 1-5 Bartow Falcons ………………. 0-5 Youth football reports are provided by CPRD and BCRD and are presented on Bartow Sports Zone by CiCi's Pizza of Cartersville.

Excel Christian Academy softball defeated North Cobb Christian Friday afternoon 12-2 in five innings to conclude regular season play. The Lady Eagles now await the final GHSA Class A Private School Power Ratings to determine their state playoff seeding. The final ratings will be released Tuesday. Excel scored 11 runs over the first three innings to take a commanding lead over visiting North Cobb Christian. Taylor Gibson started in the circle and tossed two shutout innings before giving way to freshman, Haley Owens. Owens closed out the final three frames. Brighton McCollum, Rachel Parrott, and Hannah Cauthen had two hits each to lead the Lady Eagles’ attack. McCollum scored three runs. Parrott scored twice and Cauthen had 3 RBI. Whitney Harris, Aliza Baker, and Taylor Gibson added one hit each. Harris and Baker scored three runs each. Gibson also scored a run. The Lady Eagles finished regular season play 15-11 overall and 14-6 in Region 6A.

Updates on local collegiate athletes in cross country, soccer, and volleyball making their impact in their respective programs. Keep up with all the local college and professional athletes through Bartow Sports Zone at the 'Athletes Beyond Bartow' page. CROSS COUNTRY Jaison Morning (photo) — Valdosta State University (Fr., Cass HS) .. ran 21st overall and second on his team (27:18.90) at the D2 Georgia Collegiate Championship 8K. The Blazers finished fourth as a team in the 11-team field that included 87 runners. Savannah Hardin — Young Harris College (Fr., Cass HS) … ran 28th overall (26:15.40) of 77 runners at the D2 Georgia Collegiate Championship 6K. Young Harris finished second behind Columbus State in a 10-team field. Roger Herrera — Reinhardt University (Jr., Cartersville HS) … ran 93rd overall (27:44.50) and was the top runner on his team at the Disney Cross Country Classic… The Eagles finished 19th as a team in the Scar Division that included 25 teams and over 250 runners. VOLLEYBALL Katie O’Connor — Western Carolina (MB, Soph., Cartersville HS) … 4 kills, 2 digs, 5 blocks in a 3-1 loss to Mercer Oct. 9…. 1 kill and 2 blocks in a 3-0 loss at Samford. The Lady Catamounts are now 7-15 over and 1-5 in the Southern Conference. Karlee Winecoff — Point University (OH/MH, Junior, Cass HS) … 5 kills, 4 digs, 1 block in a three set loss to Union (KY) College Oct. 10 … The Lady Skyhawks also lost to Bluefield (VA) College Oct. 9 in four sets, but no stats were available from that match. Point fell to 3-12 overall and 2-11 in the Appalachian Athletic Conference. Sydney Sumners — Shorter University (DS, Freshman, Adairsville HS) Saw action in one set and recorded one dig vs. Mississippi College as the Lady Hawks won in straight sets, 3-0. Shorter improved to 9-4 overall and 7-3 in the Gulf South Conference. SOCCER Mallory Hedden — Troy University — (Midfielder, Sophomore, Cass HS) … played 22 minutes in the Lady Trojans 4-1 win over Texas State Oct. 9…. played 10 minutes in Troy’s 3-0 victory over Appalachian State. The Lady Trojans improved to 11-3 overall and 4-1 in the Sunbelt Conference. Stephanie Hicks — Agnes Scott — (Forward, Senior, Woodland HS) …. was a starter in a 1-0 loss to Salem College Oct. 10 …. has taken 19 shots and scored 4 goals on the season…. Agnes Scott is now 4-8 on the season. Emily Moore — Charleston Southern — (Defender, Junior, Woodland HS) …. took two shots including one on goal in a 2-1 victory over Francis Marion Oct. 10 …. The Lady Bucs also suffered a 1-0 loss at UNC Asheville Oct. 7.. CSU is now 4-5-2 overall and 1-3 in the Big South Conference. Cody West — Duquesne — (Defender, R-Sophomore, Cass HS) …. played all 107 minutes in a 3-2 OT victory at La Salle Oct. 7…. started, played 78 minutes, and took one shot in a home 2-1 loss to Fordham Oct. 10..... the Dukes are now 3-7-1 overall, 1-2 in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Has Athletes Beyond Bartow missed a local collegiate athlete? Please let us know via our Contact page or use the link located on the Athletes Beyond Bartow page of this site.