Each week, Bartow Sports Zone tracks professional golfers affiliated with the Scott Hamilton Golf Academy headquartered out of Cartersville Country Club. Hamilton is the Director of Golf at CCC and works with many prominent touring professional players. Through Saturday's rounds, Harris English is tied for sixteenth at the PGA Tour's Wyndham Championship for the best performance so far this weekend among the SHGA players. Several affiliated players missed the 36-hole cut at this final tour stop before the FedEx Cup playoffs begin next week. SHGA's Joe Durant made the cut on the senior Champions Tour, while Hunter Hamrick and Mark Silvers made the weekend on the WEB.com Tour. The PGA Tour's FedEx Cup playoffs begin next week with only the Top 125 players. Currently, the Scott Hamilton Golf Academy will have six players in the playoffs. Acworth resident and former SHGA player, Jason Bohn, will also begin the playoffs next week. FedEx Cup Playoff Standings for SHGA-affiliated players (as of Aug. 20): 21st — Steven Bowditch 29th — Chris Kirk 35th — Jason Bohn (Acworth resident, former SHGA) 38th — Russell Henley 46th — Harris English 52nd — Brendon Todd 60th — Boo Weekley 138th — Tom Gillis 210th — Jim Renner The FedExCup Playoffs include four events at the end of the PGA TOUR Season -- The Barclays, Deutsche Bank Championship, BMW Championship and the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola. The PGA TOUR Season standings determine the top-125 players who qualify for the first event, The Barclays. Each playoff event offers 2,000 points (quadruple the number of points during the PGA TOUR Regular Season). The second event, the Deutsche Bank Championship outside Boston, will have a 100-player field. The third tournament, the BMW Championship in Chicago, will have 70 players (with no cut). The finale, the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola in Atlanta, will be comprised of the top-30 qualifiers following the BMW Championship. Following a points reset, those players will compete for the FedExCup, with one to be crowned the FedExCup champion. Each tournament will have an $8 million purse in addition to the $35-million FedExCup bonus pool. CURRENT STANDINGS ON TOURS THIS WEEK PGA Tour Wyndham Championship August 20-23 / Sedgefield CC / Greensboro, NC Leader thru 54 holes: Jason Gore (-15) Scott Hamilton Golf Academy Players T16 — Harris English (-10) MC — Tom Gillis MC — Jim Renner MC — Boo Weekley MC — Brendon Todd ______________ Champions Tour Boeing Classic August 21-23 / TPC Snoqualmie Ridge / Snoqualmie WA Leader thru 36 holes: Billy Andrade (-10) Scott Hamilton Golf Academy Players T58 — Joe Durant (+5) ______________ WEB.com Tour News Sentinel Open by Pilot August 20-23 / Fox Den CC / Knoxville, TN Leader thru 54 holes: Matt Fast (-15) Scott Hamilton Golf Academy Players T35 — Hunter Hamrick (-7) T44 — Mark Silvers (-6) MC — Brent Witcher MC — Kelvin Day

Cross Country teams at Woodland and Cass competed Saturday at two separate events. The Woodland Wildcats and Lady Cats ran at the Battle of the Fairways held at Fairways of Canton Golf Course. Cass traveled to Fairburn to run in the Our Lady of Mercy Invitational. PHOTO: Woodland's Cheyenne Spinks (left) and Lindsay Scifers were medalists at the Battle of the Fairways in Canton Saturday. Battle of the Fairways Varsity Girls 7th — Lindsay Scifers - Medalist - 13:19 8th — Cheyenne Spinks - Medalist - 13:21 24th — Elizabeth Roberson 14:19 31st — Makenna Eskew 15:18 33rd — Casey Bolan 15:28 34th — Ally Landrum 16:34 35th — Makaylie Bowles 16:46 Creekview girls won the event with 43 points. Woodstock was second (51), followed by Sequoyah and Chattahoochee (85). Woodland girls finished fifth with 92 points. Battle of the Fairways Varsity boys 10th — Jonathan Holloway - Medalist - 11:04 18th — Julian Rocket 11:31 22nd — Dioney Ochoa 11:49 31st — Alex Chavez 11:58 32nd — Jacob Giltz 12:00 38th — Heath Tyree 12:40 Woodstock boys won the meet with 21 points. Creekview was second (56), followed by Chattahoochee (93), Sequoyah (100), and Woodland (106). Next event for Woodland: Sat Aug 29 — Battle of Atlanta at Nash Farm Sat Sep 12 — Hosting Run at the Rock Our Lady of Mercy Invitational Varsity Girls 20th — Jana Morning - 22:17 49th — Miranda Degrauwe - 26:48 50th — Lexi Wallentine - 26:53 67th — Stella Gearheart - 30:03 74th — Alex Stodghill - 31:24 Blessed Trinity girls won the event with 35 points, followed by St. Pius X (40), Columbus (121), Fellowship Christian (142) and Northside Columbus (145). Cass placed tenth (232). Our Lady of Mercy Invitational Varsity Boys 28th — Ryan Depree - 20:17 39th — Devon Martinez - 21:04 60th — Nick Poteat - 22:56 62nd — Derick Smith - 23:11 65th — Michael Shaver - 23:17 79th — Tyler Smith - 27:17 81st — Ryan Drawver - 27:46 83rd — Camen Matthews - 29:54 Blessed Trinity boys won the event with 37 points, followed by Northside Columbus (45), Columbus (101), Fellowship Christian (124), and Atlanta International (144). Cass placed 10th (241). Next event for Cass: Sat Sep 12 — Run at the Rock at Woodland Sat Sep 19 — Warpath Invitational at Cherokee Boling Park Thr Sep 24 — Adairsville Invitational at Manning Mill Park

Neither team scored in the fourth quarter Friday night, but the final period held the most important offensive series of the night for the Adairsville football team. The Tigers’ offense used a 13-play drive of just over seven minutes in the fourth quarter to secure a 20-13 season opening win at Ridgeland. Ridgeland scored on a four-yard touchdown run by Cadarious Word early in the second quarter to cap a 70-plus yard drive. Word’s touchdown matched an earlier score by Adairsville’s Sidnee Johnson to even the score at 7-7. The Panthers also hit paydirt on a 28-yard run by Jaylin Shelton in the third quarter that cut Adairsville’s lead to 17-13. Shelton was a workhorse for the Panthers on the night. He finished with 134 yards rushing on 28 attempts. Adairsville place kicker, C.J. Jackson, connected on a long 45-yard field goal in second period to give the Tigers a 10-7 lead and a 28-yard field goal in the third that made the score 20-13. Torrey Hale had 79 yards rushing on 7 carries for Adairsville including a 41 yard scamper that set up the Tigers’ third period field goal. Dallas Cannon added 26 yards rushing for Adairsville and Sidnee Johnson (photo) finished the night with 25 carries for 155 yards and two touchdowns. Hayden Morrow had a key interception early in the third quarter to set up an Adairsville score and quarterback Roger Redd had an effective night as the Tigers’ signal caller. Adairsville hosts Woodland next Thursday (Aug 27) with a 7:30pm kickoff. Bartow Sports Zone’s live coverage will begin at 7:05pm with the Renasant Bank Pre-Game Show. Fans may listen on AM1270 WYXC, on www.bartowsportszone.com, or on TuneIn.com with the TuneIn app. For more on Adairsville's win, see Jason Greenberg's article, 'Tigers outpound Ridgeland to take 20-13 win on road,' at The Daily Tribune News.

Cartersville volleyball (2-5) split a pair of matches Thursday night in Rome. The Lady Canes defeated North Murray 25-12, 25-10, but lost to host Coosa 25-20 and 26-24. Next matches for Cartersville: Tue Aug 25 — at Kennesaw Mountain w/ Roswell Thur Aug 27 — HOME vs. Haralson Co. and Marietta __________________________ Cartersville softball lost to Heritage-Catoosa, 8-4. The Lady Canes record falls to 3-5 on the year. HERITAGE 8, CARTERSVILLE 4 CARTERSVILLE —— 0-0-0-0-0-1-3 —— 4R | 5H | 5E HERITAGE —— 0-0-1-0-5-2-x —— 8R | 11H | 3E Cartersville hitters: Molly Wilson — 1H, 2BB Kayla Stephenson — 1R, 1BB Jolea Prokop — 1R, 1BB Kennedy Bailey — 1H Madison Heath — 1R, 1H, 1RBI Kate McDaniel — 1RBI Presley Edwards — 1H, 1RBI Paris Poston — 1R, 1BB Tara Mathis — 1H, SAC, 1RBI Macee Cole — 1BB Brittany Huth — SAC Cartersville pitching: Tara Mathis — 6 IP, 11H, 7ER, 3BB, 1K Next Games for Cartersville: Tue Aug 25 — RIDGELAND — 5:55pm Thur Aug 27 — PICKENS — 5:55pm Fri Aug 28 — vs. North Cobb (Buc Bash Valdosta) — 5pm Fri Aug 28 — vs. Lowndes (Buc Bash Valdosta) — 8:30pm Sat Aug 29 — vs. South Cobb (Buc Bash Valdosta) — 2:30pm Sat Aug 29 — at Buccaneer Bash, Valdosta, vs. TBA — 4:30pm

Cass softball survived a seventh inning scare and pulled out a 6-5 sub-region win over Sequoyah Thursday night at home. The Lady Colonels took a 5-0 lead into the seventh inning, but the Lady Chiefs tied the game on a pair of extra base hits, a pair of errors, a pair of walks, and a pair of wild pitches. Cass (2-6, 2-2 in 7-AAAAA) then responded with the game winner when Taylor Queen opened the inning with a one-out walk and later scored on a walk off base on balls to Sarah Fox. CASS 6, SEQUOYAH 5 SEQUOYAH —— 0-0-0-0-0-0-5 —— 5R | 8H | 1E CASS —— 0-0-2-1-0-2-1 —— 6R | 15H | 3E Sequoyah Hitters: Zietler — 1R, 2H Hampton — 1R, 2H, 1RBI Joyner — 1R, 1H Williams — 1BB Fagerburg — 1R, 1H, 1BB, 1RBI Morrison — 1R, 2H, 2BB Keener — 1BB, SAC Carter — 1BB Sequoyah Pitching: Roberson — 6.1 IP, 6ER, 15H, 6BB Cass Hitters: Sierrah Gani — 1R, 1H, 1BB Alexia Najarro — 2R, 2H, 1BB, 1RBI Sarah Fox — 1R, 1H, 1BB, SAC, 1RBI Hannah Lee — 1BB, 3H, 2RBI Cat White — 1R, 1H, 1BB Sarah Moore — 4H, 2RBI Shaniya Wilson — 1H Taylor Queen — 1R, 1H, 1BB Kaelee Rush — 1H Hannah Elrod — SAC Cass Pitching: Hannah Lee — 6.2 IP, 2ER, 6BB, 6H, 2K Cat White — 0.1 IP, 2ER, 2H, 0BB, 1K Next Games for Cass: Aug 24 — CEDARTOWN — 5:00pm Aug 27 — at Creekview — 5:00pm Aug 28 — vs. River Ridge (at Stars Mill) — 5:00pm Aug 28 — vs. South Cobb (at Stars Mill) — 6:45pm Aug 29 — vs. South Paulding (S. Paulding) — 9:30am Aug 29 — vs. Ridgeland (S. Paulding) — 1:30pm Aug 29 — vs. Camden Co. (S. Paulding) — 3:30pm

Adairsville pitcher Loren Harris tossed a two-hitter, struck out eight, and walked only one while Baily Robinson homered, doubled, and drove in four runs as the Lady Tigers defeated North Murray 10-4 Thursday (Aug 20) in a home region matchup. The Lady Tigers improved to 2-1 in region play and 4-4 overall. ADAIRSVILLE 10, NORTH MURRAY 4 NO. MURRAY —— 2-2-0-0-0-0-0 —— 4R | 2H | 2E ADAIRSVILLE —— 3-0-0-5-0-2-x —— 10R | 13H | 4E North Murray Hitters: Smith — 2R Sexton — 1R, 1BB Brown — 1H, 1RBI Key — 1H Petty — 1R North Murray Pitching: Henderson — 3.2 IP, 8ER, 10H, 3K Brown — 2.2 IP, 1R, 0ER, 3H, 1BB, 2K Adairsville Hitters: Emily Collum — 1R, 1H, 1RBI Hannah Knapp — 2R, 2H Natalie Burrow — 1R, 2H, SAC, 2RBI Baily Robinson — 1R, 2H, HR, 4RBI Loren Harris — 1R, 1BB, 1H Morgan Deboard — 1R, 1H Alyssa Hughs — 1R, 3H, 1RBI Macy Hufstetler — 1RBI Havyn Isaac — 1R, 1H Adairsville Pitching: Loren Harris — 7 IP, 4R, 2ER, 2H, 1BB, 8K Next for Adairsville: Tue Aug 25 — MURRAY CO. — 5:30pm Thur Aug 27 — at LFO — 6pm Mon Aug 31 — GORDON CENTRAL — 5:30pm Tue Sep 1 — at Coahulla Creek — 5:30pm

Bartow Sports Zone and the Bartow-Gordon Middle School Athletic Association have partnered beginning with the 2015-16 school year to provide local area middle school athletics and activities coverage. Students, parents, coaches, fans, and followers now have a new online home for the BGMSAA. The BGMSAA has been in existence for many years and is a competitive league of middle schools in the two adjoining counties. Ashworth, Adairsville, Calhoun, Cartersville, Cass, Red Bud, South Central, and Woodland Middle Schools are the league members for 2015-16. Bartow Sports Zone will provide schedules, standings, game results, and information about all the games and competitions throughout the school year on the web site. To navigate to this information, go to 'More' on the top menu of this web site, or click on this link http://www.bartowsportszone.com/#!bgmsaa/c1bw Bartow Sports Zone welcomes input from student sports writers, photographers, and videographers. Content may be emailed to: bartowsportszone@comcast.net Parents, coaches, and fans may also submit photos for publication on the site using the same email address. The BGMSAA pages on Bartow Sports Zone are divided into Fall Sports, Winter Sports, and Spring Sports pages. Sponsorship opportunities exist for the BGMSAA pages benefiting league schools. Please see athletic directors and coaches at your favorite middle school to see how you can get involved or use the 'Contact' page on this web site.

Woodland's Taylor Calhoun and Lilly Jordan combined for 10 RBI to lead the Lady Wildcats' softball team to an 18-0, 3-inning victory at Rome on Thursday. WOODLAND 18, ROME 0 WOODLAND —— 3-9-6 —— 18R | 11H | 0E ROME —— 0-0-0 —— 0R | 4H | 1E Woodland hitters: Kylie Knox — 3R, 1H, 2BB, 1RBI Courtney Godfrey — 4R, 1H, 1BB, 1RBI Kereston Franklin — 2H, 1BB, 2RBI Brittney Cox — 3R Lilly Jordan — 1R, 1H, 4RBI Taylor Calhoun — 3H, 6RBI Keri Cagle — 1R Victoria Dabbs — 2R, 1H, 2BB, 1RBI Shelby Rainey — 2R, 1H, 1BB, 2RBI Jamison Kilgo — 2R, 1H, 1BB, 1RBI Woodland pitching: Lilly Jordan — 3 IP, 4H, 0ER, 1BB, 6K Next Games for Woodland: Fri Aug 28 — ARMUCHEE — 5pm Fri Aug 28 — COLUMBUS — 6:45pm Sat Aug 29 — CAMPBELL — 8:30am Sat Aug 29 — NORTHSIDE COLUMBUS — 10:30am Sat Aug 29 — DARLINGTON — 6:30pm Tue Sep 1 — at Creekview — 5:55pm Wed Sep 2 — DARLINGTON — 5:30pm Thur Sep 3 — at Dalton — 5:55pm

Cartersville was ranked No. 4 in Class AAAA and Adairsville received votes in Class AAA in the initial Associated Press release of the Georgia Sports Writers Association high school football polls of the 2015 season. GSWA first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right: Class AAAAAA Record Pts Prv 1. Archer (6) 0-0 120 2. Colquitt (5) 0-0 112 3. McEachern (2) 0-0 111 4. Grayson 0-0 76 5. Peachtree Ridge 0-0 61 6. North Gwinnett 0-0 35 7. Hillgrove 0-0 34 8. Etowah 0-0 28 9. Roswell 0-0 27 10. Milton 0-0 24 10. (tie)Tucker 0-0 24 - Others receiving votes: Mill Creek 17, Valdosta 12, Lee Co. 8, Walton 8, Dacula 7, Camden 5, Lowndes 5, Norcross 3, Westlake 3, Newton 1. Class AAAAA Record Pts Prv 1. Northside-Warner Robins (8) 0-0 111 2. Allatoona (1) 0-0 93 3. Houston County (2) 0-0 91 4. Ware County 0-0 72 5. Kell 0-0 70 6. Jones County (1) 0-0 55 (tie) Stockbridge 0-0 55 8. Mays 0-0 54 9. Lanier 0-0 35 10. Gainesville 0-0 27 - Others receiving votes: Carver-Columbus 6, Coffee Co. 5, Creekside 4, Drew 4, Dalton 3, Sprayberry 3, Warner Robins 3, Brunswick 2, South Paulding 1, Stephenson 1, Glynn Academy 2. Class AAAA Record Pts Prv 1. Buford (13) 0-0 130 2. St. Pius X 0-0 96 3. Woodward Academy 0-0 93 4. Cartersville 0-0 92 5. Sandy Creek 0-0 85 6. Marist 0-0 69 7. Griffin 0-0 38 8. Carrollton 0-0 27 9. Cairo 0-0 17 10. North Oconee 0-0 14 (tie) West Laurens 0-0 14 - Others receiving votes: Mary Persons 12, Whitewater 6, Worth County 6, Jonesboro 4, Wayne County 3, Veterans 2, Stephens County 2, Upson-Lee 2. Class AAA Record Pts Prv 1. Calhoun (12) 0-0 129 2. Blessed Trinity (1) 0-0 112 3. Westminster 0-0 96 4. Jefferson 0-0 73 5. Elbert County 0-0 66 6. Washington County 0-0 55 7. Peach County 0-0 35 8. Cedar Grove 0-0 34 9. Hart County 0-0 29 10. Pierce County 0-0 27 - Others receiving votes: Central-Carrollton 22, West Hall 12, Cook 8, Jackson 5, Oconee County 5, Dodge County 4, Adairsville 2, Sonoraville 1. Class AA Record Pts Prv 1. Benedictine (9) 0-0 110 2. Greater Atlanta Christian (3) 0-0 105 3. Fitzgerald (1) 0-0 101 4. Lamar County 0-0 78 5. Brooks County 0-0 74 6. Vidalia 0-0 68 7. Lovett 0-0 61 8. Macon County 0-0 32 9. Pace Academy 0-0 27 10. Wesleyan 0-0 19 - Others receiving votes: Heard County 11, Screven County 8, Rabun County 7, Washington-Wilkes 5, Thomasville 4, Model 2, Union County 1, Jefferson County 1, Darlington 1. Class A Record Pts Prv 1. Mount Paran Christian (10) 0-0 126 2. Aquinas (1) 0-0 93 3. Eagle's Landing Christian (2) 0-0 89 4. Marion County 0-0 80 5. Irwin County 0-0 66 6. Calvary Day 0-0 63 7. Hawkinsville 0-0 51 8. Charlton County 0-0 35 9. Savannah Christian 0-0 29 10. Landmark Christian 0-0 25 - Others receiving votes: Prince Avenue Christian 21, Commerce 20, First Presbyterian Day 5, Pacelli 5, Clinch County 2, Mt. Pisgah 2, Christian Heritage 1, Stratford Academy 1, Tattnall Square 1.

Woodland volleyball defeated Cedartown, but fell to Cherokee and Marietta Tuesday night at Woodland. The Lady Wildcats are now 2-5 on the season. Woodland def. Cedartown, 2-0 — 25-15, 25-17 Cherokee def. Woodland, 2-0 — 25-17, 25-22 Marietta def. Woodland, 2-0 — 25-22, 25-12 Next for Woodland: Thur Aug 20 — at Sonoraville w/ Chattooga, 6pm Sat Aug 22 — at Rockmart Tournament Tue Aug 25 — HOME vs. Rockmart & Model, 5pm Thur Aug 27 — at Cass w/ Fannin County, 6pm

Cass volleyball lost to the Fannin County Rebels Tuesday 2-0 in a non-region match at Cass. The Lady Colonels fell to 0-3 on the season. Fannin improved to 7-1. The Lady Rebels victory was in straight sets, 25-11 and 25-5. Cass travels to Sonoraville Thursday (Aug 20) before home matches against Pepperell and Cedartown on Tuesday (Aug 25). Cass hosts Woodland and North Cobb Christian Thursday, August 27 and will play in the Coosa Invitational at Shorter College on Saturday, August 29.

Cartersville softball's offense was limited to only three hits Tuesday night in a shutout loss to the Gilmer Lady Bobcats. With the loss, the Lady Canes slipped to 3-4 on the season. GILMER 7, CARTERSVILLE 0 GILMER —— 0-4-0-0-0-0-3 —— 7R | 10H | 1E CARTERSVILLE —— 0-0-0-0-0-0-0 —— 0R | 3H | 2E Gilmer Hitting: Taylor Boling — 1H, 1RBI, 1BB, SB Sara Mosley — 2H, 1RBI Kaylee Deyton — 1H Kari Loudermilk — 1H, 2BB Madison Carver — 2R, 4H, SB Savannah Chalfant — 2BB Mallory Kiser — 1R Baylee Wimpey — 2R, 1BB, 1RBI Mac Chambers — 2R, 1H, 1BB, 1RBI Gilmer Pitching: Savannah Chalfant — 7 IP, 3H, 5BB, 5K Cartersville Hitting: Molly Wilson — 1H, 1BB Kennedy Bailey — 2BB Madison McKinney — 1BB Paris Poston — 1H Colbi Ballard — 1BB Macee Cole — 1H Cartersville Pitching: Tara Mathis — 3.1 IP, 5H, 2ER, 3BB, 1K Colbi Ballard — 3.2 IP, 5H, 3ER, 4BB, 3K Next Games for Cartersville: Thur Aug 20 — at Heritage-Catoosa — 5:55pm Tue Aug 25 — RIDGELAND — 5:55pm Thur Aug 27 — PICKENS — 5:55pm Fri Aug 28 — vs. North Cobb (Buc Bash Valdosta) — 5pm Fri Aug 28 — vs. Lowndes (Buc Bash Valdosta) — 8:30pm Sat Aug 29 — vs. South Cobb (Buc Bash Valdosta) — 2:30pm Sat Aug 29 — at Buccaneer Bash, Valdosta, vs. TBA — 4:30pm