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March 23, 2024 The Excel Christian Academy baseball team outhit Cornerstone Prep fifteen to four Friday night and Gavin Dyson struck out thirteen on the mound as the Eagles defeated the Cougars, 15-1. David Jinks had three hits including a double, a triple, and three RBIs for the Excel offense. Jacob Jinks finished with three hits including a double and three RBIs and Carter May also contributed three hits. Kamarion Profit contributed two hits with one RBI. Dyson (double, two RBIs), McKaden Gentry (two RBIs), Kohl Williams (two RBIs) and Jayden Jinks added one hit. Dyson pitched all six innings for the Eagles. He scattered four hits and one walk while allowing one earned run. The loss dropped Cornerstone to 4-4 on the season. Excel (3-5, 2-2 GAPPS I-A Region 1) snapped a five-game skid. The Eagles are scheduled to play at Holy Ground Baptist on Monday and at CrossPointe Christian on Tuesday.

March 23, 2024 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Former Woodland High standout and current Virginia Tech sophomore, Caleb Henson, will wrestle for the 149-pound NCAA championship Saturday night in Kansas City. Henson, who was seeded No. 4 (29-2), has four consecutive wins in the national tournament to reach the finals. He has victories over opponents from South Dakota State, Oklahoma State, Maryland, and Nebraska top-seed, Ridge Lovett, 1-0 in the semifinals. Henson will square off with Michigan’s Austin Gomez in the 149-pound weight class championship bout on Saturday night. Televised coverage begins at 7 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN+. Penn State has secured the team national title. Virginia Tech is among the Top Ten in the final standings. By reaching the national championship match, Henson has secured an invitation to the U.S. Olympics trials April 19-20 at Penn State.

March 22, 2024 Local high school tennis results from Thursday evening. WOODLAND BOYS 4, HIRAM 1 Woodland results: Singles Line 1 — Peter Heins lost 2-6, 6-4, 1-6 Line 2 — Cadyn Wade won 6-1, 6-1 Line 3 — Domenic Ciavarro won 6-3, 6-2 Doubles Line 1 — Jack Gore/Alex Gerstner 6-1, 6-0 Line 2 — Kaiden Holbrook/Aiden Morris won by forfeit HIRAM 4, WOODLAND GIRLS 1 Woodland results: Singles Line 1 — Caleigh Williams lost 0-6, 5-7 Line 2 — Kathryn Kovacic lost 6-7 (0-7), 0-6 Line 3 — Diana Librado lost 4-6, 1-6 Doubles Line 1 — Ellie Holt/Ella Bridges lost 1-6, 4-6 Line 2 — Sarah Smith/Katie Anne Jones won 6-4, 6-2 DALTON 4, CARTERSVILLE GIRLS 1 Cartersville results: Singles Line 1 — Sofia Motuba lost 0-6, 1-6 Line 2 — Chloie Obanion lost 0-6, 5-7 Line 3 — Chloe Bush lost 4-6, 1-6 Doubles Line 1 — Taryn Bradley/Lily Clark won 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 Line 2 — Katherine Bowen/Eden Olsen lost 2-6, 1-6 CARTERSVILLE BOYS 5, DALTON 0 Cartersville results: Singles Line 1 — Brock Wilson won 6-1, 6-4 Line 2 — Jack Minhinnett won 6-2, 6-0 Line 3 — Walker Cooney won 6-0, 6-0 Doubles Line 1 — Bryce Summey/Eli Odell won 6-2, 6-3 Line 2 — Julian Cline/Chandler Mathison won 6-2, 6-3 BREMEN 5, ADAIRSVILLE BOYS 0 Adairsville results: Singles Line 1-----Braden Potter lost 0-6, 1-6 Line 2-----Michael Spinks lost 6-3, 3-6, 0-6 Line 3-----RJ Bowling lost 7-5, 1-6, 3-6 Doubles Line 1-----Braden Mathis/ Jack Baxter lost 1-6, 6-4, 3-6 Line 2-----Camden Teems, Bryson Gooden lost 2-6, 7-5, 6-7 BREMEN 4, ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 1 Adairsville results: Singles Line 1-----Madison Abernathy lost 3-6, 5-7 Line 2-----Sophie Hovatter lost 0-6, 2-6 Line 3-----Camdyn Collins lost 3-6, 0-6 Doubles Line 1-----Ella Baker/ Allison Potter lost 0-6, 2-6 Line 2-----Darby Adams/ Stella Rood won 7-5, 6-4 NEXT: Cartersville at Cass (Hamilton Crossing) on Tuesday at 4:40 p.m. Woodland at Calhoun on Tuesday at 4 p.m. Adairsville will host Lafayette on Wednesday (Senior night), 3:30 p.m.

March 22, 2024 from coach DJ Paradis / canesathletics.com Filiberto Duarte’s shot from 40 yards out with 11 minutes to play curved under the crossbar to lift CHS to a 1-0 win over Hiram in region play on Tuesday, March 19. It was the sophomore defender’s first varsity goal. “I was looking for [Canes forward] Jackson [Barkley] and he pulled over to the left wing, taking a defender and creating space,” said Duarte. “I’m left-footed, so I cut to my left and took it, hoping to put it in the frame. It happened to go where the keeper couldn’t reach it.” Duarte had another shot on goal early in the game off a Yosvanni Pineda throw-in. Later in the half Pineda himself almost found the lower left corner off a free kick, but it was blocked by the keeper and smothered a step before Duarte could arrive for the rebound. In the 23rd minute of the second half, Pineda began a beautiful run down the right side that ended with a cross in front of the Hiram net, but the goalie stopped Barkley’s shot. Another Canes shot two minutes later by Jose Rangel was stopped before Duarte’s late-game heroics. “This gives us a boost of confidence,” said Duarte. “We played it a little different tonight and passed around the back a little more. That caused their midfield to move and we got them a little unorganized and that’s when we attacked.” The Canes (3-9) face Cass Friday night in White.

March 21, 2024 Cartersville built a 7-0 lead early and won at Woodland on Thursday, 11-1. Canes pitcher, Sawyer Wilson, scattered five hits and three walks in six shutout innings for the Hurricanes. He picked up the win and struck out four. Nate Russell allowed one unearned run in the seventh inning and had one strikeout. Zach Lambert (3.1 IP, 7ER, 8H, 4BB, 2K) suffered the pitching loss for the Wildcats. Lucas Baker (3.2 IP, 4R, 2ER, 3H, 2BB, 2K) also pitched for Woodland. Aidan Larkin led the Canes' 11-hit attack with two hits including a home run and three RBIs. Cameron Cochran (double, RBI) and Tristan McKibben (RBI) also had two hits. Turner Abernathy (two RBIs), Cole Crawford, Landon Cole (RBI), Andrew Purdy, and Luke Miller added one hit. Caleb Daniel drove in a first-inning run with a sacrifice fly. Jake Clowers had two hits for Woodland. Connor Stermer, Mason Williams, Logan Bentley, and Brett Good added one hit. The Wildcats (9-6, 2-3) play at Cartersville (13-3, 5-0) on Friday at 5:55 p.m. CASS 7, DALTON 2 The Colonels completed a three-game series sweep of the Dalton Catamounts on Thursday at home, 7-2. Cass led 4-1 after two innings and 7-2 following Hunter Lovett’s three-run home run in the fourth. Cayden Roberts started on the bump for the Colonels and picked up the win with a 4-⅓ inning performance. He allowed two earned runs on five hits and five walks while striking out four. Jacob Johnson entered in the fifth inning and worked 1-⅔ scoreless innings. Johnson yielded one hit and two walks with one strikeout. Justin Peace retired all three batters he faced in a scoreless seventh inning. Connor Jenkins had two hits for Cass. Jesiel Moctezuma (sac fly, RBI), Nic Wright (two RBIs), and Devan Hutchinson added one hit. The loss dropped Dalton to 5-10 for the year and 1-5 in Region 7-5A. Cass (11-6, 3-0) begins a three-game region series with Calhoun on Tuesday at home at 5:55 p.m. ADAIRSVILLE 7, RIDGELAND 5 Jarrett Scott had three hits including a double, a homer, and two RBIs to help lead the Adairsville Tigers to a 7-5 win Thursday night at Ridgeland. Four other Tigers had one hit each. Kaiden Coker (3 IP, 2ER, 2H, 3BB, 2K) made the pitching start for Adairsville and was credited with the win. McCayden Hufstetler (2.1 IP, 3ER, 3H, 2BB, 1K) and Ryan Farr (1.2 IP, 0R, 3H, 0BB, 1K) pitched in relief. Jack Nelson (double, two RBIs), Harrison Cole (RBI), Farr, and Landon O’Neal contributed one hit for the Tigers. The loss dropped Ridgeland to 9-3 overall and 0-2 in region play. Adairsville (9-3, 2-0) hosts Gordon Lee on Friday at 5:55 p.m.

March 21, 2024 The Adairsville girls won a five-team track and field meet this past Tuesday at Calhoun High School while the Tigers’ boys team finished second behind Southeast Whitfield. Final girls scores: Adairsville 87, Southeast Whitfield 75, Calhoun 66, Coosa 58, and Ringgold 32. Final boys scores: Southeast Whitfield 107, Adairsville 102, Ringgold 65, Calhoun 58.5, and Coosa 34.5. Event winners for Adairsville: GIRLS 100m Dash — Aliya McBryde, 12.83 1600m Run — Sadie Abernathy, 6:23 100m Hurdles — Aliya McBryde, 16.67 High Jump — Aliya McBryde, 5-00 Long Jump — Ella Bailey, 13-10.5 Shot Put — Nicole Perez, 34-04 Discus — Nicole Perez, 108-09 BOYS 200m Dash — Westin Crisp, 23.86 400m Dash — Norman Poch, 53.52 300m Hurdles — Victor McQueen, 45.21 Long Jump — Charles Coleman, 20-07.5 The next meet for Adairsville is the Bartow County Championships on March 28 at Woodland.

March 21, 2024 The Cartersville track and field teams won a five-team meet Wednesday evening at Darlington in Rome. The Lady Canes outdistanced runner-up Darlington 185.5 to 142. The Cass girls finished fourth. The Cartersville boys finished 33 points ahead of runner-up Darlington. The Cass boys were third. Other competing schools were Armuchee and Pepperell. Winning individual marks from Cartersville and Cass: GIRLS 100m Dash — Cass — Kaitlyn Godwin — 12.12 200m Dash — Cass. — Kaitlyn Godwin — 26.02 400m Dash — Cass — Kaitlyn Godwin — 1:01.84 4x100m Relay — Cass — Markayla Sanford, Liala Webb, KK Evans, Kaitlyn Godwin — 50.15 High Jump — Cass — KK Evans — 4-10 Pole Vault — Cartersville — Laney Saunders — 8-06 Shot Put — Cartersville — Allana Williams — 35-06 Shot Put — Cass — Kiana McDaniel — 35-06 Discus — Cartersville — Taff Bradley — 93-00 BOYS 100m Dash — Cartersville — Kendrick Price — 10.69 200m Dash — Cartersville — Stephen Rowser — 22.22 800m Run — Cartersville — Will Feuerbach — 2:02.84 3200m Run — Cartersville — Hayden Mitchell — 10:56.31 300m Hurdles — Cartersville — Thomas Smith — 46.13 4x100m Relay — Cartersville — Kendrick Price, Khristian Lando, Caleb Cooley, Stephen Rowser — 42.51 Shot Put — Cartersville — Thoreau Lipscomb — 43-05 Discus — Cartersville — Thoreau Lipscomb — 135-08 Next meet for Cartersville -- Bartow County Championships on March 28 at Woodland Next meets for Cass -- Dalton Invitational on Saturday and the Bartow County Championships on March 28

March 20, 2024 It took nine innings Wednesday night in Dalton, but the Cass Colonels were triumphant in their second region game of the year on the Catamounts home field, 7-4. Cass got on the board first with a pair of runs in the opening inning and made it 3-0 in the fourth. Dalton scored twice in the fourth to narrow the margin to 3-2. The Colonels added a run in the sixth to go up 4-2 before Dalton tied the game in the bottom of the seventh to send the contest into extra innings. Following a scoreless eighth inning, Cass strung together four straight hits and took advantage of a Catamounts error in the top of the ninth for the deciding runs. Chase Tatum (2 IP, 0R 2H, 1BB, 4K) picked up the Colonels’ pitching win by shutting out Dalton over the last two innings. Trenton Payne (4 IP, 0R, 2H, 3BB, 7K) made a four-inning start for Cass on the mound. Justin Peace (2 IP, 2R, 0ER, 1H, 0BB, 2K) and Devan Hutchinson (1 IP, 2R, 1ER, 2H, 1BB, 1K) also pitched for the Colonels. All nine players in the Colonels’ lineup had at least one hit in their 14-hit attack. Payne and Jesiel Moctezuma had three hits, including one double each to lead the way. Cayden Roberts contributed two hits, including one double and one RBI. Hunter Lovett (RBI), Tatum (RBI), Nic Wright (double, RBI), Connor Jenkins (RBI), Caleb Freeman (double, RBI), and Hutchinson (RBI) added one hit. Cass (10-6, 2-0) will host Dalton (5-9, 1-4) in the final game of their region series on Thursday at 5:55 p.m.

March 20, 2024 Alex Farmer via CanesAthletics.com Although this season’s edition of Lady Canes Soccer has only two seniors, their contributions have been difficult to overstate both on the field and in their leadership of the team. Maci Nicklas and Hattie Beth Williams will play next year at Truett-McConnell University and Reinhardt University, respectively. Williams has 17 goals and routinely sets up scoring attempts for younger teammates – most notably her sister Annabelle, who has 21 goals. Nicklas has 4 goals, but her dominance in the midfield has been crucial for the Lady Canes this season. Each game she establishes herself as the iron door through which every opposing attack has to face. At the same time, she has mentored a team predominately of sophomores and freshmen into contention for their first region championship in 17 years. In the 27th minute of the first half, Nicklas put CHS up 3-0 with a belter of a finish over the defense and across the goal into the left side of the net. Nicklas’ teammates rallied behind her to close out the half. Elizabeth Villela started by following up Hattie Williams’ shot that clanged off the left upright. Three minutes later Williams took a pass from her sister and rounded the advancing goalkeeper before finishing into the open net for a 5-0 lead. Annabelle Williams scored the Lady Canes’ first two goals, the first off an assist from her sister and the second from the left of the box. In the second half, Williams pushed the lead to 6-0 after driving through the middle of the Hiram defense and finishing to the right of the keeper to complete her fourth hat-trick of the season. About 90 seconds later, freshman Melanie Villela got her first varsity goal after finishing a corner kick from Hattie Williams. Kiley McMichael ended the scoring with a first-time finish off a cross from Annabelle Williams into the lower left corner with seven minutes to play. Hattie Williams left the game midway through the second half with an ankle injury but is expected to play against Cass on Friday. “They’ve both really set the example and are role models for us,” said sophomore midfielder Lundyn Eubanks of the team’s two seniors. “They show us how to focus and when they notice us slacking off, they get us back on track.” With their loss, Hiram fell to 3-9 overall and 1-2 in region action. The Lady Canes (7-5, 3-0) finish up their region schedule with the upcoming match against Cass before next Tuesday’s home showdown with Dalton. Both games kick off at 5:30.

March 20, 2024 The Adairsville High School tennis teams lost 1-4 decisions to the visiting Ringgold Tigers on Tuesday night at Hamilton Crossing Park. Adairsville results: RINGGOLD 4, ADAIRSVILLE BOYS 1 Boys singles Line 1-----Braden Potter lost 4-6, 3-6 Line 2-----Michael Spinks lost 4-6, 1-6 Line 3-----RJ Bowling lost 2-6, 6-7 Boys doubles Line 1-----Braden MAthis/ Jack Baxter lost 5-7, 6-4, 1-6 Line 2-----Camden Teems/ Bryson Gooden won 6-1, 6-1 RINGGOLD 4, ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 1 Girls singles Line 1-----Madison Abernathy lost 1-6, 3-6 Line 2-----Caroline O'Kelley lost 6-0, 6-0 Line 3-----Camdyn Collins lost 4-6, 1-6 Girls doubles Line 1-----Ella Baker/ Allison Potter lost 1-6, 2-6 Line 2-----Darby Adams/ Stella Rood won 7-5, 6-2 The Tigers host Bremen on Thursday for another Region 6-AAA match at Hamilton Crossing Park at 4 p.m.

March 20, 2024 The Woodland tennis teams dropped Region 7-5A matches at Dalton on Tuesday. The Lady Cats fell 0-5 and the Woodland boys lost 2-3. DALTON 5, WOODLAND GIRLS 0 Woodland results Singles Line 1 — Caleigh Williams lost 0-6, 0-6 Line 2 — Kathryn Kovacic lost 0-6, 2-6 Line 3 — Diana Librado lost 1-6, 1-6 Doubles Line 1 — Ellie Holt/Ella Bridges lost 0-6, 0-6 Line 2 — Sarah Smith/Katie Anne Jones lost 0-6, 2-6 DALTON 3, WOODLAND BOYS 2 Woodland results Singles Line 1 — Peter Heins lost 0-6, 2-6 Line 2 — Cadyn Wade won 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) Line 3 — Domenic Ciavarro won 6-4, 6-4 Doubles Line 1 — Jack Gore/Kaiden Holbrook lost 0-6, 3-6 Line 2 — Alex Gerstner/Aiden Morris lost 3-6, 2-6 Woodland plays at Hiram on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

March 19, 2024 The Woodland girls scored five first half goals Tuesday night at Cass and cruised to a 7-0 Region 7-5A win. Libby Morgan and Reagan Weightman scored two goals each for the Lady Cats. Carlee Forman scored a goal and added two assists. Ansley Burns contributed four assists. Brionna Carver and Maddie Weightman added one goal for Woodland. The Lady Cats (6-2, 1-2) visit Calhoun on Friday at 5:30 p.m. Cass (3-7, 0-3) hosts Cartersville on Friday at 5:30 p.m. CASS BOYS 4, WOODLAND 2 The Cass Colonels turned up the pressure in the second half on Tuesday night and defeated visiting Woodland, 4-2, in a Region 7-5A match. Edgar Abeja scored first for Cass in the 10th minute off an assist from Chris Mederos. Woodland got an equalizer ten minutes later on a penalty kick by Joel Alberto. The Wildcats then took the lead in the 35th minute when Chris Sanchez scored off a feed from Juan Mendoza. The first half scoring wasn’t over, however. Camden Hillhouse scored a Colonels’ equalizer in the 37th minute with an assist going to Melvin Velasquez. The goal sent the two teams to the intermission knotted 2-2. The Colonels generated multiple chances and scored twice in the second half to pull out the win. Velasquez got the go ahead goal for Cass on an assist from Abeja and Alex Hernandez scored unassisted in the 68th minute for a 4-2 win. Woodland keeper Miguel Pineda recorded 17 saves. The Wildcats (7-3, 1-2) visit Calhoun on Friday night and Cass (9-2-1, 3-0) hosts Cartersville.