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The Excel Lady Eagles fastpitch team suffered a 5-2 home loss to Christian Heritage Thursday night, but still remain in contention for a Class A Private state playoff berth. The loss comes on the heals of a pair of wins earlier in the week over Fellowship Christian and King’s Ridge. Christian Heritage improved to 22-2 on the season with the victory. “They scored four runs in the top of the first,” said Excel coach Eric Harris, “but then we settled down and really played them a great game. “We had some runners on base and had some chances to score. We just didn’t get the big hit at the right time. They’ve got a good club,” Harris concluded. ECA has one regular season game remaining. They play North Cobb Christian at home Friday at 3:45. Following Friday’s contest, the Lady Eagles will await their fate based on the GHSA power ratings system and the determination of region champions in the other Class A regions. Class A private schools winning their own region automatically qualify for the state tournament. Any remaining slots are filled by the highest rated teams in the power ratings. There are eight regions and only 16 teams make the Class A Private playoff bracket. The Lady Eagles were rated 13th among private Class A schools in the most recent rankings.

The Adairsville Lady Tigers lost 7-6 Wednesday night to Sonoraville at the Region 6-AAA tournament, but will advance to the Class AAA state tournament as the region's fourth seed as a result of Tuesday's 6-3 win over Murray County. The remainder of the seeding for the region is yet to be determined through tournament play. Ringgold, Calhoun, and Sonoraville remain alive in the double-elimination event heading into Thursday's games. Adairsville trailed Sonoraville 6-3 after six innings and rallied to tie Wednesday night's game 6-6 in the seventh, but the Lady Phoenix pushed across the deciding run in the bottom of the inning. The Lady Tigers will be on the road for their first round playoff best-of-three series. They will face the No. 1 seed from Region 7-AAA. The GHSA bracket has the opening round scheduled for a doubleheader on Wednesday, October 14 and a potential rubber game (if needed) on Thursday, October 15. ADAIRSVILLE 6, MURRAY CO. 3 ADAIRSVILLE ——— 0-2-3-0-0-1-0 — 6R | 7H | 1E MURRAY CO. ——— 0-0-1-2-0-0-0 — 3R | 6H | 4E Adairsville hitters: Emily Collum — 2R, 1H, SB Hannah Knapp — 1BB, 1RBI Alyssa Hughes — 1R, 1H, 1RBI Loren Harris — 1R, 1H, 1BB, SB Morgan Deboard — 1R, 2H Bailey Robinson — 1R, 1BB, SB Havyn Isaac — 1H, 1RBI Macy Hufstetler — 1H, 1RBI Adairsville pitching: Loren Harris — 7 IP, 6H, 3R, 1ER, 0BB, 6K _____________________________ SONORAVILLE 7, ADAIRSVILLE 6 ADAIRSVILLE —— 1-0-0-1-1-0-3 — 6R | 10H | 3E SONORAVILLE —- 1-0-1-4-0-0-1 — 7R | 9H | 1E Adairsville hitters: Emily Collum — 1H Hannah Knapp — 1RBI Alyssa Hughes — 2H Tori Lee — 1R Loren Harris — 1R, 2H Morgan Deboard — 1H Bailey Robinson — 1H, 2RBI Havyn Isaac — 1R, 1H Victoria Davis — 2R, 1BB Natalie Burrow — 1BB Macy Hufstetler — 1R, 2H, 1RBI Adairsville pitching: Alyssa Hughes — 6.1 IP, 9H, 7R, 6ER, 3BB, 2K

The Cartersville Parks and Recreation Department is offering a free Fishing Day at Dellinger Park Lake on Monday, October 12 during the school Fall Break. Fishing is open to all ages, but fishing licenses are required. Fishing will be allowed from 7am to 12 noon. Live bait (crickets and worms) allowed.

Bartow County Recreation Department and Cartersville Parks and Recreation Department Youth football results for October 6 10U results for October 6 at Hamilton Crossing Park Bartow Raiders 12 Hurricanes Black 6 The Raiders scored early on a Evan Sanders 45-yard touchdown pass to Kace Adams. Adams added a second touchdown on a 1-yard run. Defensively for the Raiders, Kace Adams and Colin Fletcher finished the night with 11 tackles apiece. Bartow Packers 18 Hurricanes White 0 Jamarion Pullum led the Packers offense with touchdown runs of 40 yards and 5 yards. Adrian Harris added a Packers’ score with a 10-yard run. The defense for the Packers was led by Kymoni Pullum with 6 tackles and Truitt Hayworth had 5 tackles 12U results for October 6 at Old Cass High School Ashworth 14 Bartow Tigers 8 Ashworth scored late in the fourth quarter to break an 8-8 tie and secure the road victory over the Tigers. The Tigers took an 8-0 early lead when Patrick Shelley hit T.J. Printup for a 65-yard toss, catch, and run. The extra point was added by Noah Standridge. Ashworth tied the game on a 60-yard kickoff return and ensuing extra points. The deciding score came on an Ashworth 1-yard quarterback sneak. Patrick Shelley, Jordan Carson, and Jackson Moss all finished with 5 tackles each for the Tigers’ defense. Cartersville Hurricanes 32 Bartow Falcons 7 Six different Hurricanes were part of scoring plays as the 12U Cartersville Hurricanes defeated the BCRD Falcons. Caleb Henson scored on a 32-yard run and Trevor Montgomery scored on an 81-yard burst. Micah Earwood connected with Curt Bonner for a 12-yard touchdown. Damon Williams added a 22-yard scoring run. Henson also completed a 2-yard touchdown pass to Gibb Williams to round out the Hurricanes’ scoring. Noah Ford scored from 37 yards out for the Falcons and converted the extra point. Defensively, Isaac Linley, Ian Lowe, and Devin Pryor finished with 4 tackles each. Youth football reports are provided by CPRD and BCRD and are presented on Bartow Sports Zone by CiCi's Pizza of Cartersville.

After dropping the first set of their senior night match, Cartersville volleyball defeated Darlington 3-1 in a best-of-five match Tuesday, 24-26, 25-18, 25-23, 25-21. The Lady Canes improved their season record to 18-16 and will begin the Region 7AAAA tournament Thursday at Ridgeland.

EXCEL CHRISTIAN 12, KING’S RIDGE 5 Excel scored twice in the second and added three more in the third to take an early 5-0 lead on the Lady Eagles' way to a 12-5 victory over King’s Ridge Tuesday night. Taylor Gibson opened in the circle and provided five strong innings of pitching before giving way to Haley Owens to close out the game. The Lady Eagles received key offensive production from Gibson, Tessa Thornbrough, Whitney Harris, Aliza Baker, Rachel Parrott, Brighton McCollum, and a homer from Kalli Beth Scheff. ECA hosts Heritage Christian Thursday and will conclude regular season play Friday at home against North Cobb Christian. _______________________ Region 6-AAA tournament ADAIRSVILLE 8, GORDON CENTRAL 2 GORDON CENT —— 2-0-0-0-0-0-0 — 2R | 7H | 2E ADAIRSVILLE ——— 0-0-0-4-0-4-x — 8R | 11H | 4E Adairsville hitters: Emily Collum — 2R, 2H, Sac, 1RBI Hannah Knapp — 1H, 1RBI Alyssa Hughes — 2R, 3H, Sac, 2RBI Loren Harris — 1R, 2H, 1RBI Bailey Robinson — 1R, 1H, 1BB, 1RBI Havyn Isaac — 1H, 1RBI, SB Natalie Burrow — 1H, 1BB Sierra Tanner — 1R Victoria Davis — 1R Adairsville pitching: Alyssa Hughes — 7 IP, 7H, 2ER, 1BB, 3K

The softball teams at Cartersville and Woodland were eliminated in their respective region playoffs Tuesday night with shutout losses. Cartersville (15-15) fell to Ridgeland in Game 3 of their best-of-three Region 7-AAAA playoff series. Woodland (11-19) lost to Sequoyah in an elimination game of the Region 7-AAAAA double-elimination tournament. RIDGELAND 8, CARTERSVILLE 0 CARTERSVILLE —— 0-0-0-0-0-0 — 0R | 3H | 0E RIDGELAND ———— 5-0-2-0-0-1 — 8R | 12H | 0E Cartersville hitters: Brittany Huth — 1H Paris Poston — 1H Taylor Waits — 1H Cartersville pitching: Hannah Todd — 0.1 IP, 2H, 5R, 5ER, 1BB Colbi Ballard — 5.1 IP, 10H, 3R, 3ER, 0BB, 2K Ridgeland hitters: Grayson James — 1R, 2H, 1BB, 1RBI Haley Sandridge — 2R, 3H, 1RBI Haley Johnson — 1R Kurston Henry — 1R Emma Arthur — 2R, 3H, 3RBI Morgan Crawford — 2H, 2RBI Katie Davis — 1R Katie Carruth — 2H, 1RBI Ridgeland pitching: Morgan Crawford — 6 IP, 3H, 4K 0BB ______________________ SEQUOYAH 6, WOODLAND 0 SEQUOYAH ——— 0-0-3-2-0-1-0 — 6R | 11H | 2E WOODLAND ——— 0-0-0-0-0-0-0 — 0R | 3H | 5E Woodland hitters: Taylor Calhoun — 1H Skylar Chappell — 1H Brittney Cox — 1BB Caroline HIgdon — 1BB Keri Cagle — 1H Woodland pitching: Lily Watson — 7 IP, 11H, 6R, 3ER, 6BB, 3K

The Bartow County Parks and Recreation Department is currently accepting registrations for the upcoming 2015-16 Basketball season. Registration Fees: 5 year old Instructional Division (Boys and Girls) $40 6 year old and 8 and under (boys and girls) $60 10 and under through 17 and under (boys and girls) $75 You may register online at www.bartowcountyparksandrec.org or in person at any of our recreation offices at Manning Mill Park, Hamilton Crossing Park, or the new Allatoona Youth Facility. For more information call BCRD at (770) 387-5149.

The Woodland Middle School at Euharlee cross country teams swept the 2015 Bartow-Gordon Middle School Athletic Association championships October 1. The league championship event was conducted at Cass High School. The Woodland girls team won in convincing fashion over the field and the Woodland boys edged Cartersville by virtue of the established tiebreaker. Some of the BGMSAA cross country teams will travel to Bleckley County on Saturday, October 17 to run in the Georgia Middle School State Meet. 2015 BGMSAA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS Results: Girls Team........... Points 1 Woodland 20 2 Calhoun 111 3 Cartersville 116 4 Ashworth 167 5 Adairsville 191 6 Red Bud 290 7 Cass 429 8 South Central 539 Boys Team............ Points 1 Woodland 35 alt(47) 2 Cartersville 35 alt(57) 3 Calhoun 139 4 Adairsville 154 5 Red Bud 192 6 Ashworth 265 7 Cass 361 8 South Central 426 Girls 1 Woodland/Rylee Evans/12:30 2 Woodland/Carli Clymer/12:43 3 Adairsville/Tess Cochran/12:49 4 Woodland/McKennaTrapheagan/13:24 5 Cartersville/Emily Bush/14:02 6 Woodland/Makenzie Stephenson/14:06 7 Woodland/Avery Hull/14:09 8 Woodland/Marlee Bowles/14:16 9 Woodland/Gisselle Carrasco/14:19 10 Woodland/Sydney Mulinaro/14:20 Boys 1 Cartersville/Davis Williams/12:09 2 Cartersville/Mack Morris/12:13 3 Woodland/Christian Gooch/12:17 4 Cartersville/Bill Archer/12:19 5 Woodland/Caleb Jones/12:20 6 Woodland/Stanton Bedwell/12:24 7 Calhoun/Jesus Gonzalez/12:27 8 Cartersville/Joel Zazueta/12:28 9 Red Bud/Ben Stewart/12:34 10 Woodland/Dylan Stermer/12:35

The Excel Christian Academy softball team remained ranked No. 13 in Tuesday's release of the GHSA Power Ratings for Class A private schools. The GHSA Class A Private playoffs will include any teams winning their respective region championships and the remainder of the 16-team field will be determined by the power ratings. The Lady Eagles have three regular season games remaining and there is not a region tournament for Region 6A. Regular season results determine the region title. Excel has three home games remaining against King's Ridge Tuesday at 4:30, followed by Christian Heritage Thursday, and North Cobb Christian Friday. GHSA Class A Private Schools Power Ratings (release for October 6)

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 — Valdosta State University (Freshman, Cass HS) Morning has already established himself as one of the top runners for the Blazers. He was second for his squad in the first two cross country meets of his college career (at Tampa University and at the University of Florida) and led Valdosta State on Sept. 25 in the Moc Invitational at Florida Southern. He was 15th overall among 80 runners and finished the 8K course with a time of 27:54.20. Roger Herrera — Reinhardt University (Junior, Cartersville HS) On Sept. 4, set the Reinhardt program record for the fastest time in a 6K when he ran a time of 20:52 at the Dalton State Invitational. He led the Eagles Saturday to a narrow, two point win over University of West Georgia and the rest of the field at the SCAD-Atlanta Invitational. Herrera placed third overall with a time of 28:38 on the 8K course. Savannah Hardin — Young Harris College (Freshman, Cass HS) .... 16th with a 5K time of 21:31 at the Eye Opener Invitational in her first college race on Sept. 4. Two weeks later, Hardin finished sixth on her team in the 6K North Georgia Invitational with a time of 27:05. She then ran the same time at the Bulldog Stampede at Wingate University on Sept. 26. Spencer Fields — Rhodes College (Freshman, Kingston, GA; Darlington) ... placed second on his team in each of the first three meets. He placed fifth overall at the Sewanee Invitational with an 8K time of 26:32. He then raced at the Rhodes Invitational in Memphis on Sept. 26 and finished ninth overall with a time of 26:22. This past weekend, he ran a 26:13 at the Greater Louisville Classic. SOCCER Cody West — Duquesne University (R-Sophomore, Cass HS) ..... played all 90 minutes and took one shot in both matches last week at Saint Francis and against Dayton. Stephanie Hicks — Agnes Scott (Senior, Woodland HS) ... took four shots, two on goal, in a win at Wesleyan Saturday. Mallory Hedden -- Troy University (Sophomore, Cass HS) ... saw defender time in a 1-0 victory over University of Louisiana Monroe Oct. 2 as the Lady Trojans improved to 8-3 overall and 1-1 in the Sun Belt Conference. VOLLEYBALL Katie O’Connor — Western Carolina University (Sophomore, Cartersville HS) .. had two kills and a block in a Sept. 30 match against Furman . . . . . also had two kills in eight attempts Saturday against North Carolina Greensboro. Sydney Sumners — Shorter University (Freshman, Adairsville HS) ... played a set and recorded a dig in a Sept. 30 match at West Alabama. Karlee Winecoff — Point University (Senior, Cass HS) ... had a kill, four digs and three blocks in a match against Bryan College Friday. . . . . had six kills, 14 digs and a block against Truett-McConnell. 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.

The Cartersville Lady Canes softball team split their region playoff doubleheader Monday night at Ridgeland with a 2-1 win and a 10-3 loss. Cartersville will travel back to Rossville Tuesday for the rubber game of the three game series. The winner locks in a spot in the opening round of the Class AAAA state playoffs. CARTERSVILLE 2, RIDGELAND 1 CARTERSVILLE —— 0-0-0-0-0-0-2 — 2R | 5H | 0E RIDGELAND ———- 0-0-0-0-1-0-1 —- 1R | 8H | 1E Cartersville hitters: Molly Wilson — 1H, 1RBI Kennedy Bailey — 1H Hannah Todd — 1H K. Stephenson — 1R Paris Poston — 1BB Madison McKinney — 1R, 1H Macee Cole — 1H, Sac, 1BB Michaela Crowe — 1RBI Cartersville pitching: Hannah Todd — 7 IP, 8H, 1R, 1ER, 3BB, 7K ______________________ RIDGELAND 10, CARTERSVILLE 3 RIDGELAND ———— 2-0-4-0-0-3-1 — 10R | 11H | 3E CARTERSVILLE —— 0-0-1-1-0-0-1 —— 3R | 11H | 1E Cartersville hitters: Molly Wilson — 1R, 1H Brittany Huth — 3H, 1RBI Kennedy Bailey — 1H, 1BB Hannah Todd — 2H Colbi Ballard — 1R Paris Poston — 1H, 1RBI Madison McKinney — 2H, 1RBI Michaela Crowe — Sac, 1H J. Prokop — 1R Cartersville pitching: Hannah Todd — 2 IP, 5H, 5R, 5ER, 1BB, 1K Colbi Ballard — 5 IP, 6H, 5R, 1ER, 2BB, 1K