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Calhoun Middle School's softball team captured the 2015 Bartow-Gordon Middle School Athletic Association championship Thursday night and completed an undefeated season with a 6-1 finals victory over Red Bud. Calhoun finished the regular season and tournament with a perfect 10-0 record. Red Bud was the championship tournament runner-up after knocking off regular season No. 2 seed Woodland in the tournament semifinals.

Cartersville volleyball was swept by a pair of Class AAAAAA opponents -- Hillgrove and Pope -- Thursday night in non-region action. Pope defeated the Lady Canes 25-15, 25-18 in straight sets. Hillgrove also won in straight sets, 25-16, 25-17. Cartersville hosts Darlington Tuesday, October 6 at 6pm before opening region tournament play next Thursday and Saturday (Oct 8 and 10).

The Woodland Lady Cats softball team lost its opener in the 2015 Region 7AAAAA tournament to the Kell Longhorns Thursday evening at Forsyth Central High School. Woodland pitcher, Lily Watson, allowed only one earned run on seven hits and a pair of walks in the circle with three strikeouts. The Wildcats’ offense, however, could not come up with the needed run support. KELL 2, WOODLAND 0 WOODLAND —— 0-0-0-0-0-0-0 — 0R | 6H | 1E KELL —————- 0-1-0-1-0-0-x — 2R | 7H | 1E Woodland hitters: Kylie Knox — 2H Taylor Calhoun — 1BB Kereston Franklin — 1H Brittney Cox — 1H, 1BB Shelby Rainey — 1H Victoria Dabbs — 1H Woodland pitching: Lily Watson — 6 IP, 7H, 2R, 1ER, 2BB, 3K Woodland is now 10-18 for the season. Next: Elimination game Saturday (4pm at River Ridge) vs. loser of Thursday’s North Springs/Creekview game.

The Excel Christian Academy softball team dramatically improved its state playoff berth chances Thursday night with a pair of wins over Mount Pisgah. The two teams had to complete a previously started game that had gone to extra frames and then played a complete second region game. The game that was continued went nine innings after heading to extra innings tied 7-7. The Lady Eagles, playing as the visiting team, scored a run in the top of the eighth on a passed ball. Mt. Pisgah answered, however, with an RBI double and almost scored a game-winner. ECA shortstop Whitney Harris gunned down a potential game-winning base runner at homeplate in the bottom of the inning to extend the game to the ninth. Excel scored four runs in the top of the ninth, then held on for a 13-9 victory in Game 1. Aliza Baker, who finished 5-for-6 in the doubleheader, had four hits in the first game. Game 2 was dominated by Excel Christian. Taylor Gibson tossed a three inning no-hitter was the Lady Eagles routed the visitors, 17-0. Rachel Parrott and Brighton McCollum had two hits each for ECA. Hannah Cauthen, Xena Inos, Whitney Harris, and Baker also added hits. "Those two wins should help us a lot," noted Excel coach Eric Harris. "We were thirteenth in the GHSA power ratings earlier this week and have to finish in the top sixteen to get into the state playoffs. Those two wins should help secure our position a little better." Excel is scheduled for a makeup game with North Cobb Christian Friday, but with rain moving in that game appears unlikely. "We have three games next week," said Harris. "I'm not sure when we will get that game made up. All these remaining games are important though." The Lady Eagles travel to Fellowship Christian Monday, followed by home games with King's Ridge Tuesday and Christian Heritage Thursday.

The Region 7AAAA softball playoff series between Cartersville and Ridgeland has been postponed until Saturday at Ridgeland High School. The best-of-three series was originally scheduled to begin Thursday evening with a doubleheader, but rain in the area caused officials to reschedule the series for Saturday. Game 1 will begin Saturday at 11am and the two teams will play all three games if necessary. The winner advances as one of Region 7AAAA's top four teams to the Class AAAA state playoffs.

Thursday night's BGMSAA football results: Red Bud 13, Calhoun 7 Adairsville 19, Ashworth 6 Cass 28, So. Central 6 Cartersville 55, Woodland 0 Updated football standings for the league are also available HERE.

The Cartersville Lady Canes softball team is scheduled to play a doubleheader at Ridgeland Thursday in the Region 7AAAA playoffs. The winner of the series will earn a spot in the Class AAAA tournament. The best-of-three series begins with a doubleheader Thursday scheduled for 5pm and 7pm. If needed, a rubber game in the series would be played Friday or Saturday. Also of local note, Adairsville is scheduled to begin region playoffs on Saturday. Site and time to be announced.

The Woodland girls and boys cross country teams completed a sweep of the 2015 Bartow County Cross Country Championships Tuesday at Dellinger Park. Woodland girls held off Cartersville 28-43 with Cass placing third with 56 points. Woodland boys edged Cartersville by a single point 27-28. Adairsville was third with 85 points. Sophomore Lindsay Scifers of Woodland won the girls race in 20:03.21. Bree Cole of Cartersville was second, followed by Woodland's Cheyenne Spinks and Jana Morning of Cass. Woodland and Cartersville took the top ten individual spots in the boys race with Woodland's Julian Rocket (17:41.07) finishing just ahead of Haden Boone and Patrick Gordon of Cartersville. Woodland's Dustin Kiel and Jonathan Holloway captured fourth and fifth, respectively. Complete team and individual results are listed below: 2015 Bartow County Cross Country Championship BOYS VARSITY 2015 1 -- Woodland........27 2 -- Cartersville......28 3 -- Adairsville........85 4 -- Cass..............103 5 -- Excel..............N/S GIRLS VARSITY 2015 1 -- Woodland.........28 2 -- Cartersville.......43 3 -- Cass.................56 4 -- Adairsville........N/S 5 -- Excel...............N/S 2015 Bartow County Cross Country Championship GIRLS VARSITY 1......Lindsay Scifers......Woodland......20:03.21 2......Bree Cole......Cartersville......20:31.23 3......Cheyenne Spinks......Woodland......20:38.29 4......Jana Morning......Cass......20:39.79 5......Elizabeth Roberson......Woodland......22:01.05 6......Abby Forristall......Cartersville......22:13.24 7......Casey Bolan......Woodland......22:29.35 8......Kayla Carpenter......Cartersville......22:35.87 9......IssabethThomas......Cass......22:58.21 10......StephanieYoblado......Cass......23:37.11 11......Vanna Beach......Cartersville......23:49.65 12......Carla Alves......Woodland......24:00.99 13......Makenna Eskew......Woodland......24:38.44 14......McKaylie Bowles......Woodland......25:16.85 15......Maranda Maranda......Cass......26:14.54 16......Victoria Martino......Cartersville......26:45.41 17......Krystinn Dabbs......Cartersville......27:03.45 18......Alex Stodehill......Cass......28:18.90 19......Stella Gearheart......Cass......28:40.53 2015 Bartow County Cross Country Championship BOYS VARSITY 1......Julian Rocket......Woodland......17:41.07 2......Haden Boone......Cartersville......17:43.16 3......Patrick Gordon......Cartersville......17:43.46 4......Dustin Kiel......Woodland......17:44.39 5......Jonathan Holloway......Woodland......17:48.56 6......Robby Earick......Cartersville......18:01.98 7......Jacob Giltz......Woodland......18:13.06 8......Andy Sims......Cartersville......18:15.56 9......Will Pruitt......Cartersville......18:49.05 10......Alex Charez......Woodland......19:01.36 11......Ryan Dupree......Cass......19:03.40 12......Levi Brandonberg......Woodland......19:04.35 13......Daniel Sullivan......Adairsville......19:25.54 14......Jacob Busek......Cartersville......19:32.28 15......Noah Warren......Woodland......19:34.18 16......Jared Tatum......Adairsville......19:46.09 17......Jason Burdette......Adairsville......19:49.27 18......Spencer Rawlins......Adairsville......20:04.56 19......William Matherne......Cartersville......20:08.31 20......Devon Martinez......Cass......20:37.61 21......Ayden Johnson......Adairsville......21:03.86 22......Dylan Coker......Adairsville......21:39.72 23......Derrick Smith......Cass......22:45.66 24......Michael Sharer......Cass......23:23.79 25......Tyler Smith......Cass......24:08.40 26......Nick Poteat......Cass......24:18.77 27......Matt Hardin......Cass......24:19.15 2015 Bartow County Cross Country Championship BOYS J.V. 2015 1 -- Cartersville ........32 2 -- Woodland ..........34 3 -- Excel ................145 4 -- Adairsville .........153 5 -- Cass .................N/S GIRLS J.V. 2015 1 -- Woodland............15 2 -- Adairsville ...........76 3 -- Cartersville ........N/S 4 -- Cass ..................N/S 5 -- Excel .................N/S GIRLS J.V. 1......Ally Landrum......Woodland......24:47.44 2......Lizzy Vasquez......Woodland......24:54.75 3......Amelia Payne......Woodland......24:56.30 4......Allie Zaring......Woodland......26:33.97 5......Emily Grenlich......Woodland......26:57.92 6......Libby Towle......Woodland......27:18.07 7......Sandi Nalley......Adairsville......27:23.49 8......Payton Redd......Woodland......27:41.88 9......Morgan Ketchum......Woodland......27:44.30 10......Cheyenne Holt......Adairsville......28:00.26 11......Taylor King......Excel......28:08.12 12......Rachel Nix......Woodland......28:11.29 13......Carsen Henry......Cartersville......29:13.91 14......Katie Tolbert......Cartersville......29:18.75 15......Kyndal Benton......Woodland......29:19.17 16......CJ Wargo......Adairsville......29:39.60 17......Landry McCollum......Excel......30:05.55 18......Aliana Hall......Cartersville......30:22.78 19......Madison Poston......Adairsville......32:36.25 20......Maria Newberry......Adairsville......33:20.57 21......Mattie Griffin......Excel......34:30.12 22......Michelle Zheng......Excel......34:31.45 2015 Bartow County Cross Country Championship BOYS J.V. 1......Jake Hacker Cartersville 19:18.86 2......Dioney Achoa Woodland 19:24.68 3......Taylor McDaniel Excel 19:26.86 4......Alex Mosac Cartersville 19:52.50 5......Trever Knowles Woodland 20:04.94 6......Ozzy Andrade Cartersville 20:08.06 7......David Mejia Cartersville 20:08.73 8......Nick Warren Woodland 20:10.23 9......Thomas Jolly Woodland 20:21.80 10......Kevin Miller Woodland 20:48.95 11......Brycen Higdon Woodland 20:56.64 12......Noah Spaulding Woodland 20:59.94 13......Heath Tyree Woodland 21:04.37 14......Juan Zazueta Cartersville 21:06.84 15......Nathan Hattaway Cartersville 21:15.11 16......Knox Stewart Cartersville 21:18.01 17......Landon Simmons Woodland 21:18.51 18......Parker Breedlove Cartersville 21:29.99 19......Caleb Chance Woodland 21:37.84 20......Jason Bramby Adairsville 21:38.52 21......Paul Swinney Cartersville 21:43.84 22......Ryan Pickens Excel 21:46.94 23......Josh Moser Cartersville 21:50.60 24......Forrest Turner Woodland 21:57.47 25......Arl Longmore Adairsville 21:59.80 26......Hunter Johnson Excel 22:08.14 27......Ashton Shanahan Woodland 22:13.22 28......Christian McNeany Cartersville 22:14.16 29......Daniel Hattaway Cartersville 22:15.93 30......Mason Webb Woodland 22:22.53 31......John Redd Adairsville 22:30.95 32......Walter Griffin Cartersville 22:33.38 33......Cody Cauffman Cartersville 22:51.18 34......Grayson Dailey Adairsville 22:55.61 35......Sim Archer Cartersville 23:01.43 36......Skylar Palaries Woodland 23:03.33 37......Ethan Boone Cartersville 23:04.89 38......Will Noble Cartersville 23:07.30 39......Will Bentley Cartersville 23:13.79 40......Khase Willis Cartersville 23:20.77 41......Kaeman Nix Woodland 23:28.26 42......LaErikson Rogers Cartersville 23:36.45 43......Chandler Nalley Adairsville 23:51.72 44......Ky Tucker Excel 24:10.30 45......Landon Ferguson Adairsville 24:23.96 46......Braydon Hodge Cartersville 24:59.89 47......Preston Richards Cartersville 25:08.96 48......Gavin Cissa Adairsville 25:58.73 49......Ryan Draver Cass 26:44.96 50......Michael Hogan Excel 26:45.79 51......Jake Pelfrey Cartersville 27:16.92 52......Reece Thompson Cartersville 28:07.48 53......Jeremiah Whatley Cartersville 28:11.67 54......Cameron Cameron Cass 28:24.22 55......Jake Griffin Cartersville 28:48.62 56......Chris Bruce Excel 30:11.94 57......Bret Barrett Cartersville 30:28.75 58......Alex Edwards Cartersville 31:30.20 CCI History Boys Team Champion Girls Team Champion 2015 Woodland Woodland 2014 Cartersville Woodland 2013 Woodland Woodland 2012 Cartersville Woodland 2011 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Brad Stephens brings his own Southern flavored sports perspective and humor to Bartow Sports Zone. He is a Bartow County native and has his own law office in Cartersville, but he's mostly a Georgia Bulldogs' football fan. ________________ It is Georgia- Alabama game week. That is a sentence you do not hear very much, as the Dawgs and Tide play each other as regularly as Halley’s Comet flies over the Earth. With the new additions to the conference, traditional matchups holding firm and only 12 games in a season, I would not expect Georgia and Alabama to become yearly rivals anytime soon. In any event, when these two programs meet up, there are sure to be fireworks. From the “Man Enough” game in Tuscaloosa back in 2002 to the thrilling finish in the 2012 SEC Championship game, the last few meetings have been the scene of much drama, stress, disappointment and pure elation on both sides. Who could forget Pat Dye telling the nation that Georgia was “not man enough” to beat Alabama back in 2002? Or the 2008 “Blackout” game in Athens that catapulted Alabama to their current position of national prominence? The 2012 SEC Championship game still sticks in the craw of most Georgia fans. Frankly, as a Dawg, I would rather scratch my eyes out with a Brillo pad than watch a replay of that game. Georgia has come “oh so close” to turning the corner over the years, but has been thwarted more often than not by a Western counterpart. LSU has done it a few times. Auburn and their bagmen have done it more times than I care to count. Alabama’s last two victories over Georgia have knocked the Dawgs for a loop and these painful games are definitely on the minds of the fanbase going into Saturday’s brouhaha. Trust me, if you forget, Tide “fans” will remind you daily. Trading blows with the flagship school of the conference is a great opportunity though. All eyes will be on this game. If the Dawgs are victorious, instant validation and national attention. If the Dawgs lose, instant degradation and national detraction. It is one of those “put up or shut up” days in Georgia history – which team will show up? The one that shellacked #3 LSU in Athens in 2004 or the same team that choked away the season the next week against a hapless Tennessee squad? Then, there is the biggest issue of all – dealing with the Alabama fanbase. Granted, I have never had a minute’s trouble in Tuscaloosa, any run-ins with Alabama alumni or lifelong fans who know their history. I lived in Birmingham for two years and generally got along with Alabama folks, probably due to our mutual disdain for all things orange. However, when Nick Saban entered the fray and reconstructed the program from the desolation of probation and Mike Shula, a new breed of Alabama fan was born. After 2008, cursive “A’s” started popping up all over northwest Georgia and I ain’t talking about the Braves. Crimson Tide car tags and t-shirts flew off the shelves faster than houseflies to an open watermelon. Netflix has it all wrong. Orange is not the new black, houndstooth is. It was like somebody walked in their homes, hypnotized them and they have never snapped out of it. College football’s version of Peter Gibbons, sans Bill Lumbergh and TPS reports. Men, women and children alike joined this unholy alliance with the proclamation of “I’ve always been an Alabama fan.” This is perplexing. Friends, I don’t really recall much of the late 1980’s, other than my purple Trapper Keeper and stonewashed Jordaches. Ok I lied, I did have my mother buy a Milli Vanilli CD for me. Due to this ignorance, I cannot regale you with tales of the last time Florida fans did not exist around here. I am certain it was a grand and glorious time, those pre-Spurrier days. Yet, I do recall the 1990’s and early 2000’s with great detail. I remember the days when TBS was on the :05 schedule – “Saved by the Bell” would come on at 5:05 P.M. and 5:35 P.M., eat dinner, then watch the Braves with my grandmother at 7:35. I recall Grunge making its entrance into the music world, Bill Clinton being elected twice, when Coke switched to plastic bottles, my parking spot number at Cass High School (#214) and even my locker combination from 6th grade. (24-14-24) I can pinpoint all the styles from those days, from the sidespike to Bartow bangs to tightrolling jeans. I ate at the lunch counter at the old Woolworth and a hamburger cooked by Ernie Garrison himself. I remember when the Target on Main Street was a pasture, Winston’s was the hot restaurant destination in town and the only car dealers were the Wynns and the Cochrans. I saw a time when you could take Highway 41 from Cassville and be at the old Blockbuster Video in less than 20 minutes. What I do not remember are legions of Alabama fans roaming the landscape of northwest Georgia. In fact, I knew precisely one diehard Alabama fan growing up. He was from Fort Payne and moved to Cassville because his wife was from there. We would razz each other from time to time, but normally just agreed on how much we hated Tennessee and Auburn. He was it, the one and only. Everyone else was Georgia, Tech and a thriving pocket of Auburn fans. Where did this Bama diaspora come from? I am quite positive that Nick Saban did not lead a mass exodus across Alabama, part the waters of the Coosa River and tell his followers to go forth into Georgia. No, I would remember that for sure. These newfound Crimson Tide fanatics are the same people who pulled for Florida State in the 1990’s, Georgia from 2002-05, Florida from 06-08 and then picked up Alabama after Urban Meyer left Gainesville in shambles (‘preciate it, Urban). Bandwagon riders who buy a new hat every other season. Those thousands of people who suddenly get amnesia when their team starts losing or goes on probation, only to come out of it with a new team. When Alabama was mired in probation, terrible coaches, losing seasons and scandal, you were more likely to find oceanfront property in Rockmart than an Alabama fan around here. Now, they are everywhere – voices ringing loud with hyperbolic ignorance. These people will be in Athens on Saturday. They will be the loudest and most outspoken fans, espousing the virtues of the University of Alabama without ever gracing the campus with hide or hair. They will proclaim that “Georgia sucks” and “y’all ain’t ready” among other absolutes that contain no explanation and zero forethought. Ignore them, Dawg fans. Their time will pass and they will into oblivion, or Bolivia (if you’re asking Mike Tyson). Leave them to their devices and let the game do your talking. Remember what the great Mark Twain once said: “Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.” ______________________ What do you think? Post your comments on the Bartow Sports Zone Facebook page or on Twitter @bartowsportszon Use #bradstephens

Bartow County Recreation Department 10U football results for Tuesday, September 29 BARTOW COLTS 26 BARTOW BEARS 0 The Bartow Colts stellar defense led the way in a convincing 26-0 win over the Bartow Bears in BCRD 10-and-under football action Tuesday night at Hamilton Crossing Park. The Colts intercepted three Bears' passes and returned them for touchdowns in the shutout victory. Caleb Cooley had one of the interceptions and scored on a 40-yard return. He also added a 65-yard scoring scamper and a PAT run on the Colts' final score of the night. Devin Henderson scored twice on interception returns -- one from 50 yards and another of 45 yards. Richard Houston added a PAT run to round out the Colts' scoring. The game between the Bartow Raiders and Bartow Falcons was cancelled due to lightning and will be rescheduled. Game information provided by BCRD and CPRD is presented on Bartow Sports Zone by CiCi’s Pizza of Cartersville.

Woodland softball opens play in the Region 7-AAAAA tournament Thursday when they face Kell at Forsyth Central High School at 7pm. The Lady Cats enter the region tournament as the No. 4 seed from sub-region A. Kell is the No. 3 seed from sub-region B. Region 7AAAAA consists of 14 schools. Only the top five teams from each sub-region qualified for the region championship tournament. The top four finishers will represent the region in the Class AAAAA state playoffs. The winner of Thursday’s Woodland/Kell game will advance in the winners’ bracket to play Saturday against the winner of Thursday night’s game between North Springs and Creekview. The Saturday game will be at Cambridge High School. The loser of Thursday’s Woodland/Kell game will slip to the losers’ bracket of the double-elimination tournament to play the loser of North Springs/Creekview, also on Saturday but at River Ridge. The tournament continues through Friday, October 9. The top seeds are Cambridge and River Ridge. Cambridge, the winner of sub-region B, is currently the top-ranked team in Class AAAAA. River Ridge was the regular season champion of sub-region A. Sprayberry, Dalton, Sequoyah and Forsyth Central round out the field in the ten team region tournament.

The Adairsville Lady Tigers softball team took an early lead, but the visiting Colts of Coahulla Creek scored seven runs over the final three innings to escape with a 9-8 win Tuesday night. Adairsville rallied in the bottom of the seventh for a pair of runs, but came up just short. COAHULLA CREEK 9, ADAIRSVILLE 8 COAHULLA CREEK —— 2-0-0-0-2-3-2 — 9R | 7H | 4E ADAIRSVILLE ————- 3-0-1-2-0-0-2 — 8R | 12H | 10E Adairsville hitters: Emily Collum — 2R, 2H, 2RBI, HR Victoria Davis — 1H Hannah Knapp — 1R, 1H, 1RBI Loren Harris — 2R, 2H Alyssa Hughs — 1R, 1HR, 1RBI Morgan Deboard — 1R, 2H, 1RBI Bailey Robinson — 1H, 1RBI Macy Hufstetler — 1R, 1H, 1BB Havyn Isaac — 1H Adairsville pitching: Alyssa Hughs — 5.2 IP, 5H, 7R, 2ER, 0BB, 5K Loren Harris — 1.1 IP, 2H, 2R, 1ER, 1BB, 4K Next: Region 6AAA Tournament