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Cartersville High School track and field athlete, Anna Hightower, has committed to compete as a pole vaulter for Georgia Tech. Hightower drew the attention of top programs when she set the state meet record in May during the GHSA Class AAAA championship meet. She set that record at 11 feet, 7 inches on May 7. Her personal best jump for the year was set at the region championship meet, when she cleared 12 feet, 4 inches. For the full story, please see David Royal's story in The Daily Tribune News.

Cartersville Little League’s 8-and-under Rookie Level team has advanced to the Northwest Sectional semifinals tonight (June 9) in Smyrna. Cartersville defeated Belvedere Little League 10-2 Sunday to sweep their two pool games and earn a top seed headed into the semifinals. Cartersville opened the tournament Saturday with a 17-13 victory over Smyrna Little League Blue. Cartersville will face Rockmart Little League tonight (June 9) at 6pm in one of the single-elimination semifinal games. Murphey Candler Blue and Smyrna Blue square off in the other semifinal. Tuesday’s winners play for the tournament championship Wednesday at 7pm. All games in the Georgia Little League Northwest Sectional tournament are being played at Smyrna Little League. The Cartersville roster includes: Jordan Brinkley, Maddox Frazier, Casen Cochran, Cameron Cochran, Logan Shrewsbury, Logan Woody, JeKeveon Porter. Tristan Mckibben, Thomas Peters, Sawyer Wilson, and Julian Cline. Cartersville’s manager is Robin Mckibben and the assisting coaches are Luke Bunce, Geoffe Shrewsbury, and Jay Frazier.

The Georgia Dugout Club’s Junior Team Georgia recorded its biggest win of the Sunbelt Classic Baseball Series Monday afternoon defeating Team Texas 4-0. The shutout came with local battery mates Elliott Anderson and Lane Griffith working effectively together in the victory. Anderson of Cartersville High School was the starting pitcher for Team Georgia and his starting catcher was Adairsville High School’s Griffith. “Anderson was impressive on the mound,” said Team Georgia coach Todd Eubanks. “He has also been swinging a really good bat, so we’ve been using him in the DH spot when he’s not on the mound.” Eubanks was equally excited about Griffith’s performance Monday afternoon against Texas. “He called an outstanding game behind the dish,” Eubanks noted while praising Griffith, “What he gave us behind the plate today was really impressive." Team Georgia took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first, then added a single run in the fifth and two more in the top of the seventh. Austin Wilhite had an RBI and Aaron Schunk had a pair of hits including an RBI double for Georgia in the win. The other Team Georgia hits came from Kalen Puckett, Anderson, and Zack Miller. Anderson started on the mound and pitched four innings in the shutout win. He allowed only 3 hits and a pair of walks while striking out two. Matt Rowland worked the fifth and recorded the first two outs of the sixth inning in middle relief for Team Georgia before turning the pitching duties over to Aaron Schunk for the final four outs and the save. Team Georgia improved to 4-2 in the prestigious national event. They now have victories over Team Canada, Team Missouri, Team Mississippi, and Team Texas with losses to Team Tennessee and Team Colorado. Importantly, the win over Texas put Team Georgia in position to advance to the Sunbelt Classic championship game. “We control our own destiny now,” said Eubanks. “As it stands right now, winning out would put us in the championship game against this same Texas team Wednesday.” Team Georgia fell behind early, but came back to defeat Team Oklahoma Gold Monday night (June 8) 9-5 and has games against Team Arizona and Team Oklahoma Blue on Tuesday (June 9). The Sunbelt Classic Baseball Series is in its 21st year and is played each year in McAlester and Wilburton, Oklahoma.

Brendon Todd was the top finisher at the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio this past weekend among PGA Tour stars affiliated with Cartersville Country Club's Scott Hamilton Golf Academy. Todd finished alone in 17th place with an 8-under total for the week. David Lingmerth came from behind to catch Justin Rose on Sunday to force a playoff. Lingmerth won the tournament on the third playoff hole with a par. Hamilton Golf Academy players won PGA Tour events in the two consecutive weeks prior to the Memorial. Chris Kirk won the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas May 21-24 and Steven Bowditch won the AT&T Byron Nelson in Irving, Texas May 28-31. Below are the top current Scott Hamilton Golf Academy players scores from this past weekend at Muirfield Village and their final leaderboard standing. 17 — Brendon Todd (-8) T18 -- Harris English (-7) T36 -- Chris Kirk (-3) T52 -- Steven Bowditch (Even) The PGA Tour moves to TPC Southwind in Memphis this week (June 11-14) for the FedEx St. Jude Classic.

PGA Tour stars affiliated with Cartersville Country Club’s Scott Hamilton Golf Academy have won on tour in consecutive weeks and continue to be successful at this week’s tour stop. The Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance at Muirfield Village Golf Club heads into it’s final round Sunday (June 7) in Dublin Ohio. Below are the top Scott Hamilton Golf Academy players this week and their leaderboard standing headed into Sunday’s final round at Muirfield Village. Justin Rose was the tournament leader at 15-under-par. T5 — Brendon Todd (-10) T15 — Steven Bowditch (-8) T27 — Harris English (-6) T47 — Chris Kirk (-3)

Rally Volleyball at LakePoint Sporting Community in Emerson is hosting one of its largest events of the summer Sunday (June 7). The Dig It Tournament runs throughout the day until appoximately 8pm Sunday. More than 90 doubles teams of 12U, 14U, 16U, and 18U boys and girls are competing at the sand volleyball venue for bids to the West Coast AAU Junior Olympic Games. The top two finishers in each age division with five or more teams earn bids to the national event which takes place July 25 and 26. This is the second of three AAU Championship qualifiers to be held at RallyVB this summer. Spectator admission is free.

Lane Griffith of Adairsville High School and Elliott Anderson of Cartersville High School are in Oklahoma with the Georgia Dugout Club’s 2015 Junior Team Georgia. The team is participating in the 21st annual Sunbelt Classic Baseball Series. The tournament began Friday and continues through next Wednesday (June 10) in McAlester, Oklahoma and at Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton. Former Cass High School head coach, Todd Eubanks, is part of the Team Georgia coaching staff with the Georgia Dugout Club. He is currently the head baseball coach at Bowdon High School. On Saturday, Team Georgia swept a pair of games, defeating Team Missouri 7-5 and winning their late game over Team Mississippi. Team Georgia is scheduled to play Team Colorado Sunday. Details of Saturday and Sunday games will be shared as they become available. Junior Team Georgia defeated Team Canada 9-8 in their second game of the day Friday, but dropped their opener to Team Tennessee, 16-3. The remainder of the Junior Team Georgia schedule for the 2015 Sunbelt Classic: Monday, June 8 vs. Team Texas vs. Team Oklahoma Gold Tuesday, June 9 vs. Team Arizona vs. Team Oklahoma Blue Wednesday, June 10 Playoff or Consolation Game

In a high scoring affair, Cartersville Little League’s Rookie level team of seven- and eight-year-olds defeated Smyrna Blue Saturday at the Georgia Little League Northwest Sectional tournament, 17-13. The tournament is being hosted by Smyrna Little League. After trailing early, Cartersville broke things open with a seven run third inning, then added four more runs in both the fourth and fifth innings of the five inning contest. Smyrna Blue did not go quietly, however. The District 2 representatives scored at least one run in every inning and their seven run rally in the final frame came up only a few runs short. Cartersville took advantage of seven walks and six hits to tally their run total. JeKeveon Porter (RBI), Tristan Mckibben (2 RBI), Logan Shrewsberry (3 RBI), Julian Cline (RBI), Thomas Peters (2 RBI), and Sawyer Wilson (RBI) had Cartersville’s hits. Maddox Frazier was also credited with a pair of RBI. Cameron Cochran was the pitcher of record when Cartersville took control of the lead and picked up the pitching victory in only 1/3 inning. Porter pitched four innings for Cartersville. Logan Woody, Mckibben, and Shrewsbury also pitched for the locals. Cartersville, now 1-0 in pool play will next face Belvedere Little League of Decatur on Sunday at 3pm. A Cartersville victory would clinch the top seed for their pool heading into the semifinals on Tuesday. The opposite, three-team pool in the tournament includes Rockmart LL, Murphy Candler LL Blue of Atlanta, and Peachtree City LL. In the only other game played in the tournament Saturday, Murphy Candler Blue drubbed Peachtree City, 24-3. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Northwest Sectional semifinals Tuesday evening (June 9) and the semifinal winners will meet in a championship game Wednesday night (June 10) at 7pm. The Cartersville roster includes: Jordan Brinkley, Maddox Frazier, Casen Cochran, Cameron Cochran, Logan Shrewsbury, Logan Woody, JeKeveon Porter. Tristan Mckibben, Thomas Peters, Sawyer Wilson, and Julian Cline. Cartersville’s manager is Robin Mckibben and the assisting coaches are Luke Bunce, Geoffe Shrewsbury, and Jay Frazier.

A pair of local baseball players, Elliott Anderson (Cartersville HS) and Lane Griffith (Adairsville HS), are in Oklahoma with the Georgia Dugout Club’s 2015 Junior Team Georgia. The team is participating in the 21st annual Sunbelt Classic Baseball Series. The tournament began Friday and continues through next Wednesday (June 10) in McAlester, Oklahoma and at Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton. Former Cass High School head coach, Todd Eubanks, is part of the Team Georgia coaching staff with the Georgia Dugout Club. He is currently the head baseball coach at Bowdon High School. Junior Team Georgia defeated Team Canada 9-8 in their second game of the day Friday, but dropped their opener to Team Tennessee, 16-3. Griffith caught in the opener against Team Tennessee and recorded six putouts. He was 0-for-2 at the plate batting seventh in the Team Georgia order. Anderson entered the opener in the fifth inning. He pitched and later moved to left field in the sixth. He was tagged with the pitching loss. Tennessee rapped out 14 hits in the contest and took advantage of seven walks for their one-sided win. In their victory over Team Canada, the Georgia team scored twice in the bottom of the final frame to escape with a one-run, come-from-behind win. Canada out-hit Georgia 14 to 11, but a solo homerun by Anthony Carrea tied the game in the bottom of the seventh. Grayson Harbin then walked, eventually advanced to third, and scored the game winning run on a wild pitch. Anderson was 2-for-3 against Team Canada and also reached on a base on balls. The remainder of the Junior Team Georgia schedule for the 2015 Sunbelt Classic: Saturday, June 6 vs. Team Missouri vs. Team Mississippi Sunday, June 7 vs. Team Colorado Monday, June 8 vs. Team Texas vs. Team Oklahoma Gold Tuesday, June 9 vs. Team Arizona vs. Team Oklahoma Blue Wednesday, June 10 Playoff or Consolation Game

Cartersville Little League’s Rookie level team of seven- and eight-year-olds is playing in the Georgia Little League Northwest Sectional tournament that begins Saturday, June 6 at Smyrna Little League. Six teams are competing for the Sectional title and are divided into two, three-team pools. Cartersville is assigned to a pool with District 2 Team 2 and Belvedere LL of Decatur. Based on schedule information provided by Georgia Little League, Cartersville 7/8 Team A is scheduled to play District 2 Team 2 at 1pm Saturday in both teams’ tournament opener. On Sunday, Cartersville will face Belvedere LL at 3pm in a second pool play matchup. The opposite pool includes Rockmart LL, District 2 Team 1, and Peachtree City LL. The top two teams from each pool advance to the Northwest Sectional semifinals Tuesday evening (June 9) and the semifinal winners will meet in a championship game Wednesday night (June 10) at 7pm. All games are at Smyrna Little League. The Cartersville roster includes: Jordan Brinkley, Maddox Frazier, Casen Cochran, Cameron Cochran, Logan Shrewsbury, Logan Woody, JeKeveon Porter. Tristan Mckibben, Thomas Peters, Sawyer Wilson, and Julian Cline. Cartersville’s manager is Robin Mckibben and the assisting coaches are Luke Bunce, Geoffe Shrewsbury, and Jay Frazier.

The Bartow County Parks and Recreation Department is offering a wide variety of sports instructional camps during the month of June. Youth interested in enhancing their skills in baseball, softball, volleyball, soccer, and tennis will find opportunities through these programs. BCRD Sports Camps, June 2015 June 8-11 Baseball Camp --- Ages 8-12; 9:30am-12 noon; Cost- $60; Instructors- 9 Star Baseball Academy June 8-11 Tennis Camp --- Ages- Middle/High School; 8:00am-12 noon; Cost- $75; Instructor- Mark Hibbard June 15-18 Soccer Camp--- Ages 8-12; 9:30 am-12 noon; Cost- $65; Instructor- Jamey Laney June 22-25 Volleyball Camp --- Ages 8-14; 6:00-8:00 pm; Cost $45; Instructor- David Adams June 22-25 Softball Camp --- Ages 8-12; 9:00 am-12 noon; Cost- $65; Instructor - Melissa Wood and Georgia Highlands College softball staff. Registration is available for all camps online with credit card. Go to this Registration Page to begin the process. Registration is also available at the Beavers Drive office at Hamilton Crossing Park or call 770-387-5149 for more information.

Once again this summer, Cartersville and Bartow County will help host at least 60 consecutive days of championship tournament baseball. Perfect Game Park South at LakePoint in Emerson with its eight sports turf fields is the hub for most of these events, but other local venues will also be hosting throughout the next two months. Pool play, preliminary games, and consolation games for Perfect Game tournaments are played at various fields across the Atlanta metro area, but the proximity of local venues make them attractive fields for many of these events. The Cartersville Baseball Complex in ATCO, Joe Cowan Park in Euharlee, Cass High School in White, and Woodland High School in Cartersville will host games this summer throughout the various events. The Perfect Game East Cobb Invitationals for teams in the 16U, 17U, and 18U divisions get things started tomorrow (June 4-7) followed by the 13U, 14U, and 15U age divisions June 8-12. Close to 350 teams will participate in the summer’s first big event at LakePoint’s PG South venue and surrounding Bartow County community fields. As we move through the summer, the remainder of the baseball schedule through Labor Day will include the World Wood Bat Association National Championships in late June and July, the Perfect Game World Series in July, the EvoShield Classic and Super25 Championship in late July and early August, and the WWBA Labor Day Classic during the end of summer holiday weekend. In addition to games on the larger fields, Hamilton Crossing Park in Cassville will be hosting the 10U, 11U, and 12U Perfect Game BCS Championships July 10-21. Here is the schedule: June 4-7 PG East Cobb Inv 16U, 17U, 18U June 8-12 PG East Cobb Inv 13U, 14U, 15U June 12-17 WWBA 16U NC 2017 grads Qualifier WWBA 17U NC 2016 grads Qualifier June 19-26 14u NC WWBA 2019 grads June 26 - July 3 18u NC WWBA 2015 grads 18u June 29 - July 2 17U WWBA Elite Round Robin July 3-10 17U National Championship WWBA 2016 grads July 10-21 2015 10U, 11U, 12U BCS Finals Hamilton Crossing Park July 10-17 16U National Championship WWBA 2017 grads July 17-24 15U National Championship WWBA 2018 grads July 24-28 13U, 14U, 15U, 16U PG World Series July 29 - August 2 13U - 18U PG Evoshield Classic July 29 - August 4 15U, 16U Super25 Championship September 4 - 7 WWBA Labor Day Classic Freshman, Underclass, Upperclass For more information visit www.perfectgame.org