Canes, Tigers notch Top Ten finishes in 2022-23 GADA Directors Cup race
The 2022-23 Georgia High School Association athletic calendar has ended, and a pair of local high schools have claimed Top Ten finishes in their respective Georgia Athletic Directors Cup standings.
Cartersville High placed seventh overall in Class AAAAA while Adairsville finished ninth in Class AAA.
The GADA Regions Bank Directors Cup scores each school’s best eight finishes for girls’ and boys’ sports. Beginning this year, only schools with a current GADA member were included in the all-sports competition.
In Class AAA, Wesleyan won the Directors Cup title with 1,429 total points. Oconee County (1,318) was runner-up and Savannah Christian (1,035) placed third.
Adairsville’s ninth place overall finish of 683 points, included a fifth place finish by the Adairsville boys and a 16th place finish by the Adairsville girls.
According to the GADA website, the Tigers and Lady Tigers received points for the following finishes in state playoffs:
Adairsville
5th — Boys Swimming
8th — Cheerleading
9th — Volleyball
9th — Football
9th — Girls Basketball
9th — Boys Basketball
9th — Boys Tennis
9th —Baseball
9th — Wrestling-Duals
9th — Girls Soccer
15th — Boys Cross Country
17th — Boys Soccer
27th — Girls Track and Field
*30th — Boys Track and Field
*State placement but not among the school’s best eight finishes. Note: Adairsville was the only school in Region 6-AAA with an active member of GADA.
Cambridge won Class AAAAA with 1,254 points. McIntosh (1,229) was the overall runner-up and Greenbrier (1,111) placed third.
Cartersville was seventh overall with 851 points. Woodland (441) was 24th overall and Cass (373) finished 26th in the overall standings.
The overall finishes for the other three schools in Region 7-AAAAA included Calhoun (8th, 841), Dalton (11th, 812), and Hiram (36th, 206).
In girls’ sports, the Lady Canes (451) were 9th in the classification and had the best finish among schools in 7-5A. The remainder of the region girls’ standings included Calhoun (14th, 402), Dalton (16th, 347), Woodland (24th, 195), Cass (27th, 152), and Hiram (32nd, 124).
Dalton (6th, 465) led the boys’ standings in Region 7-5A followed by Calhoun (8th, 439), Cartersville (11th, 400), Woodland (23rd, 246), Cass (24th, 221), and Hiram (37th, 82).
According to the GADA website, the local schools in Class AAAAA received points for the following finishes in state playoffs:
Cartersville
2nd — Cheerleading
3rd — Football
3rd — Boys Golf
5th — Gameday Cheer
5th — Baseball
7th — Girls Golf
9th — Girls Basketball
9th — Boys Tennis
9th — Volleyball
17th — Softball
17th — Wrestling-Duals
17th — Boys Basketball
17th — Girls Soccer
17th — Boys Soccer
17th — Girls Tennis
*19th — Girls Cross Country
24th — Boys Cross Country
*28th — Boys Track and Field
*32nd — Girls Track and Field
*State placement but not among the school’s best eight finishes.
Cass
2nd — Wrestling-Duals
**2nd — Wrestling-Traditional
9th — Football
9th — Boys Basketball
11th — Cheerleading
17th — Softball
17th — Volleyball
17th — Boys Soccer
17th — Girls Tennis
27th — Girls Track and Field
**Only the best of two wrestling finishes count in the standings.
Woodland
4th — Wrestling-Traditional
**5th — Wrestling-Duals
8th — Girls Cross Country
9th — Boys Cross Country
9th — Softball
9th — Boys Tennis
13th — Cheerleading
17th — Baseball
17th — Girls Soccer
17th — Boys Soccer
**Only the best of two wrestling finishes count in the standings.
