January 30, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Region 7-AAAA Traditional Wrestling will be conducted at Cass High School on Friday, with action beginning on the mats at 3 p.m. The top four placers in the region tournament will advance to the GHSA Sectionals next weekend at Cambridge High School in Milton. Local wrestlers that are No. 1 seeds in their respective brackets in Region 7-AAAA: 106 pounds —  Cayden Bagley, Woodland 120 — Hayden Trimm, Cass 126 — Adrian Z

January 29, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cass girls’ and boys’ basketball teams celebrated their 2026 seniors on Thursday night, with each team earning Region 7-AAAA wins over visiting Cedartown. The Lady Colonels trailed at halftime, and the Colonels trailed through three quarters before both teams rallied for victories. CASS GIRLS 59, CEDARTOWN 34 Visiting Cedartown led the Lady Colonels 25-21 at the intermission, but Cass outsocred the Lady Bulldogs 18-2

January 28, 2026 Excel Christian Academy celebrated its senior players on Wednesday night with home wins over The Stonehaven School. EXCEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY GIRLS 54, THE STONEHAVEN SCHOOL 11 The Excel Christian Lady Eagles made it four wins in their last six games on Wednesday night with a 54-11 home victory over The Stonehaven School of Marietta.  Excel Christian led 10-1 after one quarter, 20-3 at the intermission, and extended it to 40-5 through three quarters. Sienna Hix

January 28, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Local high school basketball teams returned to action on Tuesday night with the Cartersville High teams completing regular-season sweeps of the Cass girls and boys. The Adairsville Lady Tigers also earned a non-region win at Ringgold. CARTERSVILLE GIRLS 74, CASS 47 Sophomore Blakely Morris recorded a double-double on Tuesday at Cass in the Lady Canes' win. The Lady Canes continued their strong run in Region 7-AAAA play wi

January 27, 2026 Region basketball standings for local high school teams, including their schedules for the week. LINK -- The Bartow Sports Zone Podcast does a regular update -- have a listen -- https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/bartowsportszone/episodes/2026-01-24T15_37_56-08_00 LOCAL REGION BASKETBALL STANDINGS (through Monday, January 26) BOYS GAPPS Region 1 IA Sub A Region All Games This week Excel Christian Academy 5-0 17-5 KING'S ACADEMY / STONEHAVEN / HILLS ACADEMY P

January 25, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com A large number of college events were postponed or canceled this past weekend as a major winter weather system moved across the country.  Some events were completed earlier in the week; this update includes contributions from local athletes with ties to Bartow County. BASKETBALL NA’YEL CAMPER — Reinhardt University (So., Cartersville HS) … scored two points with three rebounds, two steals, and one assist in the Lady Eagle

January 23, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cartersville girls and boys basketball teams swept visiting Allatoona on Friday night at The Storm Center, and the Excel Christian Academy boys defeated Arlington Christian. CARTERSVILLE BOYS 76, ALLATOONA 46 Four Canes scored in double digits Friday night as the Cartersville boys blasted the visiting Allatoona Buccaneers, 76-46. The Purple Hurricanes led 31-12 at the end of the first quarter, 54-20 at halftime, and 7

January 23, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Members of medley relay teams for Cartersville and Woodland in action on Thursday in Adairsville. The Woodland swim team won a local dual meet on Thursday at the Adairsville natatorium, defeating Cartersville. Woodland won the combined team scores 250-183. Woodland topped Cartersville in the girls’ division, while the Cartersville boys edged the Wildcats by two points. Cass had one swimmer compete in the meet, but did not

January 23, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com With inclement weather threatening the weekend, two local high schools moved basketball games from Friday to Thursday evening. Both Cass teams won easily at Southeast Whitfield, but the Woodland teams dropped home games to Hiram. CASS GIRLS 60, SOUTHEAST WHITFIELD 18 The Lady Colonels had three players reach double-figure scoring on Thursday night at Southeast Whitfield in a one-sided Region 7-AAAA win, 60-18. Cadie Paez

January 22, 2026 The Cass swim team finished second in combined scores on Tuesday as the Colonels hosted a five-team meet at the Adairsville pool. Pickens won the combined scores competition with 218 points. Cass was runner-up with 187, followed by Model (133), Armuchee (28), and Pepperell (6). The Cass girls had the best total with 116, followed by Model (77), Pickens (61), and Armuchee (28). Pickens (157) won the boys’ competition, followed by Cass (71), Model (56), and Pep