April 30, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Georgia Highlands College baseball team wrapped up regular season play on Thursday at Gordon State College with an 18-8 win in Barnesville. The Chargers received home runs from Aidan Larkin, Wyatt Gatlin, and Ian Fullerton, and finished with twelve hits, but were aided by 19 walks issued by Gordon State pitchers. GHC led 8-3 after three innings, and the host Highlanders narrowed the margin to 9-6 through five, before a

April 30, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Adairsville Tigers had their 2026 baseball playoff run come to an end Thursday after being swept in a second-round doubleheader at Pickens. A.J. Rice pitched a complete game, one-hitter to shut out the Tigers in Game 1, 8-0. Everett Grubbs delivered a complete game in Game 2, blanking Adairsville 4-0 on three hits. He struck out six. In the opener, Pickens broke open a scoreless game with seven runs in the bottom of the

April 30, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Cole Crawford blasted a pair of homers and drove in all three runs, lifting the Canes to a 3-2 series-clinching win over Ware County. PHOTO: RANDY PARKER / THE DAILY TRIBUNE NEWS Cole Crawford hit a two-out, walk-off home run in the bottom of the eighth inning Thursday evening to lift the Cartersville Purple Hurricanes to a 3-2 win and a second-round state playoff series victory over visiting Ware County. It was Crawford’s

April 30, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Nolan Elrod tossed a complete-game, three-hit shutout Wednesday night, sending the Purple Hurricanes to a deciding third game in their series with Ware County. PHOTO: Russell Andrews, Sports Furnace Photography. The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes split their best-of-three home Sweet Sixteen series against Ware County on Wednesday night at Richard Bell Field. Ware County took the first game 19-6, but the Canes tied the seri

April 28, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Georgia Highlands College softball swept a three-game series at South Georgia State last Friday and Saturday to take a firm hold on the second-place position in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association standings. The Chargers won 5-2 and 10-4 last Friday and edged the Hawks 10-9 in nine innings on Saturday. Emily Ferro picked up two of the pitching wins. She tossed all seven innings in Friday’s first game, allowing two e