August 12, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com All three local high school softball teams in action came away with Region 7-5A victories on Tuesday night. Cass topped Cedartown 10-6, Woodland edged Dalton 3-2, and Cartersville defeated Allatoona 9-6. CASS 10, CEDARTOWN 6 The Lady Colonels totaled eight runs in the third through the fifth innings on Tuesday night to break open a 2-2 game and defeat visiting Cedartown, 10-6. Cass outhit the Bulldogs twelve to eight and

August 12, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Woodland volleyball team split matches on Tuesday night in Calhoun, defeating host Gordon Central in straight sets and losing to Chattooga in two sets. Dayana Jaimes had six digs and two aces, Ava Lawler totaled 11 assists and five aces, and Emily Guin contributed five kills and five digs in the Lady Cats’ 25-15, 25-19 win over Gordon Central. Reese Martinak had four kills and four digs in the victory. Martinak also ha

August 10, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com MLB / MiLB MASON BARNETT — MLB Athletics; 5th-year pro; Auburn; Cartersville HS) … started on the mound last Thursday and was charged with the pitching loss in the Athletics’ 6-5 loss at the Cincinnati Reds. Barnett went 4-1/3 innings, facing 21 batters. He allowed five earned runs on five hits (three home runs) and three walks while striking out seven. The 25-year-old, who has split time this season between the MLB Athlet

August 10, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Haralson County scored six runs in the first inning Monday evening, which launched the Lady Rebels to a 9-0 win over visiting Woodland. The hosts took advantage of an infield error, two doubles, an RBI single, and a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first to lead 6-0. Two more errors and a sac fly in the fourth led to the Rebels’ three runs in the fourth inning. Charli West pitched all five innings for Haralson County (1-

August 10, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cartersville High School volleyball team kicked off its 2026 season this past weekend with a strong showing at the Sequoyah Volleyball Classic on Friday night and Saturday. The Lady Canes finished 4-1 in the tournament, defeating Denmark (25-23, 26-24) and Hillgrove (25-11, 25-20) on Friday, and beating Cherokee (25-21, 25-11) and Newnan (25-20, 25-13) on Saturday before losing to the eventual champion, Milton (19-25,

August 8, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cartersville Lady Canes won twice in Calhoun on Saturday, improving to 5-0 on the young season, while the Cass Lady Colonels split their two games in Calhoun, defeating Gilmer for their first win of the season but losing to Trion. CARTERSVILLE 12, COAHULLA CREEK 3 Zoie Shiflett struck out 10 batters and had three hits on offense, including her third grand slam this season, to lead the Lady Canes to a 12-3 victory Saturd

August 7, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Adairsville High volleyball team opened the 2026 season on Thursday evening with two hard-fought losses, falling in three sets to host Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe (26-28, 25-19, 13-15) and losing two tight sets with Murray County (23-25 and 21-25). Senior Alexis Scott finished the night with 23 total kills and 10 digs. Junior setter Teaghan Myers finished with 36 assists and 9 digs, and sophomore Libero Nadelyn Dodson fin

August 7, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Lady Colonels outscored host Allatoona 5-1 over the final three and one-half innings, but an early 9-0 advantage for the Lady Buccaneers was too much to overcome in a 10-5 loss. Allatoona posted two runs in the first, five in the second, and two more in the third for an early nine-run advantage. The Colonels scored four runs on four hits in the fourth to narrow the margin to 9-4, but would get no closer. The Bucs went u

August 7, 2026 The Woodland volleyball team opened its 2026 season on Thursday night at home with a pair of three-set losses. The Wildcats won the opening set over Chattooga 25-15, but fell in the next two sets 16-25 and 2-15. Woodland also won the first set against Pepperell 25-19, before losing the middle set 16-25 and the deciding set 13-15. In the opener against Chattooga, Dayana Jaimes had seven digs, two aces, and two assists. Ava Lawler contributed nine assists and fou

August 6, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Zoie Shiflett hit two home runs and drove in six runs, while Presley Crabbe pitched a run-rule shortened no-hitter on Thursday evening as the Lady Canes rolled at Dalton 19-0 in three innings. Cartersville scored 13 runs in the third inning to seal the victory. LaKiaya Banks hit a three-run home run, and Shiflett hit a two-run shot to center field in the Canes’ third. Carder Brock added a two-run single. Sam Evans drew a wa