June 3, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Georgia Athletic Directors Association has released its final Directors Cup standings for the 2025-26 school year, with Cartersville leading the local schools in the Class AAAA race. Cartersville was the highest ranking school in Region 7-AAAA and finished seventh overall in Class AAAA. Woodland finished 32nd, and Cass was 34th in the classification. Adairsville was not ranked in Class AAA as a non-GADA member. Marist wo

June 2, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Bodie Brumlow (left) is the 2026 GHSA Class AAAA Player of the Year. Reid Henson was selected to the 2026 All-State Team. Cartersville High golfers Bodie Brumlow and Reid Henson led the Purple Hurricanes to a second straight Class AAAA state championship this spring and have now been named All-State golfers in their classification. Brumlow, a rising senior, shot rounds of 65-69 (8-under par) at Savannah Golf Club to win the 2

June 2, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Cartersville High baseball alumni made an impact on the pro and college diamonds during the week, with Mason Barnett earning his third pitching win for Triple-A Las Vegas, Anthony Seigler homering twice to raise his season average to .300 for the Triple-A Worcester WooSox, and Caleb Daniel providing strong contributions for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at the NCAA Tournament. MiLB Mason Barnett improved to 3-1 last Thursda

May 25, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Cartersville Little League 8U Purple won the Georgia District 1 championship on Monday in Rockmart. Team members: Beau Bamforth, Brantley Bonner, Sawyer Crowe, James Gregory, Owen Hunnicutt, Lennox Kellogg, Beckham Mackey, Jacob Sadler, Easton Sammons, Gibbs Thomas, Jackson Walker, and Toccoa White. Manager: Justin Mackey. Coaches: Cody Bamforth, Evan Crowe, and Todd Thomas. The Cartersville Little League 8-and-under Purple t

May 25, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The NCAA Division I baseball regionals begin this weekend, while MiLB schedules enter the final month of their first-half schedules. MiLB Double-A leagues reset team records to 0-0 on June 23, and Triple-A resets the next day. First-half division winners secure playoff berths. MiLB Mason Barnett MASON BARNETT — Las Vegas Aviators (MLB Athletics Triple-A affiliate; 5th-year pro; Auburn; Cartersville HS) … was tagged with his f

May 25, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Bodie Brumlow set a new course and tournament scoring record in a runner-up finish at the Team TaylorMade Invitational. Photo: AJGA.org Cartersville High School rising senior Bodie Brumlow finished runner-up in an elite field this past weekend at the American Junior Golf Association Team TaylorMade Invitational in Belleair, Florida. Fresh off leading his high school team to GHSA Class 4A back-to-back state titles, Brumlow car

May 19, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cartersville High School boys’ golf team secured its second straight GHSA Class 4A State Championship on Tuesday with a two-day total of 582 (14-over par). They defeated the runner-up North Oconee (600, 32-over par) by eighteen shots and third-place Benedictine Military (602, 34-over par) by twenty shots at the 6,415-yard, par-71 Savannah Golf Club. Marist (609) and Westminster (624) rounded out the top five teams in the

May 18, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cartersville High School boys’ golf team started strong and holds the first-round lead following Monday’s opening round of the GHSA Class 4A State Championship Tournament at the 6,415-yard, par-71 Savannah Golf Club. Junior Bodie Brumlow shot a 6-under-par 65, helping the Hurricanes to a team total of 1-over-par and an eleven-shot lead over second-place North Oconee. The final round of the 36-hole event will be held on Tu

May 17, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Updates on contributions made by local athletes at the professional and collegiate level for the week ending Sunday, May 17. MiLB MASON BARNETT — Las Vegas Aviators (MLB Athletics Triple-A affiliate; 5th-year pro; Auburn; Cartersville HS) … made a five-inning start with no decision this past Saturday as the Aviators won 11-5 at the Reno Aces. The 25-year-old allowed three earned runs on five hits and six walks, recording thre

May 15, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Purple Hurricanes' run in the state playoffs ended Thursday with a doubleheader loss to the Kell Longhorns at Richard Bell Field. Kell moved on to the Class 4A State Championship series by edging Cartersville 7-6 in the first game of the semifinal series, then clinched the spot with an 11-7 win in Game 2. GAME 1: KELL 7, CARTERSVILLE 6 Nolan Elrod had a first-inning hit in Game 1 on Thursday that helped build an early Ca