August 12, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com North Cobb narrowed Cartersville’s lead to 5-4 in the third inning Wednesday evening at Dellinger Park, but the Lady Canes exploded for eleven runs in the fourth to close out the visiting Warriors, 16-4. Zoie Shiflett pitched all four innings for Cartersville and did not allow an earned run. She limited North Cobb to four hits and two walks while striking out six. Allana Williams had three hits for the Canes, including a d

August 12, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Adairsville hurler Chloe Hill tossed a seven-inning complete-game shutout Wednesday evening, blanking visiting Paulding County, 7-0. She scattered three hits and four walks while recording five strikeouts. The Lady Tigers scored single runs in four of the first five innings and put the game out of reach with three insurance runs in the sixth. Adairsville outhit the Patriots 12-3. Lily Brookshire paced the Tigers’ offense w

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