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

August 5, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Zoie Shiflett fires a pitch. The Lady Canes defeated Villa Rica 4-3 on Wednesday night to win their home opener and the first game at the new softball facility at Dellinger Park. The visiting Wildcats scored three runs in the top of the second to take an early lead, but Cartersville scored single runs from the second through the fifth innings to secure a one-run victory. Cartersville pitcher Zoie Shiflett struck out 12 batt

August 4, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The 2026 high school softball schedule got underway on Tuesday night for three local schools, with Cartersville exploding offensively in extra innings for a win at Cedartown, while Woodland and Cass came up short in their respective starts. CARTERSVILLE 10, CEDARTOWN 2 (9 innings) Two long balls and eight runs in the top of the ninth inning lifted Cartersville to a season-opening 10-2 win on Tuesday night at Cedartown. Ceda

August 4, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Bartow Sports Zone asked local high school softball coaches to answer a series of questions as a preview of the 2026 season. Adairsville Tigers, head coach Justin Evans The Tigers are coming off a 15-15 season last year and were 5-13 in Region 7-AAA. Adairsville went 15-14 in 2024; 6-18 in 2023; 9-13-1 in 2022; 6-16 in 2021; and 14-12 in 2020. What are some of the biggest improvements you’ve seen for your team during summe

August 3, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Adairsville Tigers softball team outhit host LaFayette eight to five on Monday evening, but came up short in their season-opening game, 5-4. Adairsville held an early 1-0 lead, but the Ramblers scored three times in the bottom of the third inning to take the lead for good. The Tigers posted a run in the fourth, narrowing the margin to 3-2, but LaFayette answered with two runs in the sixth for a 5-2 advantage. Adairsvi

August 3, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Bartow Sports Zone asked local high school volleyball coaches to answer a series of questions as a preview of the 2026 season. Adairsville Tigers, head coach Clint Decker (1st season as head coach at Adairsville) Adairsville finished 10-29 last season and was sixth in their region. The Tigers seek their first winning season since going 24-16-1 in 2021. Adairsville went 12-30 in 2024, 10-25 in 2023, and 16-23-2 in 2022. What