July 22, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Bodie Brumlow / Photo: GSGA Local golfer Bodie Brumlow, 17, lost his first-round match on Wednesday at the U.S. Junior Championship, falling to Xihuan Chang (People’s Republic of China), 1-up. The 2026 USGA Junior Championship is being conducted on the Old Course at Saucon Valley Country Club in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Brumlow was one of 64 players to qualify for the match play portion of the championship and was the No. 26

July 21, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Cartersville High rising senior golfer Bodie Brumlow, 17, advanced to the match play portion of the 2026 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship that begins on Wednesday by shooting 72-70 (142, 1-over par) in the first two rounds of stroke play. Brumlow, who has verbally committed to play golf at the University of Georgia, shot 72 on Monday at the 6,954-yard par-70 Saucon Valley Country Club (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) Grace Course

July 20, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Boston Red Sox carried a 9-game winning streak into the All-Star Break and kept their winning streak alive with a four-game sweep of division-leading Tampa Bay Rays this past weekend, as they continue their push for an American League playoff spot. Cartersville High product Anthony Seigler has started in 12 games during Boston's streak. Elsewhere, two other local players were part of their clubs' roster moves. Mason Barn

July 19, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Cartersville Little League 12U baseball lost 2-1 to Smyrna on Sunday, ending their run at the Georgia Little League state tournament in Bogart. It marked a second straight one-run loss for Cartersville, who also fell 5-4 in extra innings on Saturday to Franklin County. Smyrna scored single runs in the first two innings to lead 2-0. Cartersville scored in the top of the fourth on an RBI single by Sam Evans, but couldn't close

July 18, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cartersville Little League 12U baseball team lost its first game at the double-elimination Georgia state tournament in Bogart on Saturday, falling 5-4 to Franklin County in extra innings. Franklin County led 2-0 entering the third inning when Cartersville 12U struck for three runs on four hits to take a 3-2 advantage. Franklin County knotted the score again in the bottom of the third with a single run, and the game remai

July 18, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com CARTERSVILLE LITTLE LEAGUE 10U EARNS STATE RUNNER-UP FINISH Cartersville Little League 10U extended the state tournament championship round to a final, winner-take-all game on Friday night in Athens, but lost to Columbus-American 6-0 and finished as state runner-up. Columbus-American pitching limited Cartersville 10U to only three hits in the final game — singles by Jack Burris, Jett Nichols, and Lucas Penland. Cartersville

July 16, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Bartow County Little League 14U team was eliminated at the Georgia Junior Little League state tournament on Thursday afternoon and finished 2-2 in the event. Both Bartow 14U losses were to Hart County (5-4 and 13-3), but the local team had wins over East Marietta (5-3) and Washington Wilkes (17-4) in the elimination bracket on Wednesday. Hart County faced Oconee County on Thursday night, with the survivor needing two win

July 14, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com Warner Robins American 4, Cartersville 10U 1 Cartersville Little League 10U suffered its first loss at the double-elimination state tournament Tuesday night in Athens. Cartersville 10U led 1-0 through two innings, but Warner Robins-American tied the game in the top of the third inning and grabbed the lead for good in the fourth with three more runs and a 4-1 win. Wyatt Clayton (4 IP, 4R, 2ER, 2H, 2BB, 5K) made the pitching

July 13, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com MLB / MiLB MASON BARNETT — MLB Athletics (5th-year pro; Auburn; Cartersville HS) … the 25-year-old right-hand pitcher made two relief appearances last week in the Athletics’ losses at the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago White Sox. Barnett walked two at Detroit, but did not allow a run or a hit. In Chicago, he yielded three earned runs on three hits and one walk. At the All-Star break, he has a 1-0 record with two saves out of

July 12, 2026 Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com The Cartersville Little League 10U and 11U baseball teams both won their first two games in the Georgia Little League state tournament this past weekend. In other age divisions, Bartow County Little League 14U slipped to the elimination bracket, and Bartow County Little League 16U was eliminated Cartersville Little League 10U starts strong at state tourney Cartersville Little League 10U went 2-0 in the first two games of th