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The World Wood Bat Association's Memorial Day at LakePoint Tournaments wrap up pool play and move into championship bracket play Sunday (May 24) in all three age divisions. Perfect Game Park South at LakePoint in Emerson and other local fields, including Cass High School in White and the Cartersville Baseball Complex and Richard Bell Field in ATCO are hosting more than 110 teams during the holiday weekend. All three age divisions -- 14U, 16U, and 18U -- will play tournament semifinal rounds Monday morning (most beginning at 8am) at PG Park South at LakePoint with championship games to follow. Links to schedules, field locations, team schedules, pool standings, championship brackets and more are listed below. 14U WWBA Memorial Day at LakePoint 16U WWBA Memorial Day at LakePoint 18U WWBA Memorial Day at LakePoint For additional information about these tournaments and others in the community this summer, you may visit PerfectGame.org and LakePointSports.com

Former Woodland High School softball star, Ainsley Faulk, and her Auburn University at Montgomery softball teammates open play in the NAIA Softball World Series this weekend. The 35th annual national championship tournament continues through May 28 at the Jensen Softball Complex in Sioux City, Iowa. Faulk, a 5-foot senior outfielder, is a left-handed hitter and a 4-time All-County selection during her high school playing days with the Lady Wildcats. AUM is the No. 2 seed and received an opening round bye. The Warhawks open play at the NAIA World Series Saturday, May 23 facing Oregon Tech. Auburn-Montgomery was ranked No. 1 in the nation preseason after winning the 2014 NAIA national championship. The ’14 Warhawks finished 44-7 on their way to the title. AUM has spent most of the 2015 season ranked second in the nation behind Oklahoma City University. The Stars of OCU are the top seed in Sioux City. Faulk hit .322 as a junior and drew a pair of walks in last year’s national championship game victory over William Carey University. This season, she has played in 38 games, started 26, and carries a .313 batting average into the World Series. AUM won an NAIA opening round regional they hosted in Montgomery May 11-13 to earn a spot in the World Series. The Warhawks defeated Tennessee Wesleyan and Davenport (Mich.) twice. Each regional victory was by a shutout score. Faulk is the daughter of Havon and Kim Faulk of Taylorsville. Link to www.aumathletics.com (Faulk bio link) Link to NAIA Softball World Series

Spencer Fields of Kingston won his second GHSA Class AA state title at the 2015 State Track & Field Championships in Jefferson last week. The Darlington School senior won the 3200-meter run with a time of 9:39.32. Fields was also a member of the Tigers' Class AA state champion cross country team back in November. He now holds the Darlington School records for both the 5K and 3200-meter. Fields is the son of Drs. Katy and Jayson Fields of Kingston. He will be attending Rhodes College in Memphis, TN.

In conjunction with the Cartersville Parks and Recreation Department, the Andre Fluellen / Ronnie Brown Summer Football & Cheer Camp will be at Cartersville High School on Saturday, June 20. Cartersville natives and NFL stars Andre Fluellen and Ronnie Brown will lead instruction for football athletes ages 8 to 18. The cheerleading instruction for the camp will be led by Brittani Richards, Golden Girls Dance Team Coach at Florida State University. The cheerleading instruction is for ages 5 to 18. Participants may register at www.fluellenbrowncamp.com. For additional information, contact Nakia Clarke at 404-232-0555. On site registration for the cheer camp will begin at 7am on the day of the camp with instruction from 8am until 11am. On site registration for the football camp will begin at 8am on the day of the camp with instruction from 9am until 11am.

Rally Volleyball at LakePoint in Emerson will host the USAVolleyball Junior Beach Tour this Saturday, May 24. Competitors at the Atlanta Juniors Open will be competing for invitations to the USA Jr. Beach Tour Championship to be held in Virginia Beach, Virginia at the end of July. The top three pairs in each age group division will advance to the national championship. The doubles tournament is divided into 12U, 14U, 16U, and 18U age groups. The tournament is scheduled for the beach sand volleyball venue at LakePoint, hosted by Rally Volleyball and is scheduled to begin at 9:00 am. The tournament will continue throughout the entire day until conclusion. Admission for spectators is free. For more information, see Rally Volleyball.

Three separate age division World Wood Bat Association Tournaments will be conducted at Perfect Game Park South at LakePoint in Emerson and surrounding areas this Memorial Day weekend featuring more than 110 teams. Other local fields hosting games Memorial Day weekend include the Cartersville Baseball Complex in Atco and Cass High School in White. 14U, 16U, and 18U baseball tournaments will begin Friday (May 22) and continue through Memorial Day Monday (May 25). Links to schedules, field locations, team schedules, pool standings, championship brackets and more are listed below. 14U WWBA Memorial Day at LakePoint 16U WWBA Memorial Day at LakePoint 18U WWBA Memorial Day at LakePoint For additional information about these tournaments and others in the community this summer, you may visit PerfectGame.org and LakePointSports.com

An event that began when the lake at Dellinger Park was opened in 1985 returns June 1. The 2015 Youth Fishing Day event runs in conjunction each year with National Fishing and Boating Week and in the past has hosted well over 300 participants. Please see Marie Nesmith's article in The Daily Tribune News.

The Buford offense was productive and their pitching was solid, as the Wolves swept Cartersville 10-0 and 9-3 Tuesday at Richard Bell Field to advance to the 2015 Class AAAA state finals. Buford’s Game 1 starting pitcher, Justin Glover, limited the Hurricanes to only four hits and a pair of walks in a five-inning shutout. Glover struck out six and needed only 73 pitches. Meanwhile, the Wolves’ offense took a 3-0 lead through three innings off ‘Canes ace, Elliott Anderson and managed five more runs in the fourth innings to take an 8-0 lead. Anderson took the opening loss, yielding six earned runs on seven hits, a pair of walks, and four hit batsmen. Nick Wilhite had 3 RBI on a pair of hits to lead the Buford offensive attack. Brandon Marsh scored a pair of runs and had three hits. Glover, Austin White (RBI), Joey Bart (RBI), and Griffin Joliff (RBI) had the other Buford hits in Game 1. Lane Wilson, Carrington Evans, Anderson, and Trent Frazier had the four Cartersville hits. Buford followed up their first game victory by scoring six runs in the first three innings of Game 2 to take control. Cartersville cut the lead to 6-3 in the top of the fourth, but the Wolves responded with two runs of their own in the bottom half and added another in the fifth for a 9-3 win. Keyton Gibson was the winning pitcher of Game 2. He gave up three runs (only 1 earned) on eight hits and four walks. Gibson tallied eleven strikeouts in 5 and 2/3 innings. Anthony Seigler took the pitching loss for the ‘Canes and Lane Wilson worked the final two innings on the mound for Cartersville. Buford’s offense collected 13 hits in Game 2, including four by Austin Wilhite with two RBI. Nick Wilhite, Ian Jenkins, Glover, and Dillon Lancaster each added a pair of hits for the Wolves. Frazier (RBI) and Anderson had two hits each to lead Cartersville. Wilson, Evans, Elliott Berrey, and Jacob Fowler added hits for the Canes. With the semifinal sweep, Buford (32-2) advances to play Whitewater in the Class 4A state championship series beginning Saturday at Whitewater with a doubleheader. If a third game is needed, it would be played Memorial Day Monday. Cartersville's season concludes with another deep run in the state playoffs and a 22-12 record. See Also: Jason Greenberg's story 'Cartersville's run ends to Buford' at The Daily Tribune News.

The Whitewater Wildcats swept the Veterans Warhawks 1-0 and 5-1 Monday in one of the GHSA Class 4A semifinals. The wins advance Whitewater to the state championship series against the winner of the Cartersville-Buford semifinal series. Heavy rains at Richard Bell Field in Cartersville on Monday washed out the two innings completed between the 'Canes and Wolves. Cartersville and Buford will restart Game 1 of their series from scratch on Tuesday, May 19 at 4pm with Game 2 to follow. If a third game is necessary, it would be played on Wednesday, May 20. Pitching was dominant for the Wildcats in their sweep. Jake Lee struck out eleven and allowed only one hit through seven innings in the Wildcats' Game 1 semifinal win. Colby Taylor entered to close out the game in the eighth inning for Whitewater. Nick Weinstein drove in the game winner with a sacrifice fly in the eighth for Whitewater. In Game 2, Ethan Gillis pitched a complete game and struck out 11. Jabari Richards had three RBI. Brandon Bell and Miles Jones had the other Wildcat RBI.

Heavy rains halted the opening game of the Class 4A semifinal series between Buford and Cartersville Monday (May 18) at Richard Bell Field. The scoreless game was halted after two innings. Those two innings are now washed out and Game 1 of the series will start Tuesday (May 19) at 4pm from scratch. Game 2 will start approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the opener. If needed, Game 3 will be on Wednesday, May 20. All games will be at Richard Bell Field in the Cartersville Baseball Complex.

Courtesy GSGA.org KENNESAW, Ga. - Jack Hall of Savannah posted a 2-under-par 68 in the final round to claim his first Georgia Mid-Amateur Championship. The 34th annual state mid-amateur competition took place at Marietta Country Club, May 15-17. Hall, who finished at 5-under-par 205 (70-67-68) overall, earned the victory by one stroke over Christian Raynor of Kennesaw, who came in at 4-under-par 206 (68-69-69) to earn runner-up honors. Hall began the final round sharing the lead with Raynor after he turned in a 3-under-par 67 in the second round on Saturday. That day Hall posted seven birdies, two bogeys and a double-bogey. To open Sunday's final round, Hall made par on one and two, then made his birdie putt on three before making bogey on four. After a par on five, bogey on six and par on seven, Hall capitalized again with a birdie on eight to make the turn at even-par. He made par on 10 and 11, added birdies on 12 and 14 then made par the rest of the way to seal the deal. Coming down the final few holes, Hall was so focused on his own game he was under the impression he was tied with Raynor rather than having a one-stroke advantage. According to Hall, the turning point of the round came on the 184-yard par 3 15th hole. "Christian had about 15 feet for birdie and I had about a 60-footer for a two-putt par. I knocked it about 10 feet behind and made it coming back. That's when the round turned around. Off the tee on 16 Christian missed a little to the left and I was able to capitalize and make par there. That's when I had a one-shot lead, but didn't realize it. I thought we were even. I forgot he hit it in the hazard on 16. I thought he made par, but he made bogey." Marietta Country Club this year celebrates its 100 birthday, and this week's Georgia Mid-Amateur Championship marked the third GSGA-sanctioned competition the club has hosted. "It's a fantastic course; very hospitable," Hall said about Marietta Country Club. "They made this one exceptionally nice for us. The clubhouse is beautiful and the facilities are first class. All of the employees were wonderful. We got to use these beautiful facilities on a beautiful weekend." This victory marks Hall's first on the GSGA circuit since 2013 when he captured three titles. That year he partnered with Danny Nelson of Savannah to win the Georgia Four-Ball Championship at Champions Retreat Golf Club in Evans. He then won the Georgia Senior Championship on the Deer Creek course at The Landings Club in Savannah. In the final GSGA competition of the year, Hall teamed with Chris Hall of Mableton to win the Georgia Senior Four-Ball Championship at the Country Club of Columbus. Bobby Brent III of Columbus (72-69-69) and Chad Branton of Cartersville (69-70-71) tied for third at even-par 210. Billy Mitchell of Roswell (70-72-69) and Stan Gann, Jr., of Bonaire (69-72-70) tied for fifth at 1-over-par 211. Dave Poteet of Suwanee finished seventh at 3-over-par 213 (71-74-68). Rounding out the top 10, seven players tied for eighth at 4-over-par 214 - 2013 Georgia Mid-Amateur champion Cameron Hooper of Atlanta (73-71-70); 2004 Georgia Mid-Amateur champion Doug Hanzel of Savannah (76-67-71); Michael Bugden of Newnan (75-68-71); Don Carpenter III of Athens (74-69-71); Bill Sharpe, Sr., of Albany (71-72-71); Cres Dodd of Calhoun (71-72-71) and Mike Combs of Roswell (69-71-74). Entries were open to male amateur golfers who are GSGA members, Georgia residents and age 25 or older as of the first day of the Championship. The starting field of 144 players was cut to the low 70 and ties after 36 holes. The cutline fell at 14-over-par 154 with 77 players advancing.

In 2014, Cartersville beat Buford two games to one to advance to the Class AAA state championship series. Those two teams will square off again Monday and possibly Tuesday to determine one of the 2015 state finalist spots in Class AAAA. The 22-10 Hurricanes of Coach Stuart Chester swept through the first two rounds of this year's Class AAAA playoffs beating North Oconee 4-1 and 13-8 in the first round and Thomas County Central 8-2 and 2-1 in the second round. Wayne County extended Cartersville to the bottom of the seventh in Game 3 of the quarterfinal round before the 'Canes pulled out a thrilling 4-3 walk off victory. Coach Tony Wolfe's Buford Wolves (30-2) won the 2015 Region 8-AAAA title by going unbeaten in league play and haven't lost at all since an 8-3 loss to Mountain View on March 24. The Wolves only other loss of the year came in the finals of the LaGrange (GA) Tournament to North Florida Christian by a 2-1 score. Buford has won six straight in the state playoffs, defeating Heritage-Catoosa (10-0, 8-1); Perry (13-0, 3-0); and Locust Grove (8-5, 10-0). The Wolves will be trying to return to the State Championship series for the first time since winning it in 2011. Buford also won a state baseball title in 1977. Cartersville lost to Blessed Trinity in the state finals last year and won state baseball championships in 2013, 2009, 2008, 2003, 2002, and 2001. MaxPreps.com has Buford as the No. 4 team in Georgia in all classifications and tops in Class AAAA with a No. 55 national ranking. MaxPreps.com rates the 'Canes as the No. 7 team in Georgia's Class AAAA, 50th overall in Georgia, and 1138th nationally. The best-of-three semifinal series opens Monday, May 18 at Richard Bell Field at the Cartersville Baseball Complex. Game 1 is scheduled to begin at 4:30pm with the second game to begin approximately 30 minutes after the conclusion of the opener. If a Game 3 is needed, it is scheduled for Tuesday (May 19) at 6pm, also at Richard Bell Field in Cartersville. SEE ALSO: Jason Greenberg's article 'Youth defines Cartersville's playoff run' in The Daily Tribune News Jason Greenberg's article 'Cartersville faces familiar nemesis in Final 4' in The Daily Tribune News