Adairsville wrestled large in the 7-AA regionals held over the weekend, led by Matt Woodring earning the regional individual wrestling title in the 125-pound classification, and placed fourth overall in the event.
ACWORTH -- Alex Foster (189 pounds) and Billy Meek (140) brought home their respective Area 7-AAAA individual wrestling titles while leading Cass to a first-place finish at their region meet, which concluded Saturday.
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes' wrestling team took third at the Area 6-AAA Individual Tournament Saturday at Heritage (Catoosa), placing six in the top four.
The Woodland Wildcats' basketball team pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the state this year when they defeated No. 5 Hillgrove, 73-70, before a packed house Friday at Woodland on Senior Night.
Cartersville High School pitcher Adam Clark signed a baseball scholarship with Northwest Florida State, paving the way for the senior to focus on one thing -- bringing the Canes their third state championship in a row.
The past few weeks have been a whirlwind for former Cartersville High School pitcher Will Startup. After a full season of recovering from Tommy John Surgery, Startup received rather unpleasant new Jan. 15 -- the San Diego Padres were releasing him.
Adairsville head football coach Jim Kremer had one piece of advice for his five players signing on National Signing Day -- "Come home and visit, but don't stay."
They've been playing football together since they were 10 years old. So, when Tyré Brown (defensive back), Dallas Creamer (offensive line) and Tevin Pullum (linebacker) all had opportunities to go to the same school, they jumped on the offer, each signing a National Letter of Intent with Division II-member Carson-Newman Wednesday at Adairsville.
Although he committed in the middle of football season, Adairsville's Vic Beasley made it official Wednesday when he signed his National Letter of Intent to play football at Clemson University in South Carolina.
The chance to hit the game-winning shot is the dream of any kid playing basketball. For Cass' Tarris Batiste, that dream became a reality as his mid-range jumper with 4.5 seconds left lifted the Colonels to a 56-55 Region 7-AAAA win Tuesday night at home against Northwest Whitfield.
Excel won the battle of the first half but the Darlington Tigers roared out to win the second half and the game Tuesday night in high school basketball action.
The Adairsville Tigers' basketball team continues to get better, however, it came up just short again as it fell to Region 7B-AA power Chattooga, 67-65. The Tigers led 16-8 after the first quarter, but trailed 35-30 at halftime. The Indians extended its lead to nine points after three quarters only to see the Tigers fight back in the fourth.
The Cass Colonels caused turnovers and converted them to some easy buckets en route to breaking a halftime tie with a 19-10 third quarter to earn a hard-fought 62-49 high school basketball victory Monday night.
From the time Woodland's Katie Rutledge was a freshman, she knew she had found a sport she loved in cross-country. Four years later, Rutledge has signed her letter of intent with Shorter College to continue with the sport she loves.