Lawsuit claims UTC coach was replaced after advocating for women’s golf team

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s golf coach Colette Murray is suing the university, alleging she was fired after repeatedly asking athletic officials to address differences between the women’s and men’s golf programs. Murray filed the lawsuit Oct. 7th in U.S. District...

Toombs County Sweeps Ringgold, Advances to Second Round of State Playoffs

Toombs County advanced to the second round of the state playoffs Monday, October 12, sweeping Ringgold at Toombs County High School. The Bulldogs opened the series with a dramatic 1-0 walk-off victory in nine innings before using a seven-run first inning to take control of a 12-2 win in game two.

GHSA volleyball playoffs begin with rivalry match

After a strong regular-season of volleyball play in 2026, the Georgia High School Association tournament for Class A/AA begins Friday with Floyd County’s top-seeded school, No. 5 Armuchee High, hosting southern neighbor Pepperell High for a first-round encounter beginning at 6 p.m. There are two more first-rounders scheduled for Saturday in Floyd County. Model High, No. 7 seed, will play Atlanta Classical, a 17-23 team that played in Area 9. Things get started on the Shannon community campus at 11 a.m. Coosa High and Heard County are on each other’s schedules for all other GHSA region sports, but in volleyball they were placed in separate areas. So the No. 14 Eagles and the No. 19 Braves are playing for the first time in the 2026 season in western Floyd County at 4 p.m. Saturday. Heard County, from Franklin, played in Area 2-A/AA and went 17-17. Armuchee went 30-11 and placed fourth in the Area 5-A/AA tournament. Leaders for the Indians include Ella Dehart, who had 419 kills, 388 digs and 57 service aces. Charley Ray, another outside hitter for the Indians, had 226 kills and 296 digs. Libero Lilly Lively led Armuchee in digs with 426 and served 44 aces.

Rockmart Closing In on Calhoun’s Historic Region Winning Streak

Rockmart football continues to build one of the most impressive runs in Georgia high school football history, and the Yellow Jackets are now chasing a record established by Calhoun. Rockmart won its 70th consecutive region game last week, rolling past Ringgold 59-22 to move into sole possession of first place...

Local High School Football Teams Enter Week Nine of 2026 Regular Season

Week nine of the 2026 regular season has arrived for area high school football teams!. BYE: Adairsville, Armuchee, Calhoun, Coosa, Darlington, Lafayette, Model, Northwest Whitfield, Pepperell, Ringgold, Rome, Sonoraville, Unity. WLAQ 1410 AM/96.9 FM are your radio destinations for Darlington football in 2026. Since the Tigers and all of the...

Cartersville Makes Georgia High School Football History With Explosive Start

Cartersville is rewriting the Georgia high school football record book with an offensive performance that has put the Purple Hurricanes in a class of their own. With a 52-8 victory over Cedartown last week, Cartersville became the first team in Georgia history to score at least 48 points in each of its first seven games of a season.

Lions rain TDs on Pinecrest

With a lot of nasty weather on its way to the Floyd County area Friday, it was a quick night in terms of which team was going to walk out of Coosa High School’s stadium with a big GAPPS 9-man football victory. The Unity Christian Lions improved to 7-0 by returning two intercepted passes for touchdowns, getting three touchdown runs from Tyler Ford and two more from quarterback Miles Schwartz. It took a couple of hours just to play the one half of football, but the crowd saw enough action in a 52-19 final against the Pinecrest Academy Paladins, which left the field with a 5-2 record. Pinecrest had the first chance with the football but could not overcome its own mistakes, penalty yards to be exact, and punted to the Unity 37. Schwartz, on 2nd-and-12, went on a mad scramble for 18 yards into Paladin territory. Cooper Mathis, on second down as well, caught a post route throw from Schwartz for 38 yards to the 7-yard-line. Two plays later, Ford was in the end zone on a 2-yard run at 8:20. Isaiah Giddens kicked his first PAT try on a night where conversion points were actually difficult for both

Vikings Tie for Sixth at the Clovernook Women's Collegiate Tournament

CINCINNATI, Ohio - The Berry College women's golf team tied for sixth place at the Clovernook Women's Collegiate Tournament Tuesday afternoon, hosted by Wittenberg University. The Vikings finished with a final team score of +78, tying Carthage to finish just outside the top five and climbing up two spots from the previous day.

Women’s Tennis Ready to Start ITA Cup Journeys on Thursday

A pair of Georgia Gwinnett College women's tennis singles players and doubles teams will compete for NAIA titles at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Cup, starting Thursday, October 15, and continuing through Sunday, October 18, at the Rome Tennis Center in Rome, Georgia. The ITA Cup features 16 entries in singles...

Late-inning eruptions push Armuchee into GHSA 'Sweet 16'

Breaking in the future home of Armuchee High softball Monday, Indian bats took a few innings to wake up and start producing one run after another in both contests played against northern neighbor Chattooga High. In the end, Armuchee, the No. 5 seed in the Georgia High School Association Class AA softball playoffs, swept the doubleheader 9-1 and 13-3 to advance to the second round, which will take place in one week, also at home. That second-round best-of-three series that will start with an Oct. 19 doubleheader is against a fellow Region 6-2A member, Mt. Zion-Carroll. Like with Chattooga, Armuchee swept both regular-season games against Mt. Zion, both games having a five-run margin in favor of the Indians. Indians head coach Andy Henderson said the new all-turf field that will also stage Indian baseball games in the spring played well even though they worked to try to get the old field they had played on all season ready after a weekend of rainy weather. That wasn’t possible, however, so fans got a look at the new field and showed up in high numbers. Aubrey McConkey pitched a six-inning complete-game to start the doubleheader and struck out 12. The senior started

Blue Devils storm past Armuchee 49-0

The Model High Blue Devils have made it a habit to score quickly and score often in football games, and Friday night was no exception. For the fifth time in six games, the Blue Devils scored on their first possession, taking an early lead over Region 6-2A rival Armuchee HIgh and never looking back en route to a 49-0 domination over the visiting Indians. With impending stormy weather approaching Floyd County later in the night, Model was hoping to get out front early, build a big lead, and substitute liberally in the second half. Mission accomplished. “We had some early success on offense, and I was proud to see some guys score on defense, too. That makes it a lot of fun,” said Model head coach Jeff Hunnicutt. “We got a lot of kids some reps, and I was glad to see our guys handle their business. Hats off to our coaching staff, because we didn’t have a great week of practice, but I thought we executed pretty good when Friday night got here.” The Blue Devils (6-1, 3-1) not only scored on their first five offensive possessions, but they also added a pair of first-half defensive scores as well.

Athletes Beyond Bartow: Lawrence throws for two TDs as Jags edge Eagles in London

Bartow County athletes continued to make their mark at the collegiate and professional levels this past week, highlighted by Trevor Lawrence’s two-touchdown passing performance in the Jacksonville Jaguars’ win over Philadelphia. NFL. TREVOR LAWRENCE — Jacksonville Jaguars (6th-yr. NFL; Clemson; Cartersville HS) . . . completed 24 of...

Whitefield rolls over Walker in Round 1

MABLETON — The Whitefield Academy softball team made its first trip to the state tournament last fall. The Wolfpack enjoyed the experience so much, they hope to now make it an annual occurrence. With an aggressive approach at the plate and an afternoon of solid pitching and defense, Whitefield beat Walker 16-0 and 20-0 on Monday to complete a doubleheader sweep in the first round of the Class AA-AAAA Private state playoffs. The ninth-seeded Wolfpack (21-7), who tied for first in the regular season in Region 5AA, advanced to face eighth-seeded Wesleyan next Monday with a berth in the state tournament in Columbus on the line. “We’ve been preaching to the girls about working on hitting the ball to the middle and to the opposite field because that’s what we’ll have to do against Wesleyan with their power pitchers,” Whitefield coach Mike Fuller said. “To be able to do that tonight, I was happy with our swings and the hits we got up the middle and to right field. We know we’ll have to do that against Wesleyan to have a chance. Our defense has been solid all year long, and that’s always an important element of the game. “Once

Lady Wolverines Sweep Jefferson County, Advance in State Softball Playoffs

Lady Wolverines Sweep Jefferson County, Advance in State Softball Playoffs. The Dade County Lady Wolverines are moving on in the state softball playoffs after a dominating first-round sweep of Jefferson County on Monday. Dade County opened the series with a 9-0 shutout victory in game one before turning up the...

Warriors Drive Down Dragons 34-33

Sports – The White County Warriors were back in action last night in Jasper, going up against Pickens County in Regional High School Football. The Dragons were early on to the scoreboard, putting up the first seven points of the game, followed by a touchdown run by Gaines Clark, but a penalty on the play would call the score back for further play. The Warriors pushed and moved closer downfield, ending in a touchdown catch by Zach Godfrey to even up the score. Pickens County would immediately cancel that out with a kick return down the full field, putting them back ahead by 7. The Dragons carried that lead to the end of the first quarter.

Canes wallop Bulldogs, 52-8

Well before the first rain bands of Isaias passed through Cedartown’s Bulldog Stadium Friday night, Cartersville’s Purple Hurricanes had already made their presence felt, outgaining the hosts 315 yards in the first half and building a 45-0 lead en route to a 52-8 win. As the teams headed...

Lady Roadrunners Roll Past ABAC (Ga.) in 11-0 Road Victory

TIFTON, Ga. – Dalton State found the back of the net six times in the opening half and added five more after the break to earn an 11-0 victory over ABAC (Ga.) on Thursday in Tifton. FIRST HALF. Dalton State established control quickly as Alice Legnedahl opened the scoring...

Sideline Spotlight: Week 8 of high school football kicks off

Sequoyah football battles Kell in region showdown

Head coach Jim Teter and the Sequoyah High School Chiefs rely on a defense allowing under 11 points per game as they battle Kell High School.

Allatoona rolls to first region win

ACWORTH -- Thanks to a dominating second half performance, Allatoona snapped a two-game losing streak and earned its first region win of the season, defeating Villa Rica 39-19 at Cobb EMC/Buccaneer Stadium on Friday night. Trailing 12-10 at halftime, the Buccaneers took control of the game in the third quarter with 29 unanswered points. Frank Young’s 33-yard touchdown run and two-point conversion run gave Allatoona an 18-12 lead early in the quarter, On the next possession, Matthew Benede’s 55-yard run as well as Young’s second successful run on a two-point conversion increased the lead to 26-12. After Bryce Lattimore recovered a fumbled snap by the Wildcats' punter at the Villa Rica 2, Allatoona capitalized on the mistake as BJ Hill scored on a 2-yard run on the very next play to give the Buccaneers a 32-12 lead late in the third quarter. Early in the fourth quarter, Allatoona (2-5, 1-2 Region 7AAAAA) took an insurmountable 39-12 lead as Young hooked up with Lattimore for a 19-yard score. Blaine Brown’s 10-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter cut the deficit to 20 but it was too little too late for Villa Rica (5-3, 1-2). Young spearheaded the Buccaneers’ powerful rushing