Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Mount Berry Mall, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. SOCCER The YMCA Arsenal Rome Select soccer teams posted a 5-4 record this weekend but kept a strong 31-23-2 record for the season. The G’07 C-West beat Cobb Strikers Blue 5-0 on Saturday then lost Sunday in Hampton to 3rd place… Continue Reading
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Mount Berry Mall, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Berry no. 7 in latest coaches poll: The latest American Football Coaches Association rankings for D3 teams are out and the Berry Vikings remained at no. 7. In the D3 rankings released earlier this week, Berry rose from eighth to seventh… Continue Reading
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Mount Berry Mall, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. SPORTS HEADLINES Inside linebacker Xavier Robinson of the Shorter Hawks named Gulf South Conference freshman of the week with nine tackles and one sack in Saturday’s game vs. West Alabama. Robinson leads the Hawks with 45 tackles so far this… Continue Reading
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Mount Berry Mall, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. By John McClellan For Hometown Headlines The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes and Unity Christian School Lions kept their unbeaten records alive with big wins on Friday night in a relatively light weekend of high school action. The Rome Wolves shut out… Continue Reading
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Mount Berry Mall, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL John McClellan’s high school picks: Friday’s big games include Rockmart-Pepperell; Cartersville-Sandy Creek; Chattooga-Model. Unity plays Saturday. McClellan High school rankings: Rome rises to no. 6 in 5A; Rockmart holds no. 1 in 2A. Cartersville remains no. 2 in… Continue Reading
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Mount Berry Mall, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. High school football rankings: According to the AJC: 5A: Rome, now 5-2, rises one spot to no. 6. 4A: Cartersville, 7-0, holds at no. 2. 2A: Rockmart remains no. 1 with a 6-0 record. 1A Private: Darlington, also 6-0, remains… Continue Reading
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Mount Berry Mall, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Berry College Vikings defeat Hendrix 27-9. Game release: The No. 7 Berry College football team collected six sacks and allowed just 32 rushing yards to preserve its unbeaten record on Saturday, defeating previously undefeated Hendrix College 27-9. The Vikings improve to… Continue Reading
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Mount Berry Mall, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. LOCAL. STATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL Berry College Vikings: Berry beats Hendrix, 27-9. Vikings Shorter Hawks. Shorter falls on road at West Alabama, 41-0. Hawks Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets go down at Duke, 41-23. Jackets Georgia Bulldogs. Lost in 2OT to South Carolina, 20-17. Bulldogs HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL… Continue Reading
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Mount Berry Mall, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Tonight’s scores: FINAL: Rome beats East Paulding, 45-0. FINAL: Unity Christian School wins at Harvester Christian Academy, 46-12. FINAL: Adairsville falls at Calhoun, 39-14. FINAL: Cartersville beats LaGrange, 45-2. FINAL: Hiram tops Cass, 31-0. FINAL: Woodland… Continue Reading
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Mount Berry Mall, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Rough conference season ahead for Shorter’s men’s, women’s basketball teams? The preseason coaches poll for the Gulf South Conference has been released for the men’s and women’s programs. Of the 13 teams in each, the Hawks are listed in the… Continue Reading
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Mount Berry Mall, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Brian McCann, an anchor of the league champion Rome Braves in the 2003 inaugural season, is going home ‘to play with my kids. This is it.’ Rome will never see another season like the first one for the single-A Braves.… Continue Reading
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Mount Berry Mall, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. HEADLINES Berry Volleyball remains at No. 6 in AVCA Top 25. Volleyball. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL John McClellan’s high school picks to win this Friday night. McClellan. LOCAL. STATE COLLEGE FOOTBALL Berry College Vikings: Berry hosting Hendrix, Saturday at 2 p.m. Vikings Shorter… Continue Reading
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Mount Berry Mall, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. SPORTS HEADLINES The next class of the Rome Floyd Sports Hall of Fame are father-and-son combinations Charles and Toryan Smith, Charles and Charlie Culberson, and Jaleel Riaz. Hall HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL John McClellan’s high school picks to win this Friday night. McClellan.… Continue Reading
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Mount Berry Mall, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Media release: The five newest member of the Rome-Floyd Sports Hall of Fame were announced during a press conference at Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority on Monday. Randy Davis, a member of the Hall of Fame, served as the master of… Continue Reading
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Mount Berry Mall, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. By John McClellan For Hometown Headlines Cartersville’s close win over Central of Carrollton dropped the Purple Hurricanes from Number 1 to Number 2 in Class 4A in this week’s high school football rankings compiled by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Georgia… Continue Reading
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Mount Berry Mall, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. SPORTS HEADLINES HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL John McClellan’s high school picks to win this Friday night. McClellan. Cartersville drops to no. 2 in 4A; Rockmart remains atop 2A rankings. Rome rises to no. 7; Darlington holds at No. 4. Colleges: Georgia,… Continue Reading
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Mount Berry Mall, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. High school football rankings: According to the AJC: 5A: Rome, at 4-2, rises a spot to no. 7. 4A: Cartersville, with a 6-0 record, .drops to no. 2 after close call Friday night. 2A: Rockmart, also perfect at 6-0, holds… Continue Reading