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Rockmart head coach Kenny Yanzetich has a team that is riding high going into the state playoffs.
Longtime Bulldogs leader will remain athletic director and head football coach
Dalton Bowman’s grand slam caps a comeback win for Cedartown over Rockmart.
Early registration came to an end this weekend, and fees will go up in order to participate in the annual Cedar Valley Arts Festival 5K Road Race and Fun Run coming up on Saturday, April 28.
Rockmart High School’s FBLA chapter (Future Business Leaders of America) is inviting locals to celebrate the warm weather with a colorful, powder-filled 5k run to raise money for the March of Dimes.
Signups for a weekend softball tournament are coming due soon, and local residents who want to play are reminded they have until the end of the week to let the city know.
The long tradition of the Gammage family being the first to signup for the Ayers-Beck Celebrity Golf Tournament continued into a 28th year for 2018.
Cedartown head coach Doyle Kelley said he wanted to see more offense from his team, and that’s exactly what they gave him in a comeback win on senior night following another bumpy week for the Bulldogs baseball club.
Rockmart remains a force to be reckoned with in area baseball, but their spot as the king of the mountain for 7-AA has been conquered by another.
The Rockmart High School tennis teams are continuing their season with a busy schedule and after last week wrapped up regular season play, looking to lead the region tournament at the start of week after a strong finish.
Cedartown fans will be happy with two bits of news about the Bulldogs baseball program from this past week.
The Rockmart Yellow Jackets had a good week of region play in and out of Polk County, with the exception to the end. Despite picking up early week wins, the Jackets took a loss to the Dade County Wolverines, who upset the apple cart for Rockmart and took away their chance of going undefeated…
Innovation in sports usually comes by way of the individual deciding that some slight change in a throw of the ball, or the design of a play will give an individual or team a competitive advantage, while still staying technically within the rules.
Rockmart coach will continue to lead Lady Jackets’ softball program.
Local organizations share $35,000 in donations from the Ayers-Beck Community Foundation.
After a start to the week for Rockmart and Cedartown that had both teams battling for bragging rights in Polk County, they settled down and got back to the business of playing ball.
It wouldn’t be a Cedartown at Rockmart game without some high drama before the close of the contest.
Former Cedatown and Georgia Bulldog Nick Chubb is hoping that he'll soon be chosen to wear a new jersey in the coming months when the NFL Draft takes place, but for now he's been focused on one thing: showing off his talents at the NFL Combine.
Here’s the good news for Cedartown Bulldogs fans: the team is so far doing pretty good early on in the 2018 season.
Rockmart falls to 2-3 in early-season play.
Bulldogs and Jackets face bumps in the road in early-season play.
The Rockmart Yellow Jackets boys team took their shot in the state’s Sweet 16, but couldn’t overcome a strong Spencer team on the road.
The Cedartown Bulldogs have two more reasons to cheer as two more senior football players have found new teams to play for at the next level of competition.
The soccer season is just starting to heat up in Cedartown and Rockmart, and both school’s boys and girls programs will be busy in the weeks ahead as region play is just right around the corner.
A pair of Rockmart Lady Jacket softball seniors are headed off to play on the next level at colleges in Georgia after signings over the past days.
Things don’t always go as planned when it comes to the early season games on the schedule for baseball. That rang true for the Rockmart baseball program this week, after they had to postpone a pair of games this week, but got one in to start off the 2018 schedule.
The Rockmart tennis split with Cedartown teams this past week as rivals got a chance to face each other down across the nets last week.
Good news for one local track and field star who is now competing as a freshman on the college level.
A lot of accolades have been lauded upon Trevon Wofford during the 2017 season, and for good reason.
It took a few days to get everything dried out at Cedartown High School, but the wet weather passed long enough for the Bulldogs to get the baseball season underway.
The Lady Jackets’ season ends against Rabun County at home.
There’s still time to signup and take part in recreation softball this year for children aged 5 to 14 in Cedartown as they get ready for a big first this season.
Both boys' and girls' teams finish with 12-12 records
Lady Bulldogs take a tie against Pepperell
Jackets, Bulldogs cement commitments to colleges on National Signing Day.
Cedartown's baseball season will have to wait at least one more day before it gets underway as soggy field conditions and wet weather has forced cancellation of today's home opener.
It's time for the region tournament as both the Cedartown boys and girls team finish in fifth place after the finish of the regular season with wins over Chapel Hill on senior night.
Cedartown High School football players were given one last chance to celebrate their achievements during their annual banquet held last week.
Who holds the record for the most rushing yards for the Rockmart Yellow Jackets? How about which Lady Jacket has the most homeruns in softball? Or who has the best time in the 100-meter sprint in track and field?
The school will retire the former Lady Jackets player jersey number this Friday.
Cedartown's basketball programs found themselves in tough fights in the Doghouse to start off the week as the Central Lions came for a visit in early week play.
A local boy scout is hoping the Polk County Commission will give him the needed permissions to move forward with his plan to bring a disc golf course to the Fish Creek area.
The Lady Bulldogs got a much needed win and knocked off Sandy Creek's undefeated streak in Region 5-AAAA play to end the week before a road trip after press time to Chapel Hill on Tuesday night.
A weekend on the road in Macon saw one local team get a good finish in the State Duals, and local middle school teams had a big weekend at FCA championships as well.
The Jackets basketball programs got a much-needed break over the weekend after both teams finished with wins, and get right back into region play after press time on Tuesday.
Their first game of the season pitted the Rockmart girls’ against Region 7-AA foe Coosa in a contest that had both teams working to stay in step with the other.
Signups are underway now for the Cedartown Recreation Department's 2017-18 youth basketball season, and continue through mid-December.
The Cedartown Competition Cheer squad is hoping local residents will come out for a meal and help support their team's efforts to celebrate another big year for the Lady Bulldogs.
The Rockmart High School Lady Yellow Jackets softball team was honored for their Class AA win in 2017 at the start of the November Polk County Board of Education meeting on the evening of Nov. 14.