A volleyball team’s ability to pass the ball can lead to reward or ruin, and Darlington and Armuchee displayed that in a non-region battle on Darlington’s Senior Night on Thursday.

The Armuchee softball team recovered from a loss on Tuesday with an 8-0 win against Gordon Central in five innings in a Region 7-AA matchup Thursday afternoon during Senior Night in Armuchee.

ROME (3-0, 1-0) AT PAULDING COUNTY (1-3, 1-1)

The Rockmart softball team continued its success with a 12-3 victory against Heard County in six innings at home Wednesday afternoon. This is the ninth time this season the team has won a game via mercy rule.

No matter the records of either team, Armuchee head coach Muhammad Abdellatif knows the importance of Friday night holds for fans. After all, when it’s Model versus Armuchee it’s always going to mean something.

The Rome YMCA’s Arsenal Soccer Club Select teams posted 6 wins, 3 losses, and 3 ties this weekend. That makes their season record 12-9-3. The Academy went to Brookhaven Saturday and came away with 6 wins and 4 losses. On Sunday they hosted Concorde Fire and went 1-7-1. That gives them a seas…

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The Armuchee and Chattooga softball coaches at have said all season that Region 7-AA has the best competition in the state. On Tuesday afternoon, they got all the evidence they ever needed.

The Rome High volleyball team got into the win column in area play on Tuesday by fighting for a pair of road victories at Cass.

A longtime member of the Atlanta farm system’s leadership is coming to Rome.

Livia Skinner had a double, two RBIs and two runs scored to carry the Armuchee softball team to a five-inning 10-0 win against Model on Monday.

Georgia Highlands College welcomed three new coaches over the summer for the men’s basketball team, the women’s basketball team and the softball team.

The momentum swung the way of the Shorter Hawks early in Saturday’s game on Florida’s east coast, but the remainder of the contest slipped from their grasp.

All week long, Berry College football coach Tony Kunczewski told his 2-0 team the “real season” began Saturday with their first Southern Athletic Association matchup.

The fight in a team playing in a game for the fourth straight week was put to the test twice Friday night in highly-contested Region 7-AA contests featuring Floyd County teams.

For the third straight week in a row, Darlington saw most of the opponent’s defense lined up in the box before taking a snap.

Speed took a toll on the Armuchee Indians on Friday night as their first region game of the season saw the Tribe eating dust in the wake of Rockmart’s 56-21 win to open up the 7-AA schedule.

In the first Region 7-AA action of the season, the Pepperell football team rolled to a 43-0 win against Gordon Central on Friday.

SUMMERVILLE — Two teams desperate to get off to a good start in Region 7-AA fought and clawed their way for four quarters on a muggy Friday night in Chattooga County only to have to decide the contest in overtime.

There’s something to learn from every match a volleyball team plays throughout the season. And even late into the season Thursday, both Coosa and Rome found something to play in a pair of non-area matchups.

Josi McKibben threw six shutout innings, had three RBIs and was part of an 11-hit attack by the Darlington softball team Thursday in a huge 8-0 win over Region 6-A foe Trion.

The Rome YMCA’s Arsenal Soccer Club opened up the regular season this weekend. The Select teams (13+) got 6 wins and 6 losses. The Academy went to Duluth to play Brookhaven, Gwinnett, and Bryson Park. They came away with an 8-3 record to make their season record 18-9.

Berry College Athletics Director, Todd Brooks, has announced the hiring of Ashley Southern to serve as the women's basketball team's assistant coach effective immediately.

Despite being in the thick of region play, the biggest thing Darlington softball coach Matt Larry was hoping for on Wednesday was to simply play a game.

The Coosa volleyball team continued rolling in Area 3-AA play as the Lady Eagles swept a doubleheader in Shannon defeating Gordon Central 25-7, 25-12 before beating Model 25-8, 25-13.

While classes remained canceled around Floyd County on Tuesday, high school football coaches got a ray of hope. And with Region 7-AA play coming up this weekend, some of them have already gotten to work.

UPDATE: Field conditions have forced the cancellation of Pepperell's softball game against Rome and Armuchee's softball game at Model. The Armuchee-Model game will be made up on Monday.

From the first snap, LaGrange made it known to the Berry College fans in Valhalla stadium it was going to control the ball. Whether it was a run in the Wing-T formation or a short pass for a first down, the Panthers wanted to keep the Vikings’ offense off the field.

The Pepperell softball team returned to Lindale on Saturday from a two-day tournament in Carrollton with four big wins and some fuel to push them through the rest of September.

Tusculum took a 23-6 lead at halftime over Shorter University on Saturday as the Hawks were unable to get any traction in a 39-12 loss in Greeneville, Tennessee.

For two possessions, Cedartown had to struggle to find its offensive foundation against the Pepperell Dragons, who were christening their newly-renovated home field Friday evening.

In John Reid’s three years as head coach, Rome has established itself with a physical defense above all else. But on Friday night, it was the offense’s turn to put on a show.

Coosa was shut out by Mount Zion, Carroll, 14-0, for their first loss of the season.

A dominant rushing attack and a stout defense led to a 37-10 Northwest Whitfield win over Model on Friday night in Shannon as the host Blue Devils fell to 0-3 on the season.

The Pepperell softball team went to Trenton on Thursday and came back from a 2-0 deficit thanks to one big inning to defeat Dade County 3-2 in a Region 7-AA showdown.

Model softball coach Todd Gilleland hopes that with every game his team plays it can improve and get better than it was before.

KELL (0 -2, 0-0) AT ROME (2-0, 0-0)

The Rome Wolves have already gotten vengeance for the first black mark from their 2016 season. On Friday, they set out to take care of the other one.

The Armuchee softball team rode behind a no-hitter from pitcher Erin Carney as the Lady Indians took down Dade County 2-0 in a Region 7-AA battle in Trenton on Wednesday.

Several of Rome YMCA’s Arsenal Select teams participated in pre-season tournaments the past few weeks. Most teams open up their regular season play this coming weekend.

The Coosa Eagles have had to endure some growing pains on the football field the last two years, but the start of the 2017 season has been a beacon of their progress.

There were stretches on Tuesday when the Coosa volleyball team, long seen as the leading power in Area 3-AA, struggled to put its opponents away.

A full team effort propelled the Armuchee volleyball team to a pair of wins Tuesday as the Lady Indians defeated Gordon Central and Rockmart to begin play in Area 3-AA.

Pepperell's football game versus Cedartown High School will be played on Lynn Hunnicutt Field at Dragon Stadium at 7:30 p.m.

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The Shorter men’s soccer team dropped the final game of the Florida road trip to Florida Tech, 5-1, Monday afternoon.

Indoor track returns to Georgia this winter as the LakePoint Sports Champions Center at Emerson hosts a four-day meet Feb. 8-11. LakePoint is partnering with the Dunamis Sports Group and the National Scholastic Athletics Foundation to resurrect indoor track in the Peach State.

Rome, Darlington, Rockmart and Unity Christian cross country teams traveled to Berry College on Saturday morning and tested themselves at the annual Clara Bowl Invitational.