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Two wrestling events plan to hit the mats this weekend at The Forum bringing several hundred grapplers to Rome.

Many people have the misconception that Trout Unlimited is a catch and release organization that has members that always release every fish they catch.

The Hot Shots All Star teams from Rome and Fort Oglethorpe competed on back-to-back weekends, with several teams taking home the top spot at each event.

Rome Braves’ manager Randy Ingle said this year’s squad has a chance to be quite good, and last year’s manager Jonathan Schuerholz echoed those sentiments at a media press conference prior to the annual Hot Stove Gathering at The Forum on Monday night.

In a battle of Southern Athletic Association unbeaten teams, Millsaps College edged Berry College’s women’s basketball team, 53-50, on Sunday afternoon.

The Berry College swimming teams had a busy weekend as the team hosted the fifth annual Viking Classic Invitational. The final Berry home meet was attended by a competitive field of seven teams and consisted of three sessions covering two days.

Entering the game as two of the six teams vying for the top spot in the Gulf South Conference standings, the Hawks came out ahead 84-63 over Union on the road Saturday afternoon.

GHC men 58, Atlanta Metro 52

Led by Emma Cook’s career high 31 points, the Berry College women’s basketball team extended their winning streak to six as they defeated Birmingham-Southern College on Friday night, 80-60.

Norman Arey writes about Penn State being awarded its previously removed wins in his column in Friday's print edition of the Rome News-Tribune.

The Shorter women’s basketball team opened the second half of conference play Thursday evening with a 57-46 win over Christian Brothers on the road.

The heart of winter usually has cold, damp days and frigid nights with weather that is normally miserable causing most folks to sit on the couch and just wish winter was over. Even in the south outdoorsmen have witnessed the end of some hunting seasons with squirrel and rabbit season still around, but many times these anglers will just stay home and dream of warm weather and plan fishing trips for later in the year. 

Montrel Goldston set a school record for both points and rebounds in a game as he scored 37 points and grabbed 25 rebounds to lead the Chargers to a 112-59 won over Summerhill. Denzel Council added 22 points and 18 rebounds as the Chargers won their 17th game of the season and every player on Highlands’ squad scored in the contest.

It sounds simple enough.

Behind VaQueshia Hall’s 18 points the Georgia Highlands College Lady Chargers’ basketball team rolled to a 81-25 GCAA Conference win on the road over Chattahoochee Tech.

In their first home competition of the 2015 year, the Berry College swimming teams swept Milligan College on Saturday. The Berry men won 182-19. The women prevailed, 107-93.

Listed below are the results for the opening day of the Southern Winter Level 1 Championships.

Young tennis players will be setting their sights on Rome this weekend to prove they’re the best in the Southeast.

Shorter was tied with Gulf South Conference foe Lee University with less than five minutes to play in the game, but through Dedric Ware the Hawks seized control from there and held on for a 79-76 victory at home on Thursday.

With mere seconds remaining in regulation, Shorter’s Madison Rice had a chance tie the game with a 3-pointer, but it struck centimeters short on the rim, and the Hawks fell 53-50 to Lee University at home Thursday night.

History tells us that when the British Army surrendered to General George Washington and the Continental Army after the Battle of Yorktown, the British Band played a tune titled “The World Turned Upside Down.”

The Berry College men’s and women’s swimming teams competed at the 2015 Centre College Colonel Classic over the weekend.

The Shorter men’s lacrosse team started practice Monday to open the spring season.

Berry College fell to Rhodes, 76-56, on Sunday afternoon at The Cage Center.