It took a season that included some tough lessons and some soul searching, but the Coosa boys' soccer team is returning to the state playoffs. And they've got a good bit of momentum behind them.
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The Unity Christian girls’ tennis team were runners-up in the GICAA individual championships and the team championships at the Rome Tennis Center at Berry College.
Rome will be the destination for some of the top high school baseball teams and their fans for the third year in a row thanks to the Atlanta Braves and the Georgia High School Association’s new partnership.
The Coosa girls’ soccer team ended the regular season on a two-game skid, but the team has its eyes set on what's next when the GHSA Class AA state playoffs get underway next week.
The Rome High baseball team isn’t ready to give up yet.
The Rome High boys’ basketball team has seen three head coaches over the last five years, and new head coach Terry Smith hopes he’s in the first stages of bringing some continuity to the team.
A pair of wins from the B’06 III Green team this past weekend pushed the YMCA Arsenal Rome Select soccer teams’ overall record to 14-3-2.
Josie McGraw shot a 40 and Sydnie Edwards shot a 42 to pace the Pepperell girls’ golf team to a victory at the girls’ Floyd County Invitational on Monday.
Starting out the season with a 1-5 road trip left the Rome Braves hoping for a turnaround when they took the field for their first homestand last Thursday. And that is what they got.
The Berry College men’s golf team shot a program record for the NCAA Division III era this week by finishing 19-under at the Rhodes College Spring Classic in Memphis, Tennessee, on Tuesday, claiming the top spot in a strong field.
The Darlington boys’ tennis team started the Area 4-A Private tournament on a high note and while the day didn’t quite as well as the team would’ve hoped, its first-round win against Mt. Pisgah got the Tigers through the day and into the GHSA state playoffs.
Let’s take a look at what probably happens. Reporters and journalists from all around the world would certainly relish an assignment that allows them to come to this tournament and write about it for their paper or magazine. Admittedly some of these people are very good golfers, but there ar…
A slow start led to a tough night on the pitch for the Rome High boys’ soccer team.
The Unity Christian girls’ tennis team has established itself as one of the most successful teams in the area since 2016 and the Lady Lions are looking to extend that success this week.
Logan Floyd recently had a day on the baseball diamond that most players can only dream about. The kicker is Floyd is only in the eighth grade.
After some close region losses last months, the Rome High girls’ soccer team managed to close out their regular season on a good note Friday and clinch a home match to start the postseason.
Golf courses are generally thought to be very safe working environments. This is true at Augusta National Golf Club course except for one single day of the year — the day after the Masters Tournament when the course is turned over for play to the members of the worldwide press.
When the Rome High baseball team dropped its first two region games of the season against Carrollton, coach Jim Tejcek’s outlook for the team didn’t change.
The ornamentals originally selected as signature plants for each of the holes at Augusta National are today, with some exceptions, the same ones that were originally planted at each of these holes when the course was first started. The same type of plants are still there.
Admittedly, the Rome Braves haven’t had many reasons to celebrate to start off the season.
The last three seasons have seen Rockmart’s tennis teams consistently battle for both region and state supremacy, but they had yet to have both its boys and girls crowned region champions.
The Rome High boys’ tennis team will be back on the courts today to try and improve their standing in the state playoffs after going 1-1 on the first day of the Region 7-5A tournament.
After facing some struggles on the road to start the 2019 season, the Rome Braves return home tonight in hopes of turning things around.
Time and time again people have asked me to tell them if ice is used at the Augusta National Golf Club to delay the bloom time of the azaleas.
The season took a step forward for the teams of the Rome Area Volleyball Club recently as they had two groups win their divisions at a tournament in Atlanta.
In what has become a normal occurrence, Floyd County teams spent another day dodging rain and looking for a clear window to get things done.
No city in the nation was more important to the African American civil rights movement than Atlanta. There’s no denying that the “city too busy to hate” was the de facto capital of the struggle for black equality in America.
The Berry College baseball team improved to 22-9 overall and 10-4 in Southern Athletic Association play on Saturday with a doubleheader sweep of Millsaps at William R. Bowdoin Field.
Jeff Hunnicutt has been around football in Floyd County for most of his life. And it is a Floyd County football team that is giving him his first chance at being a head coach.
A seven-run first inning gave the Rockmart baseball team the boost it needed and pitcher Ty Floyd put the game away with his performance on the mound.
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KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (AP) -- Taylor Varnell tossed six scoreless innings, leading the Kannapolis Intimidators over the Rome Braves in a 2-1 win on Friday.
The Hot Shots Cheerleading Senior Coed All Stars will travel to Destin, Florida this weekend in an attempt to complete a perfect season.
KANNAPOLIS, NC — Justin Dean ripped an inside-the-park homerun on the first pitch of the game and the Rome Braves never looked back, opening the 2019 season with an impressive 9-1 win over the Intimidators in North Carolina on Thursday evening.
A little rain wasn't enough to cool down Rome High as the boys’ and girls’ track and field teams swept the Floyd County Championships for the second year in a row.
The field at State Mutual Stadium this week was once again the place to find some of the Atlanta Braves’ organization’s top young talent.
For the Pepperell boys’ soccer team, it’s not always about scoring a lot of goals so much as it is keeping the ball out of the opponent's net.
The YMCA Arsenal Rome Select soccer teams had a slow weekend but came out on top in one contest to push its overall record to 12-2-1.
A six-goal first half gave the Model girls' soccer team the cushion it needed to get a 10-0 win over Pepperell at home Tuesday in a game cut short by the mercy rule.
ROME, GA — The Rome Braves, Single-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, have unveiled its opening day roster for the 2019 season which begins Thursday on the road in Kannapolis. As ranked by MLB Pipeline, the Rome club features two of the Atlanta Braves top 30 prospects including Trey Riley (2…
The Model boys’ golf team came away with a win Monday at Stonebridge Golf Club taking down Rome, Armuchee and Coosa.
The Berry College women’s golf team claimed the top spot at the Rhodes Invitational on Monday defeating the host Lynx by two strokes.
The Model Middle School girls’ soccer team recently capped its perfect season with a Floyd County Athletic Association championship.
The Rome High boys' soccer team fought to end its spring break on a high note this weekend, playing in the Adidas Smoky Mountain Cup in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
It was a year ago that Armuchee's boys' soccer team was on the verge of a breakthrough that would thrust them into the Class AA Elite Eight.
CUMBERLAND — Fans headed to SunTrust Park this year can expect new menu items in the ballpark and new shops and attractions in the Battery Atlanta next door.
A hotly-contested Region 7-AA baseball game was broken open in the final inning just enough to allow the Rockmart Yellow Jackets to take a 6-4 win over Pepperell.
One of the most decorated groups of Darlington wrestlers was celebrated this week as four seniors moved to continue their education and wrestling careers at the next level.
The Rome Tennis Center at Berry College was alive with activity Thursday with boys’ and girls’ tennis teams from the four Floyd County schools taking to the courts for some Region 7-AA competition.
The Pepperell boys’ soccer team came up with a big non-region win Thursday on the road, topping Class 6A Alexander 2-0 in Douglasville.
The YMCA Arsenal Rome Select soccer teams went undefeated this past weekend, going 7-0 to establish an 11-2-1 overall record.
