Sports
The college athletics whirlwind continues and has arrived at Shorter University's doorstep.
Following the NCAA’s canceled Division II and III championships for fall sports, Shorter University has modified its 2020 football schedule.
Shorter Women’s Basketball head coach Jared Hughes announced 11 new athletes to the program, one of the largest collegiate recruiting classes across the country. This is the first full class entering Shorter under Hughes’ leadership.
The Armuchee Lady Indians lost their second game of the season at the hands of Adairsville 5-1. The Lady Indians fell to 0-2 in the first varsity contests since mid-March.
High school sports has officially returned to northwest Georgia as the first competitions in nearly five months occurred Thursday. It comes as a welcome sign of jubilation to those who love varsity sports, as the past five months have been anything but celebratory.
Preseason scrimmages for varsity football are off as the Georgia High School Association’s executive director, Robin Hines, announced the change following a Wednesday meeting with his Sports Medicine Advisory Council.
ATLANTA - Atlanta’s Turner Field is getting a new name.
As fall sports competition dawns in northwest Georgia, schools and school districts are scrambling to finalize plans to host athletic events while safeguarding health to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The 29th edition of the Corky Kell Classic kicks off the much-anticipated, delayed 2020 football season.
The Pepperell Dragons Mites football team is hosting a signup session on Tuesday, Aug. 11.
Rome-Floyd County Parks and Recreation (RFPRA) is looking to hire local help for the upcoming fall sports season through Express Employment Professionals. Registration for all fall sports continues until Sept. 1.
A formal ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new six-court indoor tennis building at the Rome Tennis Center at Berry College has been scheduled for Monday, Aug. 10 at 4 p.m.
From Savannah to Chattanooga, Rome High School rising senior Hogan Ingram has built a summer centered around some incredible golf.
The Shorter track and field program will now move its meets from Barron Stadium to Darlington School. The Hawks will make the 2.5-mile journey south for the coming track and field season.
The Braves’ home opener is Wednesday and venues around The Battery Atlanta will offer a variety of viewing options for games while Truist Park remains closed to fans.
The Hawks have found their new nest.
After negotiations about how to manage Barron Stadium hosting the Corky Kell Classic stalled, the event pulled out of Rome this year.
The Georgia High School Association announced Wednesday group-size restrictions for fall sports would be lifted and locker rooms and showers could now be used for football, provided they were sanitized before and after use.
The Gulf South Conference announced Thursday it will delay the start of intercollegiate fall competition to either the last week of September or the first week of October.
Berry College has found its next women’s soccer head coach. Berry College Director of Athletics, Angel Mason, announced alumna Kathy Insel Brown’s hiring to the top position of the program Thursday.
Today is opening day for the Atlanta Braves. That’s right, 17 weeks after the originally-scheduled opening day for Major League Baseball, the Braves are playing their NL East rival New York Mets at Citi Field in a shortened 60-game season. MLS continues with its “MLS Is Back” tournament in O…
According to multiple media reports, the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) has decided to delay the start of the 2020 football season by two weeks. The original start date was scheduled for Friday, Aug. 21, but will now be Friday, Sept. 4.
The Georgia High School Association (GHSA) announced in a statement Friday the board of trustees will convene to discuss concerns of opening of fall sports this coming Monday at 1 p.m. at GHSA's head office in Thomaston.
The Berry Vikings will have to find a way to cope with the loss of fall sports as the Southern Athletic Association announced Thursday it is suspending all conference athletic competition for the 2020 fall season.
New Rome Braves General Manager David Cross is hoping that a vaccine for COVID-19 can be brought online in record time — because he doesn’t even want to think about another season without minor league baseball.
There are new changes coming to minor league baseball. But with those changes come new questions. With the season canceled, what are the players up to? What will the landscape of minor league baseball look like in 2021?
Football helmets can return to practice beginning July 20 according to a statement from the Georgia High School Association on Wednesday.
The Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation is scheduling sports its fall season.
ATLANTA — Bo Taylor doesn’t remember the exact year he brought a group of kids down from Cherokee, N.C., for a Braves game, but he remembers the exact moment their demeanor shifted.
Nearly 400 competitors from 10 states are in Floyd County this weekend for the Georgia Junior Open tennis championships.
Jax Gribble has officially put pen to paper. The Armuchee graduate signed his letter of intent to play basketball at Young Harris College.
Berry College has added 17 new athletes to the men’s cross country and track and field squads for the approaching season.
The Georgia High School Association announced incoming changes to the Coronavirus Guidance Plan as varsity sports ventures further down its path of return. The new regulations take effect Monday.
The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has selected the Berry College men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams for Scholar All-American honors.
The Rome Braves have officially cancelled the 2020 season. The announcement from Minor League Baseball came Tuesday afternoon as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The one-year delay of the 2020 Olympic games may have come at just the right time for a group of young athletes who are now training in Rome two or three times a week.
Model Middle School’s Avery Eury has been selected to participate in the USA Softball All-American Games next month in Oklahoma City. Eury will be one of 45 athletes representing the southeast region (Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee) at the distinguished tournament. The 24-tea…
Rome High School rising senior Hogan Ingram shined on the golf course last week, staging a comeback in the final round to win the 2020 GSGA Junior Championship by one stroke in Savannah.
Major tennis tournament action returns to the Rome Tennis Center at Berry College on Monday with more than 250 juniors registered to play the Georgia Open Challenger Championships.
It’s transition time for Coosa volleyball as the three-time defending Class AA state champs start a new journey with a new head coach. Carson Laye elevated to the head position after former head coach Nic Hann accepted the volleyball head job at Calhoun High School.
The Georgia High School Association announced a 30-second shot clock will be implemented over the course of three years in varsity basketball. The GHSA passed the resolution 53-10 during a meeting Tuesday in Thomaston.
Georgia Highlands College alumnus Bryson Horne recently received a phone call that resulted in reaching a long-time goal: an offer to sign with the Atlanta Braves as an undrafted free agent.
Unity Christian School is so excited that Huston Bryant has signed to play Basketball at Shorter. No one loves basketball more than Huston. Years of hard work led to the realization of his dream to play in college. Not only will he be able to play in front of family and friends, but he has a…
Will Holloway and Cael Henderson are over 700 miles away from home. But they are gearing up to represent the Rome area, Armuchee High School and the state of Georgia on a colossal stage.
There are a lot of kids and adults that were disappointed this past weekend. There are also a lot of Trout Unlimited folks that are extremely sorry that we were unable to have the children and their families attend a Kids Fishing Day this year.
