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Coosa is on its way to the State Title!!
Coosa is on its way to the State Title!!

  • Coosa is on its way to the State Title!!

    08.12.09 - 09:57 pm

  • Gordon Central softball beats Pepperell 6-1

    Gordon Central softball beats Pepperell 6-1

    09.23.08 - 05:56 pm

  • Gridiron Central, Sept. 20th - Segment 1, Featuring highlights from the Game of the week: Model vs. Armuchee and LaFayette vs. LFO

    Gridiron Central, Sept. 20th - Segment 1, Featuring highlights from the Game of the week: Model vs. Armuchee and LaFayette vs. LFO

    09.20.08 - 05:40 pm


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JERRY HENKEL/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL | Liberty s Ty Byrd, right, carries the ball on Friday against Canyon Springs. Byrd rushed for 178 yards and two touchdowns to help the Patriots edge the Pioneers.
Failed conversion allows Liberty to escape with win
Liberty coach Rich Muraco stood in disgust as he began developing a plan for overtime Friday night. The Patriots had just allowed a touchdown to Canyon Springs with just over a minute to play, and...
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Nuggets Can Be Better Next Season
This season the Denver Nuggets took a giant step forward in their pursuit of an NBA Championship, winning 54 games. In the process of tying their NBA franchise record for wins, the men in powder bl...
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Young Guns in Denver
George Allen, Hall of Fame football coach, once said “the future is now”. Another George, Nuggets Coach George Karl, would almost certainly agree. However, I would amend the statement—Chris Marlow...
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Park Hill’s Finest Never Forgot Where He Came From
Before Chauncey earned the nickname, “Mr. Big Shot,” in the NBA, he was known on the blacktops of Hill Middle School in Denver as “Smooth.” On those courts, metal poles held up fiberglass backboar...
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RN-T Players of the Week
Perry, Johnson earn weekly honors
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Gulledge returns to Adairsville as head football coach
Johnny Gulledge rescued the Adairsville football program from some dark days in 1999. Now the Tigers are turning to him again. Gulledge, who retired from coaching in February 2007 to become a ful...
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Controversy continues with Adairsville football
The turmoil surrounding the Adairsville High football program may have taken a new twist this weekend. A little more than a week after Adairsville High administrators terminated the contract of he...
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Local teams make big plays in football
The Chattooga football team is known for its “big-play potential” — and the Indians proved it again Friday night during a 48-22 non-region win over Cedartown at Little Big Horn. The Indians, who s...
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Softball roundup: Armuchee wins, Cedartown shut out
From staff reports Armuchee’s Lady Indians improved to 5-2 in 7-AA play Monday when they defeated host Darlington 12-3 in six innings. Christina Nixon had a stellar day at the plate. She was 3-f...
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Softball: Lady Ramblers go 3-2 in Chattanooga
The LaFayette Lady Ramblers picked up three wins at the SCORE International tournament at Warner Park over the weekend. LaFayette 6, N. Cobb Christian 0 The Lady Ramblers opened play on Friday wi...
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Softball: Lady Trojans go 5-0 in Chattanooga
Third-ranked Gordon Lee enjoyed a successful weekend at Chattanooga's Warner Park as the Lady Trojans went 5-0 at the SCORE International softball tournament. The five wins gave Gordon Lee an even...
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Softball: Rome downs Armuchee
Despite the almost fall-like temperatures, Saturday afternoon was clearly Summer Time at the Rome High softball field. Summer Bush, the Lady Wolves’ sophomore pitcher, crafted a crisp three-hitter...
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Volleyball: LaFayette upends Ridgeland
The No. 8-ranked LaFayette volleyball team claimed a 25-22, 25-12 home win over rival Ridgeland this past Thursday. Leslie Welch had another solid outing with nine kills and four blocks. Becca Bla...
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Volleyball: Lady Trojans split at LFO
The Gordon Lee volleyball team split two non-area matches at LFO on Thursday. Gordon Lee (10-8) claimed a 25-19, 25-22 victory over Murray County, but fell 25-17, 25-13 to the host Lady Warriors i...
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No. 8 state ranked LaFayette upsets No. 5 Ringgold spikers
The No. 8 state-ranked LaFayette Lady Ramblers volleyball team knocked off No. 5 Ringgold on Tuesday at Priest Arena. The Ramblers defeated the Lady Tigers, 20-25, 20-25, 25-16, behind the hard h...
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Volleyball: Ridgeland splits at home
The Ridgeland Lady Panthers volleyball team split a pair of home matches on Tuesday, defeating Sonoraville but falling to Southeast Whitfield. Ridgeland took down Sonoraville in straight sets, 25-...
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Rome, Darlington in stride in cross country meet
Rome High senior Hannah Fillingim was running the race of her life in the City-County cross country championship race Tuesday at Ridge Ferry Park. She was on pace to set a personal record. But for ...
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Coosa boys, Model girls win Floyd County track meet
The Floyd County high school met Friday at Georgia Highlands in what may attempt to become an annual cross country event. Coosa’s boys and Model’s girls came away with team victories. Pepperell’s...
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Darlington takes 4th in Clara Bowl
The cross country teams from Mountain Brook High (Birmingham, Ala.) traveled more than 100 miles on Saturday to compete in the Clara Bowl Invitational at Berry College. For the Spartans and Lady ...
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Darlington, Berry, Adairsville to host fall sports events today
Football isn’t the only game in town this weekend. Numerous teams from Greater Rome will also be involved in volleyball, softball and cross country action today as the fall sports schedule hits a ...
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Cedartown cross country is ready to run
Marti Couey returns to coach the Cedartown runners in cross country.
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Competitions start in September for Cedartown cheerleaders
Brigitte Tillery hopes to once again coach the Lady Bulldogs to the state tournament.
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Week 5 Power Poll
Upsets, let downs and some interesting performances highlighted week four of the season. After the smoke has cleared, here's how I rank the local t...
Where has the Cedartown defense went?
Alright, so a lot of people do not like the run-oriented triple-option offense (look at Armuchee, averaging 25 points a game, start out 3-0 and los...
My picks for this weekend 2
I don't know if I fared as well as I would have liked last week, but I did get seven of the games right. But I don't know how many people could've ...
Softball to be in the spotlight Monday
The Cedartown Lady Bulldogs fast-pitch softball team has played in some big games this season. They’ve faced their Polk County rivals Rockmart twic...
Rome-area runners post impressive early times
Tuesday's cross country meet at Ridgeferry Park showcased some top local talent over the 3.1 mile course. Team wise, Darlington and Rome proved ...

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