Sports

By: Sam Branch Summers just aren’t for the boys anymore. The girls are taking over in full force and bringing softball bats, gloves and even a water slide with them. The Cedartown High School Lady Dawgs softball team recently held a camp for aspiring softball players earlier this month atContinue Reading

A Texas court decision involving a college football player could have consequences that reach all the way to local high school athletics. By Sam Branch Any fan of college sports can acknowledge that the game has changed. Over the last decade, it is possible that college athletics have changed moreContinue Reading

By: Sam Branch (WGAA Sports) – The high school football season never really comes to an end. Sure, the games on the schedule have an end, players play their final snaps, a champion is crowned. But the season never really ends. It just goes from one phase to another. AndContinue Reading

CEDARTOWN, GA – Officials at the Polk School District say that an appeal for Cedartown High School to move from Class 5A to Class 4A, following the Georgia High School Association reclassification process was made in error. According to Assistant Superintendent and County Athletics Director Barry Williams, the school populationContinue Reading

Polk Standard Journal: For the first time in 21 years, the Cedartown Bulldogs will play for a football state championship this week. And if Friday’s semifinal game at Doc Ayers Field was any indication, the community is ready for it. No. 1 Cedartown took advantage of two turnovers by No.Continue Reading

Polk Standard Journal For the third straight year the Cedartown Bulldogs find themselves back in the Class 4A state quarterfinals. And this time they are putting their undefeated season and a prime shot at a state championship on the line. Senior running back Harlem Diamond scored four touchdowns and No.Continue Reading

By: Sam Branch What ended as a magical regular season for the Cedartown Bulldogs carried over into the postseason on Friday night in front of a packed-out Cedartown Memorial Stadium. For ten regular season games, the Bulldogs have left everything they had on the field. Blood, sweat, tears, hard hitsContinue Reading