Bowdon High School’s baseball team began the GHSA A-Public state playoffs hosting and sweeping Georgia Military College-Prep in a doubleheader on the Red Devil’s home diamond. The final scores were 11-1 and 10-6.
Bowdon baseball seniors
Carroll County’s high school seniors will have in-person graduation ceremonies when the semester ends in less than four weeks.
Bowdon High withstood a brief fifth-inning scare from Alabama opponent Cleburne County High. Despite giving up three runs, the Red Devils still won by the 10-run-rule the non-region road battle 16-5 Tuesday. Bowdon scored in the opening inning on Carter Powell’s sacrifice fly.
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And it wasn’t just football players.
The high school football season will continue into the second round of the Georgia High School Association playoffs for four local teams.
The day after Thanksgiving isn’t just about the start of Christmas sales and Black Friday — for high school football teams means first-round playoff matchups begin.
The regular season ended Friday for local teams, with Bowdon, Bremen, Carrollton, and Mt. Zion coming away with victories.
After battling through a season of uncertainty because of COVID-19, the high school regular football season ends this week.
Several key games were played last week with Heard, Bowdon, and Mt. Zion taking key wins.
Heard County 21, Bremen 14 (Final)
Bremen 28, Haralson County 14 (Final)
Carrollton 55, Winder-Barrow 7 (Final)
Bremen 42, South Atlanta 6 (Final)
It will go down as rivalry week, and it lived up to the billing with several dramatic showdowns.
FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS
Rivalry week might be the best way to describe this week’s football action for local teams.
The first round of the GHSA softball tournament opened this week with Bremen, Central and Carrollton each earning sweeps to advance to the Sweet 16.
Bowdon 23, Gordon Lee 21 (Final)
The Villa Rica Lady Wildcats had plenty of reason to celebrate Monday night, sweeping Chapel Hill 12-6 and 9-7 in the Region 6-AAAAA championship.
Central 49, Villa Rica 28Â
Carrollton 34, Rome 12 (End 3Q)
NEWNAN -- The Bowdon Red Devils are no longer winless.
Bowdon 14, Heritage School 9 (Final)
There were some impressive wins and some disappointing losses as teams in the west Georgia area opened the season this past weekend after the season was delayed two weeks by the pandemic.
The second half of my senior year has been anything but what I expected. Though I now know that we will have a graduation and a prom, just later, it has been dismaying to not know, to doubt the possibility.
Brian Vance planned this season out meticulously in order to have his Bowdon High School baseball team ready to face the gauntlet of Region 6-A opponents.
The Bowdon High School baseball team edged out region rival Mount Zion by score of 5-4 tally in a lively home matchup on Friday night as both teams prepare for a mandatory two-week break due to COVID-19 precautions taken by school officials.
The Bowdon High School girls’ basketball team tipped off the new year by hosting cross-county rival Mount Zion High School in a Region 6-A battle Friday night.
The 44th Annual Hilburn-Patterson Invitational Tournament came to a close at Haralson County High School on Monday night.
The most important game the Bowdon High School football team played in 2018 was its final one.
The SMI Carroll County Holiday Classic continued right along Friday night with three games taking place at both Villa Rica High School and Temple High School.
The Bowdon High School softball program has been synonymous with quality pitching in recent years.
Seventh-year head coach David Bramble and the Bowdon High School Red Devils are off and running this basketball season, currently holding a record of 5-1. Bowdon's basketball club has struggled to finish the year above .500 and haven't done so since closing the 2015-16 season with a record o…
Back on the road for the first time in five games, the Bowdon High School girls' basketball team was forced to take the court against rival Bremen High School with a bruised and battered roster.
The No. 5 Bowdon Red Devils brought their historic season to an end Friday night at Warren P. Sewell Field as they fell short to No. 21 Warren County, 34-14, in the second round of the Class A-Public state playoffs.
The No. 5 Bowdon Red Devils brought their historic season to an end Friday night at Warren P. Sewell Field as they fell short to No. 21 Warren County, 34-14, in the second round of the Class A-Public state playoffs.
The 2018 football season ended with a win for the Bowdon High School football team, and it was the Red Devils' only win on the season. They defeated King's Ridge Christian, 14-7, to cap off the year, and head coach Rich Fendley was confident that the victory would carry over into their 2019 …
Last fall, the Bowdon High School football team was left at home when the first round of the Class A-Public state playoffs were going on.
From the bottom of the barrel to a first-round bye, the Red Devils have taken this 2019 football season by storm.
The Bowdon High School football team bounced back from back-to-back losses with a 35-19 victory over Region 6-A foe Trion on Friday night at Warren P. Sewell Field.
The Bowdon Red Devils have already proven themselves to be a different team than they were during the 2018 football season.
Another tough road test resulted in a second straight loss for the Bowdon High School football team Friday night as the Red Devils were shut out at Darlington, 31-0.
The Bowdon High School football team put the area on notice by winning its first six games of the year, including a pair of key victories over Bremen and North Cobb Christian.
The hype for the Bowdon High School softball team’s 2019 season officially began when the Red Devilettes took the field for their first practice at Sanders Field in July to an audience full of local fans spectating and applauding.
Christian Heritage 28, Bowdon 14
Just one year removed being 1-9 overall and exiting the 2018 football season without any Region 6-A wins under its belt, the Bowdon Red Devil football club stands as an unbeaten team past the midway point of the 2019 season.
The Bowdon High School football team’s 2019 revenge tour continued to roll right along at Warren P. Sewell Field on Friday Night.
When the regular season finally draws to a close and the state playoffs roll around, the pressure is usually elevated. Even more so when you happen to draw your cross-county rival in the first round.
What a difference a year makes.
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