Youth Sports
Gymnastics:
The city of Rome is developing a reputation as being a hot-bed for gymnastics — and that status was further underscored this weekend. Rome Aerials held its first annual Roman Team Challenge Meet o...
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South Georgia high schools discuss leaving GHSA
ROCHELLE, Ga. (AP) — Officials from dozens of schools are discussing the possibility of leaving the Georgia High School Association. The Telegraph of Macon reports the group of mostly smaller ...
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Bulldogs Blackís Tyler Watkins (center) gains yardage against the South East Bears Thursday, November 17, 2011 at Riverview Park. (Daniel Varnado RN-T.com) Heritage Bowl Championship games set
The prep football season isn’t the only sport that is about to culminate in championship games. The RFPRA and Boys & Girls Club of Northwest Georgia will crown Heritage Bowl Champions on Saturday...
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Aiden Loorham competes in the 3rd Annual Paris Mountain Downhill Race - South Carolina Gravity Championships - at Paris Mountain State Park in Greenville, SC. (contributed photo)
2 local boys qualify for USA Cycling Mountain Bike Gravity National Championships
Clancy Loorham, 13, and Aiden Loorham, 10, qualified for the USA Cycling Mountain Bike Gravity National Championships which will be held in Beech Mountain, NC in September of 2012 after placing in ...
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Pepperell s Coby Pearson tackles Model s Cawlick Dublyn. (Lisa Hall, RN-T.com) Youth football: Budding rivalries
Teams battle for bragging rights ‘behind the levee’
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Rome Junior Golf Association champion Ty Tracy poses with his trophies he has won over the past two summers. (Contributed photo)
Tracy has remarkable summers
Ty Tracy, the 9-year-old son of Cedartown High School head golf coach Bob Tracy, has had two summers to remember on the links. Tracy has played on the Rome Junior Golf Association Tour and he won ...
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Sam Tullis (second from left) takes second place in his age group at the IronKids National Championship. (Contributed photo)
Locals shine on national stage: Greater Rome triathletes come away with strong finishes at IronKids National Championship
Greater Rome just took another big step forward in its reputation as a producer of quality triathletes. Six triathletes from Greater Rome competed on Saturday in the IronKids National Championship...
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Locals to compete in nationals: Top finishers making their way to IronKids U.S. Championship
Iowa is at the end of a tough road for a group of young Rome athletes this week. After top finishes in the IronKids Alpharetta youth triathlon Sunday, these kids earned the right to compete in the...
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Youth sports: Locals shine at triathlon
by Jeremy Stewart, Staff Writer
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Darlington’s promotion of health and fitness through their annual Tri for the Kids event produced exciting results from a group of its students. Seven Darlington students competed Sunday in IronKi...
YOUTH BASEBALL: Gunning for a title — and a trophy
by staff reports
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Continuing a hectic schedule of postseason baseball, Riverview Park hosted action on Thursday in the Dizzy Dean World Series. The day’s winners included the Boynton Bandits, who downed the Northp...
Dizzy Dean World Series winding
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Who says you can’t beat Mother Nature? Several youth baseball teams managed to do so on Wednesday at Riverview Park. During the sixth day of action at the Dizzy Dean 6-and-under World Series, se...
Battling to the end: Longhorns eliminated despite gutsy effort
by Christina Saul, Rome News-Tribune Staff Writer
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The Rome Longhorns won’t be coming away from the Georgia Dizzy Dean 6-and-Under World Series with a giant trophy, but they won’t be leaving empty-handed, either. The Longhorns — who were the lone ...
Longhorns stay alive: Lone Rome team wins elimination game, 19-7
by Jonathan Blaylock, Rome News-Tribune Sports Writer
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The Rome Longhorns are still in contention for the Georgia Dizzy Dean 6-and-Under World Series championship, but will now have to fight their way through the losers’ bracket at Riverview Park. Th...
Teams enter bracket play at World Series
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The Rome Longhorns dropped their first game in the Georgia Dizzy Dean 6-and-Under World Series, but the rallied and will now play in the championship bracket. The team defeated the Gordon County ...
Longhorns bounce back for big victory in World Series
by Jonathan Blaylock, Rome News-Tribune Sports Writer
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The Rome Longhorns came back strong on Saturday afternoon after dropping their opening game on Friday in the Georgia Dizzy Dean 6-and-Under World Series. The Longhorns won big in pool play with a...
Youth baseball: Riverview Park hosts opening day of pool play at six-year old Dizzy Dean World Series
by Alex Farrer, Rome News-Tribune Sports Writer
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37 of the best six-year-old baseball teams in the southeast converged are in Rome this week for the Dizzy Dean World Series which started on Friday. The teams arrived on Thursday for opening cerem...