The Woodland Wildcats, Cartersville Purple Hurricanes, and Adairsville Tigers all collected region wins Friday night. Woodland blew out Hiram 20-5 and completed a three-game sweep of the Hornets in Paulding County. Cartersville won at Dalton 8-4 to finish a three-game sweep while Adairsville finished a two-game sweep of visiting LaFayette, 3-1. Cass lost at Calhoun, 5-4, as the Yellow Jackets finished a three-game sweep of the Colonels. WOODLAND 20, HIRAM 5 Woodland exploded for 20 runs on 19 hits Friday night at Hiram for a 20-5 win and a three-game series sweep over the Hornets. Following a 2-2 first inning, the Wildcats sent 18 batters to the plate in the top of the second inning and scored 12 runs to take control of the game. Rowan Billings had three hits including a home run and five RBIs. Chase Carson also finished with three hits for the Wildcats including a triple. Connor Stermer (triple, RBI) and Dylan Carver (triple) finished with two hits each. Zach Lambert (RBI), Carson Waits (double), Ayden Ray (sac fly, three RBIs), Logan Bentley (double, RBI), Luke Evans (double, two RBIs), Conner Lujan (double, RBI), Julian Wright, Cam Williams, and Coby Barrett (double, RBI) added one hit each. Mason Williams drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Hunter Shirley (3 IP, 3R, 1ER, 1H, 2BB, 5K) collected the pitching win for the Wildcats. Barrett (2 IP, 2ER, 2H, 1BB, 5K) retired the final six outs. The Hornets fell to 4-13 overall and 0-9 in Region 7-5A with the loss. Woodland (11-10, 6-3) has non-region games next week against Sonoraville and Heritage-Catoosa on Thursday and a home game with Alexander next Friday. CARTERSVILLE 8, DALTON 4 The Purple Hurricanes pushed across runs in each of the first six innings Friday night at Dalton to defeat the Catamounts 8-4 and complete a three-game series sweep. Dalton led after one inning 2-1 and tied the game at 3-all in the third inning before the Canes scored five runs across the fourth through sixth innings. Phillip Schiltz (5 IP, 1R, 0ER, 2H, 1BB, 8K) took over on the mound in the third inning and picked up the pitching win. Sawyer Wilson (2 IP, 3ER, 5H, 1BB, 5K) made the pitching start for Cartersville. Caleb Daniel (double) and Cameron Cochran (two doubles) had two hits and one RBI each to lead the Hurricanes’ offense. Luke Miller contributed a double and two RBIs. Harrison Childers hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning. Kaden Stephenson added a hit and Isaac McNair-Seigler had one RBI on a sacrifice fly. The loss dropped the Catamounts to 3-16 on the season and 1-8 in Region 7-5A. Cartersville (17-2, 9-0), ranked No. 1 in Class 5A, has four non-region games next week. The Canes will host Alexander on Wednesday (4 p.m.), Cedartown on Thursday (4 p.m.), and will play Sandy Creek (4 p.m.) and Decatur (7 p.m.) on Friday. CALHOUN 5, CASS 4 The Colonels stayed close with Calhoun Friday while attempting to salvage one win in the week-long three game series, but the Yellow Jackets prevailed in a 5-4 win. The loss for Cass foiled a strong relief pitching performance for three Colonels’ relievers. Trenton Payne, Carson Hill, and Devan Hutchinson combined for three shutout innings and allowed just one hit and one walk over their four innings of work. The Cass offense, however, could not muster the runs needed to catch the Yellow Jackets who led 5-2 in the third inning. Hunter Lovett (2+ IP, 5ER, 4H, 2BB, 2K) made the pitching start and was saddled with the loss for Cass. Cayden Roberts, Chase Tatum, and Wesley Collins had the only Colonels’ base hits. Calhoun improved to 9-11 on the season and 6-3 in Region 7-5A. Cass (10-9, 5-4) plays three non-region games next week facing Sonoraville Thursday night, Heritage Friday afternoon, and Whitewater Friday night. ADAIRSVILLE 3, LaFAYETTE 1 The Tigers improved to 5-1 in Region 6-AAA play Friday night with a hard-fought 3-1 win over visiting LaFayette. The win completed a home-and-home series sweep for Adairsville over the Ramblers. Three Adairsville pitchers combined to limit LaFayette’s offense Kaiden Coker (3.2 IP, 1ER, 4H, 3BB, 1K), Dawson Craig (1.2 IP, 0R, 3H, 2BB, 2K), and Jarrett Scott (1.2 IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB, 2K) joined forces to scatter seven hits and five walks with five strikeouts. Chris Roper had two hits including a triple and two RBIs. Peyton Bowen also finished with two hits. Tyler Driggers homered in the fourth inning to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead. PJ Weeks contributed a double and Landon O’Neal added one hit for Adairsville. The loss drops LaFayette to 7-13 overall and 0-6 in Region 6-AAA. Adairsville (11-7, 5-1) visits region-leader Ringgold Tuesday at 5:55 p.m. and will host the blue and gold Tigers on Thursday.

Results from Thursday, March 30. CASS BOYS 3, WOODLAND 1 Woodland led 1-0 at the intermission but the Colonels responded with three second-half goals to win 3-1 and secure a home game when the GHSA Class 5A state playoffs begin April 12. Mason Madrid scored the equalizer for Cass about five minutes into the second half evening the score at 1-1. In the 55th minute, Camden Hillhouse gave the Colonels the lead. His goal was assisted by Madrid. The final Cass goal came in the 68th minute. Kayden Pineda found the net off an assist from Christian Villela. Cass (8-7, 4-1) finishes second in Region 7-5A behind first place Dalton. Woodland (6-4-1, 3-2) finishes third in the region. The Colonels will host a first round state playoff game against the 3-seed from Region 8-5A. The Wildcats will open the state playoffs on the road at the 2-seed from Region 8-5A. Cass has a non-region home game Friday against East Paulding to conclude regular season play. WOODLAND GIRLS 8, CASS 3 The Lady Colonels opened the scoring Thursday night at Woodland, but the Lady Colonels carried a 2-1 advantage to the intermission. The Cass goal came in the 17th minute and was followed by back-to-back goals by Woodland’s Carlie Forman. Libby Morgan assisted on the first Lady Cats’ goal in the 19th minute and Reagan Weightman assisted on the second goal a couple of minutes later. The Lady Colonels tied the score 2-2 in the 42nd minute, but Woodland regained the lead two minutes later on a goal by Weightman assisted by Morgan. In the 45th minute, Cass knotted the score again at 3-3 before the Lady Cats scored five, unanswered goals. Brionna Carver scored her third goal of the game in the 55th minute. Weightman scored her second goal in the 58th minute. Forman netted her third goal in the 61st minute. Carver added a fourth goal in the 73rd minute and Libby Morgan scored Woodland’s eighth goal of the night with less than two minutes remaining. The final five Woodland goals included assists from Morgan twice, Weightman twice, Forman, and goalkeeper Peyton Keller. The Cass girls ended their season with a 2-13 record and 0-5 in Region 7-5A. Woodland (3-7-1, 2-3) advances to the GHSA Class 5A state playoffs as Region 7-5A’s No. 4-seed. The Lady Cats will travel to Region 8-5A champ Loganville Tuesday, April 11. ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 6, MT. ZION-CARROLL 0 The Lady Tigers led 4-0 at halftime on first half goals by Gabi Becerra, Emma Ridley, Jessica Hogue, and Lizzie LeMay. Carly Edwards, Maddie Gossett, Addy Coker, and LeMay had first half assists. LeMay added two more Adairsville goals in the second half. Alivia Joslin assisted in the 71st minute and Becerra had the helper on the Lady Tigers’ sixth goal in the 78th minute. The Adairsville girls honored their two seniors — Anie McCormick and Addy Coker — in ceremonies on the night. The loss dropped Mt. Zion-Carroll to 5-7 on the season. Adairsville (10-5, 4-2) will be the 3-seed from Region 6-AAA in the GHSA state playoffs. The Lady Tigers will play at Douglass-Atlanta in the first round on April 11. ADAIRSVILLE BOYS 6, MT. ZION-CARROLL 1 JJ Grimaldo scored a hat trick and had three assists to help lead the Tigers to a regular season-ending win Thursday night at home over the Mt. Zion-Carroll Eagles. John Mark Shepard scored a pair of goals for Adairsville and Blade Benefield added a goal in the 6-1 victory Adairsville led 2-1 at the intermission. The Tigers finish the regular season with a 7-8 overall record after beginning the season 0-4. The Adairsville boys will be the No. 4 seed from Region 6-AAA in the GHSA state playoffs. The Tigers open the first round at Sandy Creek on April 12 at 7 p.m. ALLATOONA 4, CARTERSVILLE BOYS 0 In a non-region matchup Thursday night, the Cartersville boys dropped a 4-0 decision to the visiting Allatoona Buccaneers. Allatoona improved to 8-5-3 on the season. Cartersville (5-7-3) finished as the No. 4-seed from Region 7-5A and will open the GHSA state playoffs on April 12 at the Region 8-5A champion — likely Flowery Branch. The Lady Canes (5-7-3) — Friday result not reported — finished as the No. 3-seed from Region 7-5A. The Cartersville girls will begin the GHSA state playoffs on April 11 at Jefferson.

The Adairsville Tigers picked up a Region 6-AAA win on the road Thursday night while Woodland and Cartersville collected Region 7-AAAAA wins on their home diamonds. At Cass, the Colonels dropped a home decision to Calhoun. ADAIRSVILLE 10, LaFAYETTE 2 The Tigers never trailed Thursday night at LaFayette and put the game out of reach in the top of the sixth inning with a six-run outburst to win 10-2. Jack Nelson (7 IP, 2R, 1ER, 5H, 1BB, 7K) scattered five hits and one walk across seven innings on the mound to earn the pitching win. He struck out seven. Adairsville scored two runs in the first and single runs in the second and third innings to take an early 4-2 lead. The Tigers’ six-run, sixth inning included five hits including a three-run homer by Evan Sanders and a two-run home run by Jarrett Scott. Sanders finished with two hits including his homer and four RBIs. Scott (HR, two RBIs), Nelson (double, two RBIs), Landon O’Neal (RBI), PJ Weeks, Tyler Driggers, Braxton Ryan, and Peyton Bowen (double) added one hit each. LaFayette (7-12, 0-5) visits Adairsville (10-7, 4-1) Friday at 5:55 p.m. to complete the two teams’ home-and-home series. WOODLAND 10, HIRAM 0 The Wildcats scored in four of five innings while pitchers Ayden Ray and Luke Evans combined on a two-hit shutout as Woodland blanked visiting Hiram Thursday, 10-0. Ray, who also had two hits including a double and three RBIs, pitched the first four innings giving up only a pair of hits and one walk. He struck out two. Evans struck out the side in the fifth inning to close out the mercy, run-rule win. Six Wildcats contributed one hit each. Jakiyon Porter (RBI), Coby Barrett (RBI), Jack Chatman (RBI), Julian Wright (double, RBI), Connor Stermer (RBI), and Joshua Hicks added one hit apiece. Mason Williams was credited with one RBI. Hiram (4-12, 0-8) hosts Woodland (10-10, 5-3) Friday at 5:55 p.m. to conclude the two teams’ three-game series. CARTERSVILLE 10, DALTON 0 Cartersville pitchers Ryan Johnson and Geoffrey Gore combined to shutout visiting Dalton Thursday night in a 10-0 win in six innings. Johnson started on the mound and struck out nine in five innings. He yielded five hits and one walk. Gore struck out one and retired the Catamounts in order in the sixth inning. The Purple Hurricanes scored three runs in the second, four in the fourth, and three more in the bottom of the sixth to secure the 10-run margin. Luke Miller (three RBIs), Cameron Cochran (two RBIs), and Isaac McNair-Seigler (one RBI) had two hits each for Cartersville. Miles Owen (double, two RBIs), Caleb Daniel (double, RBI), and Harrison Childers (RBI) added one hit each for the Canes. No. 1-ranked Cartersville (16-2, 8-0) extended its current win streak to ten games. The Canes will play the third game of their series with Dalton (3-15, 1-7) on the road Friday at 5:55 p.m. CALHOUN 11, CASS 1 Calhoun pitcher Cooper Evans struck out thirteen and threw a six-inning, one-hitter to win at Cass on Thursday, 11-1. Evans allowed a second inning single and two walks, but kept the Colonels off the scoreboard except for a fifth inning run. Calhoun led 3-0 when Cass pushed across a run by way of an error, a walk, a pair of stolen bases and a passed ball. The Yellow Jackets put the game away in the top of the sixth inning by scoring eight runs. Five hits, three walks, two hit batsmen, and a sacrifice fly produced the rally. Cayden Roberts (4 IP, 3ER, 7H, 1BB, 3K) started and was tagged with the pitching loss for Cass. Justin Peace (1.1 IP, 5ER, 2H, 2BB) and Chase Tatum (0.2 IP, 3ER, 3H, 1BB) pitched in relief for the Colonels. Ripken West, Spencer Evans, and Isaac Green combined for eight of Calhoun’s dozen hits including two doubles and seven RBIs. Connor Jenkins had the only Cass base hit. The Colonels (10-8, 5-3) will seek to salvage the final game of the three-game series Friday at 5:55 p.m. at Calhoun (8-11, 5-3).

Georgia Highlands College softball won both games of a conference doubleheader Thursday afternoon over visiting South Georgia State CC. The Chargers won the opening game 7-4 and took down the Hawks 15-7 in Game 2. Pitchers Jaycie Hand (4 IP, 3ER, 6H, 0BB) and Emma Veitch (3 IP, 1ER, 3H, 0BB, 6K) both worked in the pitching circle in the first win. In the second game, Rena Fraga (3.2 IP, 5R, 3ER, 5H, 1BB, 4K) made the pitching start and Veitch (1.1 IP, 2R, 1ER, 1H) closed out the final four outs. Abigail Lathrop paced the Chargers’ offense with six hits in the doubleheader that included two doubles, one triple, and five RBIs. Audrey Johnson followed with five hits that included three doubles and five RBIs. Allison Deweese finished with three doubles and three RBIs. Daisy Brown totaled three hits including a double and one RBI. Brady Tharp also contributed three hits for the day. Jordan Blair tossed in two hits including a double and two RBIs during the doubleheader. Malone Aldridge (double, two RBIs), Madison Dennis (double, RBI), Avery Fisher (RBI), Annsley Todd, and Taylor Justice added one hit apiece during the productive day. With the two losses, South Georgia State CC slips to 6-30 overall and 1-9 in Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association play. Georgia Highlands (14-20, 8-4) hosts conference foe Georgia Military College next Tuesday.

The Adairsville boys won at the LaFayette Ramblers Wednesday evening but the Lady Tigers fell in a close match with the LaFayette girls’ team. LaFAYETTE 3, ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 2 Line 1 singles — Madison Abernathy lost 3-6, 4-6 Line 2 singles — Allison Potter lost 1-6, 2-6 Line 3 singles — Emily Hatch won 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 Line 1 doubles — Lillian Kinsey/Ella Baker lost 3-6, 1-6 Line 2 doubles — Kathleen Chapman/Darby Adams won 6-4, 6-1 ADAIRSVILLE BOYS 4, LaFAYETTE 1 Line 1 singles — Braden Potter lost 4-6, 4-6 Line 2 singles — Camden Teems won 6-2, 6-4 Line 3 singles — Michael Spinks won 6-1, 6-2 Line 1 doubles — Jack Baxter/Braden Mathis won 6-3, 6-1 Line 2 doubles — Carter Collum/Bryson Gooden won 6-0, 6-0 The Adairsville girls (8-4, 4-3 in Region 6-AAA) and Tigers (6-6, 4-3) complete their regular season schedules Thursday at Sonoraville.

Georgia Highlands lost Tuesday afternoon at East Georgia State on a walk-off solo home run in the tenth inning, 2-1. The loss spoiled a nice pitching performance by a trio of Chargers. Declan Dun (5 IP, 1R, 0ER, 1H, 2BB) made the start. Davis Mortland (1 IP, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 3K) worked a scoreless sixth inning and Skyler Thellman (3.1 IP, 1ER, 3H, 0BB, 7K) struck out seven of the thirteen batters he faced down the stretch but suffered the loss. Georgia Highlands scored in the top of the first inning on Ryan Wideman’s RBI single. East Georgia tied the score in the third inning on an infield error, a single, and a sacrifice bunt. Zayd Brannigan finished with two hits for Georgia Highlands. Connor Faulkner, Mitchell Walker, Nic Ferrer, and Hudson Sapp added one hit apiece. The Chargers (22-11, 2-3 GCAA) host the Bobcats (17-14, 3-2) Friday and Saturday for the final three games of their week-long conference series.

The Class 5A No. 1-ranked Purple Hurricanes’ bats rattled off 20 hits Tuesday night at Dalton in an 18-6 Region 7-5A win. Miles Owen (2 RBIs), Harrison Childers (double, 2 RBIs), and Landon Cole (RBI) had three hits each for Cartersville. Luke Miller (two doubles, 3 RBIs) and Kaden Stephenson (double, 2 RBIs) finished with a pair of hits each. Caleb Daniel (sac fly, RBI), Tristan McKibben (double, RBI), Isaac MaNair-Seigler (double, RBI), and Paul Gamble (2 RBIs) added one hit apiece for the Canes. Caden Carroll (4 IP, 0R, 5H, 2BB, 9K) started on the mound for Cartersville and earned the pitching win. Nicholas Hruby (2 IP, 6R, 0ER, 4H, 0BB, 3K) worked middle relief and Jackson Harwell (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB, 3K) struck out the side in the seventh. Dalton (3-14, 1-6) continues this week’s three-game series with the Canes (15-2, 7-0) at Richard Bell Field on Thursday at 5:55 p.m. The final game of the series will be Friday at Dalton.

Calhoun hit a grand slam and scored six runs in the bottom of the second inning Tuesday night to build a big early lead, then leaned on the strong pitching of starter Jax Bishop and reliever Avery Shiflett to shut out Cass, 8-0. Bishop (5 IP, 0R, 2H, 4BB, 7K) and Shiflett (2 IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB, 4K) combined for 11 strikeouts. Jesiel Moctezuma had the only two Cass base hits. Andrew Purdy (two home runs, one double), Spencer Evans (double), and Ripken West combined for six of the Yellow Jackets’ eight hits and seven RBIs. Calhoun (7-11, 4-3) visits Cass (10-7, 5-2) Thursday at 5:55 p.m. and the three-game series concludes Friday at Calhoun.

Gordon Lee pitcher Bo Rhudy struck out nine and threw a six-inning no-hitter Tuesday night to win at Adairsville, 12-0. Rhudy walked one, facing only one more than the minimum. The Trojans scored a run in the top of the second and added four more in the fifth inning to build a 5-0 lead. Gordon Lee then added seven more runs in the top of the sixth. Gordon Lee produced only five hits but took advantage of nine walks and a pair of hit batsmen. Gordon Lee’s win earned a two-game series split with Adairsville. The Trojans improved to 11-5 overall and 3-1 in Region 6-AAA. Adairsville (9-7, 3-1) travels to LaFayette Thursday and hosts the Ramblers Friday. Both games are 5:55 p.m. starts.

The Woodland girls' and boys' tennis teams were both shutout Tuesday night by Calhoun in Region 7-5A action. CALHOUN 5, WOODLAND BOYS 0 Woodland results: Line 1 singles — Peter Heins lost 2-6, 4-6 Line 2 singles — Cadyn Wade lost 3-6, 3-6 Line 3 singles — Domenic Ciavarro lost 3-6, 4-6 Line 1 doubles — Jathan Camp/Titus Bagley lost 1-6, 0-6 Line 2 doubles — Jack Gore/Mason Williams lost 0-6, 0-6 CALHOUN 5, WOODLAND GIRLS 0 Woodland results: Line 1 singles — Abby Cates lost 2-6, 2-6 Line 2 singles — Jalyn Womack lost 0-6, 1-6 Line 3 singles — Ally Schmanski lost 1-6, 2-6 Line 1 doubles — Jolie Fannin/Kathryn Kovacic lost 0-6, 1-6 Line 2 doubles — Diana Librado/Faith Owens lost 1-6, 5-7

The Cartersville boys' and girls' tennis teams swept Region 7-5A matches Tuesday with Cass. The Cartersville boys won all five lines in a 5-0 victory. The Lady Canes outlasted the Lady Colonels 3-2 with the final deciding match coming at Line 2 singles. CARTERSVILLE BOYS 5, CASS 0 Line 1 singles — Brock Wilson (Cartersville) def. Cayden West, 6-0, 6-0 Line 2 singles — Jack Minhinnett (Cartersville) def. Cliff Chapman, 6-0, 6-1 Line 3 singles — Walker Cooney (Cartersville) def. Nicholas Moser, 6-0, 6-0 Line 1 doubles — Bryce Summey/John Paul (Cartersville) def. Lincoln Ritter/Drake Brush, 6-1, 6-1 Line 2 doubles — Julian Cline/Chandler Mathison (Cartersville) def. Grayson VanHook/Pallala, 6-0, 6-1 CARTERSVILLE GIRLS 3, CASS 2 Line 1 singles — Sydney Coppola (Cass) def. Sofia Motuba, 6-4, 6-1 Line 2 singles — Katie Lewis (Cartersville) def. Allison White, 6-4, 7-5 Line 3 singles — Eden Olson (Cartersville) def. Sydney Coppola, 6-2, 6-0 Line 1 doubles — Laya Hall / Darianna Sosa (Cass) def. Anna Ramey/Katherine Bowen, 6-3, 6-1 Line 2 doubles — Lily Clark/Savannah Moore (Cartersville) def. Scarlet Howard / Carly Cagle, 6-0, 6-0

The Adairsville High School track and field teams both finished second in a tri-meet last Thursday (March 23) at Coahulla Creek High School. The host Colts won the girls’ and boys’ meets with Gordon Lee finishing third. Adairsville event winners: Norman Poch — 800M Run — 2:21.00 David Betanzos — 1600M Run — 5:02 David Betanzos — 3200M Run — 11:23 Boys 4x400M Relay — 3:55.00 Tre Winters — High Jump — 5-10 Noah Matthews — Long Jump — 19-11.50 Adam Poch — Discus — 117-06 Amanda Phillips — 200M Dash — 28.81 Taya Putt — 400M Dash — 1:07.56 Samantha Gough — 800M Run — 2:31.00 Aliya McBryde — 100M Hurdles — 17.40 Aliya McBryde — 300M Hurdles — 52.87 Aliya McBryde — High Jump — 4-10 The Lady Tigers and Tigers will compete in the Bartow County Championship Meet Thursday at Cass High School.