In an epic pitching duel Tuesday in Gordon County, Calhoun outlasted Woodland 1-0 in 11 innings to win the Region 7-AAAAA battle. Calhoun’s Hagan Banks and Bryse Ingle combined to limit Woodland to only three hits and one walk while striking out 22 Wildcats. Woodland’s Carter Heath and Peyton Posey were almost as good. Heath kept the Yellow Jackets off the scoreboard for the first six frames scattering three hits and two walks. He fanned seven. Posey, who was tagged with the tough-luck loss, went four and two-thirds innings. He gave up the game’s lone run with two outs in the eleventh inning. He allowed three hits, all in the final frame, and one walk. Posey recorded one strikeout. Braden Saunders had the game winning RBI single for Calhoun. His two-out liner drove in Barrett Saunders who had doubled earlier. Chase Carson, Posey, and Drew Billings had one hit each for Woodland. Eighth-ranked Calhoun improved to 16-6 overall and 9-4 in region play with the victory. Woodland (8-18, 4-9) will host a doubleheader with the Yellow Jackets Friday starting at 5 p.m.

The Chargers trailed in both games Tuesday at South Georgia State but came out on top in both games of a conference doubleheader 7-3 and 11-4. Connor Todaro, Joe Sutton, and Palmer Sapp each had two hits to pace the Chargers’ offense in the first win. Todaro’s hits included a double and two RBIs. Sapp also drove in two runs. Max Kops and Trace Twardoski both contributed one hit and one RBI apiece. Brandon Prince and Gavin Harmon added one hit in Game 1 to round out the ten hit attack. Conner Perry (6 IP, 2R, 1ER, 6H, 1BB, 4K) earned the pitching victory striking out four in six innings of work. Caleb Garner (3 IP, 1ER, 1H, 2BB, 2K) worked the final three innings on the mound for the Chargers and struck out two. The Chargers disposed of South Georgia in the second game, 11-4. Chase Townsend (4,1 IP, 4ER, 6H, 3BB, 2K) picked up the pitching win in a start. Matthew Silka (1,2 IP, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 3K) closed out the fifth and sixth frames. Ryan Suppa (1 IP, 0R, 0H) worked the final inning. Kops led the Georgia Highlands offense with two hits including a triple and three RBIs. Sapp also finished with a pair of hits. Prince contributed a double and three RBIs. Todaro tripled and had two RBIs for the Chargers. Joe Sutton, Twardoski, and Harmon chipped in with one hit each. The two losses drop South Georgia to 23-16 overall and 6-14 in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association. Georgia Highlands (36-6, 15-3) hosts a doubleheader with South Georgia State Saturday at LakePoint.

The Cartersville High School golf team captured the Region 7-AAAAA championship and Area golf title Monday at Cartersville Country Club with a dominating 15-under-par team total. The Canes shot 273 and won by 52 shots over second place Calhoun (325) in an Area field of eleven schools that combined Region 7-AAAAA and Region 6-AAAAA. Grady finished third with a 341. Blessed Trinity (344), Woodland (353), and Cass (423) rounded out the top six teams. Cartersville’s Buck Brumlow, a future Georgia Bulldog golfer, fired an 8-under-par 64 to win low medalist honors. He was followed by teammates Jake Lawson and Camden Meadows who shot 67 and 69, respectively. Jake Wehunt had the other counting score for the Canes with a 73. Blaine Davis (75) and Anderson McCary (79) failed to have their scores count despite finishing ahead of a majority of the individual field. Daniel Nycum led Woodland with a 75. Evan Englin had the low score for Cass with a 97. The Class AAAAA Boys State Sectional Tournament is scheduled for Maple Ridge Golf Club in Columbus May 3-4. The Class AAAAA Boys State Championship tournament is scheduled for Green Island Country Club May 17-18.

Georgia Highlands College baseball swept a conference doubleheader Saturday at East Georgia winning 11-4 and 10-7. Although the Chargers remain unranked in the national JUCO polls, Georgia Highlands did receive votes in last week's poll and will give poll voters some more things to consider after another 4-0 week. The Chargers never trailed in the opening victory but overcame a 6-0 deficit in the second game by scoring ten runs over the final four frames. Johnny Dow tossed a nine inning complete game in the first game. The Lassiter High School product scattered 11 hits and a walk while striking out six. Only one of the four runs against him were earned. The Chargers banged out 15 hits including three home runs. David Smith had three hits to lead the GHC offense in Game 1 with a a walk, home run, and two RBIs included. Joe Sutton homered and drove in two with a pair of hits and Gavin Harmon finished with a pair of hits including a home run and two RBIs. Brandon Prince doubled twice and drove in one run. Palmer Sapp contributed two hits and one RBI and Connor Todaro also had a two hit game. In the second game, East Georgia led 6-0 through three innings and 7-2 through four frames, but the Chargers responded by scoring eight times in the fifth through seventh innings to pull our a 3-run win. Four pitchers worked Game 2 for Georgia Highlands including Ryan Suppa who collected the win in relief. Suppa took care of the final three innings allowing only one hit and one walk while fanning six. The Chargers produced a dozen hits, led by Ben Olson who went 3-for-4 including a three-run home run. Todaro had two hits and one RBI. Prince (double, 2 RBIs), Trace Twardoski (2 RBIs), Sutton (double, RBI), Palmer Sapp (RBI), Smith, Harmon, and Max Kops added one hit each. East Georgia falls to 22-15 on the season and 7-9 in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association. Georgia Highlands (34-6, 13-3) stays on top of the GCAA standings and has a pair of conference doubleheaders this week with South Georgia State CC. The Hawks will host Tuesday in Waycross and the Chargers will host Saturday at LakePoint in Emerson.

Fifth-ranked Cartersville won twice Friday to wrap up the Canes’ participation in the 2021 Battle for Bartow with a 3-0 mark. The Canes, who beat Cedartown Thursday night, collected wins over Centennial and Johns Creek Friday. In other games involving local teams at the Battle for Bartow, Cass lost to Cedartown and Woodland suffered losses to Cedartown and Fellowship Christian. Elsewhere, Adairsville dropped a Region 6-AAA game to Sonoraville. CARTERSVILLE 6, CENTENNIAL 5 (9 inn.) Cartersville, playing as the visiting team, trailed 5-2 heading to the seventh inning Friday afternoon against Centennial but rallied for three runs in the inning to send the game into extra innings. After a scoreless eighth inning, Cartersville’s Hank Smith doubled into right field to drive home Curt Bonner for a go-ahead run and a 6-5 lead. Relief pitcher Cal Goss — who worked the final two innings on the mound — retired the Knights in order in the bottom of the ninth to earn the pitching win. Davis Williams (5 IP, 5R, 4ER, 6H, 0BB, 5K) made the pitching start for Cartersville with Gunner Millsap (2 IP, 0R, 1H, 1K) working the sixth and seventh innings on the mound. Smith finished with two hits including the game-winning RBI. Blake Sutton also had two hits and one RBI. Bonner drove home a pair of runs and had one hit. Elliott Eastin contributed one hit and one RBI. Jake Brasfield had one hit and Colt McKibben drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Peyton Sperier had three hits for Centennial. The loss drops the Knights to 6-15 for the season. CARTERSVILLE 13, JOHNS CREEK 6 The Canes banged out 13 hits Friday night and led throughout in a 13-6 win over Johns Creek in both teams’ final game of the 2021 Battle for Bartow. Cartersville sent 19 different players to the plate and used five different pitchers in the win. Silas Freeman worked 2 and 2/3 innings on the mound to pick up the pitching win in relief recording three strikeouts. Freeman did not allow a run and yielded only one hit and two walks. Paul Gamble (2 IP, 1R, 0ER, 1H, 2BB, 3K) started on the bump for the Hurricanes. Ryan Johnson (1.1 IP, 4R, 2ER, 2H, 2BB, 3K) and Collin Eaton (1 IP, 1ER, 3H, 2K) also pitched for Cartersville. Four different Canes had two hits to lead the Canes’ offense. Jake Brasfield had two hits including a three-run home run. Drew Rothschild had two hits, a sacrifice fly, and two RBIs. Trey Holstein finished with two hits including a double and one RBI and Jimbo Gaines also added two hits. Parker McPherson (RBI), Ben Williams (RBI), Hank Smith (double), Landon Cole (double), and Trip Bradley contributed one hit apiece. The loss dropped the Gladiators to 6-16 for the season. Cartersville (19-7) returns to Region 7-AAAAA action Tuesday at Cass at 5:55 p.m. SONORAVILLE 6, ADAIRSVILLE 2 Adairsville led visiting Sonoraville 2-0 through four innings Friday night but the Phoenix scored two runs in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings to down the Tigers, 6-2. Braden Powell suffered the pitching loss for Adairsville in relief of starter Evan Sanders. Powell gave up four earned runs on two hits and four walks. Sanders worked the first five innings allowing a pair of earned runs on six hits and four walks. Powell struck out three. Sanders fanned five. Powell and Logan Hunt paced the Tigers’ offense with two hits each. Powell had one RBI. Hunt’s two hits included a double. Jack Whitley and Sanders had one hit each for Adairsville. Elijah Padgett added one RBI. Sonoraville improved to 14-8 for the season and 8-4 in Region 6-AAA. Adairsville (7-13, 2-8) will host 6th-ranked Ringgold Tuesday at 5:55 p.m. CEDARTOWN 9, WOODLAND 8 Woodland trailed Cedartown 9-2 in the fifth inning Friday afternoon and rallied to pull within one run of the Bulldogs but came up short in a 9-8 loss during action at the Battle for Bartow at LakePoint. Cedartown led 3-2 after one inning and built a 9-2 lead with three runs in both the fourth and fifth innings. The Wildcats then scored six times — all with two outs — in the bottom of the fifth to narrow their deficit to 9-8. An error by Cedartown and a pair of walks contributed to the big inning, but Woodland bats also produced four hits in the frame. Julian Wright and Peyton Posey had singles. Carter Heath and Jacob Gravett both doubled in the inning. Unfortunately for Woodland, their bats would produce only one more hit over the final two innings — a one-out single by Trevor Collum in the sixth — and the Wildcats finished one run short. Nate Rosser (0.1 IP, 3ER, 0H, 4BB) was tagged with the pitching loss for Woodland. Scotty Smith (3.2 IP, 6R, 5ER, 9H, 2BB, 4K) made the pitching start for the Wildcats and Collum (3 IP, 0R, 2H, 1BB) retired the final nine outs. Cade Dingler, Denver Nale, and Corben Cuzzort combined for seven hits and four RBIs to lead the Cedartown offense. Peyton Posey led the Wildcats with three hits including a double and two RBIs. FELLOWSHIP CHRISTIAN 5, WOODLAND 3 Woodland out hit Fellowship Christian ten to six Friday night, but fell short on the scoreboard in a 5-3 loss during the Battle for Bartow at LakePoint in Emerson. The Wildcats led 2-0 through three innings but the Paladins scored three times in the fourth inning to take a 3-2 lead. Woodland tied the game 3-3 in seventh to send the game to an extra inning before Fellowship Christian posted two runs in the top of the eighth for a 5-3 win. Ayden Ray (4 IP, 2ER, 1H, 2BB, 4K) took the pitching loss for Woodland in relief of starter Drew Billings (4 IP, 3ER, 5H, 1BB, 2K). Carter Heath, Chase Carson, and Billings had two hits each. One of the hits by Billings was a double. Carson’s hits included a triple and one RBI. Jacob Gravett contributed a triple and one RBI. Julian Wright had a double. Trevor Collum and Ayden Ray both had one hit apiece. Fellowship Christian, ranked No. 3 in Class A Private, improved to 14-4 on the season. Woodland (8-17) travels to Calhoun Tuesday at 5:55 p.m. to resume action in Region 7-AAAAA. CEDARTOWN 5, CASS 2 The Colonels fell behind 3-0 in the first inning Friday afternoon and couldn’t catch the Cedartown Bulldogs in a 5-2 loss at LakePoint in the Battle for Bartow. Cass narrowed the lead to 3-1 in the second inning and narrowed the margin to 4-2 in the fifth inning but would get no closer. Jayden Smith (3 IP, 4R, 3ER, 5H, 1BB, 5K) was the losing pitcher for the Colonels. Jordan Gani (3 IP, 1ER, 2H, 2BB) pitched three innings in relief. Denver Nale and Eli Barrow combined for four hits and two RBIs to lead the Cedartown offense. Aidan Larkin had one hit and one RBI for the Colonels. Gani contributed a double. Bentley Markley and Hayden Cole finished with one hit each. Cass (6-15) returns to Region 7-AAAAA action Tuesday in a home game against 5th-ranked Cartersville at 5:55 p.m.

Adairsville lost a Region 6-AAA matchup with Sonoraville Thursday night while Woodland and Cass both dropped their first games in the Battle for Bartow at LakePoint. SONORAVILLE 9, ADAIRSVILLE 1 Sonoraville pulled away early with eight runs in the first three innings to defeat Adairsville 9-1 Thursday night in Region 6-AAA action. The Tigers scored a single run in the fourth inning when Chris Roper singled, moved to second on a groundout, and scored on a Logan Hunt RBI single into right field. Adairsville starting pitcher Jack Whitley (2 IP, 7R, 2ER, 4H, 1BB, 1K) was tagged with the loss. Three other pitchers — Brenden Carroll (1 IP, 1ER, 2H, 2BB, 1K), Dawson Craig (1.1 IP, 0R, 0H, 3BB, 1K), and Easton Elrod (1.2 IP, 1ER, 2H, 1K) also pitched. Hunt finished with two hits. Kyler Smith, Evan Sanders, Dawson Craig, and Roper had the other Tigers’ hits. Cole Godfrey, Hayden Holsomback, and Zach Lyles combined for five hits and seven RBIs for the Phoenix offense. Lyles was also the winning pitcher, allowing one earned run on six hits with five strikeouts in five innings of work. Sonoraville (13-8, 7-4) plays at Adairsville (7-12, 2-6) Friday at 5:55 p.m. VALDOSTA 5, WOODLAND 3 In a battle of two teams called Wildcats, Valdosta held off a seventh inning Woodland threat to win Thursday night at LakePoint, 5-3. The two teams squared off in one of 14 games being played as part of the Battle for Bartow Classic. Valdosta also defeated Johns Creek earlier in the day at LakePoint, 5-2. Woodland took advantage of a pair of Valdosta errors in the second inning to grab a 2-0 lead and starting pitcher Peyton Posey made that lead stand up until he ran into trouble in the top of the fifth. Valdosta tied the score 2-2 on a single, two walks, and a two-run double. Valdosta took the lead for good in the sixth by adding three runs on two hits, a hit batsman, a walk, and an infield error. Woodland’s Scotty Smith doubled to drive in a run in the bottom of the sixth, but the locals would get no closer although they loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the seventh. Carter Heath (3 IP, 3R, 1ER, 2H, 1BB, 6K) suffered the pitching loss for Woodland in relief of Posey (4 IP, 2ER, 4H, 4BB, 6K). In addition to Smith’s RBI double, Jakiyon Porter and Chase Carson added one hit apiece for Woodland. Valdosta improved to 15-9 for the season. Woodland (8-15) plays two more games in the Battle for Bartow on Friday. The Wildcats play Cedartown at 4 p.m. and Fellowship Christian, the No. 3 team in Class A Private at 7 p.m. NORTH PAULDING 15, CASS 0 North Paulding, the No. 4-ranked team in Class 7A, scored nine times in the top of the first inning and Wolfpack pitchers Jake Hembree and A.J. Ventry combined for a four-inning no-hitter Thursday night to shutout Cass, 15-0. North Paulding pounded out 15 hits in four offensive frames and improved to 15-7 on the season. Cass (6-14) concludes play in the Battle for Bartow Friday at 1 p.m. when the Colonels take on Cedartown.

A four-run fourth inning and single runs added in the fifth and sixth innings lifted the Class AAAAA 5th-ranked Cartersville Purple Hurricanes to a 6-3 win Thursday afternoon over Cedartown. The game was the first for both teams in the 2021 Battle for Bartow Classic being played at LakePoint in Emerson. Canes’ pitcher Phillip Schiltz earned the win on the mound with a five inning performance. The right hander allowed just two runs on three hits and two walks. He struck out eight. Gunner Millsap (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 1BB, 2K) and Silas Freeman (1 IP, 1ER, 0H, 1BB) worked one inning each to close out the win. Cedartown (11-8-1) led 1-0 until the bottom of the fourth inning. The Bulldogs added a single run in the fifth that narrowed the Cartersville lead to 4-2, but got no closer. Mississippi State commit Dylan Cupp had two triples and Reece Tanner drove home all three Bulldogs runs. Elliott Eastin and Harrison Childers had two hits each for the Cartersville offense. Curt Bonner, Hank Smith (triple), Parker McPherson, and Colt McKibben had one hit and one RBI each for the Canes. Blake Sutton contributed a double and Jake Brasfield finished with one base hit and a stolen base. For Cartersville, it was a third straight win to improve to 17-7 on the season. The Canes will play twice Friday in the Battle for Bartow at LakePoint. Cartersville takes on Centennial at 1 p.m. and Johns Creek at 7 p.m.

The 2021 Bartow County Little League Major Division had its Opening Day on Saturday, March 27 and was able to complete some limited play last week prior to the local school spring break period in the schedule. Results for the league's opening games are included below. Saturday, March 27th BRAVES 6, CUBS 0 Braves: Trenton Mealer one double; Zaylen Cochran, Preston Hazelwood, Mitchell Raughton one hit each. Pitching: Trenton Mealer, complete game no hitter, 12Ks. TIGERS 20, TWINS 2 Tigers: William Wilson three hits including two doubles; Huck Garlin two doubles; McCayden Hufstetler two doubles; Ben Wilson two hits. Twins: Noah Rogers one hit. CARDINALS 6, ORIOLES 3 Cards: Kasey Jacobs and Thomas Duncan one double each; Joseph Frederick, Dustin Wallin, Connor Corbin one hit each. Orioles: Lane Walker two hits including one double; Landon Farmer one hit. Monday, March 29th GIANTS 11, ORIOLES 0 Giants: Drazen Jones one double, one triple; Reese Pasley two hits; Drew Nida one double; Noah Janssen one hit. Pitching: Drew Nida complete game no hitter, 8Ks. GIANTS 13, TWINS 1 Giants: Raiden Sexton three hits including one double, one triple; Drazen Jones two doubles; Rush Faulk two hits; Hayden Miller one triple. Pitching: Noah Janssen complete game no hitter, 10Ks. Tuesday, March 30th BRAVES 8, CARDINALS 2 Braves: Matt Zander three hits; Zaylen Cochran two hits; Jaylen Flores one hit. Pitching: Matt Zander complete game no hitter, 14Ks. TIGERS 3, ORIOLES 2 Tigers: William Wilson two hits; Huck Garlin and Hunter Dudley one hit each. Orioles: Westin Barfield two hits including one double. Little League softball and baseball game results for Cartersville Little League and Bartow County Little League are provided by the respective leagues and are presented by CiCi's -- Beyond Pizza in Cherokee Place, Cartersville.

Georgia Highlands softball dropped both games of a home doubleheader Wednesday night with conference-leading Gordon State. The Chargers lost 8-0 in the opener and 8-6 in the nightcap. In the opener, Gordon State pitcher Faith Hager struck out eight and limited the Chargers to only two hits. Madison Bennett and Izzy Marcotte finished with one hit apiece in the shutout loss. Montana Ledbetter (5 IP, 8R, 6ER, 8H, 4BB, 5K) took the pitching loss for GHC. The second game went to extra innings tied 5-5 with the visiting Highlanders pulling out the win in the tenth inning. Izzy Marcotte homered for the Chargers in the third inning to narrow Gordon State’s lead to 4-3. In the fifth inning, Natalia Herrera singled and Marcotte walked to set up a pair of GHC runs. After Alexis Poole entered to run for Herrera, the two baserunners moved into scoring position on a groundout before both scored on the same wild pitch. Gordon State took a 6-5 lead in the top of the eighth inning, but Georgia Highlands tied the game again with a groundout RBI by Lacey Rutledge. Following a scoreless ninth inning, the Highlanders posted two runs taking advantage of two hit batsmen, a walk, a groundout, and an infield error. Madalyn Morton (9 IP, 2R, 0ER, 6H, 3BB, 9K) suffered the pitching loss in Game 2 in relief of starter Maggie Schandera (1 IP, 4ER, 5H, 2BB, 1K). Bennett, Herrera, Bradey Tharp, Halie Walther, and Marcotte (home run) accounted for the Chargers’ five hits. Georgia Highlands (8-15, 3-5 GCAA) and Gordon State (23-8, 12-0) will continue their conference series with a doubleheader Saturday in Barnesville.

For the second day in a row, Cartersville’s pitching grabs the headlines with the staff now compiling 14 consecutive shutout innings leading to back-to-back 2-0 wins. Wednesday evening the Canes’ Colt McKibben and Davis Williams teamed up to scatter two hits and four walks to win at Class AAA 6th-ranked Ringgold. The duo’s performance came on the heels of Micah Earwood’s seven inning, two-hitter Tuesday to beat Sandy Creek 2-0. McKibben (5 IP, 0R, 2H, 3BB, 3K) started on the mound Wednesday and went five innings striking out three. He had to settle for a no-decision since the game remained scoreless until the seventh. Williams (2 IP, 0R, 0H, 1BB, 2K) worked the final two frames fanning two and picked up the pitching victory. Ringgold pitchers Robbie Bates (4.1 IP, 0R, 2H, 4BB, 3K) and Colin Mountjoy (2.2 IP, 2ER, 2H, 1BB, 1K) kept the Hurricanes off the scoreboard until the top of the seventh. A leadoff single by Elliott Eastin started the Cartersville seventh inning. It was followed by a pop out, two hit batsmen, and a line out to set up Blake Sutton’s ground ball single that pushed across the game’s only two runs. In addition to the two seventh inning hits by the Canes, Curt Bonner doubled in the fifth inning and Sutton had a base hit in the second. The loss drops Ringgold to 15-6 for the season. Cartersville (16-7, ranked No. 5 in Class AAAAA) will play Cedartown Thursday at 4 p.m. in the Battle for Bartow at LakePoint. The Canes will then play Centennial (1 p.m.) and Johns Creek (7 p.m.) Friday in the same event.

The annual Battle for Bartow Baseball Classic will renew again this week with a full slate of games scheduled for Thursday and Friday at LakePoint in Emerson. With defending champion Cartersville now in the same region with Cass and Woodland, the format has changed to not include a tournament bracket. Instead, the local teams will square off against a variety of challengers from around the area and state. Adairsville is not participating this year. The full schedule of games is listed below: Thursday, April 8 Field 9 4:00 PM Johns Creek vs Valdosta 7:00 PM Valdosta vs Woodland Field 10 4:00 PM Landmark Christian vs Ringgold 7:00 PM Landmark Christian vs Centennial Field 11 4:00 PM Cedartown vs Cartersville 7:00 PM North Paulding vs Cass Friday, April 9 Field 9 1:00 PM Valdosta vs North Paulding 4:00 PM Johns Creek vs North Paulding 7:00 PM Johns Creek vs Cartersville Field 10 1:00 PM Cartersville vs Centennial 4:00 PM Centennial vs Ringgold Field 11 1:00 PM Cass vs Cedartown 4:00 PM Woodland vs Cedartown 7:00 PM Woodland vs Landmark Christian

Micah Earwood threw a two-hit shutout Tuesday night as the Purple Hurricanes shutout Sandy Creek at Richard Bell Field, 2-0. The pitching on both sides was impressive. Earwood struck out 15 and issued only one walk. Sandy Creek pitchers — Jonathan Little and P.J. Green — combined for eight strikeouts and scattered three hits and seven walks. The game remained scoreless until the Canes struck for two runs in the bottom of the fifth. Blake Sutton and Jake Brasfield both had two-out, RBI singles in that inning to produce the game’s only runs. Parker McPherson had the only other Cartersville base hit in the third inning. The loss drops Sandy Creek to 13-7 on the season. Cartersville, 15-7 and now ranked No. 5 in Class 5A, plays at Ringgold Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. and will square off against Cedartown (Thur, 4pm), Centennial (Fri, 1pm), and Johns Creek (Fri, 7pm) in the annual Battle for Bartow Classic at LakePoint. COAHULLA CREEK 5, ADAIRSVILLE 4 Coahulla Creek pushed across a game-winning run Tuesday night in the bottom of the eighth inning to edge Adairsville in Whitfield County, 5-4. Adairsville trailed 4-1 through five innings, but scored three times in the sixth to knot the score at 4-all. The key hits in the inning included an Elijah Padgett two RBI double and an RBI single by Tyler Driggers. The Colts scored their two runs in the eighth on back-to-back singles with a wild pitch allowing the first baserunner to reach scoring position. Jack Whitley (1.1 IP, 1ER, 2H, 0BB) suffered the pitching loss for the Tigers in relief of the starter, Padgett (5.2 IP, 1ER, 4H, 3H, 3BB, 7K) who fanned seven. Padgett had two hits including a double and two RBIs. Driggers (RBI), Chris Roper (RBI), Kyler Smith, and Braden Powell added one hit each for the Tigers. Following their win, Coahulla Creek stands 6-11 overall and 5-3 in Region 6-AAA. Adairsville (7-11, 2-6) plays a home-and-home region series with Sonoraville Thursday and Friday. The Phoenix host Thursday at 5:55 p.m. and the Tigers host Friday at 5:55 p.m.