Youth and adult recreation basketball results from Cartersville Parks and Recreation Department games played February 13. FEBRUARY 13 6U CPRD Championship at J.H. Morgan Gym QUANT 9, MORRIS 2 QUANT: Andrew Gentles, Dominic Pressley 3 each; Sawyer White, David Quant 2 each MORRIS: Trenton Hemphill 2 8U CPRD Championship at J.H. Morgan Gym ALLAN 14, STEPP 10 ALLAN: Brenden Knott, Gabriel Garrett 3 each; Khimahri Florent, Kolston Privett, Elijah Garrett, Everett Owen 2 each STEPP: Hunter Campbell 5; Trey Smith 2; Elias Carter 1 Adult Basketball at J.H. Morgan Gym GLENDA MITCHELL LAW FIRM 59, TOYO ALL-STARS 58 GMLF: Justin Mackey 25; Drew McKaig 16; Jeff Schottt 11 TOYO: Josh Christian 21; Eddie Melvin 15; Devin Ware 11 CARTERSVILLE FIRST BAPTIST 37, PSA 35 CFB: Adam Jones 16; Tyler Will 6; Craig Lindsay 5 PSA: Tripp Flournoy 16; Zack Hacker 12 Youth and adult recreation basketball results presented by Trophy Showroom. All information is provided by the Cartersville Parks and Recreation Department, the Bartow County Parks and Recreation Department, and the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association.

Woodland scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth inning at home Friday night, then reliever Trent Porter worked a scoreless seventh inning as the Wildcats came-from-behind to defeat Sprayberry, 2-1. A scoreless game through the first four innings, Sprayberry took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fifth on back-to-back hits, a walk, and a hit batsman. It would be the only run plated by the Yellow Jackets in the game. Trevor Collum picked up the pitching win for Woodland by working a scoreless sixth inning. He struck out the side before Porter earned the save with two strikeouts of his own. Woodland pitchers combined for 15 strikeouts. Scotty Smith (3 IP, 0R, 3H, 1BB, 6K) started for the Wildcats and fanned six in the first three frames. Carter Heath (2 IP, 1ER, 2H, 2BB, 4K) worked the fourth and fifth innings. Woodland loaded the bases in the fateful sixth inning and scored their game winning runs without a hit. Three hit batsmen and a pair of walks in the inning plated the Wildcats’ go-ahead runs. Fisher Davis, Peyton Posey, and Smith had base hits for the Wildcats. Ryan Cross and Bryce Koshko combined for five of the Yellow Jackets’ six hits. The loss drops Sprayberry to 0-2 on the season. Woodland (1-1) hosts Rockmart Monday at 5:55 p.m.

The Woodland Wildcats are well on their way to capturing both the state team duals and state traditional championships for the second year in a row following Friday’s semifinal matches. Woodland will send six individuals to state championship matches Saturday, beginning at 2:30 p.m. at the Macon Centreplex and the Wildcats lead Class AAAAA with 195 team points heading into the final day of consolations and title matches. Colton Bishop (126), Caleb Jones (132), Caden McCrary (138), Caleb Henson (145), Cole Cochran (160), and Jaxon Smith (170) will all wrestle in state championship matches. Three additional Wildcats will wrestle for third place Saturday — Easton Bishop (120), Bryce Collum (152), and Bryce Shedd (220). Beau Jernigan (285) will wrestle for fifth. Cass is in seventh place in Class AAAAA heading into Saturday’s action. While the Colonels have only one finalist in Bryce Kresho (120); Eli Doolittle (113) will wrestle for third place while Tyler McKnight (126), Zach McKnight, Reed Davis (182), and Noah Hoffmeier (220) will each compete Saturday in a fifth place match. Adairsville is in seventh place in Class AAA when Saturday’s wrestling begins. Angel Banda (113) and Dalton Cornett (160) have reached the finals with James Standridge (132) going for third place. Cartersville is in 10th place through Friday night’s action in Class AAAA. Jabril Williams (160) is in the finals for the Canes. Tyler Earick (113) will compete for third place. Giles Turner (120) and Shadre Hurst (285) will wrestle in fifth place matches Saturday for Cartersville.

The Adairsville boys basketball team had their season come to a close Friday night with a 75-46 loss at Jefferson in the opening round of the Class AAA state tournament. Jefferson, the champions of Region 8-AAA, were led by Daniel Parker, Kam Robinson, and Jacob Radaker with 18, 13, and 12 points, respectively. The host Dragons led 15-10 after one quarter, 36-21 at the intermission, and 67-36 through three quarters. Jefferson (19-7) advances to next Thursday’s Round of 16 and will host the Peach County / Pierce County first round winner. Adairsville, who was the No. 4-seed from Region 6-AAA, has its 2019-20 campaign end with a 12-17 mark. The loss also marks the final game for seniors Gaven Crunkleton, Savaun Henderson, Malachi Gardner, Jonathan Jarrett, William Longmore, and Jaxon Welchel.

After a week of avoiding poor field conditions, Cass and Adairsville got their 2020 baseball schedules underway with Cass taking a 7-2 non-region win at the Cass Athletic Complex. Cass struck first with a pair of runs in the first inning and went ahead 3-1 in the second. The Tigers narrowed the margin to 3-2 in the fourth, but the Colonels added two runs in both the fifth and sixth frames to pull away. The Colonels used a trio of pitchers with Jordan Gani (4 IP, 2ER, 2H, 3BB, 5K) collecting the win on the mound. Jayden Smith (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB, 2K) and Matt Shook (2 IP, 0R, 0H, 3BB, 4K) pitched in relief for Cass. Gani led the Cass offense as well with a pair of hits that included a triple and four RBIs. Logan Nelson added two hits and also drove in a run. Blaine Ingram and Thomas Botts added the other Cass base hits. Logan Hunt, Tyler Driggers, and Wade Dooley had one hit each for Adairsville. Eli Agnew drove in a run. Eli Padgett (2 IP, 3ER, 5H, 3BB, 2K) took the pitching loss for Adairsville. Agnew (3 IP, 2R, 0ER, 0H, 4BB, 5K) and Brendon Carroll (1 IP, 2R, 1ER, 1H, 1BB, 1K) also took the mound for Adairsville. The Tigers (0-1) are scheduled for a home doubleheader Saturday at 12 noon against Temple. Cass (1-0) has a doubleheader Saturday at home with Northwest Whitfield. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m.

One night after Alex Rios scored a hat-trick in a Cartersville win over Woodland, Canes' forward Brady Craig achieved a hat-trick of his own in a 4-0 win at Cass. Rios started the Cartersville scoring with a goal in the 15th minute off an assist from Joel Zazueta. Craig then posted goals in the 35th, 75th, and 78th minutes with assists credited to Daniel Abeja and Pedro Ghanem. “Brady had his best game as a Cane tonight with this hat trick,” said Cartersville head coach D.J. Paradis. “He was a physical forward that attacked at will tonight. He also used his speed and technical skills to attack all night.” Cartersville, now 3-0, travels to Rome on Tuesday. CASS JV BOYS 3, CARTERSVILLE JV 2 Omar Garcia, Juan Pajarrito, and Hermes Aguirre had goals for the JV Colonels.

The Woodland High School wrestling team is off to a fantastic start at the 2020 GHSA State Traditional wrestling championships at the Macon Centreplex. The defending champion Wildcats already won the state duals championship earlier this year and will try to complete a two-year sweep of both the team duals and the traditional championship with a win this weekend. With all classifications finished with the championship round quarterfinals, all four locals teams are in the top ten of their respective classifications. Woodland has eight individuals still alive for state titles in the championship bracket semifinals to be completed Friday. The Wildcats, who qualified 12 for the state finals in Macon, are also at the top of the Class AAAAA standings with Veterans, Buford, Ola, and Harris County rounding out the top five. Cass has three individuals still vying for state titles and is sixth as a team in the standings after morning rounds Friday. Adairsville is ninth overall in Class AAA and has three wrestlers still in contention for individual state titles and Cartersville is tenth overall in Class AAAA with three individuals in the state semifinals. LOCAL INDIVIDUALS REACHING STATE SEMIFINALS WOODLAND in Class AAAAA 120 - Easton Bishop 126 - Colton Bishop 132 - Caleb Jones 138 - Caden McCrary 145 - Caleb Henson 160 - Cole Cochran 170 - Jaxon Smith 220 - Bryce Shedd CASS in Class AAAAA 113 - Eli Doolittle 120 - Bryce Kresho 152 - Zach McKnight ADAIRSVILLE in Class AAA 113 - Angel Banda 132 - James Standridge 160 - Dalton Cornett CARTERSVILLE in Class AAAA 120 - Giles Turner 160 - Jabril Williams 285 - Shadre Hurst

The Cartersville girls soccer team blanked Woodland Thursday night, 5-0, in a non-region matchup at Woodland High School. Kalyn Donegan had a first-half, hat-trick to put the Lady Canes up 3-0 at halftime. Devondria Johnson and Micah Vance assisted on the second and third goals for Donegan. Her opening goal came unassisted. Johnson added a goal on a free kick from about 35 yards out in the second half and Gracie Borkowsky found the back of the net off an assist from Kendyl Anderson to round out the Cartersville scoring. “The girls played well,” said Lady Canes coach Chad Murray. “We controlled the ball most of the night and had plenty of scoring opportunities. The girls are doing what we ask of them. When we combine maximum effort, good shape and making the simple, smart play, we will be a tough out.” The Cartersville girls (2-0) play at Rome next Tuesday.

The Cartersville High baseball team got off to a strong start Thursday night with a 12-4 win over Etowah at LakePoint in Emerson. The Hurricanes had eight players to record at least one hit each and seven batters drove in runs. Cartersville led 6-1 through three innings and tacked on five more runs in the fourth to take a commanding 11-1 lead. The Canes extended their lead to 12-1 in the top of the fifth before the Eagles scored three times in the bottom of the frame. Starting pitcher Micah Earwood (3.1 IP, 1R, 0ER, 2H, 4BB, 4K) earned the win on the mound. Silas Freeman (1.2 IP, 3R, 0ER, 1H, 2BB, 4K) and Davis Williams (2 IP, 0R, 0H, 3K) also pitched for Cartersville. Parker McPherson led the offense with a pair of doubles, a walk, and one RBI. Josh Davis also had two hits including a triple and one RBI. Chandler Tromza and Drew Rothschild both tripled and finished with three and two RBIs, respectively. Alan Thacker (2 RBI), Ben Williams (RBI), Jack Carter (RBI), and Hank Smith had the other Cartersville base hits. Carson Kirby hit a three-run home run for Etowah (0-2) in the fifth inning. The Eagles’ second inning run came on a bases loaded walk. Cartersville (1-0) will host Forsyth Central (1 p.m.) and Rockmart (4 p.m.) Saturday at Richard Bell Field.

The Georgia Highlands Chargers improved to 9-2 Thursday afternoon with a 7-4 win over visiting Lincoln Trail CC (IL) at LakePoint in Emerson. GHC broke a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the fourth inning with a pair of runs, then added two more in the seventh to take a 7-3 lead. The Statesmen added a run in the eighth, but would get no closer. Chargers’ starting pitcher Ethan Underwood (6 IP, 3ER, 8H, 3K) picked up the victory on the mound. Stevie Szucs (1 IP, 1ER, 2H, 1K) worked the seventh inning and Jet Kern (2 IP, 1H, 3K) closed out the final two frames for Georgia Highlands. Mickey Maguire and Trace Twardoski had two hits each for the Chargers. Twardoski’s hits included a double and one RBI. David Smith hit a solo home run. Lavoisier Fisher tripled with one RBI. Joe Sutton doubled with one RBI and Palmer Sapp had the other GHC base hit. Omar Daniels had a sac fly and finished with a pair of RBIs. He also swiped a pair of bases. The Chargers (9-2) will host a doubleheader Friday with the Statesmen to close out the three game series. First pitch is scheduled for 12 noon.

Youth and adult basketball results for February 11-12 with the Cartersville Parks and Recreation Department. 10U Basketball February 11 BURSON 41, PARKER 46 BURSON: Brayden King 31; Andy Holstein 6 PARKER: Zack Parker 15; Colton Dunagan 12; Bryce Barkley 8 12U Basketball EZELL 43, BRUMLOW 39 EZELL: Reed Ezell 18; Will Camp 9; Will Bishop 7 BRUMLOW: Cameron Hill 13; Ryder Flemons 7 Adult Basketball February 11 THE BEARDS 53, CARTERSVILLE FIRST BAPTIST 43 BEARDS: Stephen Morgan 20; Greg Gore, Jimmy Underwood 10 each CFB: Donlin Hinton 11; Tyler Will 8 TOYO ALL-STARS 83, PSA 46 TOYO: Chris Brown 28; Josh Christian 19; Eddie Melvin, Justin Price 12 each PSA: Zack Hacker 27; Tripp Flournoy 9 February 12 Adult Basketball KAWHI ME A RIVER 62, ’03 BOYS 49 KMAR: Flip Johnson 26; Trez Harrell 18; Justin Black 13 BOYS: Bryan Owens 17; Sam Taylor 11 GLENDA MITCHELL LAW FIRM 67, KRACKERJAX 61 GMLF: Justin Mackey 26; Drew McKaig 10; Brock Hufstetler 8 KJAX: Mike Woodard 21; Jay Frazier 17; Austin Medford, Mike Frazier 10 each Youth and adult recreation basketball results presented by Trophy Showroom. All information is provided by the Cartersville Parks and Recreation Department, the Bartow County Parks and Recreation Department, and the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association.

The Cartersville boys soccer team defeated Woodland Thursday night, 6-2. Alex Rios — who now has five goals in his first two games — had a first-half, hat-trick with goals in the tenth, 15th, and 28th minutes. Brady Craig, Pedro Ghanem, and Joel Zazueta were credited with assists on the Rios tallies. “Alex had a great game,” said Cartersville coach D.J. Paradis. “He constantly pressured their defense with quick runs and moved the ball with precision. Every shot he took was on frame.” The Wildcats scored a goal to narrow their deficit to two, but Joan Vargas scored for Cartersville in the 38th minute to restore the Hurricanes’ lead margin at halftime. Craig scored for Cartersville in the 47th minute and Joshua Morales added a goal with a penalty kick. Woodland scored a late goal for the 6-2 final score.