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The Georgia Highlands College baseball team split a doubleheader Saturday at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College to take three of four GCAA conference games this week with the Stallions. GHC won 14-1 Wednesday at LakePoint and followed that with an 11-4 win Friday heading into Saturday's two games. ABAC rallied for three runs in the sixth and three more in the seventh to come-from-behind in Saturday’s opener 6-5, but Georgia Highlands bounced back to take an extra inning win in the second game 4-2 with two runs in the top of the eighth. Georgia Highlands led 5-0 in the first game before ABAC rallied for six runs over the final two innings. Matt White’s walk-off, two-RBI double lifted the Stallions to their lone win in the series. Nick Piccapietra reached on an error by the Stallions’ center fielder in the top of the eighth and Zach Miller and Cameron Hearn scored on the play for the Chargers’ winning runs in Game 2. Noah Bryant (0.2 IP, 3ER, 3H, 1BB, 2K) was tagged with the pitching loss in Game 1 for GHC. Starter Drew Wilson (6 IP, 3ER, 5H, 2BB, 5K) was lifted after six solid innings of work with no decision. Travis Kuebler (2.2 IP, 0R, 1H, 0BB, 3K) picked up the pitching win for the Chargers in the second game in relief of starter Tyler Sellers (5.1 IP, 2R, 0ER, 2H, 5BB, 10K). White and Joel Ellis combined for a homer, three hits, and five RBI in ABAC’s win. Hearn was 3-for-7, scored two runs, and stole a base in the doubleheader for the Chargers. Picapietra was 2-for-6 including a double, scored twice, drove in a run with a sac fly, and stole a base. Miller, Willis Kemp, Skylar McPhee, and Austin Foster all had two hits on the day for GHC. ABAC is now 13-14 overall and 2-3 in Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association play. Georgia Highlands (17-7, 3-2) has a four-game conference series with West Georgia Tech starting Tuesday at 1 p.m. in Carrollton followed by a single game Friday and a doubleheader next Saturday at LakePoint.

The Cartersville baseball team lost the third place game of the 2018 Perfect Game High School Showdown to Class 7A 2nd-ranked Parkview 3-1 Saturday afternoon at LakePoint in Emerson. Cartersville, fresh off an 11-inning loss to Providence School (Jacksonville, FL) in the 16-team tournament semifinals, received strong pitching again in their loss. In fact, the Class 4A second-ranked Hurricanes out-hit the Panthers six to two. Parkview took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning without benefit of a hit. Logan Cerny was hit by a pitch and moved all the way to third after another walk and a double steal. One more base on balls loaded the bags and Cerny swiped home for the game’s first run. The Canes tied the game 1-1 in the top of the fifth. Jordan Wilkie started the inning with a line drive single and Anthony Seigler tripled him home with one out. Two walks eventually loaded the bases, but the Hurricanes were unable to produce another run. The Panthers regained the lead later in the inning. Jon Ponder walked and reached third on a pair of wild pitches before Michael Bryant singled him home. Bryant then stole second before taking third and home on two more wild pitches for a 3-1 advantage. Parkview produced another single and a walk in the inning, but did no more damage on the scoreboard. Xander Stephens (5 IP, 1ER, 5H, 3BB, 9K) was the pitching winner for Parkview. Jarrett Embry (2 IP, 0R, 1H, 1BB) earned a save for the Panthers. Curtis Wilkes (0.2 IP, 2ER, 1H, 2BB, 1K) was tagged with the pitching loss for the Hurricanes. Cohen Wilbanks (3 IP, 1ER, 0H, 2BB, 1K) started the game on the mound. Gage Morris (1 IP, 0R, 1BB, 1K) entered in the fourth inning and Luke Schiltz (1.1 IP, 0R, 1H, 2BB, 2K) worked the sixth after retiring the final out of the fifth inning. Bryant and Robert Bennett had the Panthers only hits. Seigler’s triple produced the only run for the Purple Hurricanes but Ian Inaba had two hits, Jake Gooch doubled in the second inning while Wilkie and Josh Davis had singles in the game. Parkview finished third in the tournament and improved their season mark to 11-3. Cartersville (10-5) now turns its attention to Region 5-AAAA play. The Canes are scheduled to travel to Sandy Creek Thursday at 5:55 p.m. and will host Chapel Hill Friday at Richard Bell Field. In the tournament championship game, Blessed Trinity (12-1, ranked No. 1 in Class 4A) defeated Providence (FL) 11-8.

Cartersville baseball and the Providence School out of Jacksonville, Florida went toe-to-toe for 11 innings Saturday before the Stallions pulled out a 7-4 tournament semifinal win in the Perfect Game High School Showdown at LakePoint in Emerson. Cartersville, ranked No. 2 in Georgia’s Class 4A, held a 1-0 lead after one inning, but had to battle from behind to send the game into extra innings at 4-4 with a single run in sixth and two more in the seventh inning. From there, both teams went scoreless in the eighth, ninth, and tenth innings before Providence took advantage of a leadoff walk, a pop fly error, and a two-run single by Tyler Calihan to go up 6-4. Nathaniel Hickey followed with another line drive hit that drove in the Stallions’ final run. Jake Gooch reached on an error to start the Hurricanes’ half of the 11th inning, but they did no further damage. Providence (7-0) scored three runs in the fifth inning to take a 3-1 lead and led 4-2 prior to the Canes’ two-run rally in the bottom of the seventh. The Stallions used five pitchers with Ben Weeks (2.2 IP, 0R, 3H, 0BB, 1K) entering in the ninth to complete the game and pick up the win. Jake Gooch (5 IP, 4R, 0ER, 3H, 3BB, 3K) suffered the pitching loss for the Canes. He took the mound in the seventh inning and was the fourth Cartersville pitcher employed. Levi Ayers (4 IP, 1ER, 2H, 4BB, 2K) started the game. Gage Morris (1 IP, 2ER, 4H, 1BB) and Cohen Wilbanks (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB) both pitched in middle relief. Nathan Hickey led the Providence offense with a 3-for-5 performance that included a walk, two RBI, and two runs scored. Carson Black had two hits and three RBI. Tyler Johnson also had two hits for the Stallions. Anthony Seigler led Cartersville with three hits. Gooch finished with two hits including a double, a walk, and two RBI. Devin Warner and Jordan Wilkie both added two hits and one RBI. Ian Inaba, Josh Davis, and Chandler Tromza each contributed one hit. The win advanced Providence to the championship game against Blessed Trinity. The Titans defeated Parkview 4-2 in the other semifinal game Saturday. Cartersville (10-4) plays Parkview (9-3) Saturday afternoon for third place.

The Cass girls and boys soccer teams swept visiting Woodland Friday night at Doug Cochran Stadium with the Lady Colonels blanking the Lady Cats 3-0 and the Colonels taking a 7-4 decision from the Wildcats. The two Cass victories left all four local rivals with 2-2 records in Region 7-AAAAA as the teams head down the stretch of their region slates. CASS GIRLS 3, WOODLAND 0 Logan Vermaas scored a pair of first half goals and Lupita Pineda scored on a header off a Vermaas corner kick to give Cass a 3-0 lead at halftime. Woodland (4-5-1, 2-2) challenged in the second half, but Cass keeper Brianna Bullock retained her shutout. She had ten saves in the contest. The Lady Cats travel to Rome Tuesday and play a non-region match at Dutchtown next Friday. The Lady Colonels (4-7, 2-2) play at East Paulding Tuesday and host Hiram next Friday. CASS BOYS 7, WOODLAND 4 Carlos Perez scored two of his three goals in the first half and Julio Medina added a first half goal as the Colonels led at the break, 3-1. Miguel Hernandez scored Woodland’s first half goal that made the score 1-1 at the time. Howard Jennings scored for Woodland to narrow the Cass lead to 3-2 early in the second half, but the Colonels responded less than a minute later on Medina’s second tally to go ahead 4-2. Javier Duarte gave Cass a 5-2 lead, but Kevin Moreno kept Woodland within striking distance with a pair of goals that included a penalty kick and narrowed the Colonels’ lead to 5-4. Cass put the game away, however, in the final ten minutes. Perez finished his hat trick and Anthony Robledo found the net off a Christian Alvarez free kick. Felipe Albarran and Robledo both finished with two assists for the Colonels. Cass keeper Isai Romero totaled 11 saves. Woodland (4-5-1, 2-2) plays at Rome Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. Cass (3-7, 2-2) travels to East Paulding Tuesday for a 7:45 p.m. kickoff and will host Hiram next Friday night.

Sonoraville got a walk-off RBI double from Matthew Vincent in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday night to slip by visiting Cass in extra innings action, 6-5. Wyatt Castoe reached base with one out on a pop fly single and Tyler Lyles walked to set up Vincent’s game-winning hit. The Colonels had their chances and held leads of 3-0 through two innings and 4-3 through five before Sonoraville tied the game 4-4 with a run in the sixth. Cass then loaded the bases in the top of the seventh with one out, but managed only a single run on a Gavin Young RBI single to go ahead, 5-4. Sonoraville sent the game to extra innings in dramatic style with a two-out, RBI single of their own by Avery Hopper in the bottom of the seventh. Grant Hegwood scored the run that sent the game into extra innings. Trent Walker (3 IP, 0R, 2H, 1BB, 2K) retired the final nine outs to pick up the pitching victory for Sonoraville. Gage Soulios (2 IP, 1ER, 2H, 2BB, 2K) worked middle relief for Hopper (4 IP, 4R, 3ER, 5H, 3BB, 6K) who started. Young (2.1 IP, 2ER, 4H, 1BB, 2K) was saddle with the pitching loss for the Colonels. Wyatt Karlovich (1 IP, 1ER, 1H, 1BB, 3K) took the mound in the sixth inning in relief of Cass starter Steven Spell (5 IP, 3R, 1ER, 4H, 1BB, 4K). Vincent finished with two hits including a double and one RBI for the Phoenix. Tyler Lyles had a double and two RBI. Hopper had an RBI single and Chase Kirby had two hits for Sonoraville (4-2). Young had two hits and two RBI for Cass. Logan Nelson drove in one run with two hits and a sacrifice. Clay Means contributed two hits including a double. Thomas Botts (RBI), Evan Hinton, and Matt Shook (double) had the other Colonels’ hits. Bryson Markley drove in a second inning run with a groundout. Cass (6-6) begins Region 7-AAAAA play Monday and Wednesday in a two-game series with Hiram. The Hornets visit Cass Monday at 5:55 p.m. with the Colonels traveling to Hiram Wednesday.

Georgia Highlands took a 4-1 lead early Friday at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and held off the Stallions for an 11-4 conference win. Matt Norton (6.1 IP, 4R, 2ER, 3H, 5BB, 4K) worked into the seventh inning to pick up the pitching win. Skylar McPhee homered while Cameron Hearn, Bryson Horne, and Nick Piccapietra combined for five hits and five RBI to key the offense. The Chargers (16-6, 2-1) have won the first two games of their series with ABAC and play a doubleheader Saturday with Stallions in Tifton starting at 1 p.m. GHC SOFTBALL SWEEPS ABAC The Chargers’ softball team won twice at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Friday night by scores of 3-1 and 10-3. Micayla McCoy picked up both wins in the circle. GHC (16-11, 4-2) plays Andrew College Saturday at 1p.m. and 3 p.m. in Cuthbert, GA.

Pitcher Anthony Seigler kept Cartersville in the game for the first five innings and the Canes’ offense took over in the final two frames for an 8-1 win over the Class 7A Grayson Rams Friday afternoon in the quarterfinal round of the 2018 Perfect Game High School Showdown at LakePoint in Emerson. The win advances the Hurricanes to a Saturday morning semifinal matchup with Providence (FL). The Stallions beat Class 5A top-ranked Loganville Friday afternoon, 2-0. Class 4A second-ranked Cartersville (10-3) trailed 1-0 on an unearned run going into the sixth inning, but scored three runs in the sixth and five more in the seventh for a seven-run victory. Seigler — who was also 2-for-4 at the plate with a double — tossed a complete game. He scattered seven hits and fanned five without walking a batter. He only needed 80 pitches in the seven innings of work and 61 of his pitches were strikes. Devin Warner had three RBI with two hits including a double. Jake Gooch drove in two runs with a pair of hits including a double. Mason Barnett had one hit and one RBI. J.P. Martin and Garrett Shelton added one hit apiece. Josh Stinson and Parker Meadows both had two hits for the Rams who slipped to 5-8 on the year. Cartersville has now won five in a row and eight of its last nine games against one of the state's most challenging schedules. In other quarterfinal action Friday afternoon at LakePoint, Parkview edged Cullman (AL) 2-1 and Blessed Trinity blasted Buford, 16-7. Parkview (No. 2 in Class 7A) and Blessed Trinity (No. 1 in Class 4A) will play in Saturday morning’s other semifinal. The two semifinal winners will square off Saturday at 12:30 p.m. for the tournament championship. The semifinal losers will play at the same time for third place.

Cartersville starting pitcher Mason Barnett struck out eight, scattered two hits and two walks, and did not allow an earned run as the Purple Hurricanes opened the Perfect Game High School Showdown at LakePoint Thursday night with a 7-4 victory over Seminary (MS). Jordan Wilkie singled home a run and a wild pitch led to a run as the Canes took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning. Seminary took advantage of a walk and two errors to claim a 3-2 lead in the top of the fourth, but the Hurricanes bounced right back with two runs in the bottom of the fourth and three more in the fifth inning for a 7-3 lead. The Bulldogs threatened with two outs in the seventh and added one final run. Back-to-back singles and an RBI double had runners at second and third, but Canes’ coach Kyle Tucker turned to Anthony Seigler who needed only three pitches to induce a groundout to shortstop Devin Warner to end the threat and secure Cartersville's three-run win. Wilkie drove in three runs with two hits for Cartersville. Josh Davis also had two hits and two RBI. J.P. Martin, Warner, Barnett, and Ian Inaba had the other Canes’ hits. Gage Morris (0.2 IP, 1ER, 3H, 0BB, 1K) retired the first two outs of the seventh before giving way to Seigler for the final out and a save. Cartersville (9-3, ranked 2nd in Georgia Class AAAA) will face the Class 7A Grayson Rams at 3:30 p.m. Friday in the championship bracket quarterfinals on LakePoint Field #15. Grayson (5-7) defeated College Station (TX) 2-1 in the first round Thursday night. In other Red Division bracket games Thursday: Loganville 11, Troup County 0 Providence (FL) 4, North Gwinnett 3 Parkview 10, North Broward Prep (FL) 0 Cullman (AL) 10, Hillgrove 1 Buford 6, Northview (AL) 2 Blessed Trinity 4, Brookwood 1 Friday’s quarterfinals (All games at 3:30 p.m.) Field 16 — Loganville vs. Providence (FL) Field 15 — Cartersville vs. Grayson Field 14 — Parkview vs. Cullman (AL) Field 13 — Buford vs. Blessed Trinity A win Friday puts Cartersville in the tournament semifinals Saturday morning at 10 a.m. against the Loganville/Providence (FL) winner. A loss would mean a second game Friday night at 6 p.m. against the Loganville/Providence loser in a consolation round game.

A trio of Cass pitchers kept the Murray County bats at bay Thursday night as the Colonels won in Chatsworth 7-1 and swept the home-and-home series with the Indians. Cass broke on top 2-0 in the top of the first inning and added another run in the second. The Colonels lead remained 3-0 until they added an insurance run in the sixth and three more in the seventh. Murray County’s lone run came in the bottom of the seventh. Blaine Ingram (4 IP, 0R, 2H, 4BB, 1K) started on the bump for the Colonels. Evan Hinton (2 IP, 0R, 3H, 0BB, 4K) worked the fifth and sixth innings and Wyatt Karlovich (1 IP, 1R, 0ER, 1H, 0BB, 1K) wrapped up the final frame. Six different Colonels had one hit each. Clay Means and Bryson Markley both doubled with two walks and one RBI. Matt Shook (sac fly RBI), Thomas Botts, Logan Nelson and Evan Hinton had the other hits. Steven Spell contributed a pair of RBI and Nathan Smith added one RBI. Murray County drops to 3-8 on the season. Cass (6-5) travels to Sonoraville Friday at 5:30 p.m.

Three early runs were enough for Adairsville pitcher Kyler Pelfrey Thursday evening as the Tigers defeated visiting Woodland, 3-1. Adairsville scored a single run in the first inning and two more in the third to take a 3-0 lead. The Wildcats posted their only run in the fourth. Both pitchers were solid with complete game performances. Pelfrey struck out nine and allowed only two hits with no walks. Woodland’s Kenny Jinks went all six innings for the Wildcats, scattering five hits and a walk. He fanned 12. Hunter Hice had two hits for the Tigers including a double and one RBI. Pelfrey drove in a run with a triple. Garrett Mishoe and BJ Roper had the other Adairsville hits. Chris Mills and Dylan Webb had the Woodland hits. Woodland (6-6) hosts Pickens next Tuesday at 5:55 p.m. and will open Region 7-AAAAA play at home Thursday against Cass. Adairsville (7-3) hosts North Cobb Saturday at 1 p.m. before opening Region 6-AAA play next Tuesday at home against Coahulla Creek.

The Adairsville girls improved to 3-1 in Region 6-AAA play with a 3-2 win at Sonoraville Thursday evening. The Adairsville boys lost to the Phoenix, 4-1. ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 3, SONORAVILLE 2 Line 1 — Megan Smith lost 0-6, 0-6 Line 2 — Alexandra Kanturek lost 6-3, 4-6, 8-10 Line 3 — Brantley Hughes won 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 Line 1 — Hannah Adcock / Olivia Long won 6-1, 6-3 Line 2 — Micaela Pardo / Audrey Mixon won 4-6, 6-2, 10-5 SONORAVILLE BOYS 4, ADAIRSVILLE 1 Line 1 — Houston Medlock won 6-1, 6-1 Line 2 — Jack Bats lost 2-6, 0-6 Line 3 — Cody Kimbrough lost 4-6, 3-6 Line 1 — Zach Ogle / Jason Burdett lost 5-7, 3-6 Line 2 — Cameron O’Neal / Landon Swanson lost 1-6, 1-6

The Cartersville High School girls and boys tennis teams dominated Troup County Thursday in LaGrange with both teams winning Region 5-AAAA matches by identical 5-0 scores. Neither team lost a set and the two squads combined to lose only three games total. CARTERSVILLE GIRLS 5, TROUP 0 Line 1 — Ashley Popham won 6-0, 6-0 Line 2 — Emma McCary won 6-0, 6-0 Line 3 — Ansley Thompson won 6-0, 6-0 Line 1 — Jordan Ross / Lydia Wiedetz won 6-0, 6-0 Line 2 — Alice Terry / Chloe Satterfield won 6-1, 6-0 CARTERSVILLE BOYS 5, TROUP 0 Line 1 — Will Allen won 6-0, 6-0 Line 2 — Matthew Slocum won 6-0, 6-0 Line 3 — Davis Edwards won 6-0, 6-0 Line 1 — Juan Zazueta / Ross Norwood won 6-1, 6-0 Line 2 — Ivy Nelson / Luke Kottemann won 6-1, 6-0