Game capsules and standings for Cartersville Little League (major) and Bartow County Little League (major) baseball games completed May 3 - May 8. Note: Missing games for these selected dates will be reported with a future report. CARTERSVILLE LITTLE LEAGUE (Major) Thursday, May 3 BRAVES 3, PADRES 0 Braves: Miles Owen two hits including one double; Charlie Crum one hit, one RBI; Caleb Daniel one hit. Owen (5 IP, 0R, 0H, 2BB, 16K) and Sydney Seigler (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 1K) combined no hitter. Padres: Geoffrey Gore (5 IP, 2R, 0ER, 4H, 1BB, 11K). TIGERS 10, DODGERS 5 Tigers: Casen Cochran two doubles, two RBI; Matthew Morris and Connor Brasfield two hits, one RBI each; Cameron Cochran two hits including one double; Hudson Lusk and Trenton Payne one RBI each. Payne (3.2 IP, 5R, 2ER, 5H, 4BB, 7K), Casen Cochran (0.1 IP, 1K). Dodgers: Stephen Rowser two hits including one double, one RBI; Ayden Ray solo home run; Landon Heath and Brelace Williams one hit each; Jimmy Channell one RBI. Landon Heath three stolen bases. Justin Peace (1 IP, 5R, 3ER, 5H, 3BB, 1K); Ray (1.2 IP, 5R, 2ER, 1H, 3BB, 4K); Noah Herring (0.2 IP, 0R, 2H, 1BB). Tuesday, May 8 DODGERS 6, INDIANS 0 Dodgers: Ayden Ray two doubles, one RBI; Peyton Emery two hits; Landon Heath one double, one RBI; Justin Peace and Stephen Rowser one hit, one RBI each; Brelace Williams, Isaiah Martin, and Christian Thomas one hit each. Peace (5 IP, 0R, 2H, 2BB, 10K); Ray (1 IP, 0R, 1BB, 1K). Indians: Maddox Frazier and Cooper Adams one hit each. Jackson Harwell (2.2 IP, 5R, 4ER, 6H, 3BB, 3K); Andrew Lutjens (1.2 IP, 0R, 3H, 3K); Drew Perry (1 IP, 0R, 1H, 2K). CRACKERS 11, BRAVES 7 Crackers: Easton Elrod two hits including one triple, one RBI; Boston Pittman two hits, two RBI; Jackson Graves two hits, one RBI; Adam Cornwell, Connor Stermer, and Benjamin Turcotte one hit, one RBI each. Cornwell (5 IP, 5ER, 6H, 1BB, 4K); Stermer (1 IP, 2ER, 3H, 1BB, 2K). Braves: Miles Owen three hits including two doubles, one RBI; Thomas Peters two hits, two RBI; Braylon Hill one double, two RBI; Caleb Daniel one double, one RBI; Charlie Crum one hit, one RBI; Kamdyn Woods one triple. Crum (1.2 IP, 4ER, 6H, 1BB, 1K); Matthew Clay (0.1 IP, 3ER, 1H, 4BB); Evan Archer (2 IP, 3R, 2ER, 2H, 2BB); Davis Waddell (1 IP, 1R, 0ER, 1H, 1K). CURRENT STANDINGS​​ CARTERSVILLE LITTLE LEAGUE (major) Indians . . . . . . . . . 13-3 Braves . . . . . . . . . 11-5 Dodgers . . . . . . . . 10-6 Tigers . . . . . . . . . . 9-7 Colts . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10 Crackers . . . . . . . . 6-10 Phillies . . . . . . . . . .5-11 Padres . . . . . . . . . .4-12 BARTOW COUNTY LITTLE LEAGUE (major) Thursday, May 3 CARDINALS 9, METS 3 Cards: Reece Alexander two hits including one double, one RBI; River Durocher one double, one RBI; Sahaj Patel, Connor Jenkins, and Luke Hollis one hit each. Mets: Jayden Evans one hit; Trace Faulkner and Joseph McGrew one RBI each. CUBS 7, GIANTS 0 Cubs: Jonathan Torrence two hits, one RBI; Clausen O’Banion one double, one RBI; Colton Tucker and Mason Mize one hit, one RBI each; Joshua Bishop and Tyler Phillips one RBI each. Giants: Cooper Stone one hit. BRAVES 3, A’s 1 Braves: Joshua McBroom two hits including one triple, one RBI; Wesley Collum two hits; Israel Contreras one double, one RBI; Dylan Moulton and Mason Wilson one hit each; Aydin Priest one RBI. A’s: Ben Abernathy one double; Jett Johnson one hit; Andrew Foster one RBI. TWINS 10, TIGERS 7 Twins: Cadyn Wade three hits including two doubles, two RBI; Camden Singleton one home run, one double, three RBI; Reece Heaton two hits including one home run, three RBI; Joshua Hicks one double, one RBI; William Warnock and Domenic Ciavarro one hit each. Tigers: Tre Winters grand slam; Hadyn Hawkins one double, two RBI; Carson Gray one hit, one RBI. Monday, May 7 RANGERS 13, METS 2 Rangers: Malachi Linley one hit, two RBI; Brady Kerlin, Righley Worthington and Noah Williams one double, one RBI each; Daniel Stevenson one double; Brayden Shiflett and Fischer Arnold one hit each. Mets: Thomas Simmons one double, one RBI. CUBS 11, CARDINALS 0 Cubs: Dillon Sanford two hits including one triple, five RBI; Andrew Stiles, Jonathan Torrence, and Clausen O’Banion two hits, one RBI each; Mason Mize and DJ Brookshire one hit, one RBI each; Joshua Bishop one triple. Cards: Luke Hollis one hit. Tuesday, May 8 ORIOLES 12, METS 2 Orioles: Luke Evans two hits, three RBI; Cameron Adams two hits, one RBI; Brayden Davis one double, two RBI; David Jinks one double, one RBI; Christopher Romo one hit, one RBI; Camden Haloszka, Bryant Cullifer and Jayden Jinks one RBI each. Mets: Drew Davey two hits, one RBI; Jayden Evans one double; Jordan Durham and Joseph McGrew one hit each; Carter Collum one RBI. RANGERS 5, CUBS 3 Rangers: Jarrett Scott one double, one triple, one RBI; Harrison Cole one double, three RBI; Aiden Ritchie one double; Noah Williams one double; Kaiden Pirkle and Fischer Arnold one hit each. Cubs: Jonathan Torrence, Mason Mize, and Eddie Boggs one hit each. A’s 7, GIANTS 1 A’s: Robert Mitchell two doubles, three RBI; Hayden Blalock two hits; Landon O’Neal one double, one RBI; Jett Johnson one double; Ben Abernathy one hit, one RBI. Giants: Jake Clowers two hits; Carson Waits and Cooper Stone one hit apiece. TWINS 6, BRAVES 4 Twins: Camden Singleton two hits, one RBI; Joshua Hicks one triple, three RBI; Jackson Nelson one hit, two RBI; Cadyn Wade one hit. Braves: Mason Wilson two hits including one double; Israel Contreras one hit; Bryson Pruitt one RBI. CURRENT STANDINGS BARTOW COUNTY LL (major) A’s . . . . . . . . . 10-2-0 Rangers . . . . . 9-1-1 Orioles . . . . . . 8-4-0 Cubs . . . . . . . .6-5-1 Braves . . . . . . 5-3-4 Twins . . . . . . . 5-6-1 Giants . . . . . . .4-6-1 Cardinals . . . . .3-8-1 Tigers . . . . . . . 2-9-1 Mets . . . . . . . . 2-10-0 ​NOTE: Pitching data not provided for all BCLL games. Games not completed or not posted on the respective leagues' GameChanger sites are not included, but will be added to future posts when made available. Bartow County Little League and Cartersville Little League capsules and game results are provided to BartowSportsZone.com by the two leagues and are sponsored on Bartow Sports Zone by Play It Again Sports at 410 Cherokee Place in Cartersville.

Mason Barnett and Gage Morris combined on a three-hit shutout in Game 1 and Cohen Wilbanks tossed a complete-game, five-inning three-hitter in Game 2 as the Cartersville Purple Hurricanes swept Spalding 2-0 and 11-1 in the Class AAAA quarterfinals Wednesday night at Richard Bell Field. The Hurricanes (29-8) advance to host Heritage-Catoosa in the best-of-three state semifinals that begin next Tuesday. The Generals (30-6) beat West Laurens 6-0 and 6-1 Wednesday night in their quarterfinal series. For Cartersville, it will be a 12th trip to the state semifinals since 1989. Barnett (5.2 IP, 0R, 2H, 3BB, 9K) started on the mound for Cartersville and picked up the win in Game 1 by working into the sixth inning. Morris (1.1 IP, 0R, 1H, 0BB, 3K) retired the final four outs to earn a save. While the pitching kept Spalding off the scoreboard, the Hurricanes’ bats produced single runs in the third and sixth innings to pull out the victory. Josh Davis doubled home J.P. Martin in the third inning for the Canes’ first run. Jordan Wilkie added an insurance run in the sixth inning by doubling home pinch runner Ladarius Winburn. Spalding pitcher Chase Coppock (6 IP, 2R, 1ER, 6H, 3BB, 5K) was solid in the opening game, but suffered the loss. He also had one of the Jaguars three hits. Wesley Hancock went 2-for-3 with a double. In Game 2, Canes’ pitcher Wilbanks needed only 66 pitches to dispose of the Jags in five innings. He scattered three hits and did not walk a batter while fanning eight for the abbreviated, complete-game win. Barnett, Wilkie, Martin, Jake Gooch and Devin Warner all had two hits for the Hurricanes in the nightcap as Cartersville scored runs in every inning except the third. Warner blasted a three-run homer in the fifth that extended the lead to 11-1. For the doubleheader, Martin went 4-for-5 including a double and two runs scored. Wilkie went 3-for-6 with a pair of doubles and two RBI. Barnett finished 3-for-7 with a double, two runs, and three RBI. Gooch went 3-for-7 with a double, run scored, and two RBI. Davis went 2-for-5 on a pair of doubles, scored twice and drove in two runs and Warner finished 2-for-6 with a homer, two runs scored, four RBI, a walk, and a stolen base. Anthony Seigler was walked four times and scored three runs.

Athletes Beyond Bartow update for college softball and track and field for the week ending May 6. Please Note: Pro and College Baseball 'Athletes Beyond Bartow Update published separately this week at this LINK. SOFTBALL Sierrah Gani (Georgia Highlands CC Fr., Cass) — Gani went 1-for 3 with a run scored and a run driven in to help the Chargers reach the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association championship on Saturday. Stats were not available at the time of publication for Sunday's championship games, which GHC lost to South Georgia State by scores of 5-4 and 13-4. The Chargers finished the season at 35-24. Kailah Rain (Embry-Riddle Sr., Cartersville) — Rain and her teammates will compete in the NCAA Division II South Region tournament this week. Embry-Riddle earned the No. 6 seed in the South and will face third-seeded Saint Leo a fellow Sunshine State Conference school. Embry-Riddle won all three matchups with its conference foe during the regular season. North Alabama will host the tournament in Florence with the Eagles playing their tourney opener at 4 p.m. Thursday. Annalyn Yantis (Samford Jr., Cartersville) — Yantis went the distance in the second game of a doubleheader with UNC-Greensboro on Saturday. She allowed nine runs on 11 hits and one walk with one strikeout. Samford opens play in the Southern Conference tournament against Chattanooga at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Greensboro, North Carolina. TRACK AND FIELD Trevor Knowles (Albion College Fr., Woodland) — Knowles competed in three events at the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association track and field championship, placing between fifth and 10th in all three. He had his highest finish, fittingly, in the high jump with a fifth-place showing after clearing 1.90 meters. He was part of the Albion 4x400-meter relay team that earned a sixth-place finish. Knowles took 10th in the triple jump with a distance of 12.64 meters.

The Cartersville Little League Rookie Nationals won the regular season and tournament titles for 2018. The Nationals went 10-2 in the regular season and had playoff wins over the Mets and Giants last week to reach the championship game. The National then faced the Giants again in the playoff championship game last Friday and won 11-9. Members of the 2018 CLL Rookie League Nationals are: Avery Slye, Ty King, Price Startup, Landen Croy, Brody Jones, Emory Weaver, Gabriel Spencer, Landon Hamilton, Hudson Payton, Yosiah Gunn, and Bennett Hill. Coaches: Drew Startup, Joe Slye, Jake Mitchell, and Mitch Jones. Cartersville Little League Baseball and Bartow County Little League Baseball and Softball updates are presented on Bartow Sports Zone by Play It Again Sports - Cartersville located at Cherokee Place.

Former Cartersville baseball right-hand pitcher Harrison Osborn saved his best performance of the year for Point University’s conference tournament this past weekend and was named to the Appalachian Athletic Conference All-Tournament Team. The Skyhawks won the tournament title and advanced to the NAIA Opening Round. Several other local college baseball players have entered post-season play with their respective teams while local MiLB standouts, Sam Howard and Connor Justus, are now into the second month of their seasons in the Pacific Coast League and the Southern League, respectively. MILB SAM HOWARD — Albuquerque Isotopes (5th-year pro; LHP; Colorado Rockies’ organization; Triple-A Pacific Coast League; Georgia Southern University; Cartersville HS)… Howard made his fifth start of the 2018 season last Monday (April 30). He went four innings and allowed three earned runs on four hits and six walks. He also struck out one in a no-decision. His next scheduled start is Monday night at home against division-leading El Paso. For the season, Howard is 1-3 with a 5.87 ERA. The Isotopes (14-17) trail the Salt Lake Bees by four games in the PCL Pacific Southern Division and start a four-game series at Reno Tuesday before traveling to Las Vegas for four games Saturday through Tuesday, May 15. CONNOR JUSTUS — Mobile BayBears (3rd-year pro; MIF; Los Angeles Angels’ organization; Double-A Southern League; Georgia Tech; Cartersville HS)… went 2-for-19 with two walks and one RBI in a five-game home series with the Chattanooga Lookouts Wednesday through Sunday. The middle infielder’s season batting average is down to .169 through the first 26 games. He has started 18 games at shortstop and seven at second base with an overall fielding percentage of .921. The BayBears (13-16) snapped a five-game losing skid Sunday and now travel to the Mississippi Braves Monday through Friday for a five-game series. Mobile will then begin a five-game home series with Birmingham on Saturday. COLLEGE BASEBALL BRANDON ALLEN — Georgia Highlands CC (Fr., OF, Woodland HS)…started in left field last Tuesday at South Georgia State in a Chargers’ 11-1 loss. He was 0-for-3 in the game, but finished the 2018 season with a .297 batting average. He appeared in 23 games this season and drove in 11 runs in 49 plate appearances. Georgia Highlands did not qualify for the conference post-season and finished the year with a 29-23 record. ELLIOTT ANDERSON — Auburn University (So., LHP, Cartersville HS)… entered in the sixth inning to relieve starter Tanner Burns with no outs and runners and second and third Saturday at home against 11th-ranked Vanderbilt with the Tigers leading 8-2. Anderson retired the first two batters he faced on sacrifice flies that allowed his inherited runners to score. He then walked a batter and gave up back-to-back hits for a run before being lifted. Auburn went on to win the game 11-5 and eventually sweep the Commodores in the three-game Southeastern Conference series. Auburn (33-14, 13-11 SEC) hosts South Alabama Tuesday night before traveling to Ole Miss for a three-game set Thursday through Saturday. CODY JOHNSON — Georgia Highlands CC (Fr., RHP, Cass HS)… made an appearance last Tuesday at South Georgia State but did not retire an out. He allowed an earned run on a pair of hits and a walk as the Chargers lost 11-1. Johnson completed the 2018 season with 11 appearances and a 1-1 record in 10.1 innings of work. He walked 14 and fanned 12 and finished the year with an 8.71 ERA. The Chargers failed to make the post-season and finished the year with a 29-23 record. HARRISON OSBORN — Point University (Fr., RHP, Cartersville HS)… tossed a complete-game and won 5-1 over NAIA 9th-ranked Bryan College (TN) in an elimination game of the Appalachian Athletic Conference tournament Friday in Kingsport, TN. Osborn scattered seven hits and four walks over nine innings. He struck out four. The victory sent Point into the AAC championship round where they went on to defeat Bryan again, 7-4, and edged 19th-ranked Tennessee Wesleyan 6-5 in 16 innings in the AAC title game. The fourth-seeded Skyhawks defeated Truett-McConnell in the opening round last Wednesday, but lost to Bryan on Thursday to slip into the losers’ bracket of their pool. Point then had to defeat TMU a second time to get back to their pool finals against Bryan. Osborn, who was named to the AAC All-Tournament Team, has appeared in 14 games this season with ten starts. He has a 5-2 record with a 3.46 ERA in 54.2 innings. He has walked eleven and struck out 33. Opponents have a .277 batting average against him. The Skyhawks (34-23) advance to the NAIA Opening Round May 14-17. The most likely site assignments are back in Kingsport or at Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville. GRANT ROBINSON — Central Alabama CC (So., 3B/RHP, Woodland HS)… made a start and was tagged with the loss last Tuesday in a home game against Chattahoochee Valley CC. He went three innings allowing three earned runs on five hits. Robinson was lifted with his team trailing 3-1 in an eventual 10-3 loss. Robinson also pitched the final three innings in relief Thursday during a 7-3 loss at Wallace State CC-Hanceville. He allowed an earned run on three hits and one walk in the appearance. For the season, he made 13 appearances, all but two in reilief, for 17.2 innings and a 3.06 ERA. Central Alabama (20-35-1, 10-21-1) finished the season in eighth place in the Alabama Community College Conference North Division and did not qualify for the post-season. MASON ROBINSON — Louisiana Tech University (R-Jr., OF, Woodland HS)… went 3-for-14 with a walk, three runs scored, and a pair of RBI as the Bulldogs won one of three at home this weekend over Middle Tennessee. Louisiana Tech’s right fielder is hitting .282 through 49 games this season and 181 official at-bats. He has 13 extra base hits including five home runs and 30 RBI. The Bulldogs (32-17, 16-8 C-USA) play out of conference Wednesday night at Grambling before traveling to Hattiesburg, Mississippi Friday through Sunday for a Conference USA series at Southern Miss. NOTES: Lane Griffith of University of West Georgia is with the Wolves at the Gulf South Conference Tournament that started Sunday in Cleveland, Mississippi. UWG lost 6-3 to University of West Florida Sunday afternoon and have round-robin pool games remaining with Lee University Monday and 21st-ranked University of Montevallo Tuesday. Griffith did not appear in Sunday’s game. The Wolves (31-17) will need to win their remaining pool games and have West Florida lose twice to reach the GSC tournament finals on Wednesday. Tristin Smith, Bailey Campbell, and Tyler Washington are local players for Young Harris College. The Mountain Lions will be the 7-seed at the Peach Belt Conference tournament that begins round-robin pool play in St. Augustine and Palatka, Florida Friday and Saturday with the championship between pool winners Sunday afternoon. YHC (25-22) will face 25th-ranked USC-Aiken, 9th-ranked Columbus State, and the host Flagler College Saints in Pool B.

The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes will meet the Spalding Jaguars starting with a 4 p.m. doubleheader Wednesday in the Class AAAA state baseball playoffs at Richard Bell Field in Cartersville. Use the link below to find out more and listen to Spalding head coach Seth Harris comment on the upcoming series: https://www.bartowsportszone.com/seth-harris-conversation PHOTO courtesy Jason Greenberg, The Daily Tribune News

For the second time in two years a team had to come from the losers’ bracket to capture the GCAA softball tournament. This year the South Georgia State College Lady Hawks are the 2018 GCAA/Region 17 champions and are going to the NJCAA national championship tournament. The Hawks defeated 3rd-seeded Georgia Highlands 13-4 in a tournament that went all the way to the championship "IF" game to determine the champion at Stars Field in Cassville. The 2nd-seeded Hawks took the hard road through the Region 17 double-elimination tournament. SGSC had to play five games and won four consecutive games after losing the opening round game to the Lady Chargers. South Georgia State defeated GHC twice Sunday to win the tournament. Georgia Highlands and SGSC both had tournament wins over GCAA top-seed Georgia Military to eliminate the Bulldogs. Next stop for the Hawks (33-16) is St. George, Utah, for the NJCAA national tournament May 17. The Chargers season ends with a 35-24 season mark. Source: GCAA

After not qualifying for the GCAA playoffs, it was the final game of the 2018 season for the Georgia Highlands Chargers. It was a game, however, in which the Chargers’ bats exploded for 20 hits and 15 runs and a 15-5 eight inning, run-rule victory over Andrew College at LakePoint in Emerson. Andrew actually led early. The Tigers took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning off GHC starter Drew Wilson. The Chargers responded with three runs in the bottom of the first and three more in the third to take a 6-3 lead they would not relinquish. The visitors narrowed the lead to 6-4 in the fourth, but the Chargers scored nine runs over the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings for the eighth inning walk-off, mercy-rule win. Every hitter in the Chargers’ lineup had at least one base hit. Skylar McPhee finished 4-for-5 with a double and three RBI to lead the offense. Austin Foster had three hits included a pair of doubles and four RBI. Parker Orr had three hits with a double and three RBI, and Jaree Pledger had a double among his three hits. Willis Kemp had two hits including a triple and one RBI. Bryson Horne also added two hits. Zach Miller, Nick Piccapietra (double, RBI), and Miguel Urbina had one hit each for Georgia Highlands. Collin Chambers homered for Andrew. Brent Todys and Dahlton Cash both contributed two hits. Wilson (4 IP, 4R, 3ER, 6H, 1BB, 1K) picked up the pitching win. Tyler Sellers (3 IP, 1ER, 1H, 3BB, 2K) and Matt Norton (1 IP, 1H, 1BB) worked in relief. Andrew finished the 2018 season with a 21-34 overall record and 8-22 in the GCAA. The Chargers finished fifth in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association with a 12-18 conference mark. GHC was 29-23 overall a season after winning the conference title.

Cartersville sent thirteen men to the plate Friday night and scored ten runs in the top of the fourth inning to break open a one-run game and then cruised to a 12-2 win over Marist in the rubber game of their three-game second round Class 4A state playoff series. The Hurricanes won Game 1 on Thursday 11-1 but Marist forced a deciding game with a 4-3 win in Thursday’s nightcap of the opening day doubleheader. The Canes’ fourth inning barrage was highlighted by a grand slam by catcher Anthony Seigler that made the score 7-1 and a three-run home run by Jake Gooch ran the lead to 10-1. Seigler, who went 5-for-10 with three walks and 10 RBI in the series, hit his second home run of the game (the switch-hitter hit one from each side of the plate) and his third of the three-game series in the top of the sixth inning for an 11-2 Canes’ lead. LaDarius Winburn added a fourth Canes’ homer of the game in the top of the seventh in a pinch-hitting role. Cohen Wilbanks (1.2 IP, 1R, 0ER, 1BB, 1K), who took the mound in the second inning in relief of starter Levi Ayers, picked up the win as the benefactor of the Hurricanes’ big inning. Ayers allowed one earned run on four hits and a walk. He fanned one. Gage Morris closed out the pitching duties for Cartersville without allowing a run. He completed the final three and two-thirds innings yielding only one hit. He struck out one. Jordan Wilkie had two hits including a double and two RBI. Mason Barnett had two hits including a double. Josh Davis added the other Cartersville base hit. Marist starter Chase Abshier pitched into the fourth inning and suffered the loss. Abshier kept the Hurricanes off-balance through the first three innings and at times looked dominant, but the fourth inning was another story. The War Eagles used two other pitchers - Matt Pezolt and Gus Pharis - to get through the explosive fourth and Dean Colton moved from first base to the mound to close out the final three frames. Colton finished with three hits including a double after going hitless in the first two games of the series. Abshier doubled and scored twice in Game 3, while Patrick Comerford drove in a pair of runs with one hit for the War Eagles. Marist, who was the defending state champion in Class 4A, had its season end with a 15-18 record. Cartersville improves to 27-8 and will host Spalding in the quarterfinals starting with a doubleheader next Wednesday.

With lots of rain and game cancelations in recent weeks, the Bartow County Little League and Cartersville Little League baseball (Major League) have returned to action and have been busy. We have the game capsules for Cartersville LL games played April 20-May 1 and for BCLL games played April 18-May 1. CARTERSVILLE LITTLE LEAGUE (Major) Friday, April 20 COLTS 9, BRAVES 2 Colts: Turner Abernathy three hits including one double, two RBI; Grant Knight two hits including one triple, one RBI; Davis Wilkey and James Manning two hits each; Trevor Harris and Tungsten Tibbetts one hit, one RBI each; Coller Jordan and Travers Groves one hit each. Knight (5 IP, 2R, 0ER, 3H, 4BB, 11K). Braves: Braylon Hill one hit, one RBI; Kamdyn Woods and Caleb Daniel one hit each each. PADRES 7, CRACKERS 4 Padres: Will Camp two hits, one RBI; Collin Genrich one double, three RBI; Geoffrey Gore one double, one RBI; Eli Jones and JP Gooch one hit, one RBI each; Gabe Cox and Lee Camp one hit each. Six pitchers, Logan Buchanan, Lee Camp, Genrich, Bryson Chatman, Gooch, and Eli Jones combined to allow two earned runs on three hits and struck out ten. Crackers: Boston Pittman one hit, one RBI; Easton Elrod and Jaiven Johnson one hit apiece; Ben Turcotte one RBI. Adam Cornwell (4 IP, 7ER, 8H, 5BB, 4K); Cohen Payne (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 1BB). DODGERS 5, PHILLIES 1 Dodgers: Ayden Ray two hits including one HR, two RBI; Justin Peace two hits including a double; Landon Heath two hits; Brelace Williams one double, one RBI; Peyton Bowen one hit, one RBI; Peyton Emery one hit. Isaiah M (5.2 IP, 1ER, 9H, 1BB, 2K); Peace (0.1 IP, 0R, 0H, 1K). Phillies: Sawyer Wilson two hits, one RBI; Brodie McWhorter two hits including a triple; Harris Turner two hits; Jacob McDaniel one double; Nick Wright and Brock Slocumb one hit each. Wilson (4 IP, 4ER, 6H, 4BB, 6K); McDaniel (1 IP, 1ER, 3H, 1BB, 1K). Tuesday, May 1 BRAVES 11, PADRES 6 Braves: Miles Owen three hits including two doubles, three RBI; Caleb Daniel two doubles, three RBI; Charlie Crum two hits, one RBI; Davis Waddell one hit, one RBI; Thomas Peters one hit. Peters (3.2 IP, 6R, 3ER, 6H, 4BB, 2K); Owen (0.1 IP, 1H, 1K); Sydney Seigler (2 IP, 1BB, 2K). Padres: Julian Cline two hits, one RBI; Lee Camp one double; Geoffrey Genrich one hit, one RBI; Eli O’Dell and Bryson Chatman one hit each. Logan Buchanan (2 IP, 2ER, 4H, 1BB, 2K); Genrich (1 IP, 1ER, 1H, 4BB, 3K); Cline (1 IP, 2ER, 3H, 1K); Eli O (1 IP); Eli Jones (1 IP, 4ER, 1H, 3BB, 2K). DODGERS 12, TIGERS 9 Dodgers: Ayden Ray three hits including two homers, five RBI; Isaiah Martin and Landon Heath two hits, one RBI each; Brelace Williams one hit, one RBI; Peyton Bowen double; Justin Peace and Peyton Emery one hit apiece. Ray (1.1 IP, 1R, 0ER, 1H, 2BB, 4K); Peace (2.1 IP, 0ER, 1H, 1BB, 4K); Martin (2 IP, 8R, 5ER, 8H, 3BB, 1K); Noah Herring (0.1 IP); Bowen (2 IP, 5K). Tigers: Connor Brasfield two hits including one double, one RBI; Trenton Payne and Casen Cochran two hits, one RBI; Kam Williams, Cameron Cochran, and Logan Woody one hit, one RBI; Matthew Morris one hit. Payne (1.2 IP, 4ER, 5H, 1BB, 2K); Brayden Channell (1.1 IP, 1R, 0ER, 1H, 2K); Brasfield (3 IP, 3ER, 4H, 2BB, 8K); Cameron Cochran (1 IP, 2ER, 1H, 1K); Williams (0.0 IP, 1ER, 1H). PHILLIES 4, INDIANS 3 Phillies: Harris Turner two hits including one double, two RBI; Brodie McWhorter two hits, one RBI; Jacob McDaniel and Bear McWhorter one hit each. Brodie McWhorter (3.2 IP, 3R, 2ER, 4H, 3BB, 7K); Sawyer Wilson (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 1BB, 2K). Indians: Andrew Lutjens and Gavin Shrewsberry one hit, one RBI each; Maddox Frazier and Cooper Adams one hit apiece. Frazier (2.2 IP, 2R, 1ER, 5H, 3BB, 7K); Dawson Bishop (2 IP, 2ER, 1H, 3BB, 1K); Logan Shrewsberry (0.1 IP, 1BB). CARTERSVILLE LL STANDINGS Indians . . . . . . . . . 13-2 Braves . . . . . . . . . 11 -4 Dodgers . . . . . . . . 9-6 Tigers . . . . . . . . . . 8-7 Colts . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10 Crackers . . . . . . . . 5-10 Phillies . . . . . . . . . . 5-10 Padres . . . . . . . . . . 4-11 BARTOW COUNTY LITTLE LEAGUE (major) Wednesday, April 18 A’s 8, TIGERS 1 A’s: Landon O’Neal one double, two RBI; Andrew Foster one hit, one RBI; Ben Abernathy one triple; Hayden Blalock one hit; Robert Mitchell one RBI. Tigers: Jaxson Curry one run. METS 9, CARDINALS 8 Mets: Thomas Simmons two hits including one triple, three RBI; Drew Davey one double, two RBI; Christopher Burns one double; Carter Collum two RBI; David Kelley and Jacob McKinnies one RBI each. Cards: Connor Jenkins two hits, four RBI; Luke Hollis and Bryce Lawrence one hit each; Sahaj Patel, Ethan Eagle, Will Hall, and Benjamin Bowman one RBI each. Thursday, April 19 RANGERS 7, CUBS 5 Rangers: Harrison Cole two doubles, one RBI; Jarrett Scott one double, one RBI; Righley Worthington one double, one RBI; Kaiden Pirkle one hit. Cubs: Joshua Bishop one hit, one RBI; Jonathan Torrence, DJ Brookshire, and Ethan Lowery one hit each. BRAVES 11, METS 1 Braves: Joshua McBroom one home run, two RBI; Dylan Moulton one hit, two RBI; Mason Williams two hits, one RBI; Caleb Freeman one triple; Israel Contreras, Brayden Vickery one hit. Mets: Thomas Simmons two hits including a double. ORIOLES 8, TWINS 3 Orioles: Luke Evans two hits, one RBI; Cameron Adams two hits; Kamarion Profit and Bryant Cullifer one hit, one RBI each; Joshua Love and David Jinks one hit each. Twins: Cadyn Wade two hits, one RBI; Jackson Nelson one double, one RBI; Lane McDonald and William Warnock one hit each. CARDINALS 5, TIGERS 2 Cards: Reece Alexander two hits; River Durocher one double, three RBI. Tigers: Joshua Churchwell one home run, two RBI; Ethan Leonard and Hadyn Hawkins one hit each. Friday, April 20 TIGERS 15, METS 7 Tigers: Zachary Hawkins two hits, three RBI; Hadyn Hawkins one hit, two RBI; Carson Gray, Isaac Nation, Joshua Churchwell, Ethan Leonard, and Matthew Cook one RBI each. Mets: Christopher Burns one home run, three RBI; Joseph McGrew one triple, one RBI; Drew Davey one hit, one RBI; Thomas Simmons one triple; Carter Collum one hit. ORIOLES 3, A’s 2 Orioles: Brayden Davis (RBI) and Joshua Love (2 RBI) one double each; Cameron Adams, Talen Nix one hit each. A’s: Robert Mitchell two hits, one RBI; Hayden Blalock, Ben Abernathy, and Thomas Wells one hit each. Monday, April 23 CUBS 5, TIGERS 2 Cubs: DJ Brookshire one double; Joshua Bishop one hit; Gareth Kincannon one hit; Andrew Stiles one RBI. Tigers: Carson Gray one hit, one RBI; Zachary Hawkins one RBI. ORIOLES 4, GIANTS 1 Orioles: Luke Evans one double, one RBI; David Jinks and Kamarion Profit one hit, one RBI each; Camden Haloszka one hit. Giants: Dakota Richards one triple, one RBI; Jake Clowers, Hudson Parr, Hayden Reeder, and Rylan Brigman one hit each. Tuesday, April 24 A’s 7, RANGERS 2 A’s: Robert Mitchell two hits including one triple, three RBI; Landon O’Neal two hits including one double, two RBI; Andrew Foster two hits including one double; Hayden Blalock, Dawson Craig, and Thomas Wells one hit each; Montana Minor one RBI. Rangers: Fischer Arnold one double, one RBI; Aiden Ritchie and Daniel Stevenson one hit each. TWINS 12, BRAVES 10 Twins: Cadyn Wade two hits including one home run, two RBI; Jackson Nelson two hits including one double, two RBI; Camden Singleton two hits, one RBI. Reece Heaton one triple, two RBI; William Warnock, Isaiah Ford, and Joshua Hicks one hit each. Braves: Joshua McBroom three hits including one double, two RBI; Wesley Collum two hits including one double, two RBI; Mason Williams two doubles; Brayden Vickery two hits, one RBI; Israel Contreras one hit, one RBI. Thursday, April 26 A’s 12, CARDINALS 5 A’s: Dawson Craig three hits, one RBI; Ben Abernathy home run, two RBI; Landon O’Neal two hits, three RBI; Robert Mitchell two hits, one RBI; Hayden Blalock two hits including one double; Riley Belcher one triple, three RBI. Cardinals: Reece Alexander home run, three RBI; Luke Hollis one hit. RANGERS 7, TIGERS 1 Rangers: Aiden Ritchie one double, three RBI; Fischer Arnold one triple, one RBI; Harrison Cole one double; Righley Worthington one hit, one RBI. Tigers: Matthew Cook one hit. Monday, April 30 RANGERS 11, CARDINALS 0 Rangers: Fischer Arnold one double, three RBI; Aiden Ritchie one double, two RBI; Daniel Stevenson one hit, two RBI; Brayden Shiflett one triple, one RBI; Malachi Linley one hit; Jarrett Scott three RBI. Cardinals: No hits. A’s 8, ORIOLES 2 A’s: Hayden Blalock two hits including one double, one RBI; Robert Mitchell two hits, one RBI; Jett Johnson one home run, three RBI; Landon O’Neal one triple, one RBI; Dawson Craig one hit, one RBI. Orioles: David Jinks and Christopher Romo one double each; Cameron Adams, Talen Nix, and Kamarion Profit one hit apiece. BRAVES 4, GIANTS 4 (tie) Braves: Mason Wilson triple, one RBI; Wesley Collum one hit, one RBI; Dylan Moulton one double; Aydin Priest one hit. Giants: Carson Waits two hits including a triple, two RBI; Victor McQueen one RBI. CUBS 13, TWINS 7 Cubs: Jonathan Torrence two hits, three RBI; Colton Tucker two hits including a double, two RBI; Andrew Stiles double, two RBI; Ethan Lowery, Dillon Sanford, and Gareth Kincannon one hit, one RBI each; Joshua Bishop and Tyler Phillips one hit each. Twins: Lane McDonald one double, one RBI; Reece Heaton one double. Tuesday, May 1 ORIOLES 12, METS 6 Orioles: Talen Nix three hits including one double, three RBI; Kamarion Profit two hits including one double, two RBI; Cameron Adams and David Jinks one hit, two RBI each; Joshua Love one hit. Mets: Jordan Durham two hits, two RBI; Jacob McKinnies, Thomas Simmons, Jayden Evans, and Drew Davey one RBI each. BRAVES 6, TIGERS 6 (tie) Braves: Caleb Freeman two hits including one double; Dylan Moulton one hit, one RBI; Price Higgins one RBI. Tigers: Tre Winters one double, one RBI; John Bailey and Matthew Cook one hit each. BARTOW COUNTY LL STANDINGS A’s . . . . . . . . . 8-2-0 Rangers . . . . . 7-1-1 Orioles . . . . . . 6-3-0 Cubs . . . . . . . . 5-4-1 Braves . . . . . . .4-2-4 Twins . . . . . . . .4-5-1 Giants . . . . . . . 4-5-1 Cardinals . . . . . 3-7-1 Tigers . . . . . . . . 2-8-1 Mets . . . . . . . . . 2-8-0 ​NOTE: Pitching data not provided for all BCLL games. Games not completed or not posted on the respective leagues' GameChanger sites are not included, but will be added to future posts when made available. Bartow County Little League and Cartersville Little League capsules and game results are provided to BartowSportsZone.com by the two leagues and are sponsored on Bartow Sports Zone by Play It Again Sports at 410 Cherokee Place in Cartersville.

Cartersville and Marist split a Class 4A second round state playoff doubleheader Thursday night at Richard Bell Field forcing a rubber game Friday at 5 p.m. back at the Canes’ home field. Cartersville won the first game 11-1 in six innings, but Marist bounced back in the nightcap with a 4-3 win. Mason Barnett started on the mound and went five and two-thirds innings for the Hurricanes Game 1 victory. The junior scattered three hits and four walks for only one, unearned run. He fanned three. Gage Morris recorded the final out of the sixth inning for the Canes in relief. Sophomore southpaw Liam Sullivan (5 IP, 5R, 3ER, 5H, 3BB, 3K) suffered the pitching loss for the War Eagles. Nick Roma (0.0 IP, 4ER, 4H) failed to record an out in the sixth and William Stephens (0.2 IP, 2ER, 1H) was on the mound when Devin Warner hit a walk-off, two-run homer to end the game in the Canes’ half of the sixth inning. Cartersville scored four runs in the second inning taking advantage of three walks, a Marist error, singles by Ian Inaba and Anthony Seigler, plus a Josh Davis sac fly. Davis made it 5-0 Cartersville in the fifth inning with a solo shot over the left field wall. Marist narrowed the margin to 5-1 in the top of the sixth on a pair of singles and an outfield error that included an RBI single by James McCallum. Then the Canes ended the game with a six-run bottom of the sixth. Consecutive hits by Jordan Wilkie, J.P. Martin, and Preston Welchel preceded a three RBI double by Seigler that made the score 8-1. Gooch hit a sacrifice fly that scored Seigler later in the frame for a 9-1 advantage, and Warner ended the game by run rule with a two-run, line-drive homer over the right field wall. In the nightcap, Marist turned to its pitching ace Sebastian Thomas to face Cartersville starter Jake Gooch. Thomas delivered a complete-game, three-hitter as the War Eagles extended the series. The 6 foot, 5 inch Auburn-commit walked two and struck out three and allowed only one earned run. Marist, playing as the home team in Game 2, led 2-0 through three innings after Tyler Hare drove in a run with a single and Patrick Comerford doubled Hare home in the second frame. The Hurricanes knotted the score 2-2 in in the top of the fourth with only one hit. Barnett reached on an infield error, moved to second on a single by Gooch, and both baserunners moved up a base on a groundout by Warner. Inaba reached on a fielder’s choice and throwing error by the War Eagles’ shortstop that allowed Barnett to score. Then Gooch scored on a fielder’s choice grounder by Wilkie. Marist went back ahead 3-2 in the bottom of the fourth with three singles. Chase Abshier and Hare had base hits before Comerford delivered his second RBI of the game with a single to left field. The back-and-forth battle continued in the Canes’ top of the fifth. Seigler hit a mammoth fly ball home run deep over the right field wall to again tie the score 3-3. The War Eagles would answer again, however, with three straight hits off Canes’ reliever Morris. Singles by McCallum and Matthew McDermond set up an RBI double by Abshier to give Marist a 4-3 lead with only one out and two runners in scoring position. Coach Kyle Tucker turned to reliever Cohen Wilbanks to minimize the fifth inning damage. The move was successful as Wilbanks fanned the two batters he face in the frame. The 4-3 Marist lead would hold, however, as Thomas retired the next six Cartersville batters in order in the sixth and seventh innings. Gooch (3.1 IP, 3R, 2ER, 5H, 1BB, 5K) left the mound in the fourth inning with no decision. Morris (0.2 IP, 1ER, 3H) suffered the pitching loss with the deciding run in the fifth inning and Wilbanks (1.2 IP, 0R, 1BB, 3K) retired five of the six batters he faced. Seigler paced the Canes offense by going 3-for-5 with a double, a home run, and five RBI. He also walked twice to reach base in 5-of-7 plate appearances. Warner was 2-for-3 in the first game with a two-run homer and scored twice. Welchel and Wilkie also added two hits in the doubleheader. Comerford led Marist with a 3-for-6 performance in the two games that included a double, a walk, and two RBI. MacCallum, Abshier, and Hare each contributed two hits and one RBI in the doubleheader. Cartersville (26-8) and Marist (15-17) will match up again Friday at Richard Bell Field at 5 p.m. The winner will host Spalding in the Class 4A quarterfinals starting Wednesday, May 9. Spalding swept a second round doubleheader at Cross Creek Thursday night, 13-6 and 5-1. Spalding is the 4-seed from Region 2-AAAA.

The ninth-ranked Cartersville boys soccer team rallied in the second half, but came up a goal short in a 3-2 second round loss to visiting Chestatee Wednesday night at Weinman Stadium. Chestatee built a 3-0 first half lead with three goals in just over a six-minute span. The second-ranked War Eagles found the back of the net in the 12th, 14th, and 18th minutes off a corner set play, a crossing pass header, and a breakaway. The Canes got a pair of early second half goals from Pedro Ghanem — one off a Chestatee turnover and the other on a header of a Jonathan Cruz free kick — to narrow the margin to 3-2, but Cartersville could not find the equalizer over the final 25 minutes. Chestatee advances to the Class 4A quarterfinals where the War Eagles will host Woodward Academy Saturday. Woodward, a 3-seed from Region 4-AAAA was a 5-1 winner over Spalding in the second round. The Canes season comes to a close with a 12-7 mark and a Region 5-AAAA championship.