With one week remaining in the 2018 regular season, the Georgia Dugout Club released its April 15 edition of the Top Ten rankings in each GHSA classification. The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes remained in the No. 2 spot in Class 4A, while Woodland and Adairsville are listed as teams considered in Class 5A and Class 3A. CLASS 7A Mill Creek (22-4) Parkview (23-4) Woodstock (23-4) Hillgrove (21-5) South Forsyth (21-6) Walton (17-9) Brookwood (20-7) North Gwinnett (19-8) Mountain View (17-9) Newnan (19-7) Considered: Grayson (16-11), Lowndes (19-8), Lassiter (16-11), Peachtree Ridge (21-6), North Forsyth (19-8), Milton (17-11), North Paulding (16-10) CLASS 6A Pope (23-4) Allatoona (22-5) River Ridge (23-5) Lee County (20-6) Alexander (18-6) Winder-Barrow (16-9) Effingham County (18-9) Heritage-Conyers (17-8) Glynn Academy (21-5) Houston County (20-7) Considered: South Paulding (19-7), Gainesville (18-7), Brunswick (17-10), Northgate (20-6), Valdosta (18-8), Harrison (15-10), Greenbrier (17-7), Stephenson (14-9-1), Tucker (15-10), Mundy's Mill (15-8), Richmond Hill (16-9) CLASS 5A Wayne County (22-4) Loganville (19-6) Ola (22-5) Veterans (22-7) Buford (17-10) Decatur (22-5) Starr’s Mill (19-8) Jones County (18-7) Harris County (16-11) Carrollton (22-5) Considered: Arabia Mountain (17-6), Locust Grove (17-10), Union Grove (16-7), Villa Rica (15-11), McIntosh (16-8), Whitewater (15-11), Walnut Grove (13-11), Chamblee (20-7), Woodland-Bartow (15-13), Kell (14-13-1), Flowery Branch (11-14), Miller Grove (11-13), South Effingham (13-11) CLASS 4A Blessed Trinity (25-2) Cartersville (22-6) Heritage-Catoosa (20-6) Woodward Academy (19-4) Torup (19-7) Jefferson (17-7) North Oconee (17-7-1) Columbus (21-5) Eastside (19-4) Northside-Columbus (17-8) Considered: Burke County (16-3), Madison County (14-11), Stephens County (19-8), Marist (9-15), West Hall (16-7), Cross Creek (14-5), West Laurens (17-7) CLASS 3A Ringgold (23-4) Appling County (21-6) Cook (20-6) Pike County (18-5) Morgan County (19-8) Pace Academy (19-6) Lovett (16-8) Redan (17-7) Jackson (21-2) Greater Atlanta Christian (17-8) Considered: North Hall (18-5), Calhoun (17-8), Fannin County (16-10), Westminster (11-11), Southeast Bulloch (16-5), Rutland (14-5), Franklin County (16-11), Bremen (17-8), Adairsville (17-8), Worth County (16-7), Islands (16-8) CLASS 2A Thomasville (21-4) Callaway (19-7) Westside-Augusta (22-4) Dodge County (20-4) Benedictine (19-6) Elbert County (19-7) Dade County (16-6) Social Circle (15-8) Rockmart (17-7) Jeff Davis (15-12) Considered: Berrien (17-9), Bacon County (13-13), Vidalia (13-13), Bleckley County (13-11), Heard County (12-12), Harlem (18-9), Fitzgerald (12-12), Bryan County (19-9), Lamar County (14-10), Screven County (12-12) CLASS 1A PUBLIC Gordon Lee (20-5) Schley County (18-2) Charlton County (19-6) Irwin County (19-4) Telfair County (16-7) Bowdon (19-6) Trion (10-6) Johnson County (18-5) Commerce (14-11) ECI (13-9) Considered: Taylor County (13-6), Manchester (11-8), Lanier County (10-7), Clinch County (15-9), GMC (15-11), Hawkinsville (11-9), Baconton Charter (14-5), Miller County (13-7), Seminole County (15-10), Pelham (13-7) CLASS 1A PRIVATE Tattnall Square (22-4) Savannah Christian (21-2) Aquinas (21-1) Wesleyan (20-2) Holy Innocents’ (16-8) First Presbyterian Day (19-5) Stratford (17-7) Brookstone (22-3) Mount Paran Christian (18-3) Kings Ridge Christian (16-7) Considered: Strong Rock Christian (19-7), Mount Vernon Presbyterian (14-3), Savannah Country Day (16-8), North Cobb Christian (15-8), Hebron Christian (12-12), Prince Avenue Christian (15-8), Athens Academy (16-5), Providence Christian (15-12), Calvary Day (17-7), Fellowship Christian (16-9), Pinecrest Academy (13-12), George Walton (14-10)

The Cartersville Parks and Recreation Department has released registration information for gymnastics, tennis, and construction information regarding the Senior Aquatics Center. 2018 GYMNASTICS Summer schedule begins May 21st Ends July 26th (9 week session) Ages 2-13 Years Old Register online www.cityofcartersville.org or call 770-387-5629 for more information SUMMER GYMNASTICS CAMPS PreSchool Summer Camps Ages: 3-6 Time: 9am - 12 noon 2018 Dates: May 30- June 1 (mini camp) ($50) June 11-15 June 25-29 July 16-20 Fee: $80 Developmental Summer Camps Ages: 7 & up Time: 9am - 12 noon 2018 Dates: June 4-8 June 18-22 July 9-13 July 23-27 Fee: $80 YOUTH TENNIS QuickStart Tennis Tots (ages 3-6) Dates: June 4-7, June 18-21, July 9-12, or July 23-26 Time: 9-11am Fee: $80/week Junior Beginner/Intermediate Camps (ages 7-14) Dates: June 4-7, June 11-14, June 18-21, July 9-12, July 16-19, or July 23-26 Time: 9am-1pm Fee: $130/week SENIOR AQUATIC CENTER Starting April 9th , 2018 through mid-summer, the Senior Aquatic Center will have on going construction. Please check our website www.cityofcartersville.org for daily schedules or call 678-721-5470.

Georgia Highlands baseball stepped out of Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association play this week to sweep a Wednesday doubleheader at Emmanuel College against the Lions’ JV and defeat the Shorter Universisty JV team at LakePoint on Thursday. Wednesday, Georgia Highlands won 11-1 and 9-2 at Emmanuel College. The Chargers broke a 2-1 game open with a six-run fifth inning in the opener. Alex Holdbrooks and Dalton Bradford combined on a two-hitter and totaled seven strikeouts. Cameron Hearn had a three-hit game that included a double, a triple, and five RBI to lead the Chargers. Zach Miller contributed two hits and Bryson Horne homered for GHC. In Game 2, the Chargers pushed across seven runs in the second inning on their way to a seven-run win. GHC pitchers Jake Meyer and Brady Barker combined for nine strikeouts and allowed only one unearned run on two hits. The Chargers’ offense totaled 11 hits including homeruns by Brandon Allen, Joey Demasi, Willis Kemp, and Jaree Pledger. Parker Orr had a two-hit game. Thursday, the Chargers topped Shorter JV 16-5 and pounded out 16 hits. Hearn was 4-for-5 with a double and two RBI. Willis Kemp, Parker Orr, and Skylar McPhee finished with two hits each and combined for nine RBI. Connor Dove was credited with the Georgia Highlands’ pitching win with three shutout innings of middle relief. He struck out five. The Chargers (27-15, 10-10) return to conference play Tuesday when they host Andrew College at LakePoint at 5 p.m. GHC will then travel to Andrew in Cuthbert on Friday and Saturday to complete the four-game series. With ten regular season conference games remaining, GHC sits fourth in the GCAA standings and is five games behind first place East Georgia. The Chargers trail second place South Georgia State by 4.5 games and third place Gordon State by 1.5 games.

Bartow County Little League and Cartersville Little League baseball (Major League) capsules for Cartersville LL games played April 9-12 and for BCLL games played April 9-10. Bartow County Little League (major) Standings (Games played through April 13) A’s .........… 4-0 Rangers … 3-0-1 Giants ...… 3-1 Braves ….. 2-1-2 Orioles ….. 2-2 Twins ….... 2-3 Cubs …..... 1-2-1 Mets …...... 1-3 Tigers ….... 1-3 Cardinals … 0-4 Cartersville Little League (major) Standings (Games played through April 13) Indians …, 10-1 Braves …. 8-3 Tigers ….. 7-4 Dodgers … 6-5 Phillies …. 4-7 Colts ….... 4-7 Crackers … 3-8 Padres …. 2-9 BARTOW COUNTY LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL (Majors) Monday, April 9 CUBS 5, METS 0 Cubs: Ethan Lowery one hit; Gareth Kincannon and Eddie Boggs one RBI each. Kincannon and Andrew Stiles combined no-hitter with five strikeouts each. Mets: David Kelley (4 IP, 1H, 5R, 3ER, 4BB, 10K). RANGERS 10, TWINS 1 Rangers: Jarrett Scott two hits including a triple, two RBI; Brady Kerlin RBI double; Malachi Linley (RBI), Brayden Shiflett one hit each; Fischer Arnold one RBI. Brady Kerlin tossed a four inning no-hitter with 11 Ks. Twins: Isaiah Ford (3.2 IP, 10R, 4ER, 5H, 3BB, 7K), scored one run. GIANTS 7, TIGERS 6 Giants: Carson Waits two hits; Cooper Stone one double, two RBI; Rylan Brigman one hit, one RBI; Hunter Barnes and Jake Clowers one RBI each. Clowers (4 IP, 6R, 4ER, 5H, 3BB, 10K). Tigers: Hadyn Hawkins one hit, two RBI; Matthew Cook one hit, one RBI; Carson Gray, Isaac Nation, and Joshua Nation one hit each; John Bailey one RBI. Gray (2.2 IP, 4R, 3ER, 3H, 3BB, 5K), Tre Winters (1 IP, 3R, 2ER, 1H, 3BB, 2K). BRAVES 6, CARDINALS 3 Braves: Mason Williams two hits; Israel Contreras one hit, three RBI; Wesley Collum and Mason Wilson one hit; Brayden Vickery one RBI. No pitching data provided. Cards: No hits. No pitching data provided. Tuesday, April 10 ORIOLES 10, CUBS 4 O’s: Joshua Love one double, two RBI; Brayden Davis and Kamarion Profit one hit, one RBI; Talan Nix, Cameron Adams, David Jinks, Luke Evans one RBI each. No pitching data provided. Cubs: Andrew Stiles two hits including a triple and two RBI; Colton Tucker and Clausen O’Banion one hit, one RBI each; Joshua Bishop and Ethan Lowery one hit each. No pitching data provided. METS 6, TIGERS 5 Mets: Dylan Sellers one hit, one RBI; Christopher Burns one double; David Kelley one hit; Carter Collum and Trace Faulkner one RBI each. No pitching data provided. Tigers: Carson Gray double, RBI; Sam Crump double; Joshua Churchwell and Hadyn Hawkins one hit each. No pitching data provided. RANGERS 12, TWINS 1 Rangers: Brayden Shiflett two hits including a triple, four RBI; Jarrett Scott one double, one triple, two RBI; Kaiden Pirkle two hits; Harrison Cole two hits, one RBI; Righley Worthington double, two RBI; Fischer Arnold and Malachi Linley one hit, one RBI each; Aiden Ritchie one hit; Noah Williams one RBI. No pitching data provided. Twins: Reece Heaton and Koby Reagan one hit each. No pitching data provided. A’s 8, BRAVES 3 A’s: Hayden Blalock two hits including a triple, two RBI; Landon O’Neal one hit, one RBI. No pitching data provided. Braves: Israel Contreras one hit, two RBI; Aydin Priest one RBI. No pitching data provided. CARTERSVILLE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL (Majors) Monday, April 9 DODGERS 12, COLTS 0 Dodgers: Ayden Ray two hits including on HR, two RBI; Isaiah Martin two hits, three RBI; Justin Peace two hits, one RBI. Ray 5 inning no hitter, one walk, 12 Ks. Colts: Grant Knight (3 IP, 2R, 1ER, 2H, 2BB, 6K) INDIANS 8, PADRES 4 Indians: Drew Perry three hits including a double, one RBI; Maddox Frazier two hits including a triple, two RBI; Gavin Shrewsberry double, two RBI; Andrew Lutjens double; Owen Dunn one hit. Jackson Harwell (2.1 IP, 3R, 2ER, 0H, 3BB, 2K); Perry (2.2 IP, 1ER, 2H, 2BB, 3K). Padres: Eli Jones 1 hit, one RBI; Lee Camp triple; Gabriel Cox one hit. Cline (2 IP, 1ER, 1H, 4BB, 2K); Logan Buchanan (3 IP, 6R, 4ER, 5H, 2BB, 6K). TIGERS 12, CRACKERS 2 Tigers: Matthew Morris two hits, two RBI; Casen Cochran two hits including a triple, one RBI; Connor Brasfield two hits. Brasfield (2.2 IP, 2BB, 4K), Trenton Payne (1BB), and Logan Woody (1.1 IP, 1BB, 3K) combined four inning no hitter. Crackers: Connor Stermer (2 IP, 2R, 0ER, 3H, 1BB, 5K) BRAVES 13, PHILLIES 11​​ Braves: Caleb Daniel three doubles, four RBI; Brenden Bryant two hits, one RBI; Miles Owen two doubles; Charlie Crum one hit, two RBI; Braylon Hill one hit, one RBI; Sydney Seigler and Zeke Price one RBI each. Thomas Peters (2 IP, 4R, 3ER, 2H, 3BB, 1K); Evan Archer (3 IP, 7R, 5ER, 6H, 2K). Phillies: Asa Mitcham two hits, two RBI; Brodie McWhorter two hits; Justin Hillburn one hit, two RBI; Griffin Woodall one hit, one RBI; Ethan Brown double, one RBI; Nic Wright one hit. Wright (2 IP, 6ER, 5H, 3BB, 3K); Sawyer Wilson (2 IP, 4ER, 3H, 4BB, 3K). Tuesday, April 10 DODGERS 8, CRACKERS 3 Dodgers: Stephen Rowser two hits including a triple, two RBI; Peyton Bowen two hits including a double, one RBI; Ayden Ray two hits including a double. Justin Peace (4.1 IP, 0R, 0H, 1BB, 5K). Crackers: Boston Pittman one hit, two RBI; Easton Elrod and Brody Bohn one hit each. Elrod (3.2 IP, 7R, 6ER, 6H, 5BB, 3K); Jack Graves (1.1 IP, 1ER, 3H, 1K). PADRES 13, TIGERS 4 Padres: Julian Cline three hits including a triple, one RBI; Eli O’Dell two hits including one double, two RBI; Collin Genrich and Geoffrey Gore two hits, one RBI each. Gore (5 IP, 3R, 1ER, 5H, 1BB, 8K). Tigers: Cam Williams two hits including one double; Lyle Woody triple; Connor Brasfield double. Brayden Channell (2.1 IP, 4R, 3ER, 5H, 3BB, 1K). Thursday, April 12 TIGERS 14, PADRES 2 Tigers: Cameron Cochran three hits including one double, one RBI; Connor Brasfield two hits including HR, two RBI; Trenton Payne two hits including double, one RBI; Casen Cochran two hits. Brasfield (6 IP, 2ER, 4H, 2BB, 13K) Padres: Lee Camp double; Julian Cline, Will Camp, JP Gooch one hit each; Eli O’Dell one RBI. CRACKERS 6, DODGERS 5 Crackers: Jaiven Johnson two triples, three RBI; Adam Cornwell and Brody Bohn two hits each. Cornwell (5.1 IP, 5R, 3ER, 9H, 1BB, 10K) Dodgers: Landon Heath two hits including a triple, three RBI. Isaiah Martin (3.2 IP, 1ER, 6H, 1BB, 4K) INDIANS 13, BRAVES 8 Indians: Gavin Shrewsberry three doubles, three RBI; Owen Dunn two hits including one double, two RBI; Logan Shrewsberry two hits, one RBI; Dawson Bishop two hits. Maddox Frazier (2 IP, 4R, 3ER, 6H, 4BB, 3K); Gavin Shrewsberry (3 IP, 4R, 3ER, 5H, 3BB, 6K). Braves: Caleb Daniel three hits including a double, two RBI; Brenden Bryant three hits, one RBI; Sydney Seigler two hits; Braylon Hill and Thomas Peters one double, one RBI each. Seigler (3.1 IP, 6ER, 12H, 0BB, 2K). ​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 baseball trailed 5-4 at LaGrange heading to the sixth inning Friday night before the Hurricanes broke loose for their second double-digit inning in as many nights in an 18-5 win. Thursday, Cartersville scored ten runs in the first inning on their way to a 15-0 win over Cedartown. Friday night, it was a 14-run sixth inning that planted the Grangers. Cartersville led 4-0 after two innings on a two-run first inning home run by Josh Davis and another two-run homer by Anthony Seigler in the second. LaGrange narrowed the margin to 4-3 in the bottom of the third on a two-run homer by Charles Crawford and an RBI single by Ben Farrar. The Grangers then took the lead 5-3 in the bottom of the fifth on a bases loaded walk and an RBI single by Jake Cardwell. The Canes followed that by erupting for 14 runs in the top of the sixth. The rally included a grand slam by Davis — his second homer of the night — and a three-run shot Jake Gooch. The Canes also had three singles and a pair of doubles in the inning and took advantage of seven walks issued by LaGrange pitchers. Mason Barnett finished the night 3-for-5 at the plate with two RBI. Davis totaled seven RBI with his two home runs. Gooch had two hits including his three-run homer and Preston Welchel contributed two hits including a double. Ian Inaba (RBI) added a hit and Siegler was 1-for-2 with a home run, three walks (one intentional), and three RBI. Three Grangers had two hits each including Crawford with his home run, Cole Freeman, and Trent Bailey. Cartersville utilized five pitchers in the game. Mason Barnett (1 IP, 0R, 1H, 1BB), Cohen Wilbanks (1.1 IP, 3R, 2ER, 2H, 2K), Gage Morris (2.1 IP, 2R, 0ER, 3H, 1BB, 1K), Levi Ayers (0.1 IP, 0R, 1H, 1K), and Kolby Adams (1 IP, 0R, 2H) all saw time on the mound. With their loss, LaGrange falls to 9-20 overall and 6-4 in Region 5-AAAA. Despite the poor overall mark, however, the Grangers have a solid hold on third place in the region. The Purple Hurricanes have now won 12 of 13 games dating back to March 15. The only loss in that stretch was a non-region loss to Class 7A Lassiter on April 5. Cartersville (22-6, 10-0) will host second place Troup County Tuesday at 5:55 p.m. and can clinch the region championship with a win. The Hurricanes then travel to Central-Carroll next Thursday for a 5:45 p.m. start. CASS 15, PAULDING COUNTY 12 The Cass baseball team started hot at the plate Friday night, celebrated their 2018 seniors, and plated runs in five of their six offensive frames while collecting a 15-12 win over visiting Paulding County. The Colonels scored seven runs in the first inning and led 9-0 after two innings. The Patriots then made their charge with a dozen runs over the next four innings, but Cass added just enough scoring in the latter frames for the Region 7-AAAAA win. Evan Hinton (4 IP, 9R, 5ER, 11H, 0BB, 4K) was credited with the pitching win for Cass. Logan Nelson (1 IP, 2ER, 4H, 1BB, 2K) and Parker Hardin (2 IP, 1ER, 3H, 1BB, 1K) also pitched with Hardin earning a save. Stephen Spell had a big night at the plate going 3-for-5 with a solo home run in the third inning and two RBI. Hinton also banged a two-run homer in the first for the Colonels. Matt Shook had two hits including a double and three RBI. Clay Means had two hits including a double and one RBI. Blaine Ingram had a double included in his two hits. Parker Hardin doubled with two RBI while Nelson and Bryson Markley both added a hit and one RBI. Cass (11-17, 5-10) and winners of two-straight will conclude their 2018 season Monday at Paulding County (7-18, 2-11). CARROLLTON 14, WOODLAND 4 The visiting Carrollton Trojans scored six runs in the first and five more in the third inning on their way to a 14-4 Region 7-AAAAA win Friday night at Woodland. The loss snapped a five-game winning streak for the Wildcats and ended a two-game skid by the 3rd-ranked Trojans who were swept earlier in the week by Villa Rica. Woodland scored four runs in the bottom of the fourth to narrow the margin to 11-4, but Carrollton answered with three runs in the fifth to minimize the threat. Will Carney (3 IP, 4R, 2ER, 4H 6BB, 2K) picked up the pitching win for Carrollton. The Trojans used three more pitchers to close out the final two innings. Ben Ammons (0 IP, 4ER, 2H, 2BB) started on the mound for Woodland and suffered the loss. He did not record an out. Preston Posey (2.2 IP, 7R, 4ER, 5H, 2BB) and Bryce Evans (2.1 IP, 3ER, 4H, 2BB, 1K) both pitched in relief for the Wildcats. The middle of the Trojans batting order — Asa Awbrey, Brandon Prince, and Chris Gaiter combined for five hits and six RBI to pace the offense. Ty Murray also drove in two runs with a hit. Third-ranked Carrollton improved to 22-5 overall and 11-2 in Region 7-AAAAA. Woodland (15-12, 8-5) slips into a three-way tie for third in the region standings. Kell, now 9-4 in region play, defeated Rome 2-0 Friday night to move back into second place ahead of the Wildcats, Villa Rica and Rome — all 8-5 in the league with three region games remaining.

The Cass girls soccer team added a non-region win Friday night at North Springs and the Adairsville girls blanked region-rival Coahulla Creek Thursday evening in Tiger Valley. CASS GIRLS 2, NORTH SPRINGS 0 The Lady Colonels (11-7, 7-2 Region 7-AAAAA) picked up a non-region win Friday night at North Springs. The Lady Spartans (8-7-1, 4-3) are a state playoff qualifying team and will represent Region 6-AAAAA as a four-seed. Logan Vermaas scored in the 35th minute and again in the 65th minute for Cass. The first goal came off a feed from Leidi Toribio. Brittney Ochoa assisted on the second goal. Lady Colonels' keeper Brianna Bullock picked up her sixth shutout of the year in net. Cass hosts Calhoun (5:30pm) Tuesday and Heritage-Catoosa Thursday (5pm) in a pair of non-region matches. ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 5, COAHULLA CREEK 0 Emily Collum scored four, second half goals Thursday night as the Lady Tigers blanked region rival Coahulla Creek 5-0 in Tiger Valley. Gillian Johnson scored the other Adairsville goal and assisted on three of Collum’s goals. The Lady Tigers (8-2-2 overall, 5-2 6-AAA) play at North Murray Monday night. COAHULLA CREEK BOYS 8, ADAIRSVILLE 2 The visiting Colts scored five first half goals on their way to an 8-2 win over Adairsville. Dani Carrillo scored the two Tigers’ goals on penalty kicks in the second half. Adairsville plays Sonoraville Saturday in Tiger Valley. NORTH SPRINGS BOYS 7, CASS 1 Kaleb Speights scored the only goal for the Colonels Friday off an assist from Anthony Robledo in a 7-1 non-region loss at North Springs. Cass keeper Isai Romero had 11 saves in net and Samuel Reyes had four. Cass (6-9) returns to the pitch Tuesday at home against Calhoun. SHAW BOYS 2, CARTERSVILLE 1 Class AAAA playoff qualifier Shaw took a 1-0 lead Friday night at Cartersville before the Canes’ Pedro Ghanem tied the match 1-1 with a goal in the 26th minute. The visiting Raiders scored the game-winning goal in the second half for a 2-1 non-region win. Cartersville (9-4, 4-0) travels to Cedartown Monday for a Region 5-AAAA contest and will play out of region at Coahuila Creek on Tuesday before hosting LaGrange on Thursday. CARROLLTON GIRLS 2, WOODLAND 1 Region 7-AAAAA leading Carrollton found the going tough at Woodland Friday night, but did defeat the Lady Cats 2-1. The visiting Lady Trojans took a 2-0 lead in the first half with Woodland’s Molly Plott scoring the Lady Cats’ goal. Tierra Feanny moved the ball toward the goal on the play and a touch pass from Kaitlin Winnenberg led to the score with approximately 10 minutes remaining in the game. The Lady Cats (6-8-1, 3-5) failed to qualify for the state playoffs and will conclude the 2018 season Thursday at home against Haralson County.

Competing in a quad meet at Gordon Central High School Thursday evening, the Cartersville High School girls track and field team defeated Gordon Central, Ringgold, and Model to win the tune-up meet for the region championship meets. The Canes finished second in the boys meet behind host Gordon Central but ahead of Ringgold and Model. Event winners for Cartersville: Boys High Jump — Brandon Martin, 5-10 Boys Long Jump — Cecil Harrish, 19-08 Girls Shot Put — London Shaw, 36-00.50 Girls Discus Throw — London Shaw, 102-01 Girls 3200M Run — Vanna Beach, 13:58.22 Boys 1600M Run — Bill Archer, 5:10.35 Girls 400M — Kayla Carpenter, 1:04.16 Girls 200M — DeMya Bryan, 27.88 Girls 4x400M Relay — Cartersville “A”, 4:44.64 Boys Pole Vault — Nick Bebko, 13-07

Cartersville baseball pounded out 14 hits and three pitchers combined for a mercy-rule shortened no-hitter as the Hurricanes blanked visiting Cedartown Thursday night at Richard Bell Field, 15-0. Jake Gooch started on the mound for the Canes and went three strong innings with four strikeouts and a pair of walks. Curtis Wilkes followed and struggled by issuing a pair of walks and a hit batsman that loaded the bases, but Gage Morris entered to retire the side on a pair of come-backers to the mound. The first one started a pitcher-to-home-to-first double play and the second one finished off the inning without allowing a run. Meanwhile, Cartersville’s bats put this one out of reach early with a 10-run first inning that included RBIs by seven different hitters. The Canes added two more runs in the second inning and finished off the game with three in the fourth inning capped by John Reed Evans’ walkoff RBI double that ended the game via GHSA 15-run mercy rule. Mason Barnett paced four Cartersville hitters with multi-hit games. Barnett was 3-for-3 with a double and two RBI. Jordan Wilkie, Chandler Tromza (two doubles), and Preston Welchel (double) each finished with two hits and two RBI. Anthony Seigler drove in a two runs with a double. Cohen Wilbanks doubled in a run. Josh Davis had one hit and one RBI while Gooch added one hit and Ian Inaba drew a bases loaded walk for one RBI. With the loss, Cedartown falls to 10-13 overall and 3-7 in Region 5-AAAA. Cartersville (21-6, 9-0) travels to LaGrange Friday, hosts Troup County next Tuesday, and closes out the regular season at Central-Carroll next Thursday. The Canes have a one-game lead over Troup County (8-1) in the region standings. The Tigers have region games Friday at home with Central-Carroll, at Cartersville next Tuesday, and at home with Sandy Creek next Thursday. SONORAVILLE 13, ADAIRSVILLE 12 The Adairsville Tigers’ stumbled a bit Thursday night in their playoff chase in Region 6-AAA by dropping a 13-12 decision at Sonoraville. The two teams swapped leads early, but Sonoraville scored five times in the bottom of the third inning to take a 9-5 advantage. Adairsville stayed close with a three-run fourth inning to make the score 9-8, but a run in the fourth and two more in the fifth inning enabled the Phoenix to go up 12-8. Adairsville made the score 12-10 in the top of the sixth before Sonoraville scored in the bottom of the frame on a Gage Soulios homer for a 13-10 lead. In the top of the seventh, Adairsville loaded the bases with no outs on three straight walks from two different Sonoraville pitchers. B.J. Roper scored on a wild pitch and Kyler Pelfrey singled home a run, but the Tigers rally stalled there and the Phoenix survived the last inning threat with a 13-12 win. Four Sonoraville hitters — Soulios, Cole Godfrey, Wyatt Castoe, and Grant Hegwood — combined for ten of the 15 Phoenix hits. Sonoraville also had four players with two RBI each. Caden Gibbs, who suffered the pitching loss, finished with three hits including a double and three RBI for the Tigers. Pelfrey had three RBI with two hits including a triple. Corey Nation doubled twice and drove in one run. Roper had two hits including a double. Hunter Hice had one double and two RBI while Halen Huskins and Michael Cook added one hit each. With their win, Sonoraville improved to 9-12 overall and 5-9 in region play, Adairsville (17-8, 10-5) now finds itself in a tightly bunched race for second through fifth place in their region. Bremen, Adairsville, Calhoun, and Haralson County all have either four or five region losses heading into the final week of games. The Tigers have three Region 6-AAA regular season games remaining. The Tigers must travel to Bremen and Calhoun Tuesday and Thursday before hosting Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe next Friday, April 20.

The Cass girls soccer team, led by a hat-trick by Logan Vermaas, defeated visiting Darlington Wednesday 7-0 in a non-region match at Doug Cochran Stadium. With her three goals in the game, Vermaas is now the Lady Colonels’ all-time leading goal scorer for a single season with 26 goals and Cass has three games remaining in the regular season. Vermaas (photo) scored on a penalty kick in the game’s 12th minute to open Wednesday’s scoring, then added the Lady Colonels’ second goal in the 15th minute off a nice feed from Madison Shook. Lupita Pineda scored on a direct kick and Olivia Flynn found the back of the net off an assist from Leidi Toribio as Cass took a 4-0 lead to halftime. In the second half, Morgan DeLarm and Vermaas both scored goals. Each assisted on the other player’s goal and Victoria Torres added the Colonels’ final goal off an assist from Brittney Ochoa. Jailyn Padilla and a strong Cass defense earned the shutout as the Lady Colonels improved to 9-6 on the season. Cass, which has locked up a state playoff berth and the No. 3 seed from Region 7-AAAAA, will play another non-region match Friday at North Springs.

The Cartersville girls and boys tennis teams won Region 5-AAAA championships Wednesday at Sunset Hills Country Club in Carrollton. Both teams defeated LaGrange in their title matches. The Lady Canes won 3-0 with a sweep of all three singles lines. Ashley Popham, Emma McCary, and Ansley Thompson each secured a win at their respective lines. The Hurricanes won their title by a 3-1 final score. Line 1 doubles team Juan Zazueta / Luke Kotteman and Line 2 doubles team Ivy Nelson / Ross Norwood earned points along with a Line 3 singles victory by Davis Edwards. Other matches were pulled once the titles were secured. The Lady Canes and Canes will now host the No. 4 seeds out of Region 7-AAAA in the opening round of the Class 4A state playoffs. The GHSA playoff format for state tennis calls for the first round to be completed by Friday, April 20. (Photo courtesy Cartersville Athletic Director Darrell Demastus) WOODLAND BOYS 2ND, GIRLS 3RD AT REGION 7-5A The Woodland boys tennis team lost in the Region 7-AAAAA finals Wednesday in Rome, 3-0. That will leave the Wildcats as the No. 2 seed from the region in the Class 5A state playoffs, but it will make Woodland an opening round host. The Woodland girls won the third-place match at the Region 7-AAAAA tournament, winning 3-0 over Rome. All three singles lines were winners for the Lady Cats with Christy Turner, Gloria Gore, and Deanna Dodson each picking up wins. The Wildcats will host the No. 3 seed from Region 8-AAAAA in the first round of the Class 5A state playoffs. GHSA requires opening round matches to be completed by Friday, April 20. As a three-seed, the Lady Cats will play a road match in the first round at the Region 8-AAAAA runner-up.

The Adairsville baseball team retained its current hold on the third place spot in Region 6-AAA Wednesday night with a 4-1 victory at Murray County. The Tigers trailed 1-0 early, but scored a single run in the second inning, two in the fourth and one more in the fifth inning on their way to a three-run win. Starter Levi Blackwell (3.1 IP, 1ER, 2H, 3BB, 4K) and middle reliever Chase Horn (3.1 IP, 0R, 2H, 1BB, 3K) both tossed three and one-third innings for Adairsville. Caden Gibbs (0.1 IP, 0H, 0BB, 0K) entered in the seventh with two on base and the potential tying run at the plate to induce a pop out to shortstop and earn a save. Kyle Dotson had two hits including a double for the Indians (3-22, 0-14). Logan Palmer drove in a run with one hit. Preston Vanmeter had the only other Murray County base hit. Five Tigers finished with one hit apiece. Garrett Mishoe doubled and drove in a run. Halen Huskins had two RBI with a hit and a sacrifice fly. Gibbs drove in a run with a base hit. Noah Dutton and Corey Nation had the other Tigers’ hits. Adairsville (17-7, 10-4) plays at Sonoraville Thursday at 5:55 p.m. and will have games at Bremen, at Calhoun, and at home against Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe next week. WOODLAND 8, KELL 3 With six runs over the final two innings and a complete-game pitching performance from Koby Stansel, Woodland completed a two-game series sweep at Kell Wednesday night with an 8-3 Region 7-AAAAA win in Marietta. Woodland trailed 2-1 after one inning and tied the game 2-2 in the fourth. The Longhorns went back ahead 3-2 in the fifth, but the Wildcats’ final two offensive frames took control. Woodland out hit Kell 13 to seven in the contest. Stansel worked ahead in the count much of the night. He threw first pitch strikes to 21 of 32 batters and kept 61 of his 95 pitches in the strike zone. He scattered seven hits and three walks while allowing only two earned runs. He struck out one and 16 of his 18 outs were by pop up or fly out. Jordan Lee had three hits for the Wildcats. Toby Queen (RBI), Bailey Ward, and Marco Haro (double) had two hits each. Dylan Webb doubled and drove home three runs. Garrett Cornett had a hit and drove in a run with a sac fly. Chris Mills and Titus Jones each added one hit and one RBI. Kell drops to 13-13-1 with the loss. The Longhorns are now 8-4 in region action. Woodland (15-11, 8-4) moved into second place in Region 7-AAAAA behind 3rd-ranked Carrollton. Woodland is currently tied with Kell, but holds the head-to-head tiebreaker as result of the series sweep. Carrollton was swept by Villa Rica this week in a two-game series to slip to 10-2 in the region. The Wildcats open a two-game series with Carrollton at home Friday at 5:55 p.m. The two teams will play again Monday at Carrollton.

Cass rallied from a 3-0 deficit Wednesday at home to defeat East Paulding 4-3 in Region 7-AAAAA action. The win snapped an overall nine game skid for the Colonels. Eight of the losses were in region play. Steven Spell tossed a complete game for Cass for the pitching win and Matt Shook drove in the game winning runs with a walk off, line drive double into left field in the bottom of the seventh. Spell scattered five hits and one walk to allow only two earned runs. He fanned three Raiders. East Paulding took a 3-0 lead with a single run in the first inning and two more in the top of the sixth prior to the Cass comeback. The Colonels narrowed their deficit to 3-2 in the bottom of the sixth inning when Evan Hinton, who finished with a pair of hits, tripled home a pair of runs. Thomas Botts had two hits for Cass while Nathan Smith and Gavin Young added the other Cass base hits. East Paulding slips to 10-14 overall and 7-5 in region action. Cass (10-17, 4-10) will wrap up the season Friday and Monday against Paulding County. The Colonels host the Patriots Friday at 5:55 p.m. with Monday’s game set for the same starting time in Dallas.