Eight Cartersville pitchers logged one inning each and the Hurricanes utilized all 25 players in a 6-0 shutout of Pepperell Saturday at the Rome Braves’ State Mutual Stadium in Rome. Pepperell managed only five hits in the game and Canes’ pitchers issued only one walk while fanning five. Cohen Wilbanks, Gage Morris, Kolby Adams, Luke Schiltz, Reece Thompson, Levi Ayers, and Curtis Wilkes each tossed one inning apiece for Cartersville. On offense, Cartersville took a 1-0 lead in the second inning and added to their lead in each of the next three frames. Anthony Seigler drove in two runs on two hits including a double. John Reed Evans had two RBI with one hit. Mason Barnett drove home a run with one hit. Preston Welchel doubled, Devin Warner tripled, and Garrett Shelton and Ian Inaba had the other Canes’ hits. Jake Gooch drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. The loss drops Pepperell’s season mark to 7-9. Cartersville (15-5, 4-0) travels to Cedartown Monday at 5:30 p.m. and hosts Central-Carroll and Sandy Creek Tuesday and Friday.

The Adairsville High School girls and boys tennis teams split non-region matches Friday with visiting Gordon Central. The Tigers won 3-2, but the Lady Tigers dropped a 3-2 decision. ADAIRSVILLE BOYS 3, GORDON CENTRAL 2 Tigers' results: Line 1 — Houston Medlock won 6-2, 6-2 Line 2 — Cody Kimbrough lost 6-7, 5-7 Line 3 — Gideon Conant lost 0-6, 2-6 Line 1 — Cameron O’Neal / Zach Ogle won 6-1, 6-2 Line 2 — Landon Swanson / Jack Bates won 6-0, 6-0 GORDON CENTRAL GIRLS 3, ADAIRSVILLE 2 Lady Tigers' results: Line 1 — Brantley Hughes lost 1-6, 0-6 Line 2 — Audrey Mixon lost 2-6, 4-6 Line 3 — Joie Bryant lost 2-6, 3-6 Line 1 — Hannah Adcock / Olivia Long won 6-1, 6-1 Line 2 — Micaela Pardo / Madison Camp won 6-2, 6-4 The Adairsville teams are scheduled to play Cass at Hamilton Crossing Park Thursday.

The Cass girls and boys soccer teams both picked up important Region 7-AAAAA victories Friday night over Villa Rica moving both teams closer to potential state playoff berths. CASS GIRLS 4, VILLA RICA 1 The Cass girls soccer team moved a step closer to securing a Class 5A state playoff berth Friday night with a 4-1 Region 7-AAAAA win at home over Villa Rica. Villa Rica carried a 1-0 lead to the locker room at halftime Friday night, but the Cass girls got four goals from Logan Vermaas in the second half for their victory. The first goal for Vermaas tied the game about one minute into the second half off a feed from Briana Ochoa. Ochoa would assist on two more goals and the final assist was from Jaden Musacchio. Cass (6-7, 4-2) has now won four straight and has two region games remaining at home next week against Hiram Wednesday and Kell Friday. CASS BOYS 4, VILLA RICA 3 Cass and Villa Rica played regulation and overtime Friday night in a game that was ultimately decided by penalty kicks. The two teams matched first half goals for a 2-2 tie at the intermission, then each scored a second half goal to send the game into overtime tied 3-3. Neither team scored in the two, five-minute overtime periods sending the game to a shootout finale’. Anthony Robledo, Julio Medina, Jonathan Tong, and Josh Flores all converted their penalty kicks to secure the Colonels’ 4-3 win. Villa Rica scored two goals early in the first half before Cass tied the game at the intermission on goals by Carlos Perez and Slomi Orozco. Medina assisted on both plays. The Colonels took a second half lead, 3-2, on a Felipe Albarran goal off an assist from Robledo but Villa Rica tied the game with about 20 minutes remaining in regulation. Cass keeper Isai Romero had nine saves in regulation plus the big stop in the shootout. Villa Rica is now 7-5-1 overall and 3-3 in Region 7-AAAAA. Cass (5-7, 4-2) has won four straight and is currently third in the region playoff chase with home games remaining against Hiram Wednesday and Kell on Friday.

Three of the four local baseball teams in action Friday night picked up region victories as Cartersville blanked Troup, Woodland doubled-up East Paulding, and Adairsville won a high-scoring affair at Murray County. Cass was the lone local team to lose Friday, dropping a 10-4 home decision to Villa Rica. CARTERSVILLE 5, TROUP COUNTY 0 Anthony Seigler hit two homeruns, the Canes produced six extra base hits, and pitchers Mason Barnett and Seigler shutout third-ranked Troup Friday night as Cartersville won on the road, 5-0. The win was the fourth-straight — all region games — for the second-ranked Hurricanes. Seigler homered in the first and fourth innings to provide three of the Canes’ first four runs while Barnett limited the Tigers to only four hits, no walks, and he fanned nine in six innings. Seigler did not allow a hit in the seventh inning. He walked one and struck out one to close out the game. In addition to Seigler’s productive night, Jordan Wilkie had two hits including a double. Preston Welchel had one RBI with a double and a sacrifice and Josh Davis had a double. The loss drops Troup to 12-5 overall and 4-1 in Region 5-AAAA. Cartersville (14-5, 4-0) meets Pepperell Saturday at 1 p.m. at State Mutual Stadium in Rome. WOODLAND 8, EAST PAULDING 4 The Wildcats snapped a brief, two-game skid Friday night with an 8-4 Region 7-AAAAA victory at East Paulding. The Woodland win also split the two-game season series with the Raiders who won at Woodland Wednesday evening. Woodland trailed 2-1 heading to the fourth inning, but posted seven runs over the next three frames on their way to an 8-2 lead. East Paulding scored twice in the bottom of the seventh, but came up four runs short. B Evans gave the Wildcats a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning with a sacrifice fly. Woodland then took advantage of two singles and a pair of errors to take a 3-2 lead in the fourth. Woodland’s four-run fifth included hits by Toby Queen (bunt) and Bailey Ward plus a two-run double by Dylan Forman and a sacrifice fly from Koby Stansel. East Paulding also committed two more errors in the frame to extend the inning. The Wildcats’ run in the sixth scored without benefit of a hit. Two errors, a walk, and a fielder’s choice plated the run. In all, East Paulding committed eight errors in the contest. Kenny Jinks picked up the pitching win for Woodland. He tossed a complete game scattering seven hits and a walk while allowing four earned runs. Jinks struck out four. East Paulding falls to 4-12 overall and 1-3 in Region 7-AAAAA. Woodland (9-9, 2-2) has a two-game home-and-home region series with Rome on Monday and Wednesday. Both games are scheduled for 5:55 p.m. starts and Monday’s game is at Rome. ADAIRSVILLE 15, MURRAY COUNTY 12 At one point Friday night, Adairsville trailed Murray County 9-0 but came storming back for a 15-12 Region 6-AAA win. Levi Blackwell (4 IP, 4ER, 6H, 2BB, 3K) earned the pitching victory for Adairsville with four quality innings of relief. Elijah Padgett (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB, 2K) earned a save by closing down the Indians in the seventh. Garrett Mishoe led the Tigers’ offense with a 3-for-4 performance, including a pair of doubles and three RBI. Corey Nation (RBI), Noah Dutton, Kyler Pelfrey (double, 2 RBI), and Caden Gibbs (RBI) all finished with two hits each. B.J. Roper, Trace Still (RBI), and Hunter Hice had the other Tigers’ hits. Murray County falls to 3-15 overall and 0-7 in region action. Adairsville (12-5, 5-2) play three of the region’s top teams next week. They host 10th-ranked Bremen Tuesday and Calhoun Thursday before traveling to Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe next Friday. VILLA RICA 10, CASS 4 Villa Rica took an early 6-0 lead and held off Cass for a 10-4 Region 7-AAAAA win Friday at the Cass Athletic Complex. A single and two doubles gave the visiting Wildcats a 2-0 lead in the second inning. They added four more runs in the third inning on three singles, an error, and a batter that reached on a dropped third strike. Those runs would be enough for Villa Rica pitcher Jessie Martinez (7 IP, 4R, 2ER, 4H, 2BB, 4K) who eased to the complete-game victory. The two teams traded runs over the final two innings and that was good enough for Villa Rica’s win. The Wildcats scored off a single, a walk, a groundout, and a wild pitch in the sixth. Villa Rica then added three runs in the top of the seventh with two singles, an error, two walks, and a hit batsmen for a 10-1 lead. Clay Means drove in the Colonels’ first run with a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning. They added three runs in the seventh off only one hit. A hit batsman, a walk, a single, an error, and a fielder’s choice plated the final Cass runs. Martinez, Tristen Allen, Noah Best, and Tanner Marshall combined for seven Villa Rica hits and five RBI. Matt Shook finished with two hits for the Cass offense. Means and Logan Nelson had the only other Colonels’ hits. Villa Rica improved to 9-10 overall and 2-4 in region play. Cass (9-9, 3-3) hosts region-leading Carrollton Monday at 5:55 p.m. and travels to Carrollton Wednesday.

The Woodland girls and boys tennis teams swept to easy victories Friday over Paulding County WOODLAND GIRLS 5, PAULDING COUNTY 0 Lady Cats 7-7 overall; 5-2 in Region 7-AAAAA Woodland results: Line 1 — Christy Turner won 6-1, 6-0 Line 2 — Gloria Gore won 6-1, 6-1 Line 3 — Deanna Dodson won by forfeit Line 1 — Caroline Gore / Whitney Harris won 6-0, 6-0 Line 2 — Breanna Shook / Becky Wesley won 6-2, 6-1 WOODLAND BOYS 5, PAULDING COUNTY 0 Wildcats 6-3 overall; 6-1 in Region 7-AAAAA Woodland results: Line 1 — Bryce VanOrder won 6-0, 6-0 Line 2 — Blake Bottegal won 6-0, 6-0 Line 3 — Connor Gunnell won 6-0, 6-0 Line 1 — Alex Banta / Hayden Lusk won 6-0, 6-0 Line 2 — Max Costlow / Talon Gage won 6-2, 6-3 The Woodland teams wrap up region play next Tuesday vs. Cass.

The Cartersville Little League baseball (Major League) season is underway with the Indians and Braves tied for the current lead in the standings through five games. Cartersville Little League (Majors) Team Standings (as of March 22) Indians . . . . . . . . 4-1 Braves . . . . . . . . 4-1 Tigers . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Dodgers . . . . . . . 3-2 Phillies . . . . . . . . 2-3 Colts . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Crackers . . . . . . . 1-4 Padres . . . . . . . . . 1-4 SATURDAY, MARCH 10 INDIANS 4, TIGERS 1 Indians: Gavin Shrewsberry triple; Lucas Henry one hit, one RBI. Dawson Bishop (2 IP, 0R, 2H, 1BB, 2K); Shrewsberry (4 IP, 0R, 2H, 2BB, 6K). Tigers: Connor Brasfield, Casen Cochran, Trenton Payne (double), and Cameron Cochran with one hit each. COLTS 13, BRAVES 8 Colts: Turner Abernathy three hits, one RBI; Cade Horn three hits, three RBI; Grant Knight and Luke Altizer two hits, one RBI each. Abernathy (2 IP, 1ER, 0H, 3BB, 5K) Braves: Miles Owen three hits including HR and double; Caleb Daniel three hits including two doubles. Thomas Peters two hits. DODGERS 5, PHILLIES 1 No game report CRACKERS 4, PADRES 0 No game report TUESDAY, MARCH 13 BRAVES 2, PADRES 1 Braves: Thomas Peters two hits including a double; Miles Owen two hits. Owen (6 IP, 1ER, 1H, 2BB, 16K). Padres: JP Gooch one hit. Eli Jones (3 IP, 2ER, 4H, 3BB, 4K); Collin Genrich (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 1BB, 3K); Logan Buchanan (2 IP, 0R, 2H, 0BB, 3K). TIGERS 9, DODGERS 1 No game report COLTS 5, CRACKERS 3 No game report INDIANS 14, PHILLIES 0 No game report THURSDAY, MARCH 15 DODGERS 5, INDIANS 0 No game report PADRES 5, COLTS 1 No game report TIGERS 6, PHILLIES 2 Tigers: Cameron Cochran double, RBI; Connor Brasfield (RBI), Casen Cochran (RBI), and Cam Williams one hit each. Trenton Payne one RBI. Payne (6 IP, 2ER, 4H, 0BB, 7K). Phillies: Sawyer Wilson two hits including a triple, one RBI. Wilson (3 IP, 0R, 2H, 1BB, 4K) BRAVES 10, CRACKERS 3 Braves: Caleb Daniel two hits, two RBI; Zeke Price and Brenden Bryant two hits each. Thomas Peters double; Miles Owen triple. Daniel (4 IP, 0R, 1H, 0BB, 6K). Crackers: Connor Stermer double, two RBI; Easton Elrod one hit. MONDAY, MARCH 19 PHILLIES 8, CRACKERS 5 Phillies: Sawyer Wilson three hits including a triple and two RBI; Harris Turner three hits including a double; Nick Wright two hits including a double, one RBI. Jacob McDaniel, Wright, Wilson, and Asa Mitcham combined for 10 strikeouts. Crackers: Jaiven Johnson two hits; Braden Mulkey one hit, two RBI; Jackson Graves and Boston Pittman had one double each. Connor Stermer (3 IP, 3ER, 4H, 2BB, 7K). BRAVES 12, TIGERS 11 (suspended, T7) Braves: Thomas Peters (2 doubles), Miles Owen (double, HR, 2 RBI), Caleb Daniel (double, 4 RBI) two hits each. Tigers: Cameron Cochran two hits, five RBI; Cam Williams two hits, one RBI. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 INDIANS 13, COLTS 6 (suspended, T3) Indians: Maverick Madonna two hits, three RBi; Logan Shrewsberry two hits. Maddox Frazier (4 IP, 0R, 1H, 2BB, 4K). Colts: Luke Altizer two hits including HR, three RBI; Grant Knight two hits, three RBI; Trevor Harris two hits. DODGERS 12, PADRES 5 (suspended, T4) Dodgers: Ayden Ray grand slam HR; Brelace Williams three hits inclduing a double, triple, two RBI; Justin Peach two triples, two RBI. Peace (3 IP, 0R, 2H, 1BB, 5K). Padres: Elijah O’Dell two hits. Logan Buchanan (3 IP, 0R, 2H, 1BB, 3K). THURSDAY, MARCH 22 INDIANS 11, CRACKERS 1 Indians: Owen Dunn, Gavin Shrewsberry (3 RBI), and Drew Perry two hits each. Cooper Adams one hit, two RBI. Perry (3 IP, 1ER, 5H, 2BB, 4K); Jackson Harwell (2 IP, 0R, 1H, 3BB, 5K). Crackers: Brody Bohn two hits. Braden Mulkey one hit, one RBI. Jaiven Johnson (3.2 IP, 4R, 3ER, 5H, 3BB, 4K). BRAVES 14, DODGERS 11 Braves: Brenden Bryant two hits, one RBI; Thomas Peters two hits, two RBI; Matthew Clay and Braylon Hill one double each. Evan Archer (5.1 IP, 6ER, 12H, 1BB, 4K). Dodgers: Stephen Rowser three hits, one RBI; Landen Heath two hits including HR and two RBI; Wade L. two hits including a double, two RBI; Peyton Emery two hits, one RBI; Peyton Bowen two hits, one RBI. Ayden Ray (3.2 IP, 2R, 1ER, 2H, 7BB, 10K). TIGERS 11, COLTS 1 Tigers: Casen Cochran grand slam HR; Brayden Channell one hit, two RBI; Connor Brasfield and Trenton Payne one hit, one RBI each. Brasfield (4 IP, 1R, 0ER, 1H, 2BB, 11K) Colts: Turner Abernathy one hit. Abernathy (1.1 IP, 3R, 0ER, 1H, 4BB, 4K) PHILLIES 11, PADRES 1 No game report ​NOTE: Pitching data not provided for 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.

Five local high school soccer teams picked up victories on the soccer pitch Thursday evening. The only local loss was in a shootout. ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 5, LFO 2 Emily Collum scored a hat trick and Gillian Johnson and Hannah Worley added one goal each as the Adairsville girls soccer team won at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Thursday evening. Lady Tigers’ keeper Havyn Isaac also contributed one of her top performances with multiple saves including a key stop on a breakaway with the game scoreless at the time. Johnson assisted on two of Collum’s goals and Collum hooked up with Johnson for her tally. Emily Emmons also assisted on a Collum goal. The Lady Tigers led 3-1 at halftime and pushed their lead to 5-1 in the second half before the host Lady Warriors added a late goal. With important region games ahead on the schedule against Sonoraville (next Thursday) and Calhoun, Adairsville is tied for second in Region 6-AAA with a 3-1 mark. The Lady Tigers are now 6-1-2 overall. Adairsville plays at Central-Carroll Tuesday in a non-region contest. WOODLAND GIRLS 2, EAST PAULDING 1 The Woodland girls soccer team defeated East Paulding Thursday in Dallas, 2-1. Kaitlin Winnenberg opened the Lady Cats’ scoring with a goal off a Grace Webb corner kick midway through the first half. After the Lady Raiders tied the game in the second half, but Webb scored Woodland’s winning goal with four minutes remaining. Woodland is now 6-7-1 overall and 3-5 in Region 7-AAAAA. CARTERSVILLE GIRLS 2, HERITAGE-CATOOSA 1 In a non-region match Thursday evening, Marissa Mowry scored both Lady Canes’ goals in a 2-1 victory. The game-winner by Mowry broke a 1-1 tie with about 15 minutes remaining in the game and the Cartersville defenders were able to twart the frenzied comeback efforts of the visiting Lady Generals. The Lady Canes (6-4, 3-1) host a non-region match with Southeast Whitfield Monday. CARTERSVILLE BOYS 9, HERITAGE-CATOOSA 0 Canes’ leading scorer Pedro Ghanem scored three goals in the first half and finished with four goals in the game as Cartersville blanked visiting Heritage 9-0 Thursday night. Grant Farmer scored twice for the Canes. Joel Zazueta, Carter Spivey, and Ricardo Torres each added one goal each. The visiting Generals dropped to 2-11 on the season. Cartersville (8-3, 4-0) returns to region action next Thursday, March 29 when the Canes travel to Cedartown. ADAIRSVILLE BOYS 3, LFO 1 Following a scoreless first half, the Tigers took a 3-0 lead in the second half and went on to a 3-1 victory Thursday night at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe. Miguel Garcia, Emmanuel Lopez, and Gabriel Sanchez scored the Adairsville goals. Dani Carrillo finished the night with two assists and Sanchez also added an assist. Keeper Nic Jackson picked up the win in net. He totaled nine saves. Adairsville (3-2, 3-1 Region 6-AAA) hosts a non-region match with Fannin County Friday evening. EAST PAULDING BOYS 2, WOODLAND 1 (4-3 in shootout) Woodland and East Paulding battled to a 1-1 tie through regulation and overtime Thursday night in Dallas with the host Raiders eventually prevailing in a shootout, 4-3, for a Region 7-AAAAA victory. Woodland led 1-0 at the intermission and East Paulding’s goal came in the second half. The two teams did not score in overtime sending the region game to a shootout. East Paulding improved to 4-9-1 overall and 3-3 in region action. Woodland (5-6-1, 2-3) plays at Heritage-Catoosa April 10.

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The Cartersville girls and boys tennis teams both completed their region regular seasons unbeaten and secured No. 1 seeds for the region tournament by blanking Chapel Hill Thursday at Dellinger Park. CARTERSVILLE GIRLS 5, CHAPEL HILL 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 6-0, 6-4 CARTERSVILLE BOYS 5, CHAPEL HILL 0 Line 1 — Will Allen won 6-4, 6-2 Line 2 — Matthew Slocum won 6-2, 7-5 Line 3 — Davis Edwards won 6-1, 7-5 Line 1 — Juan Zazueta / Luke Kotteman won 6-0, 6-2 Line 2 — Ivy Nelson / Ross Norwood won 6-3, 6-2 NEXT: Cartersville faces Calhoun Tuesday.

All four local teams were in action Thursday night with Cass topping Woodland to even their season series. Adairsville won an important region game with Sonoraville and Cartersville made short work of visiting LaGrange. The Cass baseball team earned a season split with visiting Woodland Thursday evening with an 11-5 Region 7-AAAAA victory. Woodland won the first meeting between the two county rivals last Friday at Woodland, 15-2. Thursday, it appeared early that Woodland would take control. The Wildcats scored three runs in the top of the third for a 3-0 lead, but the Colonels scored four times in the bottom of the third to take a lead they would not relinquish. Cass added single runs in teh four and fifth innings, then added five more in the sixth for an 11-3 lead. Woodland scored two runs in the top of the seventh and out hit Cass 12 to 11, but the Colonels held on for the victory. The Wildcats did not help themselves defensively. Only two of the 11 Cass runs were earned with Woodland committing five errors in the game. Cass also committed three errors in the contest. Cass pitcher Wyatt Karlovich (5.2 IP, 3ER, 9H, 1BB, 3K) earned the win with Logan Nelson (1.1 IP, 2ER, 3H, 1BB) retiring the final four outs. Koby Stansel (5 IP, 9R, 2ER, 9H, 1BB, 3K) was the losing pitcher for Woodland. Tyler Dilcher (1 IP, 2R, 0ER, 2H, 0BB, 2K) also pitched. Ben Ammons finished with three hits and two RBI for Woodland. Bryce Evans (2 RBI), Marco Haro (RBI), and Stansel added two hits each. Chris Mills, Titus Jones, and Dylan Webb had one hit apiece for the Wildcats. Evan Hinton doubled twice and had three RBI. Nelson had two hits and Nathan Smith had one RBI and two hits. Matt Shook added a double while Gavin Young, Clay Means, Karlovich (RBI), and Thomas Botts (RBI) contributed one hit each. Woodland (8-9, 1-2 Region 7-AAAAA) travels to East Paulding Friday for a 5:55 p.m. start. Cass (9-8, 3-2) hosts Villa Rica Friday at 5:55 p.m. ADAIRSVILLE 3, SONORAVILLE 2 The Adairsville Tigers got solid pitching and just enough offensive production Thursday night as they earned an important Region 6-AAA victory over Sonoraville, 3-2. Kyler Pelfrey (5 IP, 1ER, 3H, 5BB, 5K) started on the mound and was credited with the pitching victory for Adairsville. Caden Gibbs (2 IP, 1ER, 1H, 1BB, 1K) earned a save. The Tigers scored a single run in the first inning and two more in the third to take a 3-0 lead, then held off the visiting Phoenix over the final four frames. Sonoraville scored single runs in the fourth and sixth innings for the 3-2 final score. Pelfrey doubled, advanced to third on an infield error, and scored on a passed ball for the Tigers’ first inning run. They added two more in the third utilizing singles by Corey Nation, Noah Dutton, and Gibbs. Pelfrey also contributed in the inning with a groundout that produced a run. Sonoraville falls to 5-7 overall and 1-4 in Region 6-AAA play. Adairsville (10-5, 3-2) travels to Murray County Friday at 5:55 p.m. CARTERSVILLE 14, LaGRANGE 4 (5 inn.) The Cartersville baseball team scored runs in every inning Thursday evening as they defeated visiting LaGrange 14-4 in five innings. The one-side final started as a back-and-forth struggle. LaGrange put up all four of their runs in the first three innings and held brief leads of 1-0, 3-2, and 4-3 in the early frames. The Hurricanes, however, answered every time as they out hit the Grangers 16 to six. Gage Morris (2.1 IP, 1ER, 2H, 0BB, 5K) picked up the pitching win for the Canes in relief of starter Levi Ayers (2 IP, 3R, 2ER, 4H, 0BB, 2K). Jake Gooch (0.2 IP, 1BB) closed out the final two outs. Ben Stogner was tagged with the pitching loss for the Grangers in relief of starter Brant Williams. LaGrange used five total pitchers in the contest. On offense, Mason Barnett tripled, homered and walked for three RBI. Josh Davis, Devin Warner (double, 2 RBI), and Ian Inaba (3 RBI) had three hits each. Jake Gooch had two hits while J.P. Martin and Preston Welchel added one hit and two RBI. Anthony Seigler also had a hit. Logan Karcher was the only Granger with two hits. With the loss, LaGrange falls to 4-16 overall and 2-2 in region play. Cartersville (13-5, 3-0) plays at Troup County Friday at 5:55 p.m. and will take on Pepperell Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. in the Rome Braves’ State Mutual Stadium.

The Woodland tennis teams defeated Hiram Thursday evening with the Lady Cats winning 5-0 at Hiram and the Wildcats winning 4-1 at home. WOODLAND GIRLS 5, HIRAM 0 Woodland results: Line 1 — Christy Turner won 6-1, 6-0 Line 2 — Gloria Gore won 6-4, 6-3 Line 3 — Deanna Dodson won 6-1, 6-0 Line 1 — Whitney Harris / Caroline Gore won 6-0, 6-0 Line 2 — Breanna Shook / Becky Wesley won 6-0, 6-1 WOODLAND BOYS 4, HIRAM 1 Line 1 — Bryce VanOrder lost 5-7, 2-6 Line 2 — Blake Bottegal won 6-1, 6-0 Line 3 — Connor Gunnell won 6-1, 6-1 Line 1 — Alex Banta / Hayden Lusk won 6-1, 6-0 Line 2 — Max Costlow / Nick Warren won 6-2, 6-0 The Woodland boys play at Paulding County Friday and the girls host the Lady Patriots.

Gordon State erupted for six runs in the bottom of the eighth to break open a tie game and defeat the visiting Georgia Highlands Chargers Thursday afternoon in Barnesville, 9-4. Georgia Highlands scored two runs in the top of the first to take an early lead, but the host Highlanders matched those runs in the bottom of the third. GHC again took the lead with a run in the fourth before Gordon State tied the game 3-3 in the sixth inning. The Highlanders’ six run damage in the eighth started with Dane Bullock’s second home run of the day. The eighth inning two-run homer gave Gordon a 5-3 lead. He also hit a solo shot in the sixth inning to knot the score at the time. Two hit batsmen, a pair of singles, and a double added four more runs in the decisive inning for the Highlanders as they evened the four-game series at one game each. Jonathan Robinson picked up the pitching win for Gordon State by working the final two frames in relief of starter Cory Bartholomew. GHC’s Cody Johnson (1 IP, 2ER, 1H, 1BB, 2K) was assigned the loss in relief of starter Matt Norton (2.2 IP, 2ER, 2H, 4BB, 1K) and Travis Kuebler (3.1 IP, 1ER, 2H, 4K). Brady Barker (0.0 IP, 3ER, 1H) and Kevin Barham (1 IP, 1ER, 2H, 2K) also pitched for the Chargers. In addition to Bullock’s four-RBI day for Gordon State, Datren Bray and Brian Moore both contributed a pair of hits and one RBI each. Georgia Highlands out hit Gordon State 12 to 8, but lacked the timely hits to drive in runs. Austin Foster went 3-for-4 for the Chargers and Willis Kemp finished the day 2-for-5. Parker Orr drove in two runs and had one hit. Skylar McPhee (double), Cameron Hearn (RBI), Brandon Allen, Spencer Lewis, Bryson Horne (RBI), and Zach Miller added one hit apiece. Georgia Highlands (21-9, 7-4 Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association) will return to Barnesville Saturday for a doubleheader to wrap up the week’s four-game conference series. Gordon State improved to 18-13 overall and 4-3 with Thursday’s win.