The Georgia Highlands College baseball team swept a home, conference doubleheader with West Georgia Tech Saturday at LakePoint in Emerson to win this week’s four-game series with the Golden Knights three games to one. West Georgia Tech won the series opener Tuesday in Carrollton, but the Chargers took the final three games at LakePoint with a 13-12 win Friday night and Saturday’s 4-1 and 5-1 sweep. In Saturday’s opener, Drew Wilson tossed a complete game two hitter to control the Knights’ bats while four different Chargers drove in one run each. GHC led 1-0 after two innings and scored three times in the fifth for a 4-0 advantage. The lone WGTCC run was scored in the sixth. Austin Foster and Cameron Hearn had RBI singles for the Chargers. Nick Piccapietra doubled home a run and Skylar McPhee drove in a run with a groundout. In the second game Saturday, Tyler Sellers tossed a complete game four hitter for the Chargers. The lone run against him was unearned. All the runs of Game 2 were scored in the third inning. West Georgia Tech (10-19, 1-8) took a 1-0 lead in the top of the frame before Piccapietra tied the game in the bottom of the third with a line drive RBI single. Hearn followed with a three-run homer and Parker Orr added a solo blast as the Chargers took a 5-1 lead. With the their third straight conference win, Georgia Highlands (20-8, 6-3) moves into second place in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association. The Chargers are one-half game ahead of South Georgia and trail conference leading East Georgia by two games.

The Cartersville High School soccer teams split a pair of Region 5-AAAA matches Friday night at Sandy Creek. The Canes blanked the Patriots 9-0, but the Lady Canes lost 4-2. CARTERSVILLE BOYS 9, SANDY CREEK 0 The Hurricanes built a 4-0 lead in the first half on a pair of goals by Pedro Ghanem and single tallies by Eilan Abeja and James Chege. Brady Craig contributed a pair of first half assists as Cartersville took control early. In the second half, Jonathan Cruz assisted on goals by Jair Ramos and Ghanem. Craig scored a goal off a feed from Abeja. Ghanem assisted on a Ramos goal and Joel Zazueta assisted on a goal by Houston Read. The loss dropped Sandy Creek’s season mark to 1-6-1 overall and 1-3 in region play. Cartersville (6-4, 3-0 Region 5-AAAA) hosts Chapel Hill Tuesday. SANDY CREEK GIRLS 4, CARTERSVILLE 2 Sandy Creek led 3-0 at halftime, but the Lady Canes narrowed the margin to 3-2 with approximately 10 minutes remaining in the game. Micah Vance and Kalyn Donegan scored the Cartersville goals. The Lady Patriots (3-5, 2-2) responded with an insurance goal in the final minutes to secure the Region 5-AAAA match. Cartersville (4-4, 2-1) entertains Chapel Hill Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Georgia Highlands scored the final seven runs of the game and walked off with a tenth inning run and a 13-12 win to even their series with West Georgia Tech Friday night at LakePoint. West Georgia Tech won the opener of the series Tuesday in Carrollton 16-6. The final two games of the four-game series are set for a doubleheader Saturday at LakePoint. In the high-scoring affair, the Chargers trailed 6-2 through three innings, but narrowed the margin to 8-6 after five frames. West Georgia Tech pushed their lead to 12-6 in the sixth inning before Georgia Highlands rallied to send the game to extra innings with four runs in the seventh and two more in the eighth inning. Skylar McPhee lined a single into center field to start the Chargers’ tenth inning and Austin Foster reached on a bunt single to set up Bryson Horne’s RBI double for the walk-off victory. The come-from-behind win was made possible by an impressive relief pitching performance by Sam Warren (4 IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB, 5K). Warren shut down the visiting Golden Knights from the seventh inning forward to keep the Chargers in contention. Georgia Highlands out hit West Georgia Tech 19 to 11. Zach Miller had two hits including a homer with three RBI and a pair of walks to set the pace for the Chargers. Skylar McPhee finished with four hits including a double and one RBI. Nick Piccapietra had a double and one RBI amidst his three hits. Bryson Horne also had three hits including a double and two RBI. Willis Kemp contributed two hits and two RBI. Cameron Hearn had two hits and one RBI. Austin Foster added two hits with one RBI and Parker Orr blasted a solo home run. The Chargers (18-8, 4-3 Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association) and West Georgia Tech (10-17, 1-6) wrap up their four-game conference series Saturday with a doubleheader at LakePoint starting at 1 p.m.

The Woodland girls tennis team lost 5-4 to Buford in both teams’ first match at the DECO Turf Invitational Tournament in Chattanooga. Utilizing the collegiate nine-point scoring format, Buford won all three doubles sets and took the top two singles lines to secure the win. Woodland results: Line 1 — Christy Turner / Gloria Gore lost 0-8 Line 2 — Deanna Dodson / Whitney Harris lost 5-8 Line 3 — Becky Wesley / Breanna Shook lost 3-8 Line 1 — Christy Turner lost 0-6, 1-6 Line 2 — Gloria Gore lost 3-6, 1-6 Line 3 — Deanna Dodson won 6-3, 6-0 Line 4 — Whitney Harris won 6-1, 3-6, 10-8 Line 5 — Caroline Gore won 6-1, 7-5 Line 6 — Breanna Shook won 6-4, 6-1 Weather permitting, the Lady Cats will face Chattanooga Christian at 10 a.m. and Russell (KY) at 3:30 p.m. as the tournament continues. ______________________________________________________ ADAIRSVILLE BOYS 4, COAHULLA CREEK 1 Friday at Coahulla Creek — Tigers now 3-4 in Region 6-AAA Line 1 — Houston Medlock won 6-2, 6-1 Line 2 — Jack Bates won 6-0, 6-1 Line 3 — Cody Kimbrough won 6-4, 5-7, 11-9 Line 1 — Jason Burdette / Zach Ogle won 6-3, 6-4 Line 2 — Davis Hardin / Landon Swanson lost 6-0, 2-6, 6-7 ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 4, COAHULLA CREEK 1 Friday at Coahulla Creek — Lady Tigers now 4-2 in Region 6-AAA Line 1 — Alexandra Kanturek lost 5-7, 5-7 Line 2 — Brantley Hughes won 6-3, 6-4 Line 3 — Audrey Mixon won 7-6, 6-2 Line 1 — Hannah Adcock / Olivia Long won 6-2, 6-4 Line 2 — Micaela Pardo / Madison Camp on 6-2, 6-3 CARTERSVILLE GIRLS 5, CEDARTOWN 0 Thursday Line 1 — Ashley Popham won 6-0, 6-0 Line 2 — Emma McCary won 6-0, 6-0 Line 3 — Ansley Thompson won 6-2, 6-0 Line 1 — Jordan Ross / Lydia Wiedetz won 6-0, 6-0 Line 2 — Alice Terry / Wiley Simmons won 6-1, 6-3 CARTERSVILLE BOYS 5, CEDARTOWN 0 Thursday Line 1 — Will Allen won 6-2, 6-4 Line 2 — Matthew Slocum won 6-2, 6-4 Line 3 — Davis Edwards won 6-0, 6-1 Line 1 — Juan Zazueta / Luke Kotteman won 6-2, 6-1 Line 2 — Ivy Nelson / Ross Norwood won 6-1, 6-0 CASS BOYS 4, PAULDING COUNTY 1 Thursday Line 1 — Cade Foster won 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 Line 2 — Reagan Barrere won Line 3 — Max McCauley won Line 1 — Kendall Arnold / Noah Arnold won 6-3, 6-1 Line 2 — Grant Morris / Dylan Montenegro lost 5-7, 7-6, 3-6 PAULDING COUNTY 3, CASS 2 Thursday Line 1 — Emily Surcey won 6-0, 6-0 Line 2 — Payton Tatusko lost in three sets Line 3 — Isabella Prater lost in three sets Line 1 — McKenley King / Emma Wickenheiser won 6-0, 6-2 Line 2 — Cass lost ADAIRSVILLE BOYS 5, HARALSON COUNTY 0 Thursday at Adairsville Line 1 — Houston Medlock won 6-0, 6-0 Line 2 — Cameron O’Neal won 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 Line 3 — Jason Burdette won 7-5, 6-2 Line 1 — Cody Kimbrough / Travon Branch won 6-0, 6-1 Line 2 — Jack Bates / Landon Swanson won by forfeit HARALSON COUNTY GIRLS 4, ADAIRSVILLE 1 Thursday at Adairsville Line 1 — Alexandra Kanturek lost 1-6, 5-7 Line 2 — Brantley Hughes lost 5-7, 3-6 Line 3 — Audrey Mixon lost 2-6, 4-6 Line 1 — Hanna Adcock / Olivia Long lost 1-6, 1-6 Line 2 — Macaela Pardo / Madison Camp won 6-2, 5-7, 6-3

The Woodland bats rapped out 14 hits and the Wildcats struck for 15 runs Friday night in a five-inning, 15-2 Region 7-AAAAA win over county-rival Cass at the Ballpark at Woodland. Woodland pitcher Kenny Jinks limited Cass to only two runs (one earned) on four hits and three walks. He fanned nine. Garrett Cornett was 4-for-4 for the Wildcats at the plate with one RBI. Toby Queen followed with three hits and one RBI. Koby Stansel had two hits, while Dylan Webb (2 RBI), Bryce Evans (2 RBI), Chris Mills (triple, 4 RBI), Ben Ammons, and Jordan Lee contributed one hit each. Marco Haro added one RBI for Woodland. Cass starting pitcher, Steven Spell (2.2 IP, 15R, 12ER, 14H, 1BB, 5K), was roughed up in the loss. Logan Nelson (1.1 IP, 0R, 1H, 2BB, 1K) retired the final four outs on the mound for the Colonels. Gavin Young had two hits and one RBI for Cass. Matt Shook added a hit and one RBI. Evan Hinton had the other Colonels’ base hit. Woodland (8-7, 1-0) and Cass (7-8, 1-2) will play the second game of their two-game series Monday at Cass at 5:55 p.m.

The visiting Class AAA 2nd-ranked Ringgold Tigers took a 7-0 lead at Adairsville Friday night through the top of the third inning and held off their hosts for an 11-2 Region 6-AAA win. Ringgold scored three runs in the top of the first, added a run in the second, and posted another three-run inning in the third for their early advantage. Adairsville narrowed the lead to 7-2 in the bottom of the third, but Ringgold added four more runs down the stretch for their nine-run win. Holden Tucker and Dalton Schley had three hits each to lead Ringgold’s 14-hit attack. Three other Ringgold hitters — Wyatt Tennant, Gavin Hollis, and Nathan Camp — added two hits apiece. Tennant (4 IP, 2ER, 6H, 2BB, 4K) was the winning pitcher for Ringgold. Adairsville starting pitcher Garrett Mishoe (3 IP, 7R, 4ER, 6H, 4BB, 3K) suffered the loss. Trace Still (2.2 IP, 3ER, 0BB, 2K) and Levi Blackwell (1.1 IP, 1ER, 1H, 1BB) also pitched. Kyler Pelfrey had two hits including a double for Adairsville. Corey Nation also had two hits. Noah Dutton, Mishoe, and Caden Gibbs had the other Adairsville base hits. Ringgold improved to 11-4 overall and stayed unbeaten in Region 6-AAA at 3-0. Adairsville (9-4, 2-1) returns to the diamond Tuesday at Haralson County at 5:55 p.m.

Cartersville pitchers Levi Ayers, Jake Gooch, and J.P. Martin combined for a three-hit shutout Friday as the Hurricanes blanked Chapel Hill 6-0 at Richard Bell Field. The win marked the second straight region shutout and pitching gem for the Cartersville pitching staff. Ayers (4 IP, 0R, 2H, 1BB, 2K) started on the bump and earned the win. Gooch (2 IP, 0R, 1H, 0BB, 3K) worked middle relief and Martin (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB) needed only five pitches to close out the game. Gooch singled and later scored on a wild pitch in the second inning to put the Canes on top 1-0 and Anthony Seigler hit a two-run homer in the third inning for a 3-0 advantage. In the fifth inning, Jordan Wilkie drove in a run with a single to right field and Martin followed with a two-RBI hit to left field and a 6-0 Canes’ lead. Gooch was the only Cartersville hitter with two hits. Seigler (HR), Mason Barnett (double), Chandler Tromza, Josh Davis, Wilkie, and Martin had the other Canes’ hits. The loss dropped Chapel Hill to 8-10 overall and 1-3 overall. Cartersville (12-5, 2-0) plays at Cedartown Tuesday, hosts LaGrange Thursday, and travels to Troup County Friday. All games start at 5:55 p.m.

The Cartersville girls and boys track and field teams finished second on Thursday evening at the six-team Darlington meet in Rome. Pepperell won the girls and boys divisions with Coosa girls and boys finishing third and the Darlington teams fourth. Top performances for Cartersville include: (Placed top 6 in events) Girls 100M — 1st — Demaya Bryan — 13.43 Girls 100M — 3rd — Jessica Harris — 13.97 Girls 200M — 1st — Demaya Bryan — 27.77 Girls 200M — 3rd — Destiny Nesbitt — 29.07 Girls 400M — 2nd — Kayla Carpenter — 1:05.46 Girls 800M — 2nd — Kayla Carpenter — 2:42.35 Girls 1600M — 3rd — Vanna Beach — 6:11.98 Girls 1600M — 6th — Alex Machado — 6:29.29 Girls 3200M — 3rd — Vanna Beach — 13:24.78 Girls 3200M — 5th — Alex Machado — 14:12.42 Girls 100M Hurdles — 3rd — Ashlin Borkowsky — 20.32 Girls 300M Hurdles — 2nd — Jessica Harris — 57.25 Girls 300M Hurdles — 5th — Ashlin Borkowsky — 1:01.14 Girls 4x100M Relay — 1st — Jessica Harris, Destiny Nesbitt, Kayla Carpenter, Demaya Bryan — 53.65 Girls 4x100M Relay — 6th — Ashlin Borkowsky, Alley Mosher, Alex Machado, Brianna Kim — 1:01.49 Girls 4x400M Relay — 3rd — Kayla Carpenter, Destiny Nesbitt, Jessica Harris, Brianna Kim — 4:49.83 Girls Pole Vault — 3rd — Ashlin Borkowsky — 6-06.00 Girls Long Jump — 6th — Brianna Kim — 12-04.00 Girls Shot Put — 1st — London Shaw — 37-00.50 Girls Discus — 1st — Long Shaw — 108-10 Girls Discus — 5th — Victoria Covington — 74-10 Boys 400M — 1st — Bradley Kirk — 53.74 Boys 800M — 2nd — Bill Archer — 2:13.12 Boys 800M — 5th — Max Florence — 2:22.25 Boys 1600M — 3rd — Max Florence — 5:05.21 Boys 1600M — 4th — Jacob Busek —5:06.50 Boys 1600M — 6th — Parker Breedlove — 5:16.94 Boys 3200M — 1st — Jacob Busek — 11:10.04 Boys 3200M — 4th — Riley Dabbs — 11:56.91 Boys 3200M — 6th — Sim Archer — 12:09.24 Boys 110M Hurdles — 6th — Bryson Rogers — 20.12 Boys 300M Hurdles — 2nd — Daniel Ejieke — 46.88 Boys 300M Hurdles — 6th — Austin Dabbs — 53.63 Boys 4x100M Relay — 5th — Marcus Gary, Bradley Kirk, Corel Harish, Terry Berdin — 46.83 Boys 4x400M Relay — 2nd — Bradley Kirk, Terry Berdin, Matthew Wilson, Bill Archer — 3:47.84 Boys High Jump — 3rd — Brandon Martin — 5-06.50 Boys Pole Vault — 1st — Nick Bebko — 12-00.00 Boys Pole Vault — 2nd — Jack Merritt — 9-06.00 Boys Long Jump — 5th — Cecil Harrish — 19-06.00 Boys Shot Put — 5th — Jordon Wells — 40-11.25

The Adairsville Tigers scored at least one run in each of the first four innings Thursday night at North Murray, then held on for a 5-4 Region 6-AAA win over the host Mountaineers in Chatsworth. Starter Caden Gibbs (5 IP, 4R, 2ER, 8H, 2BB, 4K) picked up the pitching victory for the Tigers. Chase Horn (2 IP, 0R, 0H, 2BB, 1K) delivered a save by retiring the final six outs. Adairsville trailed 2-1 after one inning, but scored twice in the second inning and added single runs in the next two frames to lead 5-2 after four innings. North Murray threatened with single runs in the fifth and sixth innings, but Horn was able to squelch the Mountaineers at the end. Four different Tigers had two hits in the victory. Kyler Pelfrey (triple), Noah Dutton (RBI), Halen Huskins, and Gibbs (double) finished with two hits each. Corey Nation added a hit with a stolen base and Trace Still hit a solo home run in the fourth inning. North Murray falls to 3-9 overall and 0-2 in Region 6-AAA. Adairsville (9-3, 2-0) hosts Ringgold in another region game Friday at 5:55 p.m.

Four local high school girls basketball players participated Thursday night in the Northwest Georgia Senior All-Star Game played at the Floyd Campus of Georgia Highlands College. Cass seniors Kyla Michienzi and Chanel Clemmons played on the South team, while Woodland senior Whitney Harris and Adairsville senior Josie Summerville participated on the North squad. The South team won the game, 78-64. Michienzi finished with five points, four rebounds, and a pair of assists. Clemmons contributed four points, five boards, and four blocks. Harris scored six points in the game and Summerville finished with four points. PHOTOS: (L-R) Clemmons, Michienzi, Harris, Summerville

Three Cartersville pitchers combined on a two-hit shutout and the offense exploded for double-digit runs Thursday in Tyrone as the Hurricanes blanked Sandy Creek in five innings, 16-0. Jake Gooch hit a second inning grand slam and Anthony Seigler hit a leadoff solo home run to start the third inning as the Canes’ bats exhibited some power. Four other Hurricanes had extra base hits. Josh Davis contributed two hits including a double and three RBI. Mason Barnett had a double and one RBI in his two hits. Jordan Wilkie finished with two hits including a double and two RBI and Brant Smith doubled home one run. Chadler Tromza, Garrett Shelton, Preston Welchel, and Kolby Adams (RBI) had the other Cartersville base hits. Ian Inaba added one RBI with a sacrifice fly. Barnett (3 IP, 0R, 2H, 1BB, 5K) picked up the pitching victory in an abbreviated outing. Adams (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB, 1K) and Luke Schiltz (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB) worked an inning each. The loss dropped Sandy Creek to 6-6 overall and 0-2 in region action. Cartersville (11-5, 1-0) hosts Region 5-AAAA foe Chapel Hill Friday at 5:55 p.m.

Defensive miscues and walks are always difficult to overcome, but they were devastating for the Cass Colonels in a 14-4 Region 7-AAAAA loss at Hiram Wednesday night. After Cass broke on top 3-0, Hiram took advantage of two Cass errors in the bottom of the first to take a 4-3 lead. In the second inning, two more errors and four walks contributed to Hiram’s four run frame that gave the Hornets an early 8-4 lead. The score remained the same until the bottom of sixth when Hiram mixed in five singles with two more walks and another error for a six-run burst that gave the Hornets a 10-run lead and ended the game early. In all, the Colonels committed six defensive miscues and Cass pitchers issued nine walks. Parker Hardin (0.1 IP, 4R, 0ER, 0H, 3BB) was tagged with the pitching loss for Cass in relief of starter Blaine Ingram (1 IP, 4R, 0ER, 3H, 2BB, 1K). Nic Wallin (0.2 IP, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 1K), Wyatt Karlovich (3 IP, 0R, 2H, 1BB, 3K), and Gavin Young (0.2 IP, 6R, 3ER, 5H, 2BB) also took the mound. Steven Spell (RBI), Nathan Smith, Karlovich (RBI), Evan Hinton, and Ingram (RBI) had one hit each for Cass. The win by Hiram (4-8, 1-1) earns a two-game region series split with the Colonels. Cass won Monday’s matchup 9-3. The Colonels (7-7, 1-1) play at Woodland Friday at 5:55 p.m. and will host the Wildcats in the two-game series on Monday at 5:55 p.m.