Cartersville Little League (Major League) game capsules for games played Monday, March 28. Dodgers 3 Indians 2 Dodgers Hitters Drew Rothschild 2-2 with 2B, R, RBI Banks Wilson 1-2 with 3B, R Ayden Ray 1-2 with 2B, RBI Dodgers Pitching Drew Rothschild 3 2/3 innings allowing 2 R, 2 ER with 3 H, 4 BB, 9 K Colin Eaton 2 1/3 innings allowing 0 R, 0 ER with 0 H, 1 BB, 2 K Indians Hitters Harrison Childers 2-2 with 2B, 2 RBI Trip Bradley 1-2 with 2B, R Indians Pitchers Noah Ford 3 2/3 innings allowing 1 R, 1 ER with 2 H, 0 BB, 5 K Connor Brasfield 1 1/3 innings allowing 2 R, 2 ER with 2 H, 3 BB, 0 K Phillies 9 Crackers 8 Phillies Hitters Hunter Cochran 2-3 with 2 2B, 2 RBI JaKiyon Porter 2-3 with 2B, R, RBI Elliott Eastin 1-3 with 2B, 2 R Phillies Pitchers Jimbo Gaines 4 2/3 innings allowing 8 R, 6 ER with 8 H, 3 BB, 6 K Elliott Eastin 1/3 innings allowing 0 R, 0 ER with 0 H, 0 BB, 1 K Crackers Hitters Tyler Shelton 2-3 with HR, 2 R, 2 RBI Marco Wilkey 2-3 with 2 R, RBI Thomas Norris 1-2 with 2B, BB, 2 R Jaylon Akins 1-3 with 2B, R Paul Gamble 1-3 with R Jaden Akins 1-3 with RBI Crackers Pitchers Tyler Shelton 3 innings allowing 3 R, 1 ER with 3 H, 5 BB, 7 K Issac Seigler 0 innings allowing 3 R, 2 ER with 0 H, 2 BB, 0 K Paul Gamble 1 2/3 innings allowing 3 R, 2 ER with 2 H, 3 BB, 3 K Tigers 9 Padres 7 Tigers Hitters Scotty Smith 2-2 with 2B, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI Jud Knight 2-2 with 2B, 2 R Kace Adams 1-2 with 3B, HBP, 2R, 2 RBI Gavin Shrewsbury 1-3 with 2B, R, RBI Jake Wehunt 1-3 with R, RBI Jake Parker 1-3 with R, RBI Tigers Pitchers Scotty Smith 1 inning allowing 2 R, 2 ER with 1 H, 6 BB, 2 K Jake Parker 3 1/3 innings allowing 3 R, 3 ER with 4 H, 6 BB, 6 K Jacob Evans 2/3 innings allowing 2 R, 2 ER with 3 H, 0 BB, 1 K Padres Hitters Sam Phillips 3-3 with BB, 3 R AJ Christina 2-3 with 2 RBI Ernesto Cortes 1-1 with 3 BB, RBI Collin Fletcher 1-3 with 2B, BB, 2 R, RBI Jordan Hall 1-2 with 2B, R Padres Pitchers Ernesto Cortes 4 innings allowing 9 R, 4 ER with 8 H, 1 BB, 9 K Sam Phillips 1 inning allowing 0 R, 0 ER with 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K Braves 9 Colts 5 Braves Hitters Hayden James 2-3 with R, RBI Anderson McCary 1-2 with 2B, R, RBI Miles Owen 1-2 with HBP R, RBI Jake Lawson 1-3 with R, RBI Shane Roberson 1-3 with R Braves Pitchers Caleb Daniel 2 innings allowing 2 R, 1 ER with 3 H, 5 BB, 1 K Miles Owen 2 innings allowing 0 R, 0 ER with 2 H, 1 BB, 3 K Jake Lawson 2 innings allowing 3 R, 0 ER with 1 H, 1 BB, 2 K Colts Hitters Turner Abernathy 2-3 with R, RBI Blake Sutton 2-3 with RBI Tate Smith 1-2 with 2B, R Landon DeFrench 1-3 with R Colts Pitchers Blake Sutton 3 innings allowing 5 R, 3 ER with 4 H, 1 BB, 5 K Brody Tidwell 3 innings allowing 4 R, 1 ER with 2 H, 1 BB, 6 K Game capsules provided by Cartersville LL

Cartersville bounced back from a non-region loss Wednesday to take care of region business on Thursday and delivered a 7-4 win over visiting Gilmer at Richard Bell Field. The victory keeps Cartersville atop the Region 7-AAAA standings, one-half game ahead of Heritage-Catoosa pending the Generals' outcome at Pickens Thursday night. Zach Yancey was 4-for-4 at the plate for the Canes and drove in three runs to lead the offense that totaled 11 hits. He also picked up the pitching victory as the Cartersville starter. The Canes scored twice in the bottom of the first to take an early lead. Elliott Anderson doubled to right field to open the inning. Carrington Evans followed with a walk and Devin Warner was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Zach Yancey then hit a ground ball single into left field that scored Anderson and Evans. Cartersville tacked on a run in the bottom of the fourth to go ahead 3-0. Jacob Fowler doubled to start the inning, Parker Tidwell followed with a walk and Anderson was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Evans then launched a sacrifice fly to right field that enabled Fowler to tag and score. The Bobcats narrowed the margin to 3-2 in the fifth inning. Chandler Sution, McKinley Chadwick, and Barnes hit three consecutive singles to load the bases. Drew Healan drove in the first run with a sacrifice fly and Chadwick later scored on a wild pitch. On the mound, Yancey yielded only one walk, no hits, and struck out seven in the first four innings, but was lifted in the fifth inning after two outs, leading 3-2. Anderson (1.1 IP, 0R, 2H, 1BB, 1K) entered to retire the third out in the fifth and pitched a scoreless sixth inning. He finished the night allowing three hits, a walk, and two earned runs in 4 and 2/3 innings. The Canes responded by distancing themselves in the bottom of the fifth and added another run in the sixth for a 7-2 lead. In the fifth, Yancey singled and moved to second on a Spencer Dickey sacrifice. Cole Jamieson walked and then Fowler delivered an RBI double. Bradley Kirk entered as a courtesy runner for Jamieson and scored when Parker Roberson grounded out. Tidwell then drove in Fowler with a single to give Cartersville a 6-2 lead. Warner led off the bottom of the sixth for the Canes with a triple and scored on an RBI single by Yancey for a 7-2 advantage. Gilmer used five singles in the top of the seventh to score two runs, but Evans (1 IP, 2ER, 5H, 0BB, 1K) — who entered to pitch the final inning — struck out Suition with the bases loaded to end the late threat. Will Barnes (4.1 IP, 6ER, 7H, 3BB, 1K) was the starting pitcher for Gilmer and suffered the loss. Austin Daman (1.2 IP, 1ER, 4H, 0BB, 1K) also pitched for the Bobcats (4-13 overall, 1-5 in 7-AAAA). Cartersville (11-8, 7-1) travels to Northwest Whitfield Friday for another region start at 5:55pm.

Noah Wilkes tossed six innings of shutout ball to lead the visiting Phenix City (AL) Red Devils past Cartersville Wednesday, 9-0. Jevonte Williams and Wilkes combined for four hits and four RBI to lead Phenix City. Dayton Edmonds relieved Wilkes and needed only seven pitches to close out the seventh inning for the Red Devils. Mason Barnett (1.1 IP, 3R, 1ER, 2H, 2BB, 1K) took the pitching loss for the Canes. Spencer Dickey (1.2 IP, 0, 1H, 0BB, 2K), Carrington Evans (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB), Harrison Osborn (1 IP, 2R, 0ER, 2H, 1BB), Parker Tidwell (1 IP, 2R, 0ER, 1H, 1BB), and Ian Inaba (1 IP, 2ER, 3H, 1K) also pitched for Cartersville. The Red Devils (16-11) scored three runs in the top of the second to take an early lead, then added two runs in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings. Only three of the Phenix City runs were earned. The Canes committed five errors. Cartersville managed only three hits in the contest. Elliott Anderson, Devin Warner, and Evans had one hit apiece. The Canes (10-8, 6-1 in 7-AAAA) entertain Gilmer Thursday at 5:55pm at Richard Bell Field in Atco before traveling to Northwest Whitfield Friday for another 5:55pm start.

Woodland continued its domination of Cass in this week’s baseball sub-region series by completing a three-game sweep of the Colonels Wednesday night, 7-1, on the Cats’ home diamond. The Wildcats put four runs on the board in the second inning and added two more in the third to take a commanding 6-0 lead they would not relinquish. Woodland starting pitcher, Rodolpho Romo, kept the Colonels off the scoreboard except for a single run in the top of the fifth that made the score 6-1. Romo (6.1 IP, 1ER, 6H, 3BB, 3K) earned the pitching victory with his performance. Grant Robinson (0.2 IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB, 1K) finished the seventh inning on the mound. Mitchell Taylor had a pair of hits and three RBI for the Wildcats. Brandon Allen also had two hits including a triple that launched Woodland’s second inning rally. Jacob Frye, Kolby Stansell, and Garrett Cornett had the other hits for the Wildcats. Frye stole two bases. Cauy Williams, Hunter Reaid, and Taylor also swiped bags as the Woodland offense took advantage of eight walks by Cass pitchers. Bailey Campbell, Steven Spell, Jake Collum, Cody Johnson, Tyler Hendon, and Evan Hinton had one hit each for the Colonels. Collum (3.1 IP, 6ER, 7H, 4BB, 1K) was the losing pitcher. Jordan Reed (2.2 IP, 1ER, 0H, 4BB, 4K) also worked from the mound for Cass. Cass (5-15, 4-11 in 7-AAAAA-A) opens a three-game series with Sequoyah with a home game Monday at 5:55pm. Woodland (5-14, 4-11 in 7-AAAAA-A) faces Dalton in a three-game series next week that begins with a home game Monday at 5:55pm.

The Woodland girls soccer team defeated visiting Sonoraville Tuesday night, 3-0, in a non-region match. Keri Cagle put a corner kick over the goalkeeper in the 8th minute to strike first for the Lady Cats and provide the only scoring in the first half. In the second half, Kaitlin Winnenberg found the goal off an assist from Cagle with just under 17 minutes remaining to put Woodland up, 2-0. Freshman Jordan Evans hit sophomore Allie Moates with a pass from outside midfield and Moates took it in for a goal with 11:07 remaining to provide the game’s final score. Woodland (7-7) hosts North Springs Tuesday, April 12 in a 7pm start. SONORAVILLE BOYS 4, WILDCATS 1 Woodland led Sonoraville 1-0 at halftime, but the visiting Phoenix scored 35 seconds into the second half and added goals in the 67th, 75th, and 87th minutes. Drew Barrere scored the Woodland goal with an assist by Diony Ochoa. Woodland (0-12) is scheduled ot play at Coosa April 14.

The Woodland Wildcats pounded out 14 hits on their way to an 11-2 win at Cass Tuesday night. The victory was the second straight for the Wildcats in the three-game sub-region series. Brandon Allen had a four-hit game for Woodland, including a pair of doubles. Cauy Williams had a three-hit game with a double, and Kolby Stansel drove in three runs to help lead the Cats’ offense. Trent Harrison tossed six innings of three-hit baseball to pick up the pitching victory. Game three of the series will be at Woodland on Friday. WOODLAND 11, CASS 2 WOODLAND —— 0-5-1-1-1-3-0 — 11R | 14H | 3E CASS ————— 0-0-0-1-1-0-0 — 2R | 5H | 2E Woodland hitters: Jacob Frye — 1H, 2R, 1BB Grant Robinson — 2H, 2R, 2BB, 1RBI Grayson Bagwell — 1H, 1R Hunter Reaid — 1H, 1BB, 1RBI Trent Harrison — 1H, 1RBI Brandon Allen — 4H (2 doubles), 2R, 1RBI Cauy Williams — 3H (1 double), 1R, 1RBI Noah Lundy — 1RBI Kolby Stansel — 1H, 1R, 3RBI Garrett Cornett — 1RBI Woodland pitchers: Trent Harrison — 6IP, 2R, 1ER, 3H, 0BB, 5K Tommy Peed — 1IP, 0R, 2H, 1K Cass hitters: Bailey Campbell — 1H (double) Jake Collum — 1R Tyler Hendon — 3H (1 double), 1R Brett Gaddy — 1H, 1RBI Cass pitchers: Evan Hinton — 4 IP, 7R, 2ER, 9H, 2BB, 2K Cody Johnson — 1 IP, 1ER, 1H Clay Means — 3 IP, 3ER, 4H, 3BB Woodland (4-14, 3-11 in 7-AAAAA-A) Cass (5-14, 4-10 in 7-AAAAA-A)

Adairsville pitcher Sam Seaman pitched another complete game gem for the Tigers as they defeated region-rival Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Tuesday at home, 4-1. Seaman allowed only one, unearned run in the first inning. He scattered a pair of Warriors’ hits with five walks and struck out 15 batters. After falling behind 1-0 in the top of the first, the Tigers tied the game in their half of the inning. Landon Howren singled and later scored after a Kyler Pelfrey sacrifice bunt, a hit batsman, and a fielders choice grounder by Hayden Morrow. Adairsville put two more runs on the board in the third inning. Taylor Whitley reached on an error before Pelfrey singled. Whitley then scored on an RBI single by Seaman and Pelfrey moved to third base. Morrow then drove them both home with a double to left-centerfield to make the score 4-1. That would be more than enough run support for Seaman who shutout the Warriors over the final six innings. Adairsville (10-7, 6-3 in Region 6-AAA) travels to North Murray Thursday (5:55pm) and visits Coahulla Creek on Friday (5:55pm).

For most of the night on Monday, the sub-region series opener between Woodland and Cass was highlighted by the two starting pitchers. Woodland’s Mitchell Taylor and Austin Pruett of Cass had a true pitchers’ duel going until the Wildcats’ offense broke through for seven-runs after two outs in the seventh inning to defeat the Colonels 7-3. Woodland trailed 2-0 going to their final frame and Pruett retired the first two batters of the inning, but the Wildcats rallied with two outs on a pair of walks, a single, three doubles, and a homerun. Jacob Frye, Grant Robinson, and Brandon Allen doubled in the seventh inning for Woodland. Hunter Reaid had a hit, and Cauy Williams hit a two-run homer to give the Wildcats a 7-2 lead. Cass scored a run in the bottom of the seventh off an infield error for the 7-3 final score. Woodland’s Taylor (7 IP, 3R, 2ER, 8H, 1BB, 3K) earned the complete game pitching victory with an outstanding performance. Pruett (6.2 IP, 2ER, 5H, 4BB, 6K) suffered the tough loss for the Colonels. Cody Johnson (0.0 IP, 3ER, 2H, 1BB) relieved Pruett with two outs and a runner at second in the seventh, and Jordan Reed (0.1 IP, 2ER, 2H) entered to record the final out in the inning. Evan Hinton had an RBI triple to give Cass a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning. Hinton also singled home Jake Collum in the fourth inning for a 2-0 advantage for the Colonels. Reaid was 3-for-4 with one RBI for Woodland. Allen had two hits and two RBI. Williams drove in two runs with a hit. Zach Woods, Frye (RBI), and Robinson (RBI) had the other Wildcats’ hits. Hinton’s 3-for-3 performance accounted for a pair of RBI for the Colonels. Collum had two hits. Bailey Campbell, Casey Patterson, and Reed had the other Cass hits. Woodland 3-14 overall, 2-11 in sub-region 7-AAAAA-A) hosts Cass (5-13, 4-9) Wednesday at 5:55pm. The third game of the series will be back at Cass again on Friday (April 11).

The Canes put eight runs on the board through the first two innings Monday afternoon at LaFayette on their way to capturing a 12-0 Region 7-AAAA win in five innings. Cartersville used a quartet of pitchers to shutout the Ramblers on only two hits. Jacob Fowler (2 IP, 1H, 1BB, 2K), Carrington Evans (1 IP, 1H, 0BB, 1K), Spencer Dickey (1 IP, 1BB, 1K), and Chet Taylor (1 IP, 0H, 0BB) each saw time on the mound. Devin Warner went 3-for-4 at the plate and drove in three runs. All three of his hits were doubles. Spencer Dickey had two hits and one RBI. Zach Yancey (3 RBI), Parker Roberson (2 RBI), Parker Tidwell (RBI), Elliott Anderson (RBI), and Evans (RBI) had the other Cartersville hits. Evans and Tidwell both stole a base. With the loss, LaFayette falls to 7-10 overall, 1-6 in Region 7-AAAA. Cartersville (10-7, 6-1 in 7-AAAA) is scheduled to host Central of Phenix City, AL Wednesday in a non-region game at Richard Bell Field in Atco. The Canes continue a busy Spring Break week of games by entertaining Gilmer on Thursday and they travel to Northwest Whitfield on Friday.

The Georgia Highlands softball team fell behind 4-0 early to Emory in Saturday’s first game of a doubleheader, but Brianna Fickes hit a two-run homer in the fifth to tie the score and Carlee Thurmond drove in two, game-winning runs in the sixth as the Chargers won 7-5. The homerun was Fickes’ 12th of the season and the Lady Chargers’ win snapped a 22-game win streak by Emory. Rebecca Meade pitched a complete game for GHC. She allowed four earned runs on five hits with eight strikeouts. She also walked four in earning her 11th win of the year. Ashley Jordan went 3-for-3 and scored two runs. Lauren Womack had two hits and one RBI. Andria Booth also had a pair of hits for the Chargers. Emory, the second-ranked team in NCAA D-III, won the second game 5-4, despite the Lady Chargers out hitting the Lady Eagles. GHC took a 1-0 lead in the second inning, but fell behind 4-1 before scoring twice in the fourth to trail 4-3. The visiting Eagles (32-2) added a run in the fifth and held off the Chargers who added a single run in the final inning for a 5-4 final. Womack was 2-for-2 with a walk for Georgia Highlands. She had singles in the second and sixth innings, scored a run, and drove in one. Caitlin Parks and Fickes also had two hits in Game 2. Carlee Thurmond, Mallory Jackson, Booth, and Jordan each added one hit as the Lady Chargers collected ten hits, but left eight on base. Ashley Cortez and Booth had RBI for Georgia Highlands. Natalie Pederson (4.1 IP, 5ER, 8H, 2BB, 3K) suffered the pitching loss. Rebecca Meade (2.2 IP, 0R, 1H, 4K) closed out the final innings. Georgia Highlands (20-28) returns to Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association conference play Wednesday with a doubleheader at Gordon College.

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Georgia Highlands put eleven runs on the board Saturday in the second game of a doubleheader to earn a split for the day and a split in the week’s four-game, conference series with East Georgia State CC. The Chargers managed only five hits in the series finale’, but took advantage of fourteen walks issued by East Georgia pitchers. GHC took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI single by Daniel Gooden, but it was a five-run second inning when the Chargers took control. East Georgia pitchers hit one batter and walked seven as Highlands took a 6-0 lead without benefit of a hit. After East Georgia cut the Georgia Highland’s lead in half at 6-3, Triston Roberts delivered a two-run single and Devin Bilardello added an RBI single in the fourth inning to give the Chargers a 9-3 advantage. The Chargers added two more runs in the sixth on a Nick Constan hit, a walk to Joel Munoz, and a Brandon Bell two-RBI hit. Georgia Highlands utilized four pitchers in the win. Sam Sowerbrower picked up the win with a 2 and 2/3 inning performance, allowing no runs on a pair of hits and two walks. In the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader, East Georgia pitcher Payton Phillips tossed a complete game shutout to beat the Chargers, 6-0. Phillips gave up only two hits, walked three, and struck out seven. Zach McCrum and Drew Davis had the only Georgia Highlands’ hits. With the series split, Georgia Highlands in 4-4 in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association and 19-17 overall. East Georgia is 16-16, 3-5. South Georgia CC and Abraham Baldwin currently lead the conference at 5-1. The Chargers open their next four-game conference series Tuesday at LakePoint against Andrew College.