Adairsville and Cartersville take region wins; Cass drops both games of a doubleheader

September 30, 2025

Ashlyn Carlton

ADAIRSVILLE 10, NORTHWEST WHITFIELD 4

A five-run third inning propelled the Lady Tigers to a 6-3 lead Tuesday night, and the offense produced at least one more run in each of the next three innings to defeat visiting Northwest Whitfield, 10-4.

Ashlyn Carlton (7 IP, 4ER, 11H, 1BB, 6K) picked up the pitching victory for Adairsville as the Tigers celebrated their 2025-26 seniors.

Maddie Baggett led the Lady Tigers’ offense with four hits and two RBI. Cadey Evans (two RBI) and Ashlynn Durden (double, two RBI) contributed two hits. Lily Roberts (triple, two RBI), Carlton (double, two RBI), Riah Boyd, Chloe Hill, Ansley Powell, and Alivia Joslin added one hit each.

Northwest Whitfield (7-18, 5-11) will host Adairsville (13-15, 4-13) on Thursday at 5 p.m.

CARTERSVILLE 7, ALLATOONA 4

The Lady Canes trailed 3-2 through four innings Tuesday evening at Allatoona. Still, they scored three runs in the fifth on Sam Porter’s home run and added single runs in the final two frames to finish off the Lady Bucs in a critical Region 7-4A victory.

Zoie Shiflett earned the pitching win for Cartersville with four innings of work. She gave up three unearned runs, scattering four hits and two walks. Shiflett struck out three. Presley Crabbe closed out the final three innings in the circle without yielding a hit or a walk. Crabbe also fanned three.

Porter had the big bat for the Lady Canes, producing a triple, a three-run homer, and five RBI. Taryn Bradley also had two hits. LaKiaya Banks (RBI), Shiflett (RBI), and Addi Burns added one hit.

Allatoona slipped to 13-5 overall and 13-5 in region action.

Cartersville (23-2, 16-2) hosts a region doubleheader with Hiram on Thursday.

GAME 1: CEDARTOWN 1, CASS 0

GAME 2: CEDARTOWN 4, CASS 2

Visiting Cedartown swept a doubleheader at Cass Tuesday night, winning a pair of tightly contested games 1-0 and 4-2.

The Lady Bulldogs utilized two singles and a wild pitch to score in the top of the first inning en route to a 1-0 victory in the opener. Cass pitcher Kylie Gentry suffered the hard-luck pitching loss in a complete-game effort. She allowed only six total hits and no walks with three strikeouts.

The Lady Colonels managed only three hits. Natalie Hughes, Lindsey Chubb, and Molli Morrow had one single each.

Cass led 2-1 through four innings in the second game, but Cedartown took a 3-2 lead in the fifth inning and added an insurance run in the seventh for a 4-2 final score.

Bailey York made the pitching start for Cass and was tagged with the loss. She yielded three earned runs on four hits and one walk and fanned three. Gentry entered to pitch the final 2-⅔ innings and allowed just one, unearned run on five hits.

Harlee Thomason (RBI), Shyia Woods, Emma Gibson, York (RBI), Hughes, and Morrow had one hit each for Cass.

Cedartown improved to 14-10 overall and 13-5 in region play.

Cass (16-7, 14-5) travels to Allatoona on Thursday for a 5:30 p.m. first pitch.