Bartow County Little League 12U softball tops South Carolina in Southeast Region tourney opener
- Staff
- Jul 20
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July 20, 2025
Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com
Bartow County Little League 12U produced two big offensive innings, and pitchers Kallaway Crenshaw and Maci Walker limited South Carolina’s bats to four hits in a 7-3 first-round victory at the Little League Softball Southeast Region Tournament on Sunday in Warner Robins.
Bartow 12U scored five runs in the top of the third inning for a 5-0 lead and added two runs in the fifth to build a 7-1 advantage. South Carolina (Northwood Little League of Taylors, South Carolina) scored a run in the bottom of the fourth and added two in the sixth on three consecutive, two-out singles. A comeback grounder to Walker, however, ended the final inning threat.
Crenshaw started in the circle for Bartow and pitched into the fifth inning. She allowed one unearned run on one hit and three walks and struck out one. Walker took over in the circle with one out in the fifth and retired the final five outs. She yielded two earned runs on three hits with no walks and fanned one.
Bartow County outhit South Carolina nine to four. Both teams committed two errors.
Catcher Makenzie Baker was three-for-three to lead the Bartow offense with three RBI. She singled in the first, third, and fifth innings, forcing home two runs in the third and one more in the fifth.
Peyton Crabbe and Crenshaw had two hits for the locals. Remi Sewell contributed a two-RBI single in the third inning, and Kynzie Poole added one hit.
Bartow advances to a second-round game on Monday at 2 p.m. to face Mallard Creek Little League from Charlotte, North Carolina.
North Carolina defeated West Virginia (Sissonville Little League) 2-1 on Sunday, and Dickson County Little League of Charlotte, Tennessee, edged Lake Mary (Florida) Little League, 1-0.
In two other games on Monday, Tennessee plays McLean (Virginia) Little League at 11 a.m., and West Virginia meets South Carolina in the double-elimination tournament’s first elimination game at 5 p.m.
The action in Warner Robins continues through Friday, with the region champion advancing to the 12-team Little League Softball World Series August 3-10 in Greenville, North Carolina.
The Southeast Region tournament is being played at Little League Southeast Park, located at 439 Snellgrove Drive in Warner Robins. Admission to all games is free. Games are televised on ESPN+.
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