Cartersville softball secures region title, celebrates seniors
- Staff
- Oct 2
- 3 min read
October 2, 2025
With their two wins on Thursday evening over visiting Hiram, the Cartersville Lady Canes secured the Region 7-4A championship and a top seed in the upcoming Class 4A state playoffs. They also celebrated their seniors.
GAME 1: CARTERSVILLE 12, HIRAM 0
GAME 2: CARTERSVILLE 10, HIRAM 0
The Lady Canes swept a home doubleheader Thursday with Hiram, with pitchers Presley Crabbe tossing a four-inning no-hitter in Game 1 and Haley Collum and Zoie Shiflett combining for a dozen strikeouts in five innings in Game 2.
Addi Burns had four hits in the doubleheader. Shiflett finished with three hits, including two home runs, a double, a sacrifice fly, and six RBI. Kinsey Woodard (home run, double, four RBI), Sam Porter (double, RBI), Miley Jo Williams (triple, double, sacrifice fly, five RBI), and Sophia Harper (two RBI) contributed two hits. Taryn Bradley (double, two RBI), Izzy Tummins, and Crabbe added one hit.
The losses left Hiram with a 5-17 overall record and 3-16 in region play.
Cartersville (25-2, 18-2) clinched the top seed from Region 7-4A in the state playoffs. The Lady Canes have a non-region home game Monday with Harrison (6 p.m.) and wrap up region play at Cedartown on Tuesday.
GAME 1: SOUTHEAST WHITFIELD 4, WOODLAND 3
GAME 2: WOODLAND 14, SOUTHEAST WHITFIELD 9
Woodland split a Region 7-4A doubleheader at Southeast Whitfield Thursday night, dropping the opener 4-3 before winning the nightcap 14-9.
Evelyne Tucker (7 IP, 9R, 3ER, 7H, 3BB, 7K) collected the pitching win for the Lady Cats in Game 2. Bella Kuykendall (7 IP, 4R, 2ER, 6H, 0BB, 5K) was tagged with the pitching loss in Game 1.
Ashlyn Baines (double, four RBI) and Kamryn Smith (double, RBI) had four hits in the doubleheader. Bailey Gerstner (two doubles, four RBI), Bailey Ryan (triple, RBI), Gracie Korb (double, RBI), and Sonny Hicks (RBI) contributed three hits. Cat Sneed (double) and Kylee Poston added two hits on the night for Woodland.
The doubleheader split left Southeast Whitfield with an 8-18 record overall and 4-16 in region play.
Woodland (8-14, 5-11) hosts Allatoona on Monday for a doubleheader starting at 5 p.m.
ALLATOONA 12, CASS 4
The Lady Colonels lost their third consecutive region game and the fifth of their last seven Thursday night at 6th-ranked Allatoona, 12-4, in five innings.
After falling behind 5-1 through three innings, Cass narrowed the margin to 5-4 in the top of the fourth inning on a Molli Morrow homer and an RBI single by Kylie Gentry. The comeback threat was short-lived with the host Lady Buccaneers posting seven runs over the next two innings.
Gentry (4.1 IP, 12R, 5ER, 9H, 4BB, 2K) suffered the pitching loss for Cass.
Morrow (two-run home run) had two hits for the Lady Colonels. Gentry (RBI), Lindsey Chubb (double, RBI), Harlee Thomason, KK Evans, and MJ McFarlane added one hit in the loss.
Allatoona improved to 14-5 overall and 14-5 in Region 7-4A.
Cass (16-8, 14-6) has a non-region game at Chattooga on Monday and wraps up the regular season at Dalton on Tuesday.
ADAIRSVILLE 9, NORTHWEST WHITFIELD 7
The Lady Tigers built a 6-1 lead in the early innings Thursday evening and held off host Northwest Whitfield down the stretch for a 9-7 Region 7-3A victory.
The Lady Bruins (7-19, 5-13) narrowed the Adairsville lead to 6-5 in the fourth inning, but the Tigers added a three-run sixth inning to extend their lead to 9-5. Northwest threatened with two runs in the bottom of the seventh, but Adairsville pitcher Ashlyn Carlton closed the door with a fly out and a line out to end the game.
Chloe Hill (3.2 IP, 5R, 2ER, 5H, 1BB, 3K) and Carlton (3.1 IP, 2R, 1ER, 3H, 2BB, 1K) shared the pitching duties for Adairsville.
Carlton and Hill (RBI) also led the Adairsville offense with two hits each. Ansley Powell (triple, three RBI), Ashlynn Durden (RBI), Riah Boyd (RBI), Cadey Evans, Maddie Baggett, and Alivia Joslin had one hit.
Adairsville (14-15, 5-13) will close out the season on Wednesday with a non-region game at Sprayberry.
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