Crabbe fires no-hitter as Lady Canes sweep Ware County

October 14, 2026

Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com

Cartersville pitcher Presley Crabbe threw a no-hitter in Game 2 as the Lady Canes swept Ware County on October 14 in the first round of the Class 5A state playoffs. Photo: Russell Andrews / Sports Furnace Photography

The Cartersville Lady Canes won two straight games against Ware County, 3-2 and 11-0, in a Class 5A first-round playoff series on Wednesday afternoon at Dellinger Park.

The 2nd-seeded Canes scored in the first, third, and fifth innings to take a 3-0 lead in Game 1, then held off the Gators, who hit solo home runs in the sixth and seventh.

In Game 2, Cartersville pitcher Presley Crabbe tossed a five-inning no-hitter to blank the Gators, while the offense scored 11 runs on nine hits and capitalized on four Ware County errors.

Crabbe issued one walk and struck out seven. Shiflett allowed two earned runs in Game 1 on two hits and one walk. She fanned eight.

Allana Williams (RBI), Izzy Tummins (double), and Sophia Harper each collected two hits for Cartersville in Game 1. Sam Porter (RBI), Carder Brock, Taryn Bradley, and Shiflett each added one hit. The Lady Canes also stole seven bases.

Allana Williams had three hits and one RBI in the Lady Canes' series sweep of Ware County on Oct. 14. Photo: Russell Andrews / Sports Furnace Photography

In Game 2, Avaree Sellers had two hits, including a home run, and two RBI. Tummins (double, two RBI) and Shiflett (RBI) each had two hits. Porter (double, RBI), Harper (double, two RBI), and Williams each added one hit.

Ware County finished the season 13-17.

Cartersville (28-2) advances to a second-round, home, best-of-three series next Wednesday and Thursday against No. 18-seeded Blessed Trinity. The Titans (19-9) swept Dutchtown in the first round, 15-0 and 12-4. 

The winner of the Cartersville/Blessed Trinity series advances to the Class 5A Final Eight double-elimination tournament in Columbus on October 28-31.