Lady Canes edge Lady Colonels in extra innings; Woodland and Adairsville suffer road losses

August 7, 2025

The Cartersville Lady Canes walked off with a 2-1 home win Thursday over visiting Cass with a game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning.

The game was a pitcher’s duel between Zoie Shiflett of Cartersville and Kylie Gentry of Cass. Both hurlers went the distance in the circle. Shiflett allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk with eleven strikeouts. Gentry yielded two runs (none earned) on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts. The Lady Colonels committed three errors.

Cartersville took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third on an RBI groundout by Shiflett. Cass tied the score in the top of the fourth on an RBI groundout by Gentry. The Lady Canes’ winning run scored on an infield error after Kennedy Crenshaw and Shiflett started the frame with hits.

Kinsey Woodard had two hits for Cartersville. Sophia Harper, Sam Porter, Carder Brock, Crenshaw, and Shiflett added one hit.

Braelyn Franklin, Sydney Satterfield, Shyla Woods, Harlee Thomason, and Bailey York had one hit for the Lady Colonels.

Cass (1-1, 1-1) has tournament games Friday and Saturday with Chapel Hill, Hart County, and Rockmart at Hamilton Crossing Park.

Cartersville (3-0, 2-0) faces Murray County and North Murray on Saturday in a tournament at Calhoun.

CEDARTOWN 8, WOODLAND 0

The Woodland Lady Cats lost 8-0 at Cedartown Thursday evening in a Region 7-4A matchup. 

Cedartown scored in each offensive frame, and Lady Bulldogs’ pitcher, Kristen Cash, limited Woodland to only two hits in the five-inning contest.

Lillian Hollis and Ashlynn Baines had one hit each for the Lady Cats.

Evelyne Tucker (3 IP, 6R, 4ER, 5H, 2BB) and Bella Kuykendall (1 IP, 2ER, 3H) shared pitching duties for Woodland.

Cedartown improved to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in Region 7-4A.

Woodland (0-3, 0-2) has games with Chapel Hill and Hart County on Saturday at Hamilton Crossing Park. 

MT. ZION - CARROLL 14, ADAIRSVILLE 0

Mt. Zion-Carroll pitcher, Harlee Weatherford, tossed a four-inning, one-hitter Thursday afternoon and blanked visiting Adairsville, 14-0.

The host Eagles (2-0) scored five runs in the first inning, four in the second, and five more in the third for their total.

Chloe Hill had the only hit for the Lady Tigers — a one-out single in the second inning.

Adairsville split pitching duties between Maddie Baggett (1 IP, 6R, 3ER, 4H, 1BB, 2K), Hill (1 IP, 3R, 1ER, 3H, 0BB), and Ansley Powell (1 IP, 5R, 1ER, 2H, 3BB, 1K).

Adairsville (1-1) visits Walker on Friday for a 5 p.m. first pitch.