Lady Canes power past Cass; Lady Tigers rout Christian Heritage
August 8, 2024
Cartersville’s Zoie Shiflett struck out ten, tossed a complete game, and had a pair of extra-base hits with two RBI as the Lady Canes won their third straight to open the 2024 season in a 5-1 Region 7-4A victory Thursday night at Cass.
Shiflett allowed just one earned run in the circle while scattering five hits and three walks. She tripled home the Hurricanes’ first run in the opening inning and doubled to drive in another run in the fifth inning.
Four other Canes produced two hits including Jordan Bishop (solo home run), Kinsey Woodard, Reese Dumas (triple, two RBI), and Kennedy Crenshaw. Allana Williams added one hit for the Cartersville offense.
Lily Powell (4 IP, 2R, 1ER, 2H, 2BB, 2K) started in the circle for Cass and was tagged with the pitching loss. Kylie Gentry (3 IP, 3R, 2ER, 7H, 0BB, 4K) pitched the final three frames.
The only Cass run of the night tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the second inning. Chloe Hill doubled into left field scoring Harlee Thomason who reached on a walk.
Braelyn Franklin, Darianna Sosa (double), Cayce Brown, Thomason, and Hill (double) had one hit for the Lady Colonels.
Cartersville (3-0, 2-0) will play Lanier on Friday at 8 p.m. and then face Northgate (9 a.m.) and Kell (11 a.m.) on Saturday morning in the Colonel Back to School Bash. All three games are at Hamilton Crossing Park.
Cass (1-2, 1-1) has games against Temple (9 a.m.) and White County (1 p.m.) on Saturday in the Hamilton Crossing Park event.
ADAIRSVILLE 18, CHRISTIAN HERITAGE 1
The Adairsville Lady Tigers needed only three innings Thursday evening in Dalton to close out an 18-1 win at Christian Heritage.
The Tigers posted six runs in the top of the first inning and 12 more in the second to make short work of the host Lady Lions.
Ashlyn Carlton (3 IP, 1ER, 4H, 0BB, 3K) tossed all three innings to pick up the Adairsville pitching win. She also paced the Tiger offense with three hits including a triple and two RBI.
Brie Patterson (home run, double, four RBI), Taylor Evans (home run, three RBI), and Kylie Perine (RBI) finished with two hits. Ashlynn Durden (double, two RBI), Ansley Powell (two RBI), Lily Roberts (RBI), and Riley Mounger added one hit.
Christian Heritage falls to 0-1 following their season opener.
Adairsville (3-0) plays Walker (9 a.m.) and Hampton (1 p.m.) on Saturday in the Colonel Back to School Bash at Hamilton Crossing Park.
CEDARTOWN 13, WOODLAND 1
The visiting Cedartown Lady Bulldogs scored runs in all four frames to win at Woodland on Thursday night, 13-1, in four innings.
Cedartown scored six runs in the top of the first, added a single run in the second, and added three more runs in the third and fourth innings.
Bailey Ryan walked and later scored the Lady Cats run in the bottom of the first inning on a passed ball.
Kamryn Smith (4 IP, 13R, 9ER, 12H, 2BB, 1K) was the pitcher of record for Woodland.
Jordan Hammonds had two hits for the Wildcats. Gracie Korb added one hit.
Cedartown improved to 3-0 overall and 2-0 in Region 7-4A.
Woodland (0-3, 0-2) plays Murray County (4 p.m.) and Coahulla Creek (6 p.m.) on Friday at the Dalton Invitational.
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