Local baseball teams take it on the chin on Friday

March 7, 2026

Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com

Local high school baseball teams dropped all five games played on Friday, while a scheduled doubleheader between Cartersville and Allatoona was postponed until Saturday.

GAME 1: DALTON 9, CASS 3

GAME 2: DALTON 13, CASS 7

The visiting Dalton Catamounts swept a doubleheader at Cass on Friday night and completed a three-game series sweep of the Colonels.

Dalton posted a six-run top of the second inning in the first game that included two walks, three hits, two wild pitches, and a two-run home run by Dalton’s winning pitcher, Charles Chappelle (5 IP, 1R, 0ER, 4H, 1BB, 6K).

Noah Rogers (1.2 IP, 6R, 2ER, 3H, 2BB, 4K) made the pitching start for Cass and was charged with the loss. Easton Lee (3.1 IP, 1ER, 4H, 0BB, 1K) and Andrew Ray (2 IP, 2R, 1ER, 1H, 2BB, 1K) pitched in relief.

Maddox Koontz (RBI) and Cooper Rampley had two hits for the Colonels. Landon Lamb, Dawson Warner, and Aidan Castaneda each contributed one hit. Dustin Wallin added on RBI on a sacrifice fly.

A similar result in the second game saw Dalton score five runs in the top of the first inning and never trail. The Catamounts plated eight additional runs across the fifth through seventh innings.

Cass scored two runs in the first and five in the sixth.

Dustin Wallin (4.2 IP, 9R, 5ER, 6H, 0BB, 7K) made the Colonels’ pitching start and worked into the fifth inning on the mound. Landon Farmer (0.2 IP, 1ER, 2H, 1BB) and Easton Lee (1.2 IP, 3R, 0ER, 2H, 3BB, 3K) pitched in relief.

Rogers (RBI) had two hits, including a double, for Cass. Zach Stiles, Kasey Jacobs, Warner, and Lamb had the other base hits for the Colonels.

Dalton improved to 7-2 overall and 3-0 in Region 7-AAAA.

Cass (3-9, 0-3) hosts Cartersville on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. and will continue the region series on Friday in a doubleheader at Cartersville.

GAME 1: CEDARTOWN 7, WOODLAND 2

GAME 2: CEDARTOWN 15, WOODLAND 0

The Cedartown Bulldogs’ pitching staff limited host Woodland to only four hits in a doubleheader on Friday and completed a regular-season sweep of the Wildcats, 7-2 and 15-0.

Woodland only trailed 4-2 through four innings in the opening game on Friday, despite generating only three hits in the game. The visiting Bulldogs sealed the contest with three additional runs in the fifth and sixth innings.

Clayton Wilkes (4 IP, 6ER, 8H, 0BB, 2K) made the pitching start for Woodland in the opener and was charged with the loss. Zaylen Cochran (2 IP, 1ER, 2H, 5BB, 4K) and Levi Wheeler (0.1 IP) also pitched for the Wildcats.

Grant Tidwell (double, RBI), Tommy Risner, and Cochran each had one hit for Woodland.

In Friday’s second game, Cedartown sent 17 batters to the plate and scored 12 runs in the top of the fourth inning to blow the game open. The Bulldogs had eight hits in the frame and took advantage of three walks and three errors.

Risner had the only hit for Woodland.

Tidwell (3.1 IP, 10R, 6ER, 9H, 1BB, 5K) and Kason Miller (0.2 IP, 5R, 3ER, 3H, 2BB, 1K) pitched in the Game 2 loss. 

Cedartown improved to 5-3 overall and 3-0 in Region 7-AAAA.

Woodland (5-6, 0-3) opens a three-game region series with Southeast Whitfield at home on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. The two teams will play a Friday doubleheader in Dalton.

CALHOUN 5, ADAIRSVILLE 3

The host Yellow Jackets jumped out to an early 4-1 lead on Friday evening and held off the Tigers 5-3 to take the rubber game of a three-game Region 7-AAA series.

Adairsville scored single runs in the first, third, and sixth innings, but trailed the entire game after Calhoun posted three runs in the bottom of the first and added single runs in the second and fifth.

Kaden Coker (5.1 IP, 5R, 4ER, 8H, 3BB, 3K) suffered the Tigers’ pitching loss after working into the sixth inning. Evan Hardin (0.2 IP) retired the final two outs of the sixth on the bump.

Hudson Parr (RBI) and Westin Barfield led the Adairsville bats with two hits apiece. Tyler Parker, Coker, and Hardin each added one hit. Matthew Cook contributed one RBI.

Calhoun improved to 9-4 overall and 2-1 in region action.

Adairsville (9-4, 1-2) begins a three-game Region 7-AAA series on Tuesday by hosting Gilmer at 5:30 p.m. The Tigers will visit the Bobcats on Thursday and host the third game of the series on Friday.