Local teams suffer losses on the diamond Thursday

Carson Hill allowed just one run across five innings on the mound Thursday in the Cass Colonels first game at the Battle for Bartow Classic, but the local bats were silenced by a pair of Sandy Creek pitchers in a 2-0 loss at LakePoint.

Hill, who also had one of the Colonels’ only two hits, scattered four hits and two walks in his five innings of work. He struck out five and left the mound with his team trailing 1-0.

Wesley Collins had the other Cass base hit. Devan Hutchinson (1 IP, 1ER, 2H, 1BB, 2K) and Aidan Larkin (1 IP, 0R, 1H, 2K) pitched the final two frames for the Colonels.

Sandy Creek improved to 13-6 on the season.

Cass (5-17) plays Locust Grove (1 p.m.) and Ringgold (7 p.m.) Friday.

VALDOSTA 17, WOODLAND 5

In a matchup of teams with Wildcats as their mascot moniker, Valdosta plated 17 runs across the

third and fourth innings to blow past Woodland, 17-5, in a game played at LakePoint as part of the Battle for Bartow Classic.

Ayden Ray drove in a run Thursday in Woodland's loss to Valdosta in the Battle for Bartow Classic.

Woodland led 3-0 through two innings, but the middle frames doomed the local version of Wildcats.

JD Smith, Isaiah Haygood, and Cohen Smith combined for six hits and eight RBIs to lift Valdosta.

Chase Carson had a first inning, inside-the-park home run for Woodland. Rowan Billings (double), Ayden Ray (RBI), Mason Williams (RBI), Austin Sanders, and Jackson Rutledge finished with one hit apiece. Conner Stermer was credited with one RBI.

Thursday’s win lifted Valdosta to 16-6 on the season.

Friday in the Battle for Bartow, Woodland (10-12) plays Ringgold at 4 p.m. and Cedartown at 7 p.m.

SONORAVILLE 4, ADAIRSVILLE 2

In the first of home-and-home region games with Sonoraville, the Adairsville Tigers dropped a 4-2 decision to the visiting Phoenix Thursday evening.

Sonoraville broke a 1-1 tie with a run in the third inning and added two more in the fifth for their margin of victory.

Adairsville scored solo runs in the first and sixth innings.

Chris Roper singled, stole second base, and later scored on a Phoenix error to tie the game in the bottom of the first, 1-1. Roper singled again in the sixth and scored on an RBI single by PJ Weeks.

Evan Sanders, Brenden Carroll, Peyton Bowen, and Jarrett Scott added one hit each for the Tigers.

Adairsville starting pitcher Jack Whitley (5 IP, 4R, 3ER, 9H, 1BB, 4K) suffered the loss on the mound. Braden Powell (2 IP, 0R, 1H, 0BB, 1K) worked the sixth and seventh innings on the bump for the Tigers.

Sonoraville (13-6, 7-3 Region 6-AAA) hosts Adairsville (8-10, 3-6) Friday at 5:55 p.m.