Lady Bruins take early lead, hold on to top Cartersville

Cartersville softball out hit Northwest Whitfield Thursday night in Tunnel Hill, but it was the Lady Bruins who came away with the region victory. The Lady Canes scored three runs in the final two innings to cut into a five run deficit, but came up a pair of runs short. NORTHWEST WHITFIELD 6, CARTERSVILLE 4 CARTERSVILLE —— 0-0-0-1-0-1-2 —— 4R | 13H | 0E NORTHWEST —— 1-0-2-3-0-0-0 —— 6R | 7H | 1E Cartersville Hitters: Molly Wilson — 1R, 1H

Brittany Huth — 1H, 1RBI

Kennedy Bailey — 1H, 1BB

Megan Morneau — 1R

Michaela Crowe — 3H, SB Madison McKinney — 1H, 1RBI

Paris Poston — 1H, SB

Colbi Ballard — 1H

Tara Mathis — 1H, 1RBI

Allie Jackson — 1H, 1BB Taylor Waits — 2R, 2H, SB Cartersville Pitching: Colbi Ballard — 4 IP, 6ER, 7H, 3K, 2BB Tara Mathis — 2 IP, 0ER, 0H, 1K, 0BB Next Games for Cartersville: Fri Aug 14 — vs. Central-Carroll (Villa Rica Tourney) — 5pm

Fri Aug 14 — vs. Haralson Co. (Villa Rica Tourney) — 6:45pm

Sat Aug 15 — vs. Central-Carroll (Villa Rica Tourney) — 11:15am

Tue Aug 18 — GILMER — 5:55pm

Thur Aug 20 — at Heritage-Catoosa — 5:55pm ____________________________

Northwest Hitters: Alyssa Ward — 3R, 3H, 1RBI, 4SB Jolene Gale — 1R, 1H, 2RBI, SB

Shelby Ralston — 1H, 1BB

Charis Knight — 1RBI

Caroline Kiker — 1H, 1BB

KaLeigh Fitzgerald — 1R, 1H

Brittany Ogle — 1R Northwest Pitching:

Anna Grace Rann — 5 IP, 12H, 3ER, 1BB Kylie Caylor — 1 IP, 1H, 1BB