Soccer roundup: Canes win region title, Lady Tigers clinch state berth

The Cartersville boys soccer team won the Region 5-AAAA championship Thursday evening with a 5-1 victory over visiting LaGrange at Weinman Stadium.

LaGrange scored first, but failed to get anything else past Canes keeper Ethan Eckert as Cartersville scored five unanswered goals.

The Canes went unbeaten in region play and will enter the Class AAAA state tournament next week as a No. 1 seed.

Jair Ramos, Pedro Ghanem (two goals, two assists), and Leo Sanchez scored for Cartersville Grant Farmer added a pair of assists.

LAGRANGE GIRLS 1, CARTERSVILLE 0

The Lady Canes dropped a 1-0 decision to LaGrange Thursday night at Weinman Stadium and due to region tie-breakers will fall to a 3-seed in next week’s state playoffs.

A win Thursday would have given Cartersville the region title.

Cartersville will play at Heritage-Catoosa next Thursday to open the Class 4A state tournament.

ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 2, CALHOUN 1

The Lady Tigers clinched the No. 3 seed from Region 6-AAA for next week’s state playoffs with a 2-1 victory over Calhoun at Adairsville.

Adairsville will open the state tournament against one of the top two teams in Class AAA. They will play a road match at either Westminster or Lovett out of Region 5-AAA. Those two teams are ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the classification.

Chloe Cochran and Emily Collum scored the Adairsville goals — one in each half.

Lauren Stephenson and Gillian Johnson had the assists while keeper Havyn Isaac recorded 13 saves in the win.

Adairsville (11-2 overall and 7-2 in region action) host Trion Friday to wrap up the regular season.

CALHOUN BOYS 8, ADAIRSVILLE 2

Dani Carillo scored both goals for the Tigers. Tyrek Bryant and Nic Jackson combined for 23 saves.

Adairsville concludes the season Friday against Trion at home.

CASS GIRLS 2, HERITAGE-CATOOSA 0

The Cass girls got second half goals from Leidi Toribio and Briana Ochoa — both off feeds from Region 7-AAAAA player of the year Logan Vermaas — as the Lady Colonels won a non-region game over Heritage-Catoosa.

Emily Tracy and Macy Wright were credited for outstanding defense in front of senior keeper Brianna Bullock who earned her seventh shutout of the season.

Cass will open the state playoffs on the road next week.

WOODLAND GIRLS 7, HARALSON COUNTY 0

Woodland finished the year 7-8-1 with a win in their season finale Thursday.

Kaitlin Winnenberg and Jordan Evans each scored three goals and Grace Webb added a goal for the Lady Cats.