Cartersville Little League 12U wins District 1 championship
Cartersville Little League 12U captured the Georgia Little League District 1 championship Wednesday night by cruising to a 16-1 victory over Rockmart Little League at Hamilton Crossing Park.
Cartersville went unbeaten in three games during the three-team, double-elimination tournament and advances to the Georgia Little League State Tournament that begins July 14 at Smyrna Little League.
Following a scoreless first inning Wednesday night, Cartersville scored seven runs in the second, five in the third, and four more times in the top of the fourth inning to close out their win in only four innings.
Rockmart scored its only run in the third inning.
Miles Owen (4 IP, 1R, 0ER, 3H, 2BB, 10K) pitched all four frames for Cartersville to pick up the win. He needed only 57 pitches (41 for strikes) and fanned ten of the 18 batters he faced.
Connor Brasfield put Cartersville on the scoreboard with a leadoff home run in the second. The locals then took advantage of three walks, a pair of singles, a double, and an error to bat around and post six more runs in the frame.
Three more singles, a hit batsman, and a walk in the third inning led to five Cartersville runs and they put four hits and a sacrifice fly together in the fourth inning to reach their 16 run total.
Four Cartersville hitters had two hits each. Owen had two hits and two RBI. Brasfield had an RBI single to go with his solo home run. Connor Stermer had two hits including a double and one RBI. Turner Abernathy also contributed a pair of hits.
Aiden Ray finished with a double and three RBI. Caleb Daniel added two RBI and one hit. Geoffrey Gore had one hit and one RBI. Grant Knight added a hit and Sawyer Wilson drove in one run for Cartersville.
Georgia Little League District 1
12U Baseball
at Hamilton Crossing Park
Saturday, June 23 — Cartersville 7, Bartow County 2
Sunday, June 24 — Cartersville 2, Rockmart 0
Tuesday, June 26 — Rockmart 5, Bartow County 4 (Bartow Co. eliminated)
Wednesday, June 27 — Cartersville 16, Rockmart 1 (Rockmart eliminated)
Cartersville Little League 12U roster: Turner Abernathy, Connor Brasfield, Caleb Daniel, Easton Elrod, Geoffrey Gore, Landon Heath, Grant Knight, Miles Owen, Trenton Payne, Aiden Ray, Gavin Shrewsbury, Connor Stermer, and Sawyer Wilson. Manager: Richard Daniel. Coaches: Carl Abernathy, Joe Owen.
Bartow County Little League and Cartersville Little League game results are provided to BartowSportsZone.com by the two leagues and are sponsored on Bartow Sports Zone by Play It Again Sports at 410 Cherokee Place in Cartersville.
