Canes, Tigers secure region victories
March 18, 2025
The Adairsville Tigers and Cartersville Purple Hurricanes secured region victories on Tuesday night, while the Woodland Wildcats and Cass Colonels suffered challenging region defeats at home.
ADAIRSVILLE 10, RIDGELAND 5
The bottom third of the Tigers lineup combined for five hits and four RBI Tuesday night in a 10-5 Region 7-AAA win at Ridgeland.
Braxton Ryan had two doubles, a sacrifice fly, and two RBI; Isaac Burnett finished with two hits and one RBI; and Hayden Miller contributed an RBI double in the bottom three spots of the Adairsville batting order.
The Tigers scored three runs in the first inning and added three more in the second on a home run by Jack Nelson. The Panthers narrowed their deficit to 6-4 in the bottom of the second inning, and the score was 7-5 through three innings, but the Tigers’ bullpen stymied Ridgeland over the final four innings.
Nelson (3 IP, 5R, 2ER, 5H, 3BB, 5K) collected the pitching victory with a three-inning start, but it was Kaiden Coker (3 IP, 0R, 1H, 2BB, 5K) and Ethan Long (1 IP, 0R, 0H, 2BB, 2K) who closed out the final four frames without allowing a run. Long was credited with a save.
Brody Varner (RBI), Peyton Bowen, and Long (triple) added one hit in the Tigers’ win.
The loss dropped Ridgeland to 8-6 overall and 0-4 in region play.
Adairsville (8-6, 3-4) hosts the Panthers on Thursday at 5:30 p.m., and the series will conclude with a third game on Friday in Rossville at 5:30 p.m.
CARTERSVILLE 15, HIRAM 0
Cartersville pitchers Andrew Purdy and Maddox Frazier combined for a five-inning no-hitter Tuesday at Hiram, and the Hurricanes overpowered the Hornets 15-0.
The Canes led 5-0 through three innings, added a run in the fourth inning, and nine in the top of the fifth to wrap up the victory.
Purdy started on the mound for the Hurricanes and struck out 10 in the first four innings. He issued two walks. Frazier walked one and fanned three in his inning on the bump.
Nolan Elrod (two RBI), Tristan McKibben (three RBI), and Purdy (home run, double, sac fly, two RBI) had two hits for the Canes. Cameron Cochran (two-run homer), Julez Pratt (double, three RBI), and Brayden Logan (RBI) added one hit. David Vargas and Cole Crawford produced one RBI.
The loss dropped the Hornets to 7-9 overall and 2-5 in Region 7-AAAA.
Cartersville (9-7, 5-2) hosts a doubleheader with Hiram on Friday at 5 p.m.
DALTON 5, WOODLAND 2
The Woodland Wildcats led 2-0 through five innings Tuesday night, but the visiting Dalton Catamounts sent the game to extra innings by scoring two runs in the top of the sixth,
Following three scoreless frames, Dalton struck for three runs in the top of the tenth inning to escape with a Region 7-AAAA win.
Lucas Baker (3 IP, 2ER, 2H, 2BB, 2K) suffered the pitching loss for the Wildcats in relief of starter Austin Daves (6 IP, 2ER, 4H, 3BB, 8K). Kallen Reynolds (1 IP, 1ER, 1H) entered in the final inning.
Jonathan Ryan (RBI), Conner Lujan (double), Preston Sorrells, and Zaylen Cochran had one hit each for Woodland. Alfredo Romo reached base three times by base on balls and added one RBI.
Dalton improved to 12-3 overall and 5-2 in region play.
Woodland (10-5, 4-3) travels to Dalton on Friday for a series-concluding doubleheader at 5 p.m.
CEDARTOWN 11, CASS 8
The visiting Bulldogs grabbed a 7-0 lead through two innings Tuesday evening at Cass and held on to defeat the Colonels in the first game of their three-game series this week, 11-8.
Gavin Allred hit a first-inning grand slam to launch the Cedartown offense and take advantage of three early walks. The Bulldogs then added three runs in the second inning on three hits, a walk, and an error.
The Colonels chipped into the Cedartown lead to trail 7-3 through four innings and narrowed the gap to 9-8 heading into the final inning. However, the Bulldogs secured their win with two unearned runs in the top of the seventh — both scoring on an infield error with two outs.
Dustin Wallin (3 IP, 7R, 4ER, 5H, 5B, 1K) made the pitching start for Cass and was tagged with the loss. Nic Wright (2 IP, 2ER, 2H, 1BB) and Jay Sheldon (2 IP, 2R, 0ER, 3H, 1K) pitched in relief.
Wallin contributed two hits on offense with one RBI. Trenton Elario, Sheldon, and Wright added one hit. Hunter Lovett and Jacob Johnson were credited with one RBI.
Cedartown (6-10, 3-4) will host Cass (7-8, 2-5) in a doubleheader on Friday at 5 p.m.
