Softball Recap: Paulding County Comes Up Short

Paulding County easily dispatched McEachern on Tuesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. The Patriots fell just short of the Westminster Wildcats by a score of 4-2 on Thursday. Having soared to a lofty 18 runs in the game before, the Patriots couldn't push the score so high this time.

Ashlyn Whitton

Base on Balls Against

10/09/25 vs Westminster	1
10/06/25 vs Osborne	0
09/18/25 vs South Cobb	1

Paulding County got a good showing from Ashlyn Whitton, who pitched four innings while giving up just two earned runs off four hits. Whitton has been nothing but reliable on the mound: she hasn't given up more than one walk in three consecutive appearances.

On the hitting side, Kylee Stancil was cooking despite her team's loss, going 1-for-3 with one run, one double, and one RBI.

Paulding County's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-12. As for Westminster, the victory got them back to even at 13-13.

Looking ahead, Paulding County will look to defend their home field on Monday against Cherokee at 4:30 p.m. The Warriors' pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so the Patriots' hitters will have their work cut out for them. Westminster does not have any more games scheduled as of now.