The Cartersville boys basketball team advanced to the championship of Chattooga’s holiday tournament with a 67-51 win over Coosa Thursday night. Avery Showell had his second consecutive double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Cartersville led 22-12 after the first quarter and 46-29 at the half. The Canes improved to 7-1 with the victory.

The Cass Lady Colonels basketball team also advanced to the championship of Chattooga’s holiday tournament with a 63-60 win over Southeast Whitfield Thursday night to improve to 8-3 on the season. Jana Morning had another big game, scoring 30 points in the contest. Cass trailed 27-19 at the half, but entered the fourth quarter trailing by one, but things would get more dramatic. Cass trailed 56-49 with four minutes left.

The Cass boys team picked up a win against Southeast Whitfield Thursday night by a score of 66-50. Cass led by a score of 36-30 at the half and outscored Southeast Whitfield 19-8 in the third quarter to help pull away. Cass is now 8-4 on the season. After pulling within one, Morning would hit a 3-point shot to give the Lady Colonels a lead they would not surrender.

The Adairsville boys picked up a 60-47 win over Pickens Thursday night to improve to 8-5 on the season. Adairsville led 30-20 at the half and pulled away in the third quarter, outscoring Pickens 19-10.

The Cartersville Lady Canes basketball team dropped its second consecutive game and dropped to 5-5 on the season with a 46-32 loss to North Murray. Cartersville trailed just 23-22 at the half, but was outscored 23-10 in the second half of play. Cartersville scored all of its points in the second half from Madison McKinney’s three field goals and Addie Smith’s three free throws.

The Adairsville girls dropped to 5-6 on the season after a 78-38 loss to Haralson County, the No. 10-ranked team in Class 3-A Thursday night. Two Haralson players scored 20-plus points in the game and Adairsville trailed 48-21 at halftime.

Today

7:00 Cass (girls) vs. LFO (Chattooga Holiday Tournament)

Adairsville (girls) vs. TBA (Haralson County Tournament)

Adairsville (boys) vs. TBA (Mountain Top Tournament)

Cass (boys) vs. TBA (Chattooga Holiday Tournament)

Cartersville (girls) vs. TBA (Chattooga Holiday Tournament)

8:30 Cartersville boys vs. Chattooga (Chattooga Holiday Tournament)