The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes 2019 playoff run came to an end on Friday night following a thrilling 31-28 win by Woodward Academy. Cartersville scored on its opening drive, though it came with its own theatrics. Tee Webb recovered a Devonte Ross fumble and on the next play threw a 63-yard touchdown to Ross. After the [...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes football team advanced to the quarterfinals of the GHSA Class-4A State Playoffs with a 35-0 win over the Thomson Bulldogs on Friday night. Cartersville needed just one minute and 49 seconds to grab a lead that it would never relinquish, as Quante Jennings capped off the drive with a 1-yard touchdown [...]
It wasn’t the prettiest game for either school, but you don’t get style points in the playoffs. Cartersville defeated Flowery Branch 14-6 in the first round of the Class AAAA State Playoffs on Friday evening. Cartersville got the opening kickoff and converted its opening drive into seven points on a Kyler Johnson touchdown reception. On [...]
The Adairsville Tigers (5-5, 4-4) defeated the Ringgold Tigers on Friday night by a score of 18-3. In a game that wasn’t necessarily crisp for either team, the hometown Tigers will take the win to give them an excellent chance to make the playoffs, which start in two weeks. Ringgold drove down the field twice [...]
The Woodland Wildcats (1-8, 0-6) fell to the East Paulding Raiders on Friday night by a score of 17-14. Despite the low-scoring affair, both teams had opportunities to put up more points, but both had critical turnovers inside the 10-yard line. East Paulding returned the opening kickoff 90 yards to the house to take an [...]
After an auspicious start, the Adairsville Tigers (4-5, 3-4) defeated Murray County on Friday night by a score of 22-14 to keep their playoff hopes alive. Murray County drew first blood with a 17-yard touchdown pass to Brannon Nuckolls just before the first quarter could expire. Adairsville was able to answer right back with a [...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (9-0, 5-0) added to their undefeated resume with a 41-6 win over Chapel Hill on Friday night. The Purple Hurricanes also claimed the No. 1 seed out of Region 5-AAAA following Cedartown's 15-8 victory over Troup County. Cartersville fell behind 6-0 after the first nine minutes of regulation but went on [...]
The Cass Colonels (3-6, 2-5) fell to the Kell Longhorns on Friday night by a score of 35-0. Cass gets a much-needed bye week next week before concluding its 2019 season at Paulding County on November 8th.
The Woodland Wildcats (1-7, 0-5) fell to the Villa Rica Wildcats on Friday night by a score of 14-8. Neither defense allowed a point in the first half, or in the game’s final quarter of play. Villa Rica was able to get the first points on the board first on a Tristen Allen 30-yard touchdown [...]
One Fantasy 5 jackpot ticket worth $982,245 was sold in Cartersville at Cass White Grocery and Tobacco for the October 17th Fantasy 5 drawing. The winning numbers from the Oct. 17 drawing were: 2-21-25-27-35. A winner has not yet come forward to claim the prize. Fantasy 5 winners have 180 days from the game’s draw [...]
