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 [...]
The Adairsville Tigers were unable to capitalize on miscues by the Calhoun Yellow Jackets on Friday night and fell in the region contest by a score of 39-14. The Tigers committed five turnovers in the game, which stalled numerous drives. Adairsville had touchdown receptions from Jacob Ray and Wade Conduff in the game but was [...]
The Cass Colonels looked to grab an inside edge for a playoff spot on Friday night but were shutout by the visiting Hiram Hornets 31-0. Both defenses stood strong in the first half as a long 70-yard touchdown pass for Hiram made the early difference. In the second half, Hiram tossed another long touchdown pass [...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes added to their undefeated season with a 45-2 win over the LaGrange Grangers on Friday night. The game got off to an inauspicious start for Cartersville as LaGrange recovered an onside kick on the opening kickoff. The Cartersville defense held strong, however, and forced a Granger punt. But a few plays [...]
The Woodland Wildcats (1-4, 0-3) were unable to stop the rushing attack of the Hiram Hornets on Friday night as they fell 30-0. This is Woodland’s fourth consecutive loss following its opening night win over Southeast Whitfield. Jalen Townser led the Hiram rushing attack with four rushing touchdowns in the contest. Both teams committed their [...]
The Cass Colonels (3-2, 2-1) fell to the Rome Wolves by a score of 49-10 on Friday to suffer their first region loss of the season. The Cass defense was unable to stop the rushing duo of EJ Burks and Ahijah Blackwell, who totaled a combined five touchdowns in the contest. Cass got its lone [...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (5-0, 1-0) survived a first-half scare top pick up its first region victory of the season with a 24-2 win over the Cedartown Bulldogs. Cartersville led just 10-2 after the first half, as both defenses stood strong. Sam Phillips had the lone touchdown, while Oscar Hernandez kicked a 31-yard field goal. [...]
On September 25, at approximately 7:45 a.m., Andre Williams, age 20, was driving a 2015 Chrysler 200 Limited. The vehicle was traveling southbound on Burnt Hickory Road. Williams stated that he fell asleep while driving after just getting off from an overnight shift. He lost control of the vehicle and traveled across the centerline while [...]
The Bartow County Fire Department responded to two fires on Sunday evening. One occurred in Kingston after a vehicle struck a power pole. The vehicle caught fire but both occupants escaped safely and were transported to Floyd Medical Center for treatment. The power pole that was struck was the main switch on Highway 293 that [...]
The Woodland Wildcats dropped their second region game and its third game overall on Friday night by falling to the Paulding County Patriots 44-21. Demarcus Williams was the lone, bright spot for Woodland and was for 20 of the 21 Wildcat points. Williams scored on a 5-yard rush and then punched in the 2-point conversion [...]
