The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes looked to avenge their loss in last year's playoffs against Blessed Trinity, but a devastating fourth quarter gave the Titans their second straight championship with a 23-9 win. On Cartersville's opening a drive, a tipped interception gave the Titans the ball near midfield. The Cartersville defense stood up to the task [...]
Hello Canes Community, We hope this newsletter finds each of you doing well and excited about our Purple Hurricanes playing for the AAAA State Football Championship on Wednesday, December 12th at 4:30 p.m. at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. We also hope you can come out and show your support for our football team, our band members, our [...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes advanced to the Class 4-A Championship game for the third time in the past four years with a thrilling 17-14 win over Marist on Friday night at Weinman Stadium. Cartersville scored first with a 26-yard field goal by Oscar Hernandez in the first quarter. Quarterback Tee Webb would give Cartersville a [...]
On Sunday morning at 8:30, Department of Natural Resources Rangers attempted to stop individuals for hunting violations in Bartow County. The Rangers advised dispatch that occupants of a Ford Escape were fleeing from them. Rangers advised the Ford had rammed one of their vehicles in Bartow County while fleeing from them and that the occupants [...]
After finding themselves down 13 points in the second quarter, the Cartersville Purple Hurricanes rallied to beat the Baldwin Braves 42-13 and advance to the semi-finals of the Class AAAA State Playoffs. The Braves fumbled on their opening drive, but Cartersville turned the ball over on downs after an unsuccessful fake punt, which would come [...]
Abby Matthews, a clarinet player, and the Woodland High School Wildcat Marching Band Cartersville, GA were named the 2018 recipients of the 15th annual Bob Hope Band Scholarship Award. The award is decided on the merit of an essay competition about Bob Hope and the importance of giving back. The announcement was made by Wesley [...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes football team cruised to an easy 41-7 win over Ridgeland on Friday night to advance to the quarterfinals of the Class 4A state playoffs. After turning the ball over on downs, Cartersville’s Devonte Ross recovered a fumble on Ridgeland’s ensuing drive. 49 yards later, Marcus Gary dove into the end zone [...]
It was an inauspicious start for the Cartersville Purple Hurricanes, who found themselves down early in the second quarter to Stephens County 7-0, but Cartersville scored 34 unanswered points to win its opening-round matchup and advance to the round of 16. Sloppy play mixed with sloppy atmospheric conditions no doubt played a part with both [...]
Paulding County opened the game up with a 99-yard kickoff returned for a touchdown. Cass responded with a Malik Grimes 69 yard touchdown run to make the score 7-7 with 2:30 remaining in the first quarter. Paulding County added a field goal before halftime to make the score 10-7. The third quarter was a punt [...]
Woodland got on the board with a Ronny Ramirez 31 yard field goal. Kell answered quickly with a long drive culminating in a 1-yard touchdown to make it 7-3 with 8 minutes remaining in the first quarter. Kell added to that lead with a 58-yard touchdown pass 14-3 2:38 left in the first quarter. Kell [...]
