The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes dominated the Westminster Wildcats 37-22 Friday night in the opening round of the AAAA GHSA football playoffs. Cartersville struck first in the opening quarter when Nate Russell hit A'darrian Taylor-Wilson with a 13-yard touchdown pass, giving the Canes an early 6-0 lead with 6:06 remaining. On the ensuing kickoff, Westminster fumbled [read more...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (1-0) kicked off the 2024 season with a dominant 40-0 victory over the Columbia Eagles on Thursday night. The game was rescheduled to Thursday due to a shortage of officials across the state. Nate Russell’s first pass attempt for Cartersville was intercepted after it was tipped and caught by Columbia’s secondary. [read more...]
The Adairsville Tigers (1-1) lost to the Rabun County Wildcats by a score of 35-20 Friday night. Adairsville received the opening kickoff and wasted no time putting points on the board. The Tigers moved the ball down the field with ease, and Jonathan Gough capped off their first drive with a 14-yard rushing touchdown to [read more...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (3-0) defeated the Allatoona Buccaneers 37-0 on Friday night to continue its impressive start. Khristian Lando got the scoring started early for Cartersville and was just warming up in the first quarter. Richard Houston scored to begin the second quarter, before Andrew Purdy connected with Jamauri Brice for a long touchdown [read more...]
The Cass Colonels (0-2) fell to the Rockmart Yellow Jackets 24-23 on Friday night. https://twitter.com/CassFootball/status/1695051807653769422?s=20 Once again, the Colonels struggled with turnovers. On the opening drive of the game, the Colonels threw an interception after moving the football successfully. Rockmart drove down the field and connected on a field goal to take an early lead. [read more...]
The Adairsville Tigers (1-0) kicked off the 2023 high school football season by defeating the Cherokee Bluff Bears (0-2) 21-7. https://twitter.com/AHSTigerFB/status/1695062933347107236?s=20 Adairsville received the opening kickoff and struck early. Jonathan Gough threw a 63-yard touchdown pass to give Adairsville the early lead. The Tigers’ defense kept the Bears out of the endzone of the following drive. [read more...]
The Woodland Wildcats wanted to bounce back after a tough start to the season against East Paulding last Friday. The Wildcats did that and more against Coosa. https://twitter.com/WHSfootball00/status/1695032316320473240?s=20 Woodland (1-1) earned its first victory of the season with a 45-0 drubbing of the Coosa Eagles (1-1). Woodland scored 14 points in the first quarter on [read more...]
The Cass Colonels (3-5, 1-2) fell to the Dalton Catamounts (5-3, 3-0) on Friday night by a score of 31-28. Cass received the opening kickoff and started the game with a bang, getting inside the red zone in just a few plays before Brodie McWhorter threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to put the Colonels ahead [read more...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (7-1, 2-1) defeated the Hiram Hornets (4-4, 1-2) on Friday night by a score of 44-26. Cartersville won the kickoff and opted to start on offense. Unfortunately for the Canes, the offense did not click and punted after three plays. Hiram was ready offensively as the Hornets had a game plan [read more...]
The Calhoun Yellow Jackets (5-3, 2-1) defeated the Woodland Wildcats (1-7, 0-3) on Friday night by a score of 49-0. https://twitter.com/WHSfootball00/status/1581022098767548416?s=20&t=CWLQgSBbvGrxxFrMJrnlUg Calhoun scored on its opening possession as Andrew Purdy found the end zone on a 1-yard rush to cap a 68-yard drive. Woodland answered with an impressive drive on its own. The Wildcats started [read more...]
