The GHSA football playoffs are right around the corner, and Bartow County teams still have much to decide. The good news is that you won't have to wait long to discover the team seedings. Class AAA Region 6 The Adairsville Tigers hold an undefeated region record and are set to face Bremen next Friday night. [read more...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (6-0) defeated the Calhoun Yellow Jackets on Friday night by a score of 21-17. The Canes trailed by 17 by the time the first 24 minutes expired. The Cartersville offensive attack had trouble moving the ball against the stout Calhoun defense. To make matters worse for the Canes, the Yellow Jackets [read more...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (5-0) defeated the Heritage Patriots on Friday night 45-0. Cartersville opened the game with a missed field goal, however the second drive would not end as fortunately for the Patriots. Khristian Lando capped off Cartersville's second drive with a short touchdown run to open the scoring. Instead of kicking the PAT, [read more...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (4-0) defeated the Columbia Eagles 31-6 on Friday night. https://twitter.com/CHSHurricaneFB/status/1700098800985993484?s=20 While the Cartersville offense has gotten accustomed to hot starts, the opening drive ended in a Ryan Johnson field goal to give Cartersville an early lead. The Columbia offense went three-and-out, which gave Cartersville another opportunity, and this time it capitalized. [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 Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (2-0) defeated the Jonesboro Cardinals (1-1) 24-13 on Friday night. https://twitter.com/CHSHurricaneFB/status/1695028803725332778?s=20 Cartersville opened up the game with a bang. Nate Russell connected with Kendrick Price on the first play from scrimmage for a long touchdown pass to give Cartersville an early 7-0 lead. The Canes weren't done in the first quarter, [read more...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (1-0) defeated the Cherokee Warriors on Friday night by a score of 27-14. The opening drive of the game ended with an interception by Khristian Lando and gave the Cartersville offense its first opportunity of the season in positive territory. Quarterback Nate Russell, on a third-and-long, found Kendrick Price streaking down [read more...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes defeated the Clarke Central Gladiators on Saturday evening 43-10. Kendrick Price scored on a 66-yard touchdown pass from Paul Gamble on the Canes' opening possession. In an effort to control the game early, Cartersville attempted and converted the 2-point conversion by Collin Fletcher to open up an 8-0 lead. The Gladiators [read more...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (9-1, 4-1) defeated the Dalton Catamounts (5-5, 3-2) by a score of 39-14. Cartersville dominated the game and took an early 3-0 lead off the right leg of Ryan Johnson in the first quarter and never looked back. Dalton fumbled on the following possession and the Canes offense capitalized. https://twitter.com/CHSHurricaneFB/status/1585969232864759808?s=20&t=wuBCcFEnxxQj9pJTxEdx9w Malachi [read more...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (8-1, 3-1) defeated the Woodland Wildcats on Friday night 31-6. The Hurricanes offense didn't look crisp and perhaps the Woodland defense deserves a lot of credit. The Wildcats intercepted Cartersville twice, blocked a field goal, and forced Cartersville into tough positions once it crossed into the Woodland side of the field. [read more...]
