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...]
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 Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (6-1, 1-1) defeated the Cass Colonels on Friday night by a score of 35-13. Cass struck first in the game when Brodie McWhorter connected with Devin Henderson on the opening drive. Cartersville was able to answer quickly, as quarterback Paul Gamble ran the ball into the end zone to tie the [read more...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (5-1, 0-1) fell to the Calhoun Yellow Jackets on Thursday night by a score of 50-48 The Canes had five turnovers in the game, an unusual number for a team that has traditionally held onto the football. Cartersville committed its first turnover on the opening kickoff as Calhoun punched the ball [read more...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (5-0) remained perfect on Friday night with a 49-0 shutout of Heritage-Conyers, which would mark a successful homecoming. Cartersville scored on its opening possession and the only blemish the Canes would have was a first quarter fumble recovered by the visiting Patriots. The defense stood tall and did not allow the [read more...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (4-0) defeated the Columbia Lions on Senior Night by a score of 42-0. It wasn’t the best of starts for the Canes, as quarterback Nate Russell threw an interception on the team’s opening drive. The Cartersville defense stood tall and from that point on the box score was all Cartersville. https://twitter.com/CHSHurricaneFB/status/1568192190534524928?s=20&t=hmFh7q2NewY7-tqQlWR6WA [read more...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (3-0) defeated the Allatoona Buccaneers (0-3) on Friday night by a score of 28-20. However, this was not a back-and-forth game as the score might indicate. Allatoona stifled the Cartersville ground game in the first half, which led the Canes being shutout for the game’s first 24 minutes. Allatoona, meanwhile, took [read more...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (2-0) defeated the Jonesboro Cardinals 38-16 on Friday night. A lone field goal by Jesus Gutierrez was the difference in the first 12 minutes in the game, but the second quarter would reap big rewards for the Cartersville offense. Cartersville recovered a muffed punt deep in Jonesboro territory. It was able [read more...]
