Football

Cartersville Opens Up 2023 Campaign With Win Over Cherokee

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...]

By |2023-08-19T00:35:32-04:00August 18th, 2023|Sports|Comments Off on Cartersville Opens Up 2023 Campaign With Win Over Cherokee

Cartersville Advances, Awaits Cambridge

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...]

By |2022-11-12T21:00:45-05:00November 12th, 2022|General|Comments Off on Cartersville Advances, Awaits Cambridge

Adairsville Beats Bremen, Region Championship Next Friday

The Adairsville Tigers (8-1, 6-0) beat the Bremen Blue Devils (4-5, 3-3) by a score of 14-7 Friday night. This game got off to a slow start as neither team scored on its first possession. However, Bremen got on the board first, scoring a long passing touchdown to take a 7-0 lead midway through the [read more...]

By |2022-10-28T22:20:13-04:00October 28th, 2022|General|Comments Off on Adairsville Beats Bremen, Region Championship Next Friday

Cass Falls to Calhoun, Draws No. 4 Seed

The Cass Colonels (4-6, 2-3) fell to the Calhoun Yellow Jackets (7-3, 4-1) on Friday night by a score of 30-16. The Cass team held strong in the first half and even held an early lead. Calhoun kicked a 33-yard field goal from the leg of Carlos Lopez. On t he following possession, the Colonels [read more...]

By |2022-10-28T22:07:42-04:00October 28th, 2022|General|Comments Off on Cass Falls to Calhoun, Draws No. 4 Seed

Lando’s Three Scores Help Cartersville Coast

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...]

By |2022-10-21T21:53:00-04:00October 21st, 2022|General|Comments Off on Lando’s Three Scores Help Cartersville Coast

Late Field Goal Downs Colonels in Heartbreaking Loss

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...]

By |2022-10-14T22:30:47-04:00October 14th, 2022|Featured, Features, General, General News, Sports, Stories|Comments Off on Late Field Goal Downs Colonels in Heartbreaking Loss

Back-And-Forth Game Favors Cartersville

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...]

By |2022-10-14T22:17:04-04:00October 14th, 2022|Featured, Features, General, General News, Sports, Stories|Comments Off on Back-And-Forth Game Favors Cartersville

Yellow Jackets Sting Wildcats Friday

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...]

By |2022-10-14T21:43:31-04:00October 14th, 2022|Featured, Features, General, General News, Sports, Stories|Comments Off on Yellow Jackets Sting Wildcats Friday

Woodland Falls To Osborne, Cass Up Next

The Woodland Wildcats (1-4) fell to the Osborne Cardinals 38-14 on Friday night. The Wildcats had an impressive first drive that stalled inside the Cardinal 10-yard line and ended in a field goal. Osborne was in control after that point and scored 38-unanswered points in route to an impressive and unexpected 5-0 start. Breelace Williams [read more...]

By |2022-09-23T21:58:26-04:00September 23rd, 2022|General|Comments Off on Woodland Falls To Osborne, Cass Up Next

Colonels Defeat Lions, Get Ready for Region

The Cass Colonels (2-3) defeated the MLK Lions on Friday night by a score of 63-7. Freshman quarterback Brodie McWhorter threw four touchdown passes, while Devin Henderson accounted for three touchdowns of his own. https://twitter.com/CassFootball/status/1573294981728669696?s=20&t=iqIlxM0tLGB_So6zvYZHVw Henderson got the Colonels on the board first with a 3-yard touchdown pass to his brother, Kevin Henderson. This short [read more...]

By |2022-09-23T21:41:33-04:00September 23rd, 2022|General|Comments Off on Colonels Defeat Lions, Get Ready for Region