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 Adairsville Tigers defeated the Douglass Astros on Saturday afternoon 55-26 in the first round of the Triple-A GHSA State Playoffs. The Tigers began the game with an onside kick, which was recovered by kicker Arthur Lefler. Adairsville turned the onside recovery into points as Ethan Blome scored on a short run to give Adairsville [read more...]
The Adairsville Tigers (7-1, 5-0) beat the Gordon Lee Trojans (3-5, 2-3) by a score of 42-28. Adairsville received the opening kickoff, and the Tigers found the endzone quickly as Chris Roper scored a 48-yard rushing touchdown to give Adairsville an early first quarter lead. Gordon Lee responded with a long drive in which they [read more...]
The Cass Colonels (4-5, 2-2) defeated the Hiram Hornets on Friday night by a score of 26-21 to remain alive in its postseason hopes. Things did not start off well for the Colonels, however. Hiram scored on the first play from scrimmage following the opening kickoff as Jemarion Whatley took the handoff 65-yards to the [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 Adairsville Tigers (6-1, 4-0) beat the Ridgeland Panthers by a score of 42-7 on Friday evening. Adairsville’s offense started cooking early in the game as Ethan Blome scored a 22-yard rushing touchdown to give the Tigers a 7-0 lead with 8:42 remaining in the first quarter. Ridgeland failed to score on the ensuing drive, [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 Dalton Catamounts (4-3, 2-0) defeated the Woodland Wildcats (1-6, 0-2) on Friday night by a score of 28-7. Woodland was a heavy underdog in the contest. It was going to be key for the Wildcats to limit the amount of touches the high-powered Dalton offense would get. On the opening drive, Woodland did just [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...]
