high school football

Cartersville Overcomes Early Deficit, Takes Down Calhoun

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...]

By |2023-09-29T22:06:07-04:00September 29th, 2023|General, General News, Sports|Comments Off on Cartersville Overcomes Early Deficit, Takes Down Calhoun

Adairsville Halts Losing Streak, Defeats Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe

The Adairsville Tigers (2-2) defeated Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe on Friday night by a score of 49-13. https://x.com/Adairsville306/status/1702725199941005652?s=20 Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe received the opening kickoff, but performed a quick three-and-out. Adairsville’s offense responded quickly as Jonathan Gough connected with Tre Winters on a 45-yard touchdown pass to put Adairsville ahead 7-0 early in the first quarter. The Tigers [read more...]

By |2023-09-15T21:50:09-04:00September 15th, 2023|General, General News, Sports|Comments Off on Adairsville Halts Losing Streak, Defeats Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe

Cartersville Routs Heritage in Homecoming Win

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...]

By |2023-09-15T21:31:33-04:00September 15th, 2023|General, General News, Sports|Comments Off on Cartersville Routs Heritage in Homecoming Win

Adairsville Suffers First Loss of 2023

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...]

By |2023-09-01T22:31:34-04:00September 1st, 2023|General, General News, Sports, Stories|Comments Off on Adairsville Suffers First Loss of 2023

Woodland Upset By Model

The Woodland Wildcats (1-2) fell to the Model Blue Devils on Friday night by a score of 27-21. The Woodland offense stalled to begin the game but awoke after a Model punt was stripped by the Woodland return man by Amir Pinkard, who then ran the extra nine yards for the score. The Wildcat special [read more...]

By |2023-09-01T22:21:30-04:00September 1st, 2023|General|Comments Off on Woodland Upset By Model

Cartersville Improves to 2-0 With Win Over Jonesboro

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...]

By |2023-08-25T23:03:19-04:00August 25th, 2023|General|Comments Off on Cartersville Improves to 2-0 With Win Over Jonesboro

Adairsville Wins 2023 Opener Over Cherokee Bluff

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...]

By |2023-08-25T22:27:57-04:00August 25th, 2023|General, General News, Sports, Stories|Comments Off on Adairsville Wins 2023 Opener Over Cherokee Bluff

Wildcats Earn First Win of 2023

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...]

By |2023-08-25T22:10:30-04:00August 25th, 2023|General, Sports, Stories|Comments Off on Wildcats Earn First Win of 2023

Adairsville Cruises Past Douglas in First Round

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...]

By |2022-11-12T17:11:43-05:00November 12th, 2022|General|Comments Off on Adairsville Cruises Past Douglas in First Round

Roper’s Six Scores Help Tigers Defeat Trojans

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...]

By |2022-10-21T22:12:49-04:00October 21st, 2022|General|Comments Off on Roper’s Six Scores Help Tigers Defeat Trojans