The Coffee Trojans defeated the Cartersville Purple Hurricanes 33-12 in the GHSA Class 5A semifinals on Friday night. In the opening quarter, both squads showcased outstanding defense. Ryan Johnson of Cartersville executed an impressive punt, pinning Coffee at their own 2-yard line. Unable to advance, the Trojans punted from their end zone. After a 10-yard [read more...]
The Cass Colonels concluded their Cinderella playoff run with a 30-0 road loss to the Coffee Trojans on Friday. Excitement surged for Cass at the start of the game. Although the Colonels couldn't score on their initial possession, they made a crucial stop on the ensuing drive, forcing Coffee to turn the ball over on [read more...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes reached the Final Four of the Class 5A GHSA high school football playoffs on Friday night, securing a 35-0 victory over the Jenkins Warriors. Cartersville initiated the scoring on its opening possession, marching 65 yards into the end zone, with Khristian Lando concluding the drive with a touchdown run. Despite the [read more...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes advanced to the third round of the GHSA football playoffs Friday night with a 28-9 victory over the Eastside Eagles. While all things ended well for the Canes, things started off rocky. While Cartersville was forced to a three-and-out on its first possession and Eastside appeared ready to take advantage. The [read more...]
The Cass Colonels (3-2) defeated the ML King Lions by a score of 40-0. Cass opened up the scoring early with a 9-yard rushing touchdown from Devin Henderson on the Colonels’ opening drive. After an ML King punt, Brodie McWhorter connected with Sacovie White for the first of four first half touchdowns. @CassFootball The first [read more...]
The Woodland Wildcats (0-1) kicked off the 2023 high school football season by losing to the East Paulding Raiders (1-0) by a score of 49-0. https://twitter.com/WHSfootball00/status/1692636688009277543?s=20 East Paulding received the opening kickoff, but Woodland cut the Raiders’ first drive short as Isaiah Livesey caught an interception. Unfortunately, the Wildcats’ offense couldn’t move the ball much [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 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...]
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 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...]
