The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes won their opening round matchup against the Centennial Knights 40-0. Cartersville did most of its damage in the first half. On its second drive Khristian Lando scored and converted a 2-point conversion to give Cartersville an early 8-0. On the Canes next scoring drive Jamauri Brice scored on a 48-yard touchdown [read more...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (4-0) defeated the Columbia Eagles 31-6 on Friday night. https://twitter.com/CHSHurricaneFB/status/1700098800985993484?s=20 While the Cartersville offense has gotten accustomed to hot starts, the opening drive ended in a Ryan Johnson field goal to give Cartersville an early lead. The Columbia offense went three-and-out, which gave Cartersville another opportunity, and this time it capitalized. [read more...]
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (3-0) defeated the Allatoona Buccaneers 37-0 on Friday night to continue its impressive start. Khristian Lando got the scoring started early for Cartersville and was just warming up in the first quarter. Richard Houston scored to begin the second quarter, before Andrew Purdy connected with Jamauri Brice for a long touchdown [read more...]
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...]
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 (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 (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...]
