Khristian Lando

Cartersville’s Commanding Performance Propels Them to GHSA Football Semifinals

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...]

By |2023-11-24T21:52:49-05:00November 24th, 2023|General|Comments Off on Cartersville’s Commanding Performance Propels Them to GHSA Football Semifinals

Cartersville Routs Centennial, Advances to Second Round

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...]

By |2023-11-10T21:44:51-05:00November 10th, 2023|General News, Sports|Comments Off on Cartersville Routs Centennial, Advances to Second Round

Behind Lando’s Four Scores, Cartersville Wins Region

The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (10-0, 5-0) scored 35-unanswered points to defeat the Dalton Catamounts and win Class-5A Region 7 crown. The first quarter featured a Catamount offense that was on the attack. Not many teams can boast about how they’ve made short work against the Cartersville defense in recent memory, but Dalton was able to [read more...]

By |2023-10-27T21:58:30-04:00October 27th, 2023|General, General News, Sports|Comments Off on Behind Lando’s Four Scores, Cartersville Wins Region

Cartersville Downs Cass In Overtime Thriller

The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (7-0) defeated the Cass Colonels (4-3) on Friday night 21-14 in overtime. Cass received the kickoff, but didn't score on its opening drive. The Canes, who have struggled at times getting out of the gate on offense, also were unable to threaten on their opening drive. On its second possession, Cass [read more...]

By |2023-10-06T23:14:10-04:00October 6th, 2023|General, General News, Sports|Comments Off on Cartersville Downs Cass In Overtime Thriller

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

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

Cartersville Pushes Win Streak to Four

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...]

By |2023-09-08T21:37:37-04:00September 8th, 2023|General, General News, Sports|Comments Off on Cartersville Pushes Win Streak to Four

Lando’s Hat Trick Helps Cartersville Down Allatoona

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...]

By |2023-09-01T22:03:55-04:00September 1st, 2023|General, General News, Sports, Stories|Comments Off on Lando’s Hat Trick Helps Cartersville Down Allatoona

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