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 Cass Colonels shocked the Jefferson Dragons on Friday night with a 27-17 road playoff victory. The Colonels entered the game as 30+ point underdogs. Cass received the opening kickoff, and the Colonels wasted no time on offense, as Sacovie White hauled in a 61-yard touchdown pass from Brodie Mcwhorter to give Cass a 7-0 [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 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 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...]
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 Cass Colonels (3-5, 1-2) fell to the Dalton Catamounts (5-3, 3-0) on Friday night by a score of 31-28. Cass received the opening kickoff and started the game with a bang, getting inside the red zone in just a few plays before Brodie McWhorter threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to put the Colonels ahead [read more...]
