Calhoun sweeps games at Cass
The Cass High basketball teams were swept by visiting Calhoun Tuesday night in both teams’ Region 7-5A openers.
The Lady Colonels dropped a 67-55 decision to the Lady Jackets and the Cass boys lost 62-56.
CALHOUN 67, CASS GIRLS 55
The visiting Lady Jackets led 32-27 at the intermission and were up 48-44 after three quarters Tuesday night at Cass before holding on for a 67-55 win to open Region 7-5A play.
The Lady Jackets (12-3, 1-0) were led by Brityia Curtis with 24 points, Lauren Watson with 15, and Kat Atha with 13.
Olivia Woods led Cass in scoring with 12 points. KK Evans finished with 10. Kiana McDaniel scored nine points with 11 rebounds and five assists. Darianna Sosa totaled eight. Mikaela Jackson contributed six points. Kaitlyn Godwin had four while Reese Howard and Nevaeh Woods added three points each.
The Lady Colonels (12-3, 0-1) will look to bounce back Friday night at Cartersville in a 6 p.m. tip-off.
CALHOUN 62, CASS 56
Calhoun’s preseason all-state forward Dylan Faulkner scored 31 points and gave the Colonels trouble down the stretch in a 62-56 Region 7-5A win Tuesday night at Cass.
“That’s a good team,” said Cass coach Kevin Cunningham. “We struggled to keep Faulkner off the glass and most of his points came from rebounds and putbacks. We tried to make him work but he played really well. We will get back to the drawing board and get ready for Cartersville on Friday.”
Cass and Calhoun were knotted at 14 each after the first quarter Tuesday with the Colonels taking a 25-23 at the intermission. The Yellow Jackets outscored Cass 17-15 in the third quarter to send the game into the fourth quarter tied at 40-40.
In addition to Faulkner’s performance, Calhoun got 12 points from Jace Johns and 10 more by Landon Chattam.
KJ Rogers led Cass with 16 points. Sacovie White followed with 11 and Devin Henderson added 10 for the Colonels.
Calhoun improved to 8-6 overall and 1-0 in Region 7-5A.
Cass (6-8, 0-1) plays at Cartersville Friday night.
