Canes and Tigers take road region wins on Thursday night

The Adairsville Tigers and the Cartersville Hurricanes both collected one-sided region wins Thursday night. The Tigers won 40-7 at Gordon Lee while the Purple Hurricanes won 43-0 at Woodland.

The games were moved to Thursday to accommodate the current football officials shortage in the state of Georgia.

ADAIRSVILLE 40, GORDON LEE 7

Jonathan Gough ran for a touchdown and threw for a touchdown as the Tigers won at Gordon Lee.

The Adairsville Tigers dominated both sides of the line of scrimmage Thursday night at Gordon Lee and overpowered the host Trojans in Chickamauga, 40-7.

Adairsville built a 40-0 lead by halftime and closed out the second half by giving their reserves some valuable playing time.

Jamarion Pullum scored three touchdowns in the Tigers’ victory. He scored on a 47-yard screen pass in the first quarter and had rushing touchdowns from 9- and 12-yards in the second quarter.

Quarterback Jonathan Gough opened the scoring on Adairsville’s first possession. His 13-yard run capped a quick 48-yard drive that took only five plays.

Ethan Blome also had a pair of touchdown runs in the opening half. His 4-yard touchdown from the Tigers’ jumbo-set finished off a 71-yard drive and he scored Adairsville’s late touchdown on a 1-yard run in the final minute.

Gordon Lee’s only score came with just 3:12 remaining. A 6-yard touchdown run capped a 60-yard Trojans drive.

Gordon Lee falls to 5-3 on the season and 3-2 in Region 6-AAA.

Adairsville (6-2, 5-0) hosts Bremen next Friday, October 27 in what could be a showdown for the region title.

CARTERSVILLE 43, WOODLAND 0

Baylon Long had two touchdown runs for the Hurricanes in their 43-0 win at Woodland.

The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes improved to 9-0 on the season and 4-0 in Region 7-AAAAA Thursday night with a 43-0 shutout at Woodland.

Running back Baylon Long and reserve quarterback Andrew Purdy had a pair of touchdown runs each for the Hurricanes. Khristian Lando and Luke McBride added one touchdown run each in the win.

Long capped the Canes’ opening drive with an 11-yard run and Lando ran in a two-point conversion as Cartersville grabbed an early 8-0 lead less than three minutes into the game.

Later in the first quarter after Woodland missed a field goal attempt, Lando broke off a long 50+ yard run that set up McBride’s short rushing score. The drive put Cartersville up 15-0 just five seconds into the second quarter.

The score stayed that way until a scoring drive by the Canes late in the half.

Quarterback Nate Russell had a key fourth down scramble play to extend Cartersville’s drive and Lando finished it with a 22-yard run with 1:01 left before intermission. Ryan Johnson, who made all of his five PAT attempts, kicked the extra point for a 22-0 Hurricanes lead at the break.

Early in the third quarter, a nice kick return by Logan Shrewsbury set up the Canes' next score. Long completed the drive with a 6-yard run with 9:43 to go in the third quarter making the score 29-0.

From there, the Cartersville reserves added a pair of touchdown runs by Purdy for a 43-0 final score.

Woodland (2-7, 0-4) hosts Hiram next Friday, October 27. Cartersville (9-0, 4-0) hosts Dalton — also on Friday, October 27.