Canes, Colonels collect home wins; Woodland drops fourth straight
The rushing tandem of Amari White and Malachi Jefferies totaled three scores to help lead Cartersville to a 24-14 win over Cherokee Friday night at Weinman Stadium. Meanwhile at Cochran Stadium, the Cass sophomore duo of Devin Henderson to Sacovie White connected on three touchdown passes to help lift the Colonels past Ridgeland, 30-6.
In the only other game involving a Bartow school, Woodland gave up 23-unanswered second quarter points in a 51-20 loss at Chamblee.
Adairsville was idle.
CARTERSVILLE 24, CHEROKEE 14
The Purple Hurricanes remained undefeated and avenged their only regular season loss of last season Friday night by topping Cherokee at Weinman Stadium, 24-14.
Amari White gave the Canes an early 7-0 lead with an opening drive touchdown run. The rushing combination of White and Malachi Jefferies then set up a field goal as Cartersville led 10-0 at the end of the first quarter.
Cherokee quarterback A.J. Swann got the Warriors back in the game in the second quarter. The Maryland commit threw a pair of second quarter touchdown passes — from 25- and 36-yards — to give the Warriors a 14-10 lead.
Cartersville took advantage of a dropped punt in the final minute of the first half to regain the lead before the intermission. White punched in an 8-yard run with 35 seconds remaining for a 17-14 halftime lead.
Following a scoreless third quarter, the Hurricanes put the game away in the fourth quarter with just 5:59 remaining. A 10-yard touchdown run by Jefferies built a two-score lead and was the final scoring play of the night.
Cherokee (2-3) has a bye week before starting its region schedule October 1 at Woodstock. Cartersville (4-0) also has the week off prior to hosting Cass October 1 to begin play in Region 7-AAAAA.
CASS 30, RIDGELAND 6
Cass sophomore quarterback Devin Henderson threw four touchdown passes Friday night as the Colonels beat the visiting Ridgeland Panthers, 30-6.
Three of Henderson’s touchdown strikes went to fellow sophomore Sacovie White with the other going to junior wideout, Kaden Krause.
Juan Parajito, who also had four kickoffs for touchbacks, booted a 25-yard field goal in the second quarter for the Colonels’ first points of the night.
A short punt by Cass early in the second quarter led to the Panthers’ points. Running back Chase Watkins capped a 27-yard drive with a 12-yard touchdown run. The PAT kick was blocked leaving Ridgeland with a 6-0 lead just over a minute into the period.
Trailing 6-3 late in the first half, Henderson found Krause streaking down the seam for a 59-yard score. Parajito’s PAT gave Cass its first lead, 10-6, with 4:45 remaining in the second quarter.
On the next Cass possession, Henderson connected on a 22-yard slant to White that built the Colonels lead to 17-6 at halftime.
Following a scoreless third quarter, the Henderson to White combination capped a 13-play, 86-yard drive with a three-yard scoring toss and catch. The PAT failed, but Cass held a 23-6 lead with 10:22 left in the game.
The final Cass score was a 15-yard touchdown pass from Henderson to White that finished off a 68-yard drive. Parajito’s kick made the score 30-6. Ridgeland had one final drive and reached the Colonels’ three-yard line, but penalties and the Cass defense kept the Panthers off the scoreboard.
Henderson finished 14-for-21 passing for 176 yards. He added 77 yards on the ground. White caught 10 of those passes for 90 yards and three touchdowns. He added 25 yards rushing.
White now has eight touchdowns on the season and Friday was his second game with three scores. Ridgeland (1-4) has a week off before traveling to Heritage-Catoosa on October 1.
Cass (3-2) also has next Friday off before starting Region 7-AAAAA play at Cartersville October 1.
CHAMBLEE 51, WOODLAND 20
The Woodland Wildcats could not keep up with a prolific Chamblee offense Friday night on the road, as the host Bulldogs pulled away in the second quarter en route to a 51-20 Wildcat loss.
Chamblee, who was averaging over 54 points per game entering the contest, grabbed a two touchdown lead in the first six minutes and never trailed.
Woodland scored twice in the second quarter to narrow the margin to 14-7 and 21-14, but the Bulldogs took over the game for the remainder of the half. Chamblee scored 23 unanswered points to lead 44-14 at halftime.
The two teams traded touchdowns in a running clock second half.
Chamblee improved to 4-1 on the season while Woodland falls to 1-4.
The Wildcats have a bye week before hosting Blessed Trinity October 1.
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