Canes' Elite Eight game times at Ware County set
Game times are now set for the Purple Hurricanes' GHSA Class AAAAA Elite Eight series at Ware County. Cartersville (26-8) will square off with the Gators (19-10) Monday in a doubleheader beginning at 5 p.m. The second game of the doubleheader will follow. If a rubber game is needed, Game 3 would be played Tuesday at Ware County at 5 p.m. Cartersville, ranked fourth in Class 5A and runner-up in Region 7-AAAAA, swept Chapel Hill in the first round 4-1 and 11-2 before dispatching Decatur Wednesday in the second round with back-to-back 4-3 wins. Ware County, runner-up from Region 1-AAAAA, also advanced through the first two rounds in two game sweeps. The Gators defeated Union Grove 9-1 and 7-2 and swept McIntosh 6-1 and 5-1. The winner of the Cartersville/Ware County series will play at the winner of the Greenbrier (26-5) vs. Starr's Mill (25-9) series in the semifinals May 15 (and 17 if needed). Greenbrier and Starr's Mill are both No. 1-seeds. The other quarterfinal series on the opposite half of the bracket include St. Pius (28-10) at Wayne County (28-6) and Loganville (26-8) at Harris County (23-12).
