Canes' Elite Eight game times at Ware County set

Parker McPherson and the Cartersville Purple Hurricanes head to Ware County Monday for the Class 5A state quarterfinals.

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).