Cartersville, Adairsville runners in action on Saturday

August 29, 2026

Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com

The Cartersville High cross country teams competed on Saturday at the Bob Blastow Invitational in Douglasville.

The Cartersville boys finished seventh of 36 teams. Lakeside-DeKalb won the team race that included 328 competitors.  The Lady Canes placed 13th of 29 teams. Milton captured the team title in a race that included 246 runners.

Top performers for the Lady Canes included Sydney Burris (22nd, 21:15), Sofia Burns (33rd, 21:25), Kylie Ham (65th, 22:26), Kyla Poole (112th, 23:23), and Adalin Empie (123rd, 23:44).

Top performances for the Hurricanes included Ethan Empie (9th, 16:22), Carson Robinson (38th, 17:17), Malachi Weir (52nd, 17:39), Brock Morris (74th, 18:04), and Knox Matthews (82nd, 18:11).

In Ringgold on Saturday at the Five Star Stride, Adairsville fielded a group of individual runners but not enough to record a team score.

The Lady Tigers were led by Fernanda Singer (34th, 24:15). Reese Fuller (42nd, 25:02), Bella Smith (66th, 26.21), and Kelsie Crosby (84th, 28:49) also competed for Adairsville.

Jaxson Stanfield (80th, 20:45) was the top finisher for the Tigers. Jackson Steele (112th, 22:04), Canyon East (124th, 22:42), and Aiden Viktora (135th, 23:25) also ran for Adairsville.

Next for Adairsville is the Dalton Saturday Night Lights on September 12. Cartersville will run in the OrthoWest Invitational on September 12.