Cartersville basketball teams dominate Raiders; Tobin secures 600th career coaching win

February 4, 2026

Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com

Cartersville boys' basketball head coach Mike Tobin (back center) collected his 600th career coaching victory on Tuesday as the Purple Hurricanes routed visiting Southeast Whitfield 72-19.

The Cartersville High School basketball teams maintained their leading positions in the Region 7-AAAA standings with home victories on Tuesday night against Southeast Whitfield. The Lady Canes, ranked 8th, are still tied with 6th-ranked Dalton for first place, while the Cartersville boys are tied with Hiram in the region standings.

The victory by the Canes also marked the 600th career coaching victory for Mike Tobin.

In other games on Tuesday, the Cass boys defeated visiting Dalton, and the Adairsville girls secured a win at Calhoun.

CARTERSVILLE GIRLS 76, SOUTHEAST WHITFIELD 13

The Lady Canes kept visiting Southeast Whitfield off the scoreboard in the first quarter on Tuesday en route to a 76-13 Region 7-AAAA home win.

Cartersville led 30-0 at the end of the first quarter and 50-9 at halftime in the one-sided victory.

Zoe McCurry led the Lady Canes with 25 points, five rebounds, and five assists. Trinity Montgomery finished with 21 points, five boards, and two assists. Blakely Morris added 14 points and nine rebounds.

Dellyn Walston led the Lady Raiders (2-19, 1-10) with five points.

The Cartersville girls (18-4, 11-1) host Woodland on Friday.

CARTERSVILLE BOYS 72, SOUTHEAST WHITFIELD 19

Xavier Lowe scored 20 points and Kyron McClendon, Wyatt Thomason, and Grayson Warmack each added nine on Tuesday in the Hurricanes’ 72-19 home win over Southeast Whitfield.

McClendon added five assists and five steals. Thomason contributed nine rebounds, two assists, and two steals. Warmack added five rebounds and four steals in the Canes victory.

The Canes’ win was also the 600th career coaching win for Cartersville head coach Mike Tobin in 34 seasons — 14 with the Canes. His win total includes stints at Eden Prairie (MN) and Woodland in Cartersville.

The loss kept the Raiders (0-21, 0-12) winless on the season.

Cartersville (18-4, 11-1) welcomes Woodland on Friday.

CASS BOYS 59, DALTON 54

The Colonels avenged an early January loss at Dalton on Tuesday night with a 59-54 home win over the Catamounts.

Cass trailed 16-12 after one quarter, but led 25-21 at the intermission and 41-37 at the end of the third period before holding on for a five-point win.

Isaiah Moreno led the Colonels with 23 points. Cam’ron Beauford contributed 15, and Jahlil Abdullah Kortey added 10 points.

Jermichael Craft and Carmelo Weaver each scored 15 points for the Catamounts (13-9, 7-5).

Cass (7-14, 6-6) visits Allatoona on Friday.

ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 39, CALHOUN 23

The visiting Lady Tigers kept the Calhoun girls winless in Region 7-AAA with a 39-23 decision on Tuesday night.

Adairsville trailed 7-4 after the opening eight minutes, but gained the lead for good in the second quarter by outscoring the Lady Jackets 18-2.

Alivia Joslin paced the Lady Tigers with nine points. Lily Roberts followed with seven.

Dylan Duke led Calhoun (3-18, 0-9) with eight points.

Adairsville (10-14, 4-7) hosts LaFayette on Friday.

CALHOUN 70, ADAIRSVILLE BOYS 30

Tenth-ranked Calhoun stayed unbeaten in Region 7-AAA on Tuesday night with a 70-30 home win over Adairsville.

The Yellow Jackets raced to a 27-7 lead in the opening eight minutes and held a commanding 41-15 advantage at the intermission.

Jaden Perkins and Jaxon Moore led Calhoun (16-2, 9-0) with 11 and 10 points, respectively.

Jackson Jarrett scored 12 points for the Tigers.

Adairsville (3-21, 2-9) welcomes LaFayette on Friday.

DALTON 80, CASS GIRLS 37

Sixth-ranked Dalton sprinted to a 36-16 first-half lead and won easily at Cass on Tuesday, 80-37.

Aubriyana Camp scored a game-high 23 points to lead the Lady Catamounts. Emery Silvers scored 21, and Georgia Sanders added 13 points. 

The Dalton girls (19-3, 11-1) remain tied with Cartersville for the top spot in Region 7-AAAA with two games remaining before the region tournament.

Anizah Taylor scored 10 points for the Lady Colonels. Yvonne Ellison added six points.

Cass (8-12, 7-4) remains in third place in the region and plays at fourth-place Allatoona on Friday at 6 p.m.

CEDARTOWN 63, WOODLAND BOYS 56

The Wildcats trailed host Cedartown early on Tuesday night and, although they kept pace with the Bulldogs, failed to close the gap in a 63-56 region road loss.

Cedartown led 18-6 after one quarter, 28-21 at halftime, and 50-43 through three quarters en route to a seven-point victory.

Zane Diamond Pasley scored 25 points to lead the Bulldogs. JP Price and Devion Smith each added 15 points for Cedartown (8-14, 4-8).

Caiden Moore paced the Wildcats with 15 points. Landon Dougherty, Canden Davis, and Amir Heath each finished with eight. Clayton McArdle added seven points.

Woodland (8-15, 1-11) plays at Cartersville on Friday night.

CEDARTOWN 50, WOODLAND GIRLS 19

Kenzlei Boozer scored 20 points, and Hadlee Robinson added 13 on Tuesday evening as the Lady Bulldogs defeated Woodland 50-19 in a Region 7-AAAA contest.

Cedartown improved to 7-13 overall and 4-7 in region action.

Bailey Gerstner and Destiny Jackson each scored four points for the Lady Cats.

Woodland (3-20, 0-12) visits 8th-ranked Cartersville on Friday.

PRAISE ACADEMY 44, EXCEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY GIRLS 29

The Excel Christian Academy girls lost to Praise Academy on Tuesday night, 44-29, in Powder Springs. The loss came in a semifinal game in GAPPS Region 1-IA. The Lady Eagles’ season ended with a 5-11 record.