Cartersville teams lose region games at Calhoun
The Cartersville girls and boys basketball teams lost Region 7-AAAAA games Tuesday night at Calhoun. The Lady Canes fell 51-27 before the Hurricanes were knocked off in double-overtime, 57-52.
The Calhoun girls built a 25-12 lead by halftime and cruised through the second half for a 24-point win. Ashlyn Brzoski led the Lady Jackets with 22 points. Lyndi Rae Davis followed with 15. Jamiya Moore led Cartersville with nine points. Lehla Thomas scored four. Kiera Milline finished with three points and Sequoyah McConnell collected seven rebounds and four steals to go with her two points.
Calhoun improved to 14-10 for the season and finished region play 6-4. The Lady Jackets will be the No. 3-seed in next week’s Region 7-AAAAA tournament behind Cass and Hiram. Cartersville (5-13, 1-8) will wrap up regular season play Thursday night at home against Blessed Trinity in a 6 p.m. start.
CALHOUN 57, CARTERSVILLE BOYS 52 (2 OT)
The Canes battled back from an early deficit Tuesday night at Calhoun and sent the game to a pair of overtime periods before falling to the Yellow Jackets, 57-52.
Calhoun led 16-4 after one quarter; 28-21 at halftime; and 38-33 through three quarters before the Canes caught them at the end of regulation, 44-44. Dylan Faulkner scored a game-high 21 points to lead Calhoun. Peyton Law added 15 points for the Yellow Jackets.
Kam Callahan led Cartersville with 16 points. Robert Novak scored 12. Amarai Orr chipped in 10 points and Kolbe Benham added eight for the Canes.
Calhoun finished its regular season with a 12-10 mark. The Yellow Jackets finished 6-4 in Region 7-AAAAA and will finish no worse than a third-place tie in the region standings.
Cartersville (8-10, 3-6) closes out the regular season at home Thursday against Blessed Trinity in what could be a preview of the opening region tournament game for those two teams the following Monday. Blessed Trinity currently sits in fourth place with Cartersville currently fifth in the Region 7-AAAAA standings.
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