Cartersville track & field teams win Dalton Friday Night Lights

March 14, 2026

Charles Wilson / BartowSportsZone.com

The Cartersville High School girls’ and boys’ track and field teams each won the six-team Friday Night Lights meet on March 13 hosted by Dalton High School.

The Cartersville girls finished with 186.75 points, with Heritage-Catoosa (154.50) and Dalton (122.50) claiming second and third, respectively.

The Cartersville boys powered their way to 288 points, followed by Heritage-Catoosa (145.50) and Dalton (109.50).

Northwest Whitfield, Ridgeland, and Coahulla Creek were the other competing schools.

Event winners for Cartersville:

Kenneth Wilkey — High jump — 6-2

Laney Saunders — Pole vault — 10-0

Luke Gibson — Pole vault — 10-0

Actavious Thompson — Long jump — 21-6.50

Yosiah Gunn — Triple jump — 40-10.50

Carder Brock — Discus throw — 115-11

Thoreau Lipscomb — Discus throw — 149-1

Allana Williams — Shot put — 36-3

Thoreau Lipscomb — Shot put — 55-5

Knox Matthews — 3200 meter run — 11:17.76

Laney Saunders — 100-meter hurdles — 16.69

Madoxx Davis — 100-meter dash — 10.86

Kylie Ham — 1600 meter run — 5:47.99

Ethan Empie — 1600 meter run — 4:30.08

María Villamizar Porras — 400 meter dash — 1:10.20

Actavious Thompson — 400 meter dash — 50.62

Thomas Smith — 300-meter hurdles — 41.22

Ethan Empie — 800 meter run — 2:02.15

Bryson Everett — 200-meter dash — 22.16

Boys 4x200 meter relay — 1:30.35 (Bryson Everett, Madoxx Davis, Zion Ayeni, Actavious Thompson)

Boys 4x100 meter relay — 43.29 (Bryson Everett, Kayden Blackwell, Madoxx Davis, Tyon Coe)

Boys 4x400 meter relay — 3:42.14 (Braylon Hill, Kayden Blackell, Brayden Doss, Hayden Empie)

The next meet for Cartersville is on Wednesday at Allatoona, where the Bucs will also host Alcovy, Central-Carroll, Cross Keys, Dominion Christian, East Paulding, Hiram, Kell, North Paulding, Paulding County, and Walker.