Friday night hoops: Cartersville sweeps Woodland; Cass girls, Adairsville boys grab region wins
The Cartersville girls and boys basketball teams both won Friday night at Woodland while the Cass girls won an overtime thriller at Calhoun and the Adairsville boys picked up an important region win at Murray County.
CARTERSVILLE GIRLS 41, WOODLAND 29
The Lady Canes got 16 points from Layne Callan, 10 from Ansley Griffin, and eight from Zoe Casey to win at Woodland Friday night, 41-29.
Following a 7-7 first period, Cartersville led 18-13 at halftime and 27-23 through three quarters before easing away with a 12-point win.
Abigail Taylor scored 16 points to lead Woodland. Dylynn Motes added seven for the Lady Cats.
Cartersville (4-11, 2-6) hosts region foes Calhoun Tuesday and Hiram Friday next week to close out the regular season.
Woodland (2-20, 0-8) plays at Hiram Tuesday night and at Cass next Friday.
CARTERSVILLE BOYS 71, WOODLAND 53
The Cartersville boys outscored host Woodland 21-10 in the second quarter Friday night to build a 36-21 lead at the intermission and maintained their advantage in the second half for a 71-53 Region 7-5A win.
Kam Callahan poured in 28 points to lead the Hurricanes. Romo Pace followed with 12 and Luke Gambill added seven points for Cartersville.
K.J. Rogers scored 19 points to lead the Wildcats. Brelace Williams finished with 11 and Harlin Morris added nine for Woodland.
Cartersville (10-10, 3-5) has home games next week against Calhoun Tuesday and Hiram Friday.
Woodland (5-16, 0-8) travels to Hiram Tuesday night at Cass on Friday.
CASS GIRLS 55, CALHOUN 54 (OT)
Claire Davis and Miya Winston both scored 19 points Friday night and combined for 10 of the Lady Colonels’ 12 points in overtime as Cass won at Calhoun, 55-54, in Region 7-5A action.
Haley Johnson, who added five rebounds and five assists, scored six points. Amaya Ford contributed five. Justice Bennett and Mikaela Jackson added four and two points, respectively.
Calhoun led 26-21 at halftime and 33-31 at the end of the third quarter, but Cass knotted the score in the final eight minutes of regulation to send the game to overtime tied at 43.
Britiya Curtis scored 16 points for Calhoun. Lauren Watson and Kat Atha added 14 each for the Lady Jackets.
The loss dropped Calhoun to 15-8 on the season and 5-3 in region play.
Cass (20-3, 6-2) plays at Blessed Trinity Tuesday night and ends the regular season next Friday at home against Woodland.
CALHOUN 75, CASS BOYS 41
7th-ranked Calhoun started quickly at home Friday night and cruised to a 75-41 win over visiting Cass.
The Yellow Jackets led 17-7 after one quarter and 42-21 by halftime to take control of the game.
Peyton Law scored a game-high 21 points to pace Calhoun. Dylan Faulkner contributed 16 and Emaree Winston added 10 points in the win.
Jelani Hames led Cass with 14 points. Jakai Baldwin finished with six. Jackson Hale, Jayden Foster, and Ethan McEntyre added five points each for the Colonels.
“We ran into a buzzsaw against a very solid and well coached Calhoun team,” said Colonels head coach Byron Taylor. “We expect Law and Faulkner to make plays and be tough to defend, but their role players added to their scoring and made plays. It makes them hard to defend.”
Calhoun improved to 16-5 overall and 7-1 in Region 7-5A.
Cass (8-14, 2-6) travels to Blessed Trinity Tuesday and closes out the regular season next Friday at home against Woodland.
ADAIRSVILLE BOYS 72, MURRAY COUNTY 61
The Tigers used a balanced scoring attack and built a 20-point lead in the first half Friday night to win at Murray County, 72-61.
Adairsville had five players reach double-figure scoring led by Hayden Poarch with 17. Tre Winters followed with 14 points. Kavi Harris finished with 13, T.J. Printup contributed 12, and Tre Mitchell scored 10 for the Tigers.
Adairsville led 28-13 after one quarter; 41-21 at halftime; and 53-39 at the end of the third quarter.
Tad Stone and Carson Weaver led the host Indians (11-11, 5-9) with 21 and 17 points, respectively.
Adairsville (13-9, 9-5) plays both Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe (Tuesday) and North Murray (Friday) at home next week to wrap up the regular season.
MURRAY COUNTY 62, ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 38
Ella Dotson scored 28 points to lead the host Lady Indians to a 24-point win Friday night over the visiting Adairsville girls.
Alissa Winters led Adairsville with 10 points. Lexie Childers and Autumn Henderson scored seven points each for the Lady Tigers.
Murray County improved to 18-4 on the season and 12-2 in Region 6-AAA.
Adairsville (10-12, 3-11) hosts 4th-ranked Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Tuesday night at 6 p.m. and North Murray next Friday night at 7 p.m. to finish up the regular season.
DARLINGTON 69, EXCEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY BOYS 60
Darlington, ranked No. 8 in Class A-Private, outscored Excel 19-4 in the second quarter Friday night to build a 17-point halftime lead and held off the Eagles in the second half for a 69-60 region win at The Church at Liberty Square.
Patrick Shelley led the visiting Tigers with 23 points. D.J. Johnson added 13 for Darlington (17-6, 6-3).
Comari Nettles led four Excel players in double figures with 18 points. Jakaden Barkley scored 16. Jacob Taylor followed with 13 points and Elijah Payne added 11 for the Eagles.
“We ran into second quarter foul troubles,” said ECA head coach David Archer, Jr. “We almost climbed out of it, cutting the lead to six at one point in the fourth quarter, but Darlington and Shelley came up with some big buckets.”
Excel Christian (10-13, 1-8) completes the regular season Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. at Mt. Paran Christian.
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