Canes, Tigers win big; Cass-Woodland game suspended
A lightning strike two minutes into the fourth quarter led game officials to decide to cancel the remainder of Cartersville’s 51-0 blowout of McNair Friday night at Weinman Stadium.
Cartersville led 30-0 at the end of the first quarter and was up 44-0 at halftime.
Canes senior quarterback and Louisville commit Tee Webb finished his night 8-for-10 for 165 yards with four touchdown passes. He accomplished all those numbers playing only in the first half. Three of his scoring passes were to junior slot receiver Sam Phillips. Phillips finished with four catches for 101 yards — three of his receptions were for touchdowns in the first half. He had touchdown receptions of 14, 25, and 21 yards.
Devonte Ross had a 38-yard catch for the Canes’ first touchdown.
Harrison Allen scored on a 1-yard run as Cartersville finished the first quarter ahead 30-0.
Quante Jennings added a 4-yard touchdown run that gave the Canes a 44-0 lead at halftime.
Cartersville’s final touchdown came on a 2-yard run by sophomore Jalen Thomas midway through the third quarter.
The win gives Cartersville 51-consecutive regular season wins and back-to-back blowout wins over the Mustangs. Cartersville beat McNair last season 70-0.
Cartersville (3-0) travels to Canton next week to challenge Class AAAAAAA Cherokee.
ADAIRSVILLE 35, COAHULLA CREEK 0
Adairsville continued its dominance of Coahulla Creek Friday night with a 35-0 Region 6-AAA win over the Colts in Dalton. The Tigers, now 6-0 against Coahulla Creek historically, led 7-0 after one quarter and 21-0 at halftime before adding two more touchdowns in the third quarter.
Adairsville junior quarterback Connor Crunkleton was 9-for-11 for 183 yards and two touchdowns. He had an 80-yard touchdown strike to Tyshawn Savage early in the third quarter and a 38-yard touchdown pass to Derrick Simmons in the opening quarter. The Tigers needed only 64 yards rushing on the night. Ja’Maury Johnson finished with 28 yards and one touchdown on 10 attempts to lead Adairsville’s running game.
As for the Adairsville defense, Malachi Gardner recovered a second quarter fumble to set up the Tigers second touchdown and Courtney Slocum had an 80-yard pick-six to give Adairsville a 21-0 lead. Slocum finished with two interceptions. Gardner had 15 tackles as did Garrett Ellis.
Coahulla Creek slipped to 1-2 on the season and 0-1 in the region.
Adairsville (2-1, 1-0) will host Haralson County next Friday night.
WILDCATS, COLONELS TO RESUME SATURDAY
A string of lightning delays that lasted almost 90 minutes Friday night forced the postponement of the Cass-Woodland game until Saturday night a 7 p.m. Cass led 17-0 at halftime and was ahead 24-7 when the game was suspended for the final time on Friday night with 2:04 remaining in the third quarter. Saturday night, the game will resume at that point.
Tanayce Calhoun scored the Colonels’ first touchdown on an 18-yard run with 7:57 remaining in the opening quarter. Calhoun also had a 19-yard run in the drive and his scoring run capped a 67-yard drive that took seven plays. Kaleb Speights, who converted all three of his PAT kicks Friday night, made the score 7-0. The Cass offense drove to Woodland’s 2-yard line at the end of the first quarter, but stalled due to a pair of penalties and settled for a Speights 27-yard field goal for a 10-0 advantage with 11:48 to go in the first half.
Late in the half, Cass drove 80 yards on five plays for their third touchdown. Zay Jackson scored on a 33-yard scamper with 1:39 left in the half as the Colonels took a 17-0 lead to the locker room. Jackson also had a 26-yard run in the drive. David Gbadie and Calhoun had 10- and 12-yard rushes in the drive. After an extended halftime due to the first lightning delays, Woodland took the second half kickoff and drove 75 yards in nine plays to narrow the Cass lead to 17-7. Hunter Flynt caught a 47-yard pass from Wildcats’ quarterback Johnathan Thomas and DeMarcus Williams capped off the drive by powering in from the 2-yard line. Kevin Moreno added the extra point kick.
After Cass was stopped near midfield, punter Isai Romero pinned Woodland at the 6-yard line and the Colonels defense limited the Wildcats to only one yard in the next three downs. Woodland’s punt from their own end zone only traveled 15 yards and set up the next Cass score.
Calhoun ran for his second touchdown of the night on a 22-yard dash for a 24-7 Colonels’ lead.
With Cass preparing for the ensuing kickoff, officials cleared the field again for a lightning strike at almost 11 p.m. and ultimately postponed the resumption until Saturday night just after midnight.
