Friday's basketball roundup: Canes defeat Red Devils at SMI tourney

December 20, 2024

The Cartersville boys basketball team won their consolation semifinal game Friday evening at the Carroll County SMI Christmas Tournament, defeating Bowdon 76-73.

The other Bartow County basketball teams in action on Friday suffered losses.

CARTERSVILLE BOYS 76, BOWDON 73

The Purple Hurricanes and Red Devils played a tight contest Friday at Villa Rica High School. Cartersville held off Bowdon in the fourth quarter for a 76-73 win in the consolation semifinals of the Carroll County Schools SMI Christmas Classic. 

Wyatt Thomason led the Canes with 22 points. Nas Bennett finished with 20 points, and Will Bishop added 12 for Cartersville.

Kaiden Prothro scored 21 points for Bowdon, and Zayland Allen produced 16 for the Red Devils (2-2).

Cartersville (7-4) will play host Villa Rica in the consolation finals on Saturday at 2 p.m.

VILLA RICA 70, WOODLAND BOYS 49

In a consolation round pairing of two teams called Wildcats, host Villa Rica defeated Woodland on Friday 70-49 at the Carroll County Schools SMI Christmas Classic. 

DJ Clayton and Gavin Cooley led Villa Rica (6-7) with 22 and 12 points, respectively.

Tylen Metcalf led the Woodland scoring column with 17 points. Jayden Metcalf and Evan Womack added seven.

Woodland (3-11) plays Bowdon in another consolation game on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Villa Rica High School.

VILLA RICA 61, WOODLAND GIRLS 22

The Villa Rica girls improved to 5-7 on the season with a 61-22 home win Friday over Woodland in the Carroll County Schools SMI Christmas Classic consolation round.

Woodland (1-14) will play another consolation game on Saturday at Villa Rica against Bowdon at 9:30 a.m.

SONORAVILLE 65, CASS GIRLS 50

The host Lady Phoenix built a 35-21 lead by halftime and maintained their advantage in the second half Friday night for a 65-50 win over the Cass Lady Colonels.

Erin Garland paced Sonoraville with 21 points. Ella Kate Walraven finished with 15 points for the Phoenix.

Cadie Paez scored 18 and KK Evans posted 15 points to lead Cass. Kiana McDaniel and Anizah Taylor added nine and eight points, respectively.

Sonoraville improved to 9-2 on the season.

Cass (6-7) will return to action on January 4 at Adairsville at 5 p.m.

SONORAVILLE 73, CASS BOYS 58

Sonoraville rushed to a 22-7 lead by the end of the first quarter and held off visiting Cass for a 73-58 win on Friday night.

The Phoenix led 34-18 at halftime and 51-34 at the end of the third quarter.

Braxton Coats scored 23 points for Sonoraville, and Elijah Woods finished with 22.

Dylan Miller led the Colonels with 24 points. Parnel Gamble contributed 16 points, and Jason Brown added 11 for Cass. 

Sonoraville improved to 3-8.

Cass (5-8) returns to action on January 4 at Adairsville.

THE KING’S ACADEMY 91, EXCEL CHRISTIAN BOYS 63

The Excel Christian Academy boys fell behind early Friday night and could not recover in a 91-63 loss at The King’s Academy. The game was part of the Silent Knight Christmas Classic.

The King’s Academy led 28-6 after one quarter, 53-29 at the intermission, and 80-47 by the end of the third quarter.

Bryson McCleskey led the Knights with 25 points. Brooks Thrasher scored 20 for The King’s Academy.

Evan Chappell led Excel with 19 points. Carter May finished with 15 points for the Eagles. 

TKA improved to 8-3 on the season.

Excel Christian (7-6) will play Cherokee Christian on Saturday at 5 p.m. at The King’s Academy in Woodstock.

POPE 56, ADAIRSVILLE BOYS 45

Playing at the Pope Christmas Classic, the Adairsville boys lost Friday to the host Greyhounds 56-45.

Pope improved to 10-2 on the season.

Adairsville (4-5) continues play in the event on Saturday.